1997 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Pedro Martinez	1.90 (1.9019)	Montreal Expos	1
Greg Maddux	2.20 (2.2049)	Atlanta Braves	2
Darryl Kile	2.57 (2.5697)	Houston Astros	3
Ismael Valdez	2.65 (2.6542)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Kevin Brown	2.69 (2.6924)	Florida Marlins	5
Rick Reed	2.89 (2.8944)	New York Mets	6
Alan Benes	2.89 (2.8948)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Tom Glavine	2.96 (2.9625)	Atlanta Braves	8
Denny Neagle	2.97 (2.9700)	Atlanta Braves	9
Curt Schilling	2.97 (2.9725)	Philadelphia Phillies	10
John Smoltz	3.02 (3.0234)	Atlanta Braves	11
Andy Benes	3.10 (3.1017)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Shawn Estes	3.18 (3.1791)	San Francisco Giants	13
Matt Morris	3.19 (3.1935)	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Chan Ho Park	3.38 (3.3750)	Los Angeles Dodgers	15
Kirk Rueter	3.45 (3.4458)	San Francisco Giants	16
Chris Holt	3.52 (3.5199)	Houston Astros	17
Alex Fernandez	3.59 (3.5891)	Florida Marlins	18
Francisco Cordova	3.63 (3.6269)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Bobby Jones	3.63 (3.6310)	New York Mets	20
Mark Clark	3.82 (3.8195)	New York Mets	21
		Chicago Cubs
Mike Hampton	3.83 (3.8341)	Houston Astros	22
Carlos Perez	3.88 (3.8758)	Montreal Expos	23
Todd Stottlemyre	3.88 (3.8785)	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Dave Mlicki	4.00 (3.9966)	New York Mets	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. 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.