2003 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Jason Schmidt	2.34 (2.3403)	San Francisco Giants	1
Kevin Brown	2.39 (2.3886)	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
Mark Prior	2.43 (2.4274)	Chicago Cubs	3
Brandon Webb	2.84 (2.8395)	Arizona Diamondbacks	4
Curt Schilling	2.95 (2.9464)	Arizona Diamondbacks	5
Hideo Nomo	3.09 (3.0916)	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Carlos Zambrano	3.11 (3.1121)	Chicago Cubs	7
Kerry Wood	3.20 (3.1991)	Chicago Cubs	8
Livan Hernandez	3.20 (3.2014)	Montreal Expos	9
Javier Vazquez	3.24 (3.2384)	Montreal Expos	10
Kip Wells	3.28 (3.2838)	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Dontrelle Willis	3.31 (3.3050)	Florida Marlins	12
Miguel Batista	3.54 (3.5379)	Arizona Diamondbacks	13
Mark Redman	3.59 (3.5874)	Florida Marlins	14
Vicente Padilla	3.62 (3.6230)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Tim Redding	3.68 (3.6818)	Houston Astros	16
Matt Morris	3.76 (3.7602)	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Steve Trachsel	3.78 (3.7818)	New York Mets	18
Russ Ortiz	3.81 (3.8148)	Atlanta Braves	19
Jae Seo	3.82 (3.8230)	New York Mets	20
Mike Hampton	3.84 (3.8368)	Atlanta Braves	21
Woody Williams	3.87 (3.8746)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Greg Maddux	3.96 (3.9573)	Atlanta Braves	23
Al Leiter	3.99 (3.9852)	New York Mets	24
Horacio Ramirez	4.00 (3.9982)	Atlanta Braves	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. 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).