1919 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Grover Alexander	1.72 (1.7234)	Chicago Cubs	1
Hippo Vaughn	1.79 (1.7902)	Chicago Cubs	2
Dutch Ruether	1.82 (1.8173)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Fred Toney	1.84 (1.8398)	New York Giants	4
Babe Adams	1.98 (1.9823)	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Phil Douglas	2.03 (2.0282)	Chicago Cubs	6
		New York Giants
Slim Sallee	2.06 (2.0556)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Ray Fisher	2.17 (2.1683)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Dick Rudolph	2.17 (2.1705)	Boston Braves	9
Sherry Smith	2.24 (2.2370)	Brooklyn Robins	10
Jimmy Ring	2.26 (2.2623)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Leon Cadore	2.37 (2.3697)	Brooklyn Robins	12
Hod Eller	2.39 (2.3919)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Jesse Barnes	2.40 (2.4047)	New York Giants	14
Speed Martin	2.47 (2.4745)	Chicago Cubs	15
Art Nehf	2.49 (2.4938)	Boston Braves	16
		New York Giants
Marv Goodwin	2.51 (2.5140)	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Lee Meadows	2.59 (2.5886)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
		Philadelphia Phillies
Claude Hendrix	2.62 (2.6171)	Chicago Cubs	19
Rube Benton	2.63 (2.6268)	New York Giants	20
Jeff Pfeffer	2.66 (2.6629)	Brooklyn Robins	21
Al Mamaux	2.66 (2.6639)	Brooklyn Robins	22
Wilbur Cooper	2.67 (2.6686)	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Frank Miller	3.03 (3.0347)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Bill Doak	3.11 (3.1085)	St. Louis Cardinals	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. 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. 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.