Earned Run Average : 1943 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1943 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Max Lanier 1.90 (1.8984) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mort Cooper 2.30 (2.2993) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Whit Wyatt 2.49 (2.4908) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Rip Sewell 2.54 (2.5440) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Nate Andrews 2.57 (2.5699) Boston Braves 5
Hi Bithorn 2.60 (2.5955) Chicago Cubs 6
Max Butcher 2.60 (2.6024) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Elmer Riddle 2.63 (2.6274) Cincinnati Reds 8
Jim Tobin 2.66 (2.6640) Boston Braves 9
Bob Klinger 2.72 (2.7231) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Johnny Vander Meer 2.87 (2.8651) Cincinnati Reds 11
Dick Barrett 2.90 (2.8974) Chicago Cubs 12
Philadelphia Phillies  
Howie Krist 2.90 (2.9026) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Claude Passeau 2.91 (2.9066) Chicago Cubs 14
Schoolboy Rowe 2.94 (2.9397) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Hank Wyse 2.94 (2.9423) Chicago Cubs 16
Wally Hebert 2.98 (2.9837) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jack Kraus 3.16 (3.1553) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Red Barrett 3.18 (3.1765) Boston Braves 19
Cliff Melton 3.19 (3.1878) New York Giants 20
Al Javery 3.21 (3.2079) Boston Braves 21
Bucky Walters 3.54 (3.5440) Cincinnati Reds 22
Paul Derringer 3.57 (3.5690) Chicago Cubs 23
Al Gerheauser 3.60 (3.6000) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Ray Starr 3.64 (3.6442) 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.

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.