1998 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Greg Maddux	2.22 (2.2231)	Atlanta Braves	1
Kevin Brown	2.38 (2.3813)	San Diego Padres	2
Al Leiter	2.47 (2.4715)	New York Mets	3
Tom Glavine	2.47 (2.4724)	Atlanta Braves	4
Omar Daal	2.88 (2.8770)	Arizona Diamondbacks	5
John Smoltz	2.90 (2.8986)	Atlanta Braves	6
Dustin Hermanson	3.13 (3.1283)	Montreal Expos	7
Pete Harnisch	3.14 (3.1435)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Curt Schilling	3.25 (3.2494)	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Francisco Cordova	3.31 (3.3086)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Andy Ashby	3.34 (3.3353)	San Diego Padres	11
Mike Hampton	3.36 (3.3590)	Houston Astros	12
Kerry Wood	3.40 (3.4020)	Chicago Cubs	13
Rick Reed	3.48 (3.4757)	New York Mets	14
Shane Reynolds	3.51 (3.5100)	Houston Astros	15
Todd Stottlemyre	3.51 (3.5145)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Denny Neagle	3.55 (3.5515)	Atlanta Braves	17
Carlos Perez	3.59 (3.5851)	Montreal Expos	18
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Jose Lima	3.70 (3.7029)	Houston Astros	19
Chan Ho Park	3.71 (3.7115)	Los Angeles Dodgers	20
Sean Bergman	3.72 (3.7151)	Houston Astros	21
Sterling Hitchcock	3.93 (3.9301)	San Diego Padres	22
Masato Yoshii	3.93 (3.9320)	New York Mets	23
Andy Benes	3.97 (3.9683)	Arizona Diamondbacks	24
Ismael Valdez	3.98 (3.9828)	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

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