1883 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Jim McCormick	1.84 (1.8421)	Cleveland Blues	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	2.05 (2.0496)	Providence Grays	2
Jim Whitney	2.24 (2.2412)	Boston Beaneaters	3
Will Sawyer	2.36 (2.3617)	Cleveland Blues	4
Hugh Daily	2.42 (2.4243)	Cleveland Blues	5
Larry Corcoran	2.49 (2.4891)	Chicago White Stockings	6
Dupee Shaw	2.50 (2.4978)	Detroit Wolverines	7
John Ward	2.70 (2.6968)	New York Gothams	8
Pud Galvin	2.72 (2.7151)	Buffalo Bisons	9
Mickey Welch	2.73 (2.7254)	New York Gothams	10
Charlie Buffinton	3.03 (3.0270)	Boston Beaneaters	11
Charlie Sweeney	3.13 (3.1295)	Providence Grays	12
Fred Goldsmith	3.15 (3.1461)	Chicago White Stockings	13
Lee Richmond	3.33 (3.3261)	Providence Grays	14
Jack Jones	3.50 (3.4964)	Detroit Wolverines	15
Stump Wiedman	3.53 (3.5344)	Detroit Wolverines	16
Tip O'Neill	4.07 (4.0743)	New York Gothams	17
Blondie Purcell	4.39 (4.3875)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Dick Burns	4.51 (4.5117)	Detroit Wolverines	19
John Coleman	4.87 (4.8650)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Art Hagan	5.27 (5.2697)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
		Buffalo Bisons
George Derby	5.85 (5.8514)	Buffalo Bisons	22
Jack Neagle	6.90 (6.8968)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five. 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). 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.