1982 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Steve Rogers	2.40 (2.4043)	Montreal Expos	1
Joe Niekro	2.47 (2.4667)	Houston Astros	2
Joaquin Andujar	2.47 (2.4730)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Mario Soto	2.79 (2.7943)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Fernando Valenzuela	2.87 (2.8737)	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
John Candelaria	2.94 (2.9370)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Don Sutton	3.00 (3.0000)	Houston Astros	7
Steve Carlton	3.10 (3.1048)	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Jerry Reuss	3.11 (3.1099)	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Mike Krukow	3.12 (3.1154)	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Tim Lollar	3.13 (3.1332)	San Diego Padres	11
Bill Laskey	3.14 (3.1373)	San Francisco Giants	12
Fergie Jenkins	3.15 (3.1472)	Chicago Cubs	13
Nolan Ryan	3.16 (3.1638)	Houston Astros	14
Charlie Lea	3.24 (3.2420)	Montreal Expos	15
Craig Swan	3.35 (3.3547)	New York Mets	16
Bruce Berenyi	3.36 (3.3598)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Bob Welch	3.36 (3.3607)	Los Angeles Dodgers	18
Manny Sarmiento	3.39 (3.3887)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Scott Sanderson	3.46 (3.4554)	Montreal Expos	20
Larry Christenson	3.47 (3.4709)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Bob Forsch	3.48 (3.4764)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Bill Gullickson	3.57 (3.5746)	Montreal Expos	23
Phil Niekro	3.61 (3.6102)	Atlanta Braves	24
Rick Camp	3.65 (3.6541)	Atlanta Braves	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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.