Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1988 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1988 National League Top 25

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1988 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Joe Magrane 2.18 (2.1774) St. Louis Cardinals 1

David Cone 2.22 (2.2176) New York Mets 2

Orel Hershiser 2.26 (2.2584) Los Angeles Dodgers 3

John Tudor 2.32 (2.3221) St. Louis Cardinals 4

Los Angeles Dodgers

Jose Rijo 2.39 (2.3889) Cincinnati Reds 5

Pascual Perez 2.44 (2.4415) Montreal Expos 6

Don Robinson 2.45 (2.4453) San Francisco Giants 7

Bob Walk 2.71 (2.7085) Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Dennis Martinez 2.72 (2.7153) Montreal Expos 9

Danny Jackson 2.73 (2.7276) Cincinnati Reds 10

Bob Ojeda 2.88 (2.8844) New York Mets 11

Tim Belcher 2.91 (2.9054) Los Angeles Dodgers 12

Tim Leary 2.91 (2.9125) Los Angeles Dodgers 13

Mike Scott 2.92 (2.9223) Houston Astros 14

Jim Deshaies 3.00 (3.0000) Houston Astros 15

Bryn Smith 3.00 (3.0000) Montreal Expos

Sid Fernandez 3.03 (3.0321) New York Mets 17

John Dopson 3.04 (3.0415) Montreal Expos 18

Doug Drabek 3.08 (3.0775) Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Rick Reuschel 3.12 (3.1224) San Francisco Giants 20

Bob Knepper 3.14 (3.1371) Houston Astros 21

Greg Maddux 3.18 (3.1807) Chicago Cubs 22

Dwight Gooden 3.19 (3.1893) New York Mets 23

John Smiley 3.25 (3.2488) Pittsburgh Pirates 24

Ron Darling 3.25 (3.2535) New York Mets 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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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