Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1964 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1964 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)

1964 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Sandy Koufax 1.74 (1.7354) Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Don Drysdale 2.18 (2.1846) Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Chris Short 2.20 (2.2024) Philadelphia Phillies 3

Juan Marichal 2.48 (2.4758) San Francisco Giants 4

Jim Bunning 2.63 (2.6272) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Jim O'Toole 2.66 (2.6591) Cincinnati Reds 6

Jim Maloney 2.71 (2.7083) Cincinnati Reds 7

Bob Veale 2.74 (2.7354) Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Gaylord Perry 2.75 (2.7480) San Francisco Giants 9

Bob Bruce 2.76 (2.7578) Houston Colt .45s 10

Bob Gibson 3.01 (3.0070) St. Louis Cardinals 11

Bob Purkey 3.04 (3.0358) Cincinnati Reds 12

Ron Herbel 3.07 (3.0745) San Francisco Giants 13

Larry Jackson 3.14 (3.1445) Chicago Cubs 14

Bobby Bolin 3.25 (3.2462) San Francisco Giants 15

Roger Craig 3.25 (3.2530) St. Louis Cardinals 16

Turk Farrell 3.27 (3.2672) Houston Colt .45s 17

Bob Friend 3.33 (3.3329) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Joey Jay 3.39 (3.3934) Cincinnati Reds 19

Curt Simmons 3.43 (3.4303) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Tony Cloninger 3.56 (3.5604) Milwaukee Braves 21

Vern Law 3.61 (3.6094) Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Galen Cisco 3.62 (3.6156) New York Mets 23

Ken Johnson 3.63 (3.6330) Houston Colt .45s 24

Bob Hendley 3.64 (3.6367) San Francisco Giants 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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?

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.

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