Shutouts : 1912 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1912 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Nap Rucker 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Marty O'Toole 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
George Suggs 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Cheney 4 Chicago Cubs 4
Claude Hendrix 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lew Richie 4 Chicago Cubs  
Grover Alexander 3 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Art Fromme 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Harmon 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Lavender 3 Chicago Cubs  
Eppa Rixey 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Slim Sallee 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jeff Tesreau 3 New York Giants  
Babe Adams 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Red Ames 2 New York Giants  
Rube Benton 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Mordecai Brown 2 Chicago Cubs  
Howie Camnitz 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Wilbur Cooper 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bert Humphries 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty Leifield 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chicago Cubs  
Tom Seaton 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Allen 1 Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Ad Brennan 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Demaree 1 New York Giants  



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?

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).