Earned Run Average : 1965 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1965 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax 2.04 (2.0377) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Juan Marichal 2.13 (2.1332) San Francisco Giants 2
Vern Law 2.15 (2.1534) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Jim Maloney 2.54 (2.5379) Cincinnati Reds 4
Jim Bunning 2.60 (2.5979) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Bob Shaw 2.64 (2.6426) San Francisco Giants 6
Bobby Bolin 2.76 (2.7607) San Francisco Giants 7
Don Drysdale 2.77 (2.7730) Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Claude Osteen 2.79 (2.7909) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Chris Short 2.82 (2.8150) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Bob Veale 2.84 (2.8421) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Bob Gibson 3.07 (3.0702) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Don Cardwell 3.18 (3.1831) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Ray Culp 3.22 (3.2153) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Bob Friend 3.24 (3.2432) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Tony Cloninger 3.29 (3.2903) Milwaukee Braves 16
Tracy Stallard 3.38 (3.3808) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Ken Johnson 3.42 (3.4236) Houston Astros 18
Milwaukee Braves  
Turk Farrell 3.50 (3.4992) Houston Astros 19
Cal Koonce 3.69 (3.6936) Chicago Cubs 20
Bob Bruce 3.72 (3.7228) Houston Astros 21
Wade Blasingame 3.77 (3.7656) Milwaukee Braves 22
Sammy Ellis 3.79 (3.7889) Cincinnati Reds 23
Dick Ellsworth 3.81 (3.8051) Chicago Cubs 24
Larry Jackson 3.85 (3.8472) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.