2006 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Roy Oswalt	2.98 (2.9773)	Houston Astros	1
Chris Carpenter	3.09 (3.0857)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Brandon Webb	3.10 (3.1021)	Arizona Diamondbacks	3
Bronson Arroyo	3.29 (3.2909)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Carlos Zambrano	3.41 (3.4065)	Chicago Cubs	5
Chris Young	3.46 (3.4628)	San Diego Padres	6
John Smoltz	3.49 (3.4914)	Atlanta Braves	7
Jason Schmidt	3.59 (3.5859)	San Francisco Giants	8
Derek Lowe	3.63 (3.6330)	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Clay Hensley	3.71 (3.7059)	San Diego Padres	10
Aaron Harang	3.76 (3.7639)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Jason Jennings	3.78 (3.7783)	Colorado Rockies	12
Tom Glavine	3.82 (3.8182)	New York Mets	13
Dontrelle Willis	3.87 (3.8687)	Florida Marlins	14
Brett Myers	3.91 (3.9091)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Chris Capuano	4.03 (4.0256)	Milwaukee Brewers	16
Scott Olsen	4.04 (4.0350)	Florida Marlins	17
Jake Peavy	4.09 (4.0923)	San Diego Padres	18
Jeff Suppan	4.12 (4.1211)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Matt Cain	4.15 (4.1538)	San Francisco Giants	20
Jeff Francis	4.16 (4.1608)	Colorado Rockies	21
Andy Pettitte	4.20 (4.1991)	Houston Astros	22
Greg Maddux	4.20 (4.2000)	Chicago Cubs	23
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Aaron Cook	4.23 (4.2320)	Colorado Rockies	24
Brad Penny	4.33 (4.3333)	Los Angeles Dodgers	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?