Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1948 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1948 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1948 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Harry Brecheen 2.24 (2.2371) St. Louis Cardinals 1

Dutch Leonard 2.51 (2.5126) Philadelphia Phillies 2

Johnny Sain 2.60 (2.6028) Boston Braves 3

Preacher Roe 2.63 (2.6341) Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Johnny Schmitz 2.64 (2.6405) Chicago Cubs 5

Rex Barney 3.10 (3.1013) Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Sheldon Jones 3.35 (3.3527) New York Giants 7

Kirby Higbe 3.36 (3.3608) Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Johnny Vander Meer 3.41 (3.4138) Cincinnati Reds 9

Elmer Riddle 3.49 (3.4869) Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Ralph Branca 3.51 (3.5054) Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Bob Chesnes 3.57 (3.5660) Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Joe Hatten 3.58 (3.5799) Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Larry Jansen 3.61 (3.6065) New York Giants 14

Bill Voiselle 3.63 (3.6306) Boston Braves 15

Russ Meyer 3.66 (3.6619) Chicago Cubs 16

Vic Lombardi 3.70 (3.6994) Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Warren Spahn 3.71 (3.7121) Boston Braves 18

Al Brazle 3.80 (3.7996) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Ken Raffensberger 3.84 (3.8429) Cincinnati Reds 20

Murry Dickson 4.14 (4.1374) St. Louis Cardinals 21

Ray Poat 4.34 (4.3383) New York Giants 22

Red Munger 4.50 (4.5000) St. Louis Cardinals 23

Howie Fox 4.53 (4.5263) Cincinnati Reds 24

Howie Pollet 4.54 (4.5403) St. Louis Cardinals 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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.

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?

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