Earned Run Average : 1995 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1995 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Greg Maddux 1.63 (1.6312) Atlanta Braves 1
Hideo Nomo 2.54 (2.5401) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Andy Ashby 2.94 (2.9429) San Diego Padres 3
Ismael Valdez 3.05 (3.0506) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Tom Glavine 3.08 (3.0805) Atlanta Braves 5
Joey Hamilton 3.08 (3.0832) San Diego Padres 6
John Smoltz 3.18 (3.1765) Atlanta Braves 7
Frank Castillo 3.21 (3.2074) Chicago Cubs 8
Pete Schourek 3.22 (3.2154) Cincinnati Reds 9
Jaime Navarro 3.28 (3.2795) Chicago Cubs 10
Denny Neagle 3.43 (3.4340) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Pat Rapp 3.44 (3.4422) Florida Marlins 12
John Smiley 3.46 (3.4641) Cincinnati Reds 13
Shane Reynolds 3.47 (3.4701) Houston Astros 14
Tom Candiotti 3.50 (3.4991) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Pedro Martinez 3.51 (3.5137) Montreal Expos 16
Ramon Martinez 3.66 (3.6640) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Chris Hammond 3.80 (3.8012) Florida Marlins 18
Mark Leiter 3.82 (3.8177) San Francisco Giants 19
Mark Portugal 4.01 (4.0128) San Francisco Giants 20
Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Jones 4.19 (4.1857) New York Mets 21
Kevin Ritz 4.21 (4.2058) Colorado Rockies 22
Dave Mlicki 4.26 (4.2573) New York Mets 23
John Burkett 4.30 (4.3009) Florida Marlins 24
Jeff Fassero 4.33 (4.3333) Montreal Expos 25



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).

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.