Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1951 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1951 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)

1951 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Chet Nichols 2.88 (2.8846) Boston Braves 1

Sal Maglie 2.93 (2.9295) New York Giants 2

Warren Spahn 2.98 (2.9839) Boston Braves 3

Robin Roberts 3.03 (3.0286) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Larry Jansen 3.04 (3.0359) New York Giants 5

Preacher Roe 3.04 (3.0388) Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Al Brazle 3.09 (3.0907) St. Louis Cardinals 7

Vern Bickford 3.12 (3.1154) Boston Braves 8

Max Lanier 3.26 (3.2625) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Ralph Branca 3.26 (3.2647) Brooklyn Dodgers 10

Don Newcombe 3.28 (3.2757) Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Ken Raffensberger 3.44 (3.4383) Cincinnati Reds 12

Ewell Blackwell 3.44 (3.4427) Cincinnati Reds 13

Russ Meyer 3.48 (3.4821) Philadelphia Phillies 14

Bubba Church 3.53 (3.5344) Philadelphia Phillies 15

Jim Hearn 3.62 (3.6199) New York Giants 16

Herm Wehmeier 3.70 (3.7040) Cincinnati Reds 17

Paul Minner 3.79 (3.7934) Chicago Cubs 18

Jerry Staley 3.81 (3.8062) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Howie Fox 3.83 (3.8289) Cincinnati Reds 20

Bob Rush 3.83 (3.8328) Chicago Cubs 21

Max Surkont 3.99 (3.9873) Boston Braves 22

Murry Dickson 4.02 (4.0219) Pittsburgh Pirates 23

Willie Ramsdell 4.04 (4.0408) Cincinnati Reds 24

Johnny Sain 4.21 (4.2100) Boston Braves 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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox � including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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