2005 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Kevin Millwood	2.86 (2.8594)	Cleveland Indians	1
Johan Santana	2.87 (2.8748)	Minnesota Twins	2
Mark Buehrle	3.12 (3.1183)	Chicago White Sox	3
Jarrod Washburn	3.20 (3.1974)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4
Carlos Silva	3.44 (3.4407)	Minnesota Twins	5
John Lackey	3.45 (3.4450)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	6
Kenny Rogers	3.46 (3.4556)	Texas Rangers	7
Bartolo Colon	3.48 (3.4760)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	8
Jon Garland	3.50 (3.5023)	Chicago White Sox	9
Joe Blanton	3.53 (3.5315)	Oakland Athletics	10
Jose Contreras	3.61 (3.6059)	Chicago White Sox	11
Josh Towers	3.71 (3.7093)	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Gustavo Chacin	3.72 (3.7241)	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Dan Haren	3.73 (3.7327)	Oakland Athletics	14
Paul Byrd	3.74 (3.7439)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	15
Scott Kazmir	3.77 (3.7742)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	16
Cliff Lee	3.79 (3.7871)	Cleveland Indians	17
Randy Johnson	3.79 (3.7888)	New York Yankees	18
Bruce Chen	3.83 (3.8311)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Barry Zito	3.86 (3.8628)	Oakland Athletics	20
Freddy Garcia	3.87 (3.8684)	Chicago White Sox	21
C.C. Sabathia	4.03 (4.0271)	Cleveland Indians	22
Brad Radke	4.04 (4.0365)	Minnesota Twins	23
Tim Wakefield	4.15 (4.1539)	Boston Red Sox	24
Kyle Lohse	4.18 (4.1810)	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five. Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).