Earned Run Average : 1967 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1967 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Niekro 1.87 (1.8696) Atlanta Braves 1
Jim Bunning 2.29 (2.2922) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Chris Short 2.39 (2.3930) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Gary Nolan 2.58 (2.5809) Cincinnati Reds 4
Gaylord Perry 2.61 (2.6109) San Francisco Giants 5
Bill Singer 2.64 (2.6427) Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Dick Hughes 2.67 (2.6717) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Ken Johnson 2.74 (2.7385) Atlanta Braves 8
Don Drysdale 2.74 (2.7447) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Juan Marichal 2.76 (2.7578) San Francisco Giants 10
Mel Queen 2.76 (2.7598) Cincinnati Reds 11
Tom Seaver 2.76 (2.7610) New York Mets 12
Ray Sadecki 2.78 (2.7766) San Francisco Giants 13
Don Wilson 2.79 (2.7880) Houston Astros 14
Fergie Jenkins 2.80 (2.7995) Chicago Cubs 15
Mike McCormick 2.85 (2.8475) San Francisco Giants 16
Bob Gibson 2.98 (2.9772) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Steve Carlton 2.98 (2.9845) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Mike Cuellar 3.03 (3.0325) Houston Astros 19
Larry Jackson 3.10 (3.0955) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Rich Nye 3.20 (3.2049) Chicago Cubs 21
Claude Osteen 3.22 (3.2150) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Jim Maloney 3.25 (3.2547) Cincinnati Reds 23
Rick Wise 3.28 (3.2757) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Tommie Sisk 3.34 (3.3371) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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?

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.