Earned Run Average : 1882 American Association Top 25

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1882 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Denny Driscoll 1.21 (1.2090) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1
Guy Hecker 1.30 (1.2981) Louisville Eclipse 2
Harry McCormick 1.52 (1.5159) Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Will White 1.54 (1.5375) Cincinnati Red Stockings 4
Tony Mullane 1.88 (1.8769) Louisville Eclipse 5
Bert Dorr 2.59 (2.5909) St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Jumbo McGinnis 2.60 (2.5957) St. Louis Brown Stockings 7
Harry Salisbury 2.63 (2.6328) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
Sam Weaver 2.74 (2.7412) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Bill Sweeney 2.91 (2.9118) Philadelphia Athletics 10
John Reccius 3.03 (3.0316) Louisville Eclipse 11
Doc Landis 3.32 (3.3184) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Baltimore Orioles  
John Schappert 3.52 (3.5156) St. Louis Brown Stockings 13
Frank Mountain 3.91 (3.9130) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Harry Arundel 4.65 (4.6500) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Bill Geis 4.80 (4.7979) Baltimore Orioles 16
Tricky Nichols 5.02 (5.0197) Baltimore Orioles 17



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