Earned Run Average : 1882 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
 

1882 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Corcoran 1.95 (1.9485) Chicago White Stockings 1
Old Hoss Radbourn 2.09 (2.0886) Providence Grays 2
Jim McCormick 2.37 (2.3721) Cleveland Blues 3
Fred Goldsmith 2.42 (2.4222) Chicago White Stockings 4
Tim Keefe 2.49 (2.4894) Troy Trojans 5
John Ward 2.59 (2.5899) Providence Grays 6
Stump Wiedman 2.63 (2.6277) Detroit Wolverines 7
Jim Whitney 2.64 (2.6357) Boston Red Caps 8
Bobby Mathews 2.87 (2.8737) Boston Red Caps 9
Hugh Daily 2.99 (2.9922) Buffalo Bisons 10
Pud Galvin 3.17 (3.1729) Buffalo Bisons 11
George Derby 3.26 (3.2569) Detroit Wolverines 12
Mickey Welch 3.46 (3.4591) Troy Trojans 13
Fred Corey 3.56 (3.5612) Worcester Ruby Legs 14
George Bradley 3.73 (3.7347) Cleveland Blues 15
Lee Richmond 3.74 (3.7445) Worcester Ruby Legs 16
Frank Mountain 3.97 (3.9706) Worcester Ruby Legs 17
Jim Egan 4.14 (4.1400) Troy Trojans 18



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?

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).