1949 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Dave Koslo	2.50 (2.5047)	New York Giants	1
Jerry Staley	2.73 (2.7315)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Howie Pollet	2.77 (2.7702)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Preacher Roe	2.79 (2.7931)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Ken Heintzelman	3.02 (3.0240)	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Warren Spahn	3.07 (3.0662)	Boston Braves	6
Russ Meyer	3.08 (3.0845)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Don Newcombe	3.17 (3.1678)	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Al Brazle	3.18 (3.1842)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Murry Dickson	3.29 (3.2898)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Sheldon Jones	3.34 (3.3424)	New York Giants	11
Harry Brecheen	3.35 (3.3540)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Jack Banta	3.37 (3.3676)	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Ken Raffensberger	3.39 (3.3908)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Monte Kennedy	3.43 (3.4254)	New York Giants	15
Robin Roberts	3.69 (3.6926)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Larry Jansen	3.85 (3.8472)	New York Giants	17
Red Munger	3.87 (3.8708)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Cliff Chambers	3.96 (3.9587)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Howie Fox	3.98 (3.9767)	Cincinnati Reds	20
Bill Voiselle	4.04 (4.0394)	Boston Braves	21
Bob Rush	4.07 (4.0746)	Chicago Cubs	22
Dutch Leonard	4.15 (4.1500)	Chicago Cubs	23
Joe Hatten	4.18 (4.1797)	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Hank Borowy	4.19 (4.1897)	Philadelphia Phillies	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. 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? 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.