Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1984 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1984 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)

1984 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Alejandro Pena 2.48 (2.4833) Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Dwight Gooden 2.60 (2.6009) New York Mets 2

Orel Hershiser 2.66 (2.6573) Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Rick Rhoden 2.72 (2.7189) Pittsburgh Pirates 4

John Candelaria 2.72 (2.7194) Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Rick Honeycutt 2.84 (2.8421) Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Charlie Lea 2.89 (2.8886) Montreal Expos 7

Larry McWilliams 2.93 (2.9296) Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Mark Thurmond 2.97 (2.9720) San Diego Padres 9

Dennis Eckersley 3.03 (3.0312) Chicago Cubs 10

Fernando Valenzuela 3.03 (3.0345) Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Nolan Ryan 3.04 (3.0381) Houston Astros 12

Joe Niekro 3.04 (3.0443) Houston Astros 13

Rick Mahler 3.12 (3.1216) Atlanta Braves 14

Bob Knepper 3.20 (3.1969) Houston Astros 15

Ed Whitson 3.24 (3.2381) San Diego Padres 16

Jerry Koosman 3.25 (3.2545) Philadelphia Phillies 17

John Tudor 3.27 (3.2689) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Bryn Smith 3.32 (3.3184) Montreal Expos 19

Joaquin Andujar 3.34 (3.3406) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Eric Show 3.40 (3.3968) San Diego Padres 21

Steve Trout 3.41 (3.4105) Chicago Cubs 22

Walt Terrell 3.52 (3.5163) New York Mets 23

Mario Soto 3.53 (3.5267) Cincinnati Reds 24

Steve Carlton 3.58 (3.5764) 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.

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.

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