1928 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Dazzy Vance	2.09 (2.0868)	Brooklyn Robins	1
Sheriff Blake	2.47 (2.4681)	Chicago Cubs	2
Art Nehf	2.65 (2.6491)	Chicago Cubs	3
Watty Clark	2.68 (2.6815)	Brooklyn Robins	4
Larry Benton	2.73 (2.7261)	New York Giants	5
Pat Malone	2.84 (2.8364)	Chicago Cubs	6
Bill Sherdel	2.86 (2.8592)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Burleigh Grimes	2.99 (2.9939)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Doug McWeeny	3.17 (3.1721)	Brooklyn Robins	9
Jesse Haines	3.18 (3.1831)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Ray Kolp	3.19 (3.1866)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Grover Alexander	3.36 (3.3611)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Red Lucas	3.39 (3.3885)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Eppa Rixey	3.43 (3.4291)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Joe Genewich	3.50 (3.5021)	Boston Braves	15
		New York Giants
Clarence Mitchell	3.53 (3.5268)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
		St. Louis Cardinals
Carmen Hill	3.53 (3.5316)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Charlie Root	3.57 (3.5696)	Chicago Cubs	18
Dolf Luque	3.57 (3.5718)	Cincinnati Reds	19
Fred Fussell	3.61 (3.6075)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Freddie Fitzsimmons	3.69 (3.6850)	New York Giants	21
Art Delaney	3.79 (3.7903)	Boston Braves	22
Guy Bush	3.83 (3.8320)	Chicago Cubs	23
Bob Smith	3.87 (3.8677)	Boston Braves	24
Jumbo Elliott	3.89 (3.8906)	Brooklyn Robins	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.