Shutouts : 1880 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1880 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Ward 8 Providence Grays 1
Jim McCormick 7 Cleveland Blues 2
Pud Galvin 5 Buffalo Bisons 3
Lee Richmond 5 Worcester Ruby Legs  
George Bradley 4 Providence Grays 5
Larry Corcoran 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Fred Goldsmith 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Mickey Welch 4 Troy Trojans  
Tommy Bond 3 Boston Red Caps 9
Will White 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Corey 2 Worcester Ruby Legs 11
Curry Foley 1 Boston Red Caps 12
Bill McGunnigle 1 Buffalo Bisons  



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.

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).