Earned Run Average : 1937 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1937 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Turner 2.38 (2.3844) Boston Bees 1
Cliff Melton 2.61 (2.6129) New York Giants 2
Dizzy Dean 2.69 (2.6909) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Russ Bauers 2.88 (2.8774) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Lou Fette 2.88 (2.8842) Boston Bees 5
Van Mungo 2.91 (2.9068) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Danny MacFayden 2.93 (2.9268) Boston Bees 7
Gene Schott 2.97 (2.9741) Cincinnati Reds 8
Ed Brandt 3.11 (3.1134) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Tex Carleton 3.15 (3.1536) Chicago Cubs 10
Carl Hubbell 3.20 (3.1987) New York Giants 11
Lee Grissom 3.26 (3.2593) Cincinnati Reds 12
Cy Blanton 3.30 (3.3008) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Slick Castleman 3.31 (3.3119) New York Giants 14
Si Johnson 3.32 (3.3224) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Charlie Root 3.38 (3.3750) Chicago Cubs 16
Waite Hoyt 3.42 (3.4154) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bill Lee 3.54 (3.5361) Chicago Cubs 18
Guy Bush 3.54 (3.5369) Boston Bees 19
Bob Weiland 3.54 (3.5410) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Luke Hamlin 3.59 (3.5871) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Peaches Davis 3.59 (3.5917) Cincinnati Reds 22
Hal Schumacher 3.60 (3.5972) New York Giants 23
Harry Gumbert 3.68 (3.6839) New York Giants 24
Al Hollingsworth 3.91 (3.9143) Cincinnati Reds 25



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?

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).