1959 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Roger Craig	2.06 (2.0633)	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Sam Jones	2.83 (2.8264)	San Francisco Giants	2
Stu Miller	2.84 (2.8449)	San Francisco Giants	3
Bob Buhl	2.86 (2.8636)	Milwaukee Braves	4
Warren Spahn	2.96 (2.9589)	Milwaukee Braves	5
Vern Law	2.98 (2.9774)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Gene Conley	3.00 (3.0000)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Johnny Antonelli	3.10 (3.0957)	San Francisco Giants	8
Harvey Haddix	3.13 (3.1293)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Jack Sanford	3.16 (3.1574)	San Francisco Giants	10
Don Newcombe	3.16 (3.1622)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Jim Owens	3.21 (3.2124)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Larry Jackson	3.30 (3.3047)	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Don Drysdale	3.46 (3.4581)	Los Angeles Dodgers	14
Dave Hillman	3.53 (3.5340)	Chicago Cubs	15
Glen Hobbie	3.69 (3.6923)	Chicago Cubs	16
Mike McCormick	3.99 (3.9882)	San Francisco Giants	17
Bob Friend	4.03 (4.0270)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Sandy Koufax	4.05 (4.0500)	Los Angeles Dodgers	19
Don Cardwell	4.06 (4.0588)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Lew Burdette	4.07 (4.0702)	Milwaukee Braves	21
Johnny Podres	4.11 (4.1077)	Los Angeles Dodgers	22
Bob Anderson	4.13 (4.1303)	Chicago Cubs	23
Vinegar Bend Mizell	4.20 (4.2020)	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Bob Purkey	4.25 (4.2523)	Cincinnati Reds	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). 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. 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.