Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1978 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1978 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1978 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Craig Swan 2.43 (2.4309) New York Mets 1

Steve Rogers 2.47 (2.4658) Montreal Expos 2

Pete Vuckovich 2.54 (2.5412) St. Louis Cardinals 3

Bob Knepper 2.63 (2.6308) San Francisco Giants 4

Burt Hooton 2.71 (2.7076) Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Gaylord Perry 2.73 (2.7276) San Diego Padres 6

Vida Blue 2.79 (2.7907) San Francisco Giants 7

Steve Carlton 2.84 (2.8383) Philadelphia Phillies 8

Ed Halicki 2.85 (2.8492) San Francisco Giants 9

Tom Seaver 2.88 (2.8768) Cincinnati Reds 10

Phil Niekro 2.88 (2.8804) Atlanta Braves 11

Randy Jones 2.88 (2.8814) San Diego Padres 12

John Denny 2.96 (2.9615) St. Louis Cardinals 13

Bert Blyleven 3.03 (3.0287) Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Ross Grimsley 3.05 (3.0456) Montreal Expos 15

J.R. Richard 3.11 (3.1053) Houston Astros 16

Larry Christenson 3.24 (3.2368) Philadelphia Phillies 17

John Candelaria 3.24 (3.2381) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Doug Rau 3.26 (3.2563) Los Angeles Dodgers 19

Tommy John 3.30 (3.2958) Los Angeles Dodgers 20

Dennis Lamp 3.30 (3.2995) Chicago Cubs 21

Dick Ruthven 3.38 (3.3799) Atlanta Braves 22

Philadelphia Phillies

Rick Reuschel 3.41 (3.4121) Chicago Cubs 23

Don Robinson 3.47 (3.4686) Pittsburgh Pirates 24

Jim Barr 3.53 (3.5337) San Francisco Giants 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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

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).

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.

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