1996 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Kevin Brown	1.89 (1.8927)	Florida Marlins	1
Greg Maddux	2.72 (2.7184)	Atlanta Braves	2
Al Leiter	2.93 (2.9257)	Florida Marlins	3
John Smoltz	2.94 (2.9448)	Atlanta Braves	4
Tom Glavine	2.98 (2.9830)	Atlanta Braves	5
Steve Trachsel	3.03 (3.0293)	Chicago Cubs	6
Curt Schilling	3.19 (3.1909)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Hideo Nomo	3.19 (3.1927)	Los Angeles Dodgers	8
Jeff Fassero	3.30 (3.3022)	Montreal Expos	9
Ismael Valdez	3.32 (3.3200)	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
Ramon Martinez	3.42 (3.4150)	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Mark Clark	3.43 (3.4333)	New York Mets	12
Pedro Astacio	3.44 (3.4441)	Los Angeles Dodgers	13
Denny Neagle	3.50 (3.4970)	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
		Atlanta Braves
Donovan Osborne	3.53 (3.5336)	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Mike Hampton	3.59 (3.5925)	Houston Astros	16
Fernando Valenzuela	3.62 (3.6175)	San Diego Padres	17
John Smiley	3.64 (3.6442)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Shane Reynolds	3.65 (3.6527)	Houston Astros	19
Pedro Martinez	3.70 (3.6969)	Montreal Expos	20
Danny Darwin	3.77 (3.7713)	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
		Houston Astros
Andy Benes	3.83 (3.8292)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Dave Burba	3.83 (3.8308)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Todd Stottlemyre	3.87 (3.8687)	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Jaime Navarro	3.92 (3.9169)	Chicago Cubs	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. 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.