Earned Run Average : 1982 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
 

1982 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Steve Rogers 2.40 (2.4043) Montreal Expos 1
Joe Niekro 2.47 (2.4667) Houston Astros 2
Joaquin Andujar 2.47 (2.4730) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Mario Soto 2.79 (2.7943) Cincinnati Reds 4
Fernando Valenzuela 2.87 (2.8737) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
John Candelaria 2.94 (2.9370) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Don Sutton 3.00 (3.0000) Houston Astros 7
Steve Carlton 3.10 (3.1048) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jerry Reuss 3.11 (3.1099) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Mike Krukow 3.12 (3.1154) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Tim Lollar 3.13 (3.1332) San Diego Padres 11
Bill Laskey 3.14 (3.1373) San Francisco Giants 12
Fergie Jenkins 3.15 (3.1472) Chicago Cubs 13
Nolan Ryan 3.16 (3.1638) Houston Astros 14
Charlie Lea 3.24 (3.2420) Montreal Expos 15
Craig Swan 3.35 (3.3547) New York Mets 16
Bruce Berenyi 3.36 (3.3598) Cincinnati Reds 17
Bob Welch 3.36 (3.3607) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Manny Sarmiento 3.39 (3.3887) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Scott Sanderson 3.46 (3.4554) Montreal Expos 20
Larry Christenson 3.47 (3.4709) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Bob Forsch 3.48 (3.4764) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Bill Gullickson 3.57 (3.5746) Montreal Expos 23
Phil Niekro 3.61 (3.6102) Atlanta Braves 24
Rick Camp 3.65 (3.6541) Atlanta Braves 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.

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.

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).