1953 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Warren Spahn	2.10 (2.1004)	Milwaukee Braves	1
Robin Roberts	2.75 (2.7519)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Bob Buhl	2.97 (2.9741)	Milwaukee Braves	3
Harvey Haddix	3.06 (3.0593)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Johnny Antonelli	3.18 (3.1825)	Milwaukee Braves	5
Curt Simmons	3.21 (3.2143)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Lew Burdette	3.24 (3.2400)	Milwaukee Braves	7
Ruben Gomez	3.40 (3.3971)	New York Giants	8
Vinegar Bend Mizell	3.49 (3.4903)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Carl Erskine	3.54 (3.5392)	Brooklyn Dodgers	10
Ken Raffensberger	3.93 (3.9310)	Cincinnati Redlegs	11
Jerry Staley	3.99 (3.9913)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Bob Miller	4.00 (4.0042)	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Larry Jansen	4.14 (4.1426)	New York Giants	14
Max Surkont	4.18 (4.1824)	Milwaukee Braves	15
Paul Minner	4.21 (4.2090)	Chicago Cubs	16
Preacher Roe	4.36 (4.3567)	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
Warren Hacker	4.39 (4.3850)	Chicago Cubs	18
Jim Konstanty	4.43 (4.4297)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Karl Drews	4.52 (4.5162)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Harry Perkowski	4.52 (4.5233)	Cincinnati Redlegs	21
Murry Dickson	4.53 (4.5299)	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Jim Hearn	4.53 (4.5305)	New York Giants	23
Bob Rush	4.54 (4.5360)	Chicago Cubs	24
Billy Loes	4.54 (4.5369)	Brooklyn Dodgers	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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.