Earned Run Average : 1882 National League Top 25

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1882 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Corcoran 1.95 (1.9485) Chicago White Stockings 1
Old Hoss Radbourn 2.09 (2.0886) Providence Grays 2
Jim McCormick 2.37 (2.3721) Cleveland Blues 3
Fred Goldsmith 2.42 (2.4222) Chicago White Stockings 4
Tim Keefe 2.49 (2.4894) Troy Trojans 5
John Ward 2.59 (2.5899) Providence Grays 6
Stump Wiedman 2.63 (2.6277) Detroit Wolverines 7
Jim Whitney 2.64 (2.6357) Boston Red Caps 8
Bobby Mathews 2.87 (2.8737) Boston Red Caps 9
Hugh Daily 2.99 (2.9922) Buffalo Bisons 10
Pud Galvin 3.17 (3.1729) Buffalo Bisons 11
George Derby 3.26 (3.2569) Detroit Wolverines 12
Mickey Welch 3.46 (3.4591) Troy Trojans 13
Fred Corey 3.56 (3.5612) Worcester Ruby Legs 14
George Bradley 3.73 (3.7347) Cleveland Blues 15
Lee Richmond 3.74 (3.7445) Worcester Ruby Legs 16
Frank Mountain 3.97 (3.9706) Worcester Ruby Legs 17
Jim Egan 4.14 (4.1400) Troy Trojans 18



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.