Earned Run Average : 1985 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1985 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dwight Gooden 1.53 (1.5289) New York Mets 1
John Tudor 1.93 (1.9309) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Orel Hershiser 2.03 (2.0278) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Rick Reuschel 2.27 (2.2732) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Bob Welch 2.31 (2.3128) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Fernando Valenzuela 2.45 (2.4455) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Sid Fernandez 2.80 (2.8004) New York Mets 7
Danny Cox 2.88 (2.8755) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Ron Darling 2.90 (2.9032) New York Mets 9
Bryn Smith 2.91 (2.9145) Montreal Expos 10
Jerry Reuss 2.92 (2.9201) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Dave Dravecky 2.93 (2.9348) San Diego Padres 12
Dennis Eckersley 3.08 (3.0827) Chicago Cubs 13
Eric Show 3.09 (3.0901) San Diego Padres 14
Andy Hawkins 3.15 (3.1487) San Diego Padres 15
Mike Scott 3.29 (3.2887) Houston Astros 16
Shane Rawley 3.31 (3.3070) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Mike Krukow 3.38 (3.3750) San Francisco Giants 18
Joaquin Andujar 3.40 (3.4042) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Kevin Gross 3.41 (3.4133) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Ed Lynch 3.44 (3.4398) New York Mets 21
La Marr Hoyt 3.47 (3.4659) San Diego Padres 22
Rick Mahler 3.48 (3.4762) Atlanta Braves 23
Bill Gullickson 3.52 (3.5239) Montreal Expos 24
Tom Browning 3.55 (3.5472) Cincinnati Reds 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.

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?