Earned Run Average : 2006 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2006 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johan Santana 2.77 (2.7732) Minnesota Twins 1
Roy Halladay 3.19 (3.1909) Toronto Blue Jays 2
C.C. Sabathia 3.22 (3.2232) Cleveland Indians 3
Mike Mussina 3.51 (3.5118) New York Yankees 4
John Lackey 3.56 (3.5559) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5
Kelvim Escobar 3.61 (3.6127) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Justin Verlander 3.63 (3.6290) Detroit Tigers 7
Chien-Ming Wang 3.63 (3.6330) New York Yankees 8
Erik Bedard 3.76 (3.7589) Baltimore Orioles 9
Barry Zito 3.83 (3.8281) Oakland Athletics 10
Kenny Rogers 3.84 (3.8382) Detroit Tigers 11
Nate Robertson 3.84 (3.8387) Detroit Tigers 12
Curt Schilling 3.97 (3.9706) Boston Red Sox 13
Jeremy Bonderman 4.08 (4.0794) Detroit Tigers 14
Dan Haren 4.12 (4.1166) Oakland Athletics 15
Jake Westbrook 4.17 (4.1735) Cleveland Indians 16
Jose Contreras 4.27 (4.2704) Chicago White Sox 17
Ervin Santana 4.28 (4.2794) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 18
Ted Lilly 4.31 (4.3101) Toronto Blue Jays 19
Brad Radke 4.32 (4.3244) Minnesota Twins 20
Jamie Moyer 4.39 (4.3875) Seattle Mariners 21
Cliff Lee 4.40 (4.3953) Cleveland Indians 22
Gil Meche 4.48 (4.4839) Seattle Mariners 23
Vicente Padilla 4.50 (4.5000) Texas Rangers 24
Jon Garland 4.51 (4.5142) Chicago White Sox 25



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

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.