Top 25 Earned Run Average in 2003 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 2003 American League Top 25

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2003 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Pedro Martinez 2.22 (2.2179) Boston Red Sox 1

Tim Hudson 2.70 (2.7000) Oakland Athletics 2

Esteban Loaiza 2.90 (2.9028) Chicago White Sox 3

Mark Mulder 3.13 (3.1339) Oakland Athletics 4

Roy Halladay 3.25 (3.2481) Toronto Blue Jays 5

Jamie Moyer 3.27 (3.2651) Seattle Mariners 6

Barry Zito 3.30 (3.3022) Oakland Athletics 7

Mike Mussina 3.40 (3.3960) New York Yankees 8

Ryan Franklin 3.57 (3.5660) Seattle Mariners 9

C.C. Sabathia 3.60 (3.5970) Cleveland Indians 10

Darrell May 3.77 (3.7714) Kansas City Royals 11

Brian Anderson 3.78 (3.7791) Cleveland Indians 12

Kansas City Royals

Joel Pineiro 3.78 (3.7842) Seattle Mariners 13

Bartolo Colon 3.87 (3.8678) Chicago White Sox 14

Roger Clemens 3.91 (3.9118) New York Yankees 15

Andy Pettitte 4.02 (4.0176) New York Yankees 16

Pat Hentgen 4.09 (4.0892) Baltimore Orioles 17

Tim Wakefield 4.09 (4.0923) Boston Red Sox 18

David Wells 4.14 (4.1408) New York Yankees 19

Mark Buehrle 4.14 (4.1418) Chicago White Sox 20

Jason Johnson 4.18 (4.1757) Baltimore Orioles 21

Victor Zambrano 4.21 (4.2053) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 22

Kelvim Escobar 4.29 (4.2921) Toronto Blue Jays 23

Ted Lilly 4.34 (4.3402) Oakland Athletics 24

Jarrod Washburn 4.43 (4.4277) Anaheim Angels 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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