1899 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Al Orth	2.49 (2.4885)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Vic Willis	2.50 (2.4951)	Boston Beaneaters	2
Cy Young	2.58 (2.5830)	St. Louis Perfectos	3
Bill Bernhard	2.65 (2.6524)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Joe McGinnity	2.68 (2.6779)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Noodles Hahn	2.68 (2.6796)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Jay Hughes	2.68 (2.6846)	Brooklyn Superbas	7
Jesse Tannehill	2.73 (2.7316)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Frank Kitson	2.77 (2.7742)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Clark Griffith	2.79 (2.7873)	Chicago Orphans	10
Brickyard Kennedy	2.79 (2.7909)	Brooklyn Superbas	11
Ned Garvin	2.85 (2.8492)	Chicago Orphans	12
Kid Nichols	2.99 (2.9884)	Boston Beaneaters	13
Nixey Callahan	3.06 (3.0578)	Chicago Orphans	14
Pete Dowling	3.11 (3.1070)	Louisville Colonels	15
Nig Cuppy	3.15 (3.1456)	St. Louis Perfectos	16
Deacon Phillippe	3.17 (3.1682)	Louisville Colonels	17
Sam Leever	3.18 (3.1821)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Walt Woods	3.28 (3.2844)	Louisville Colonels	19
Bill Phillips	3.32 (3.3206)	Cincinnati Reds	20
Chick Fraser	3.36 (3.3584)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Red Donahue	3.39 (3.3871)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Wiley Piatt	3.45 (3.4525)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Ted Lewis	3.49 (3.4901)	Boston Beaneaters	24
Doc McJames	3.50 (3.4976)	Brooklyn Superbas	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. 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? Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.