Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1939 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1939 National League Top 25

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1939 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Bucky Walters 2.29 (2.2853) Cincinnati Reds 1

Junior Thompson 2.54 (2.5405) Cincinnati Reds 2

Bob Bowman 2.60 (2.6043) St. Louis Cardinals 3

Carl Hubbell 2.75 (2.7468) New York Giants 4

Hugh Casey 2.93 (2.9296) Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Paul Derringer 2.93 (2.9302) Cincinnati Reds 6

Milt Shoffner 3.18 (3.1765) Boston Bees 7

Cincinnati Reds

Mort Cooper 3.25 (3.2468) St. Louis Cardinals 8

Claude Passeau 3.28 (3.2807) Philadelphia Phillies 9

Chicago Cubs

Larry French 3.29 (3.2938) Chicago Cubs 10

Mace Brown 3.37 (3.3694) Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Bill Lee 3.44 (3.4427) Chicago Cubs 12

Whitey Moore 3.45 (3.4529) Cincinnati Reds 13

Cliff Melton 3.56 (3.5595) New York Giants 14

Curt Davis 3.63 (3.6290) St. Louis Cardinals 15

Luke Hamlin 3.64 (3.6378) Brooklyn Dodgers 16

Lon Warneke 3.78 (3.7778) St. Louis Cardinals 17

Bill McGee 3.81 (3.8077) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Danny MacFayden 3.90 (3.8974) Boston Bees 19

Bill Posedel 3.92 (3.9154) Boston Bees 20

Tot Pressnell 4.02 (4.0213) Brooklyn Dodgers 21

Charlie Root 4.03 (4.0339) Chicago Cubs 22

Bill Lohrman 4.07 (4.0718) New York Giants 23

Rip Sewell 4.08 (4.0832) Pittsburgh Pirates 24

Lee Grissom 4.10 (4.0998) Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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).

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.

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