Top 25 Earned Run Average in 2001 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 2001 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

2001 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Randy Johnson 2.49 (2.4873) Arizona Diamondbacks 1

Curt Schilling 2.98 (2.9805) Arizona Diamondbacks 2

John Burkett 3.04 (3.0365) Atlanta Braves 3

Greg Maddux 3.05 (3.0515) Atlanta Braves 4

Darryl Kile 3.09 (3.0880) St. Louis Cardinals 5

Matt Morris 3.16 (3.1618) St. Louis Cardinals 6

Russ Ortiz 3.29 (3.2927) San Francisco Giants 7

Al Leiter 3.32 (3.3150) New York Mets 8

Kerry Wood 3.36 (3.3556) Chicago Cubs 9

Wade Miller 3.40 (3.3962) Houston Astros 10

Javier Vazquez 3.42 (3.4203) Montreal Expos 11

Chan Ho Park 3.50 (3.5000) Los Angeles Dodgers 12

Tom Glavine 3.57 (3.5699) Atlanta Braves 13

Kevin Appier 3.57 (3.5710) New York Mets 14

Brad Penny 3.69 (3.6878) Florida Marlins 15

Randy Wolf 3.70 (3.6994) Philadelphia Phillies 16

Jon Lieber 3.80 (3.7963) Chicago Cubs 17

Tony Armas, Jr. 4.03 (4.0271) Montreal Expos 18

A.J. Burnett 4.05 (4.0500) Florida Marlins 19

Woody Williams 4.05 (4.0500) San Diego Padres

St. Louis Cardinals

Robert Person 4.19 (4.1904) Philadelphia Phillies 21

Jason Bere 4.31 (4.3085) Chicago Cubs 22

Terry Adams 4.33 (4.3287) Los Angeles Dodgers 23

Shane Reynolds 4.34 (4.3358) Houston Astros 24

Kirk Rueter 4.42 (4.4232) San Francisco Giants 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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?

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.

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