Earned Run Average : 1935 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1935 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Blanton 2.58 (2.5832) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Bill Swift 2.70 (2.6956) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Hal Schumacher 2.89 (2.8892) New York Giants 3
Larry French 2.96 (2.9594) Chicago Cubs 4
Bill Lee 2.96 (2.9643) Chicago Cubs 5
Dizzy Dean 3.04 (3.0430) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Lon Warneke 3.06 (3.0611) Chicago Cubs 7
Charlie Root 3.08 (3.0844) Chicago Cubs 8
Carl Hubbell 3.27 (3.2709) New York Giants 9
Watty Clark 3.30 (3.3043) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Paul Dean 3.37 (3.3708) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Waite Hoyt 3.40 (3.4024) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Jim Weaver 3.42 (3.4197) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Bill Hallahan 3.42 (3.4246) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Paul Derringer 3.51 (3.5132) Cincinnati Reds 15
Syl Johnson 3.56 (3.5553) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Tom Zachary 3.59 (3.5886) Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Van Mungo 3.65 (3.6532) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Curt Davis 3.66 (3.6623) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bill Walker 3.82 (3.8172) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Al Hollingsworth 3.89 (3.8942) Cincinnati Reds 21
Tex Carleton 3.89 (3.8947) Chicago Cubs 22
Gene Schott 3.91 (3.9057) Cincinnati Reds 23
Bob Smith 3.94 (3.9394) Boston Braves 24
Slick Castleman 4.09 (4.0940) New York Giants 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.

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.