1946 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Howie Pollet	2.10 (2.0977)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Johnny Sain	2.21 (2.2075)	Boston Braves	2
Joe Beggs	2.32 (2.3211)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Ewell Blackwell	2.45 (2.4545)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Harry Brecheen	2.49 (2.4899)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Johnny Schmitz	2.61 (2.6077)	Chicago Cubs	6
Hank Wyse	2.68 (2.6821)	Chicago Cubs	7
Joe Hatten	2.84 (2.8378)	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Fritz Ostermueller	2.84 (2.8397)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Murry Dickson	2.88 (2.8807)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Vic Lombardi	2.89 (2.8912)	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Kirby Higbe	3.03 (3.0332)	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Mort Cooper	3.12 (3.1206)	Boston Braves	13
Johnny Vander Meer	3.17 (3.1713)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Ed Heusser	3.22 (3.2207)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Al Brazle	3.29 (3.2870)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Monte Kennedy	3.42 (3.4232)	New York Giants	17
Ed Wright	3.52 (3.5217)	Boston Braves	18
Oscar Judd	3.53 (3.5308)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Nick Strincevich	3.58 (3.5795)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Ken Raffensberger	3.63 (3.6276)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Dave Koslo	3.63 (3.6294)	New York Giants	22
Bill Voiselle	3.74 (3.7416)	New York Giants	23
Hank Borowy	3.76 (3.7612)	Chicago Cubs	24
Ken Heintzelman	3.77 (3.7674)	Pittsburgh Pirates	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. 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).