Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1947 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1947 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1947 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Warren Spahn 2.33 (2.3303) Boston Braves 1

Ewell Blackwell 2.47 (2.4725) Cincinnati Reds 2

Ralph Branca 2.67 (2.6679) Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Dutch Leonard 2.68 (2.6809) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Al Brazle 2.84 (2.8393) St. Louis Cardinals 5

Vic Lombardi 2.99 (2.9885) Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Murry Dickson 3.07 (3.0691) St. Louis Cardinals 7

Harry Taylor 3.11 (3.1111) Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Larry Jansen 3.16 (3.1573) New York Giants 9

Johnny Schmitz 3.22 (3.2174) Chicago Cubs 10

Jim Hearn 3.22 (3.2222) St. Louis Cardinals 11

Harry Brecheen 3.30 (3.3045) St. Louis Cardinals 12

Red Munger 3.37 (3.3700) St. Louis Cardinals 13

Johnny Sain 3.52 (3.5188) Boston Braves 14

Red Barrett 3.55 (3.5459) Boston Braves 15

Joe Hatten 3.63 (3.6346) Brooklyn Dodgers 16

Kirby Higbe 3.81 (3.8144) Brooklyn Dodgers 17

Pittsburgh Pirates

Fritz Ostermueller 3.84 (3.8361) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Doyle Lade 3.94 (3.9395) Chicago Cubs 19

Kent Peterson 4.25 (4.2538) Cincinnati Reds 20

Schoolboy Rowe 4.32 (4.3237) Philadelphia Phillies 21

Howie Pollet 4.34 (4.3384) St. Louis Cardinals 22

Paul Erickson 4.34 (4.3448) Chicago Cubs 23

Hank Borowy 4.38 (4.3770) Chicago Cubs 24

Dave Koslo 4.39 (4.3896) New York Giants 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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.

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?

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