1962 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Sandy Koufax	2.54 (2.5389)	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Bob Shaw	2.80 (2.8000)	Milwaukee Braves	2
Bob Purkey	2.81 (2.8093)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Don Drysdale	2.83 (2.8346)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Bob Gibson	2.85 (2.8502)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Ernie Broglio	3.00 (2.9955)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Turk Farrell	3.02 (3.0165)	Houston Colt .45s	7
Warren Spahn	3.04 (3.0408)	Milwaukee Braves	8
Bob Friend	3.06 (3.0611)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Earl Francis	3.07 (3.0682)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Juan Marichal	3.36 (3.3579)	San Francisco Giants	11
Jack Sanford	3.43 (3.4259)	San Francisco Giants	12
Billy Pierce	3.49 (3.4928)	San Francisco Giants	13
Jim O'Toole	3.50 (3.5046)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Billy O'Dell	3.53 (3.5273)	San Francisco Giants	15
Bob Hendley	3.60 (3.6000)	Milwaukee Braves	16
Al McBean	3.70 (3.7012)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Larry Jackson	3.75 (3.7451)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Joey Jay	3.76 (3.7582)	Cincinnati Reds	19
Johnny Podres	3.81 (3.8118)	Los Angeles Dodgers	20
Dennis Bennett	3.81 (3.8130)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Ken Johnson	3.84 (3.8376)	Houston Colt .45s	22
Bob Buhl	3.87 (3.8692)	Milwaukee Braves	23
		Chicago Cubs
Art Mahaffey	3.94 (3.9416)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Cal Koonce	3.97 (3.9650)	Chicago Cubs	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. 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.