Earned Run Average : 1937 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1937 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Turner 2.38 (2.3844) Boston Bees 1
Cliff Melton 2.61 (2.6129) New York Giants 2
Dizzy Dean 2.69 (2.6909) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Russ Bauers 2.88 (2.8774) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Lou Fette 2.88 (2.8842) Boston Bees 5
Van Mungo 2.91 (2.9068) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Danny MacFayden 2.93 (2.9268) Boston Bees 7
Gene Schott 2.97 (2.9741) Cincinnati Reds 8
Ed Brandt 3.11 (3.1134) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Tex Carleton 3.15 (3.1536) Chicago Cubs 10
Carl Hubbell 3.20 (3.1987) New York Giants 11
Lee Grissom 3.26 (3.2593) Cincinnati Reds 12
Cy Blanton 3.30 (3.3008) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Slick Castleman 3.31 (3.3119) New York Giants 14
Si Johnson 3.32 (3.3224) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Charlie Root 3.38 (3.3750) Chicago Cubs 16
Waite Hoyt 3.42 (3.4154) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bill Lee 3.54 (3.5361) Chicago Cubs 18
Guy Bush 3.54 (3.5369) Boston Bees 19
Bob Weiland 3.54 (3.5410) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Luke Hamlin 3.59 (3.5871) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Peaches Davis 3.59 (3.5917) Cincinnati Reds 22
Hal Schumacher 3.60 (3.5972) New York Giants 23
Harry Gumbert 3.68 (3.6839) New York Giants 24
Al Hollingsworth 3.91 (3.9143) Cincinnati Reds 25



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

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.

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.