Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1950 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1950 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)

1950 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Jim Konstanty 2.66 (2.6645) Philadelphia Phillies 1

Sal Maglie 2.71 (2.7087) New York Giants 2

Ewell Blackwell 2.97 (2.9655) Cincinnati Reds 3

Larry Jansen 3.01 (3.0109) New York Giants 4

Robin Roberts 3.02 (3.0164) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Max Lanier 3.13 (3.1268) St. Louis Cardinals 6

Warren Spahn 3.16 (3.1638) Boston Braves 7

Howie Pollet 3.29 (3.2927) St. Louis Cardinals 8

Preacher Roe 3.30 (3.3032) Brooklyn Dodgers 9

Curt Simmons 3.40 (3.3960) Philadelphia Phillies 10

Vern Bickford 3.47 (3.4652) Boston Braves 11

Frank Hiller 3.53 (3.5294) Chicago Cubs 12

Bob Miller 3.57 (3.5690) Philadelphia Phillies 13

Erv Palica 3.58 (3.5762) Brooklyn Dodgers 14

Willie Ramsdell 3.68 (3.6843) Brooklyn Dodgers 15

Cincinnati Reds

Don Newcombe 3.70 (3.7032) Brooklyn Dodgers 16

Bob Rush 3.71 (3.7107) Chicago Cubs 17

Murry Dickson 3.80 (3.8000) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Harry Brecheen 3.80 (3.8020) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Red Munger 3.90 (3.8987) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Dave Koslo 3.91 (3.9054) New York Giants 21

Johnny Sain 3.94 (3.9449) Boston Braves 22

Al Brazle 4.10 (4.0992) St. Louis Cardinals 23

Paul Minner 4.11 (4.1138) Chicago Cubs 24

Ken Raffensberger 4.26 (4.2552) Cincinnati Reds 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.

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?

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