Top 25 Earned Run Average in 2000 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 2000 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2000 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Kevin Brown 2.58 (2.5826) Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Randy Johnson 2.64 (2.6421) Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Jeff D'Amico 2.66 (2.6612) Milwaukee Brewers 3

Greg Maddux 3.00 (2.9960) Atlanta Braves 4

Mike Hampton 3.14 (3.1424) New York Mets 5

Al Leiter 3.20 (3.2019) New York Mets 6

Chan Ho Park 3.27 (3.2655) Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Tom Glavine 3.40 (3.3983) Atlanta Braves 8

Rick Ankiel 3.50 (3.4971) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Robert Person 3.63 (3.6346) Philadelphia Phillies 10

Ryan Dempster 3.66 (3.6583) Florida Marlins 11

Livan Hernandez 3.75 (3.7500) San Francisco Giants 12

Woody Williams 3.75 (3.7500) San Diego Padres

Curt Schilling 3.81 (3.8082) Philadelphia Phillies 14

Arizona Diamondbacks

Kris Benson 3.85 (3.8453) Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Darryl Kile 3.91 (3.9125) St. Louis Cardinals 16

Kirk Rueter 3.96 (3.9620) San Francisco Giants 17

Glendon Rusch 4.01 (4.0122) New York Mets 18

Brian Anderson 4.05 (4.0500) Arizona Diamondbacks 19

Javier Vazquez 4.05 (4.0521) Montreal Expos 20

Jamey Wright 4.10 (4.0992) Milwaukee Brewers 21

Rick Reed 4.11 (4.1087) New York Mets 22

Darren Dreifort 4.16 (4.1574) Los Angeles Dodgers 23

Shawn Estes 4.26 (4.2557) San Francisco Giants 24

Randy Wolf 4.36 (4.3619) Philadelphia Phillies 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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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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