1944 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Ed Heusser	2.38 (2.3823)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Bucky Walters	2.40 (2.4000)	Cincinnati Reds	2
Mort Cooper	2.46 (2.4610)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Ted Wilks	2.64 (2.6437)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Max Lanier	2.65 (2.6478)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Fritz Ostermueller	2.81 (2.8133)	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Harry Brecheen	2.85 (2.8521)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Claude Passeau	2.89 (2.8943)	Chicago Cubs	8
Jim Tobin	3.01 (3.0067)	Boston Braves	9
Clyde Shoun	3.02 (3.0197)	Cincinnati Reds	10
Bill Voiselle	3.02 (3.0224)	New York Giants	11
Ken Raffensberger	3.06 (3.0619)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Harry Gumbert	3.07 (3.0739)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
		Cincinnati Reds
Nick Strincevich	3.08 (3.0789)	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Preacher Roe	3.11 (3.1079)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Max Butcher	3.12 (3.1206)	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Bill Fleming	3.13 (3.1263)	Chicago Cubs	17
Hank Wyse	3.15 (3.1477)	Chicago Cubs	18
Bill Lee	3.15 (3.1536)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Rip Sewell	3.18 (3.1783)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Nate Andrews	3.22 (3.2176)	Boston Braves	21
Tommy de la Cruz	3.25 (3.2457)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Charley Schanz	3.32 (3.3191)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Curt Davis	3.34 (3.3402)	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Rube Melton	3.46 (3.4591)	Brooklyn Dodgers	25
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. 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. 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?