Shutouts : 1898 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)
 

1898 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wiley Piatt 6 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jack Powell 6 Cleveland Spiders  
Jay Hughes 5 Baltimore Orioles 3
Kid Nichols 5 Boston Beaneaters  
Jesse Tannehill 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Clark Griffith 4 Chicago Orphans 6
Amos Rusie 4 New York Giants  
Cy Seymour 4 New York Giants  
Ted Breitenstein 3 Cincinnati Reds 9
Pink Hawley 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Magee 3 Louisville Colonels  
Walt Woods 3 Chicago Orphans  
Nixey Callahan 2 Chicago Orphans 13
Bill Dammann 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Fifield 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Hill 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Doc McJames 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Jerry Nops 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Phyle 2 Chicago Orphans  
Billy Rhines 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Walter Thornton 2 Chicago Orphans  
Jack Cronin 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Nig Cuppy 1 Cleveland Spiders  
Red Donahue 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chick Fraser 1 Louisville Colonels  
Cleveland Spiders  



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.

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.

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?