Earned Run Average : 1934 National League Top 25

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1934 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carl Hubbell 2.30 (2.3003) New York Giants 1
Dizzy Dean 2.66 (2.6567) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Waite Hoyt 2.93 (2.9266) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Curt Davis 2.95 (2.9526) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Freddie Fitzsimmons 3.04 (3.0418) New York Giants 5
Bill Walker 3.12 (3.1176) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Hal Schumacher 3.18 (3.1818) New York Giants 7
Fred Frankhouse 3.20 (3.1969) Boston Braves 8
Lon Warneke 3.21 (3.2128) Chicago Cubs 9
Dutch Leonard 3.28 (3.2831) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Van Mungo 3.37 (3.3679) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Bill Lee 3.40 (3.4012) Chicago Cubs 12
Roy Parmelee 3.42 (3.4192) New York Giants 13
Paul Dean 3.43 (3.4329) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Benny Frey 3.52 (3.5217) Cincinnati Reds 15
Ed Brandt 3.53 (3.5294) Boston Braves 16
Pat Malone 3.53 (3.5340) Chicago Cubs 17
Larry French 3.58 (3.5841) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Paul Derringer 3.59 (3.5862) Cincinnati Reds 19
Flint Rhem 3.69 (3.6891) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Boston Braves  
Guy Bush 3.83 (3.8264) Chicago Cubs 21
Jim Weaver 3.91 (3.9057) Chicago Cubs 22
Bill Swift 3.98 (3.9781) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Tony Freitas 4.01 (4.0087) Cincinnati Reds 24
Huck Betts 4.06 (4.0563) Boston Braves 25



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.