Shutouts : 1908 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)
 

1908 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Christy Mathewson 11 New York Giants 1
Mordecai Brown 9 Chicago Cubs 2
George McQuillan 7 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Ed Reulbach 7 Chicago Cubs  
Vic Willis 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hooks Wiltse 7 New York Giants  
Nap Rucker 6 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Kaiser Wilhelm 6 Brooklyn Superbas  
Andy Coakley 5 Cincinnati Reds 9
Chicago Cubs  
Lefty Leifield 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe McGinnity 5 New York Giants  
Bugs Raymond 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Ewing 4 Cincinnati Reds 13
Sam Leever 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Nick Maddox 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry McIntire 4 Brooklyn Superbas  
Lew Moren 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Orval Overall 4 Chicago Cubs  
Howie Camnitz 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Gus Dorner 3 Boston Doves  
George Ferguson 3 Boston Doves  
Johnny Lush 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Pfiester 3 Chicago Cubs  
George Bell 2 Brooklyn Superbas 24
Billy Campbell 2 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?