Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1927 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1927 National League Top 25

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1927 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Ray Kremer 2.47 (2.4690) Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Grover Alexander 2.52 (2.5187) St. Louis Cardinals 2

Dazzy Vance 2.70 (2.7000) Brooklyn Robins 3

Jesse Haines 2.72 (2.7239) St. Louis Cardinals 4

Jesse Petty 2.98 (2.9816) Brooklyn Robins 5

Guy Bush 3.03 (3.0259) Chicago Cubs 6

Dutch Ulrich 3.17 (3.1655) Philadelphia Phillies 7

Dolf Luque 3.20 (3.1994) Cincinnati Reds 8

Carmen Hill 3.24 (3.2413) Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Sheriff Blake 3.29 (3.2898) Chicago Cubs 10

Jumbo Elliott 3.30 (3.2974) Brooklyn Robins 11

Red Lucas 3.38 (3.3797) Cincinnati Reds 12

Lee Meadows 3.40 (3.3976) Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Eppa Rixey 3.48 (3.4825) Cincinnati Reds 14

Jakie May 3.51 (3.5134) Cincinnati Reds 15

Bill Sherdel 3.53 (3.5251) St. Louis Cardinals 16

Burleigh Grimes 3.54 (3.5353) New York Giants 17

Doug McWeeny 3.56 (3.5598) Brooklyn Robins 18

Hal Carlson 3.70 (3.7016) Philadelphia Phillies 19

Chicago Cubs

Freddie Fitzsimmons 3.72 (3.7153) New York Giants 20

Charlie Root 3.76 (3.7573) Chicago Cubs 21

Bob Smith 3.76 (3.7634) Boston Braves 22

Joe Genewich 3.83 (3.8287) Boston Braves 23

Virgil Barnes 3.98 (3.9752) New York Giants 24

Larry Benton 4.09 (4.0886) Boston Braves 25

New York Giants

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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