Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1949 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1949 National League Top 25

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1949 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Dave Koslo 2.50 (2.5047) New York Giants 1

Jerry Staley 2.73 (2.7315) St. Louis Cardinals 2

Howie Pollet 2.77 (2.7702) St. Louis Cardinals 3

Preacher Roe 2.79 (2.7931) Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Ken Heintzelman 3.02 (3.0240) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Warren Spahn 3.07 (3.0662) Boston Braves 6

Russ Meyer 3.08 (3.0845) Philadelphia Phillies 7

Don Newcombe 3.17 (3.1678) Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Al Brazle 3.18 (3.1842) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Murry Dickson 3.29 (3.2898) Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Sheldon Jones 3.34 (3.3424) New York Giants 11

Harry Brecheen 3.35 (3.3540) St. Louis Cardinals 12

Jack Banta 3.37 (3.3676) Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Ken Raffensberger 3.39 (3.3908) Cincinnati Reds 14

Monte Kennedy 3.43 (3.4254) New York Giants 15

Robin Roberts 3.69 (3.6926) Philadelphia Phillies 16

Larry Jansen 3.85 (3.8472) New York Giants 17

Red Munger 3.87 (3.8708) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Cliff Chambers 3.96 (3.9587) Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Howie Fox 3.98 (3.9767) Cincinnati Reds 20

Bill Voiselle 4.04 (4.0394) Boston Braves 21

Bob Rush 4.07 (4.0746) Chicago Cubs 22

Dutch Leonard 4.15 (4.1500) Chicago Cubs 23

Joe Hatten 4.18 (4.1797) Brooklyn Dodgers 24

Hank Borowy 4.19 (4.1897) Philadelphia Phillies 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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.

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