2007 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
John Lackey	3.01 (3.0134)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1
Fausto Carmona	3.06 (3.0558)	Cleveland Indians	2
Dan Haren	3.07 (3.0719)	Oakland Athletics	3
Erik Bedard	3.16 (3.1648)	Baltimore Orioles	4
C.C. Sabathia	3.21 (3.2116)	Cleveland Indians	5
Josh Beckett	3.27 (3.2742)	Boston Red Sox	6
Johan Santana	3.33 (3.3288)	Minnesota Twins	7
Kelvim Escobar	3.40 (3.4039)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	8
Scott Kazmir	3.48 (3.4840)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	9
Mark Buehrle	3.63 (3.6269)	Chicago White Sox	10
Justin Verlander	3.66 (3.6596)	Detroit Tigers	11
Gil Meche	3.67 (3.6667)	Kansas City Royals	12
Jeremy Guthrie	3.70 (3.6959)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Chien-Ming Wang	3.70 (3.7024)	New York Yankees	14
Roy Halladay	3.71 (3.7146)	Toronto Blue Jays	15
Javier Vazquez	3.74 (3.7386)	Chicago White Sox	16
A.J. Burnett	3.75 (3.7486)	Toronto Blue Jays	17
James Shields	3.85 (3.8512)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	18
Brian Bannister	3.87 (3.8727)	Kansas City Royals	19
Jered Weaver	3.91 (3.9130)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	20
Felix Hernandez	3.92 (3.9248)	Seattle Mariners	21
Joe Blanton	3.95 (3.9522)	Oakland Athletics	22
Andy Pettitte	4.05 (4.0542)	New York Yankees	23
Dustin McGowan	4.08 (4.0846)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Carlos Silva	4.19 (4.1881)	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. Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second). 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?