Earned Run Average : 1968 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)
 

1968 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bob Gibson 1.12 (1.1225) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bobby Bolin 1.99 (1.9868) San Francisco Giants 2
Bob Veale 2.05 (2.0544) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Jerry Koosman 2.08 (2.0822) New York Mets 4
Steve Blass 2.12 (2.1241) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Don Drysdale 2.15 (2.1464) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Tom Seaver 2.20 (2.2041) New York Mets 7
Ray Washburn 2.26 (2.2605) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Juan Marichal 2.43 (2.4294) San Francisco Giants 9
Gaylord Perry 2.44 (2.4433) San Francisco Giants 10
Phil Niekro 2.59 (2.5914) Atlanta Braves 11
Don Sutton 2.60 (2.6003) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Pat Jarvis 2.60 (2.6016) Atlanta Braves 13
Fergie Jenkins 2.63 (2.6299) Chicago Cubs 14
Bob Moose 2.73 (2.7315) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Mike Cuellar 2.74 (2.7422) Houston Astros 16
Dick Selma 2.76 (2.7583) New York Mets 17
Larry Jackson 2.77 (2.7702) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Woodie Fryman 2.78 (2.7800) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Nelson Briles 2.81 (2.8071) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Denny Lemaster 2.81 (2.8125) Houston Astros 21
Bill Singer 2.88 (2.8791) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Bill Hands 2.89 (2.8879) Chicago Cubs 23
Ray Sadecki 2.91 (2.9055) San Francisco Giants 24
Chris Short 2.94 (2.9370) Philadelphia Phillies 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.