Shutouts : 1890 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1890 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kid Nichols 7 Boston Beaneaters 1
Kid Gleason 6 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Billy Rhines 6 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Hutchinson 5 Chicago Colts 4
Charlie Getzien 4 Boston Beaneaters 5
Tom Lovett 4 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Amos Rusie 4 New York Giants  
Kirtley Baker 2 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
John Clarkson 2 Boston Beaneaters  
Jesse Duryea 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Lee Viau 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Cleveland Spiders  
Tom Vickery 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mickey Welch 2 New York Giants  
Ed Beatin 1 Cleveland Spiders 14
Bob Caruthers 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Crazy Schmit 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Phenomenal Smith 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Ed Stein 1 Chicago Colts  
Adonis Terry 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  



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?