Earned Run Average : 1876 National 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1876 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Bradley 1.23 (1.2251) St. Louis Brown Stockings 1
Jim Devlin 1.56 (1.5627) Louisville Grays 2
Candy Cummings 1.67 (1.6667) Hartford Dark Blues 3
Tommy Bond 1.68 (1.6765) Hartford Dark Blues 4
Al Spalding 1.75 (1.7535) Chicago White Stockings 5
Jack Manning 2.14 (2.1436) Boston Red Caps 6
Foghorn Bradley 2.49 (2.4923) Boston Red Caps 7
Lon Knight 2.62 (2.6170) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Bobby Mathews 2.86 (2.8605) New York Mutuals 9
Joe Borden 2.89 (2.8855) Boston Red Caps 10
Cherokee Fisher 3.02 (3.0218) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Dory Dean 3.73 (3.7348) Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
George Zettlein 3.88 (3.8846) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Dale Williams 4.23 (4.2289) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14



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.

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?

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