1948 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Harry Brecheen	2.24 (2.2371)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Dutch Leonard	2.51 (2.5126)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Johnny Sain	2.60 (2.6028)	Boston Braves	3
Preacher Roe	2.63 (2.6341)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Johnny Schmitz	2.64 (2.6405)	Chicago Cubs	5
Rex Barney	3.10 (3.1013)	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Sheldon Jones	3.35 (3.3527)	New York Giants	7
Kirby Higbe	3.36 (3.3608)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Johnny Vander Meer	3.41 (3.4138)	Cincinnati Reds	9
Elmer Riddle	3.49 (3.4869)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Ralph Branca	3.51 (3.5054)	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Bob Chesnes	3.57 (3.5660)	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Joe Hatten	3.58 (3.5799)	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Larry Jansen	3.61 (3.6065)	New York Giants	14
Bill Voiselle	3.63 (3.6306)	Boston Braves	15
Russ Meyer	3.66 (3.6619)	Chicago Cubs	16
Vic Lombardi	3.70 (3.6994)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Warren Spahn	3.71 (3.7121)	Boston Braves	18
Al Brazle	3.80 (3.7996)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Ken Raffensberger	3.84 (3.8429)	Cincinnati Reds	20
Murry Dickson	4.14 (4.1374)	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Ray Poat	4.34 (4.3383)	New York Giants	22
Red Munger	4.50 (4.5000)	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Howie Fox	4.53 (4.5263)	Cincinnati Reds	24
Howie Pollet	4.54 (4.5403)	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. 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.