Shutouts : 1916 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)
 

1916 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 16 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jeff Pfeffer 6 Brooklyn Robins 2
Lefty Tyler 6 Boston Braves  
Larry Cheney 5 Brooklyn Robins 4
Pol Perritt 5 New York Giants  
Dick Rudolph 5 Boston Braves  
Jeff Tesreau 5 New York Giants  
Al Demaree 4 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jimmy Lavender 4 Chicago Cubs  
Slim Sallee 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Giants  
Ferdie Schupp 4 New York Giants  
Sherry Smith 4 Brooklyn Robins  
Hippo Vaughn 4 Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Barnes 3 Boston Braves 14
Rube Benton 3 New York Giants  
Jack Coombs 3 Brooklyn Robins  
Claude Hendrix 3 Chicago Cubs  
Pat Ragan 3 Boston Braves  
Eppa Rixey 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Toney 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Frank Allen 2 Boston Braves 21
Red Ames 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Anderson 2 New York Giants  
Wilbur Cooper 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Wheezer Dell 2 Brooklyn Robins  



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).

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.