1879 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Fred Goldsmith	1.57 (1.5714)	Troy Trojans	1
Tommy Bond	1.96 (1.9610)	Boston Red Caps	2
Will White	1.99 (1.9853)	Cincinnati Reds	3
John Ward	2.15 (2.1465)	Providence Grays	4
Harry Salisbury	2.22 (2.2247)	Troy Trojans	5
Pud Galvin	2.28 (2.2766)	Buffalo Bisons	6
Bobby Mathews	2.29 (2.2857)	Providence Grays	7
Jim McCormick	2.42 (2.4216)	Cleveland Blues	8
Terry Larkin	2.44 (2.4370)	Chicago White Stockings	9
Frank Hankinson	2.50 (2.4971)	Chicago White Stockings	10
Curry Foley	2.51 (2.5051)	Boston Red Caps	11
Bill McGunnigle	2.63 (2.6250)	Buffalo Bisons	12
George Bradley	2.85 (2.8460)	Troy Trojans	13
Harry McCormick	2.99 (2.9913)	Syracuse Stars	14
Bobby Mitchell	3.28 (3.2825)	Cleveland Blues	15
Blondie Purcell	3.78 (3.7791)	Syracuse Stars	16
		Cincinnati Reds
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. 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). 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.