1927 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Ray Kremer	2.47 (2.4690)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Grover Alexander	2.52 (2.5187)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Dazzy Vance	2.70 (2.7000)	Brooklyn Robins	3
Jesse Haines	2.72 (2.7239)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Jesse Petty	2.98 (2.9816)	Brooklyn Robins	5
Guy Bush	3.03 (3.0259)	Chicago Cubs	6
Dutch Ulrich	3.17 (3.1655)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Dolf Luque	3.20 (3.1994)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Carmen Hill	3.24 (3.2413)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Sheriff Blake	3.29 (3.2898)	Chicago Cubs	10
Jumbo Elliott	3.30 (3.2974)	Brooklyn Robins	11
Red Lucas	3.38 (3.3797)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Lee Meadows	3.40 (3.3976)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Eppa Rixey	3.48 (3.4825)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Jakie May	3.51 (3.5134)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Bill Sherdel	3.53 (3.5251)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Burleigh Grimes	3.54 (3.5353)	New York Giants	17
Doug McWeeny	3.56 (3.5598)	Brooklyn Robins	18
Hal Carlson	3.70 (3.7016)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
		Chicago Cubs
Freddie Fitzsimmons	3.72 (3.7153)	New York Giants	20
Charlie Root	3.76 (3.7573)	Chicago Cubs	21
Bob Smith	3.76 (3.7634)	Boston Braves	22
Joe Genewich	3.83 (3.8287)	Boston Braves	23
Virgil Barnes	3.98 (3.9752)	New York Giants	24
Larry Benton	4.09 (4.0886)	Boston Braves	25
		New York Giants
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. 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). 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.