2001 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Freddy Garcia	3.05 (3.0545)	Seattle Mariners	1
Mike Mussina	3.15 (3.1487)	New York Yankees	2
Joe Mays	3.16 (3.1583)	Minnesota Twins	3
Mark Buehrle	3.29 (3.2937)	Chicago White Sox	4
Tim Hudson	3.37 (3.3702)	Oakland Athletics	5
Jamie Moyer	3.43 (3.4340)	Seattle Mariners	6
Mark Mulder	3.45 (3.4535)	Oakland Athletics	7
Barry Zito	3.49 (3.4852)	Oakland Athletics	8
Roger Clemens	3.51 (3.5129)	New York Yankees	9
Cory Lidle	3.59 (3.5904)	Oakland Athletics	10
Aaron Sele	3.60 (3.6000)	Seattle Mariners	11
Steve Sparks	3.65 (3.6466)	Detroit Tigers	12
Jarrod Washburn	3.77 (3.7707)	Anaheim Angels	13
Tim Wakefield	3.90 (3.8952)	Boston Red Sox	14
Brad Radke	3.94 (3.9425)	Minnesota Twins	15
Andy Pettitte	3.99 (3.9917)	New York Yankees	16
Jeff Weaver	4.08 (4.0814)	Detroit Tigers	17
Jason Johnson	4.09 (4.0867)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Bartolo Colon	4.09 (4.0885)	Cleveland Indians	19
Chris Carpenter	4.09 (4.0896)	Toronto Blue Jays	20
Paul Abbott	4.25 (4.2515)	Seattle Mariners	21
Eric Milton	4.32 (4.3233)	Minnesota Twins	22
Ramon Ortiz	4.36 (4.3562)	Anaheim Angels	23
Jeff Suppan	4.37 (4.3695)	Kansas City Royals	24
C.C. Sabathia	4.39 (4.3919)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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.