1943 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Max Lanier	1.90 (1.8984)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Mort Cooper	2.30 (2.2993)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Whit Wyatt	2.49 (2.4908)	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Rip Sewell	2.54 (2.5440)	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Nate Andrews	2.57 (2.5699)	Boston Braves	5
Hi Bithorn	2.60 (2.5955)	Chicago Cubs	6
Max Butcher	2.60 (2.6024)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Elmer Riddle	2.63 (2.6274)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Jim Tobin	2.66 (2.6640)	Boston Braves	9
Bob Klinger	2.72 (2.7231)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Johnny Vander Meer	2.87 (2.8651)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Dick Barrett	2.90 (2.8974)	Chicago Cubs	12
		Philadelphia Phillies
Howie Krist	2.90 (2.9026)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Claude Passeau	2.91 (2.9066)	Chicago Cubs	14
Schoolboy Rowe	2.94 (2.9397)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Hank Wyse	2.94 (2.9423)	Chicago Cubs	16
Wally Hebert	2.98 (2.9837)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Jack Kraus	3.16 (3.1553)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Red Barrett	3.18 (3.1765)	Boston Braves	19
Cliff Melton	3.19 (3.1878)	New York Giants	20
Al Javery	3.21 (3.2079)	Boston Braves	21
Bucky Walters	3.54 (3.5440)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Paul Derringer	3.57 (3.5690)	Chicago Cubs	23
Al Gerheauser	3.60 (3.6000)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Ray Starr	3.64 (3.6442)	Cincinnati Reds	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. 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.