Earned Run Average : 2007 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2007 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jake Peavy 2.54 (2.5388) San Diego Padres 1
Brandon Webb 3.01 (3.0085) Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Brad Penny 3.03 (3.0288) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
John Smoltz 3.11 (3.1071) Atlanta Braves 4
Chris Young 3.12 (3.1214) San Diego Padres 5
Roy Oswalt 3.18 (3.1840) Houston Astros 6
Tim Hudson 3.33 (3.3299) Atlanta Braves 7
Cole Hamels 3.39 (3.3873) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Oliver Perez 3.56 (3.5593) New York Mets 9
Matt Cain 3.65 (3.6450) San Francisco Giants 10
Adam Wainwright 3.70 (3.6980) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Aaron Harang 3.73 (3.7296) Cincinnati Reds 12
Ian Snell 3.76 (3.7644) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Ted Lilly 3.83 (3.8261) Chicago Cubs 14
Tom Gorzelanny 3.88 (3.8828) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Derek Lowe 3.88 (3.8830) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
John Maine 3.91 (3.9110) New York Mets 17
Rich Hill 3.92 (3.9231) Chicago Cubs 18
Carlos Zambrano 3.95 (3.9523) Chicago Cubs 19
Aaron Cook 4.12 (4.1205) Colorado Rockies 20
Greg Maddux 4.14 (4.1364) San Diego Padres 21
Jeff Francis 4.22 (4.2214) Colorado Rockies 22
Bronson Arroyo 4.23 (4.2296) Cincinnati Reds 23
Chuck James 4.24 (4.2398) Atlanta Braves 24
Doug Davis 4.25 (4.2510) Arizona Diamondbacks 25



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.

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.

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?