Earned Run Average : 1922 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1922 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Douglas 2.63 (2.6258) New York Giants 1
Rosy Ryan 3.01 (3.0052) New York Giants 2
Pete Donohue 3.12 (3.1240) Cincinnati Reds 3
Wilbur Cooper 3.18 (3.1765) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Art Nehf 3.29 (3.2870) New York Giants 5
Dolf Luque 3.31 (3.3103) Cincinnati Reds 6
Lefty Weinert 3.40 (3.4020) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Johnny Morrison 3.43 (3.4261) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Frank Miller 3.51 (3.5100) Boston Braves 9
Jesse Barnes 3.51 (3.5125) New York Giants 10
Vic Aldridge 3.52 (3.5187) Chicago Cubs 11
Eppa Rixey 3.53 (3.5330) Cincinnati Reds 12
Dutch Ruether 3.53 (3.5349) Brooklyn Robins 13
Babe Adams 3.57 (3.5720) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Jeff Pfeffer 3.58 (3.5816) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Grover Alexander 3.63 (3.6269) Chicago Cubs 16
Dazzy Vance 3.70 (3.7001) Brooklyn Robins 17
Jesse Haines 3.84 (3.8361) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Bill Sherdel 3.87 (3.8678) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Johnny Couch 3.89 (3.8864) Cincinnati Reds 20
Earl Hamilton 3.99 (3.9938) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Lee Meadows 4.03 (4.0253) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Tony Kaufmann 4.06 (4.0588) Chicago Cubs 23
Hugh McQuillan 4.06 (4.0637) Boston Braves 24
New York Giants  
Virgil Cheeves 4.09 (4.0894) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.

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?