2005 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Roger Clemens	1.87 (1.8738)	Houston Astros	1
Andy Pettitte	2.39 (2.3883)	Houston Astros	2
Dontrelle Willis	2.63 (2.6276)	Florida Marlins	3
Pedro Martinez	2.82 (2.8203)	New York Mets	4
Chris Carpenter	2.83 (2.8303)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Jake Peavy	2.88 (2.8818)	San Diego Padres	6
Roy Oswalt	2.94 (2.9421)	Houston Astros	7
John Smoltz	3.06 (3.0566)	Atlanta Braves	8
John Patterson	3.13 (3.1311)	Washington Nationals	9
Carlos Zambrano	3.26 (3.2642)	Chicago Cubs	10
Josh Beckett	3.38 (3.3750)	Florida Marlins	11
A.J. Burnett	3.45 (3.4450)	Florida Marlins	12
Tim Hudson	3.52 (3.5156)	Atlanta Braves	13
Tom Glavine	3.53 (3.5347)	New York Mets	14
Brandon Webb	3.54 (3.5371)	Arizona Diamondbacks	15
Jeff Suppan	3.57 (3.5660)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Derek Lowe	3.61 (3.6081)	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Mark Mulder	3.64 (3.6439)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Mark Prior	3.67 (3.6720)	Chicago Cubs	19
Brett Myers	3.72 (3.7198)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Esteban Loaiza	3.77 (3.7742)	Washington Nationals	21
Noah Lowry	3.78 (3.7818)	San Francisco Giants	22
Aaron Harang	3.83 (3.8268)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Doug Davis	3.84 (3.8398)	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Brad Penny	3.90 (3.9011)	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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.