1940 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Bucky Walters	2.48 (2.4787)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Claude Passeau	2.50 (2.5012)	Chicago Cubs	2
Rip Sewell	2.80 (2.7996)	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Jim Turner	2.89 (2.8877)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Vern Olsen	2.97 (2.9710)	Chicago Cubs	5
Luke Hamlin	3.06 (3.0603)	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Paul Derringer	3.06 (3.0640)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Manny Salvo	3.08 (3.0809)	Boston Bees	8
Vito Tamulis	3.09 (3.0907)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Lon Warneke	3.14 (3.1422)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Dick Errickson	3.16 (3.1608)	Boston Bees	11
Hal Schumacher	3.25 (3.2511)	New York Giants	12
Larry French	3.29 (3.2927)	Chicago Cubs	13
Junior Thompson	3.32 (3.3151)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Whit Wyatt	3.46 (3.4596)	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Mace Brown	3.49 (3.4855)	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Joe Sullivan	3.55 (3.5526)	Boston Bees	17
Hugh Mulcahy	3.60 (3.6000)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Hugh Casey	3.62 (3.6234)	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Mort Cooper	3.63 (3.6286)	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Carl Hubbell	3.65 (3.6532)	New York Giants	21
Kirby Higbe	3.72 (3.7208)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Harry Gumbert	3.76 (3.7595)	New York Giants	23
Bill Lohrman	3.78 (3.7846)	New York Giants	24
Bill McGee	3.80 (3.7982)	St. Louis Cardinals	25
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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.