Top 25 Earned Run Average in 2002 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 2002 American League Top 25

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2002 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Pedro Martinez 2.26 (2.2575) Boston Red Sox 1

Derek Lowe 2.58 (2.5812) Boston Red Sox 2

Barry Zito 2.75 (2.7471) Oakland Athletics 3

Tim Wakefield 2.81 (2.8102) Boston Red Sox 4

Roy Halladay 2.93 (2.9332) Toronto Blue Jays 5

Tim Hudson 2.98 (2.9832) Oakland Athletics 6

Jarrod Washburn 3.15 (3.1456) Anaheim Angels 7

Joel Pineiro 3.24 (3.2419) Seattle Mariners 8

Jamie Moyer 3.32 (3.3165) Seattle Mariners 9

Mark Mulder 3.47 (3.4727) Oakland Athletics 10

Jeff Weaver 3.52 (3.5159) Detroit Tigers 11

New York Yankees

Rodrigo Lopez 3.57 (3.5695) Baltimore Orioles 12

Mark Buehrle 3.58 (3.5774) Chicago White Sox 13

David Wells 3.75 (3.7512) New York Yankees 14

Ramon Ortiz 3.77 (3.7684) Anaheim Angels 15

Rick Reed 3.78 (3.7819) Minnesota Twins 16

Kenny Rogers 3.84 (3.8449) Texas Rangers 17

Cory Lidle 3.89 (3.8906) Oakland Athletics 18

Paul Byrd 3.90 (3.9022) Kansas City Royals 19

Kevin Appier 3.92 (3.9186) Anaheim Angels 20

Mike Mussina 4.05 (4.0479) New York Yankees 21

Sidney Ponson 4.09 (4.0909) Baltimore Orioles 22

Ismael Valdez 4.18 (4.1786) Texas Rangers 23

Seattle Mariners

Mark Redman 4.21 (4.2118) Detroit Tigers 24

Kyle Lohse 4.23 (4.2343) 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.

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

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