Shutouts : 1929 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1929 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pat Malone 5 Chicago Cubs 1
Freddie Fitzsimmons 4 New York Giants 2
Charlie Root 4 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Benton 3 New York Giants 4
Watty Clark 3 Brooklyn Robins  
Syl Johnson 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Benge 2 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Guy Bush 2 Chicago Cubs  
Hal Carlson 2 Chicago Cubs  
Al Grabowski 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Burleigh Grimes 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Lucas 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Moss 2 Brooklyn Robins  
Les Sweetland 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sheriff Blake 1 Chicago Cubs 15
Erv Brame 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Delaney 1 Boston Braves  
Clise Dudley 1 Brooklyn Robins  
Rube Ehrhardt 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Carl Hubbell 1 New York Giants  
Percy Jones 1 Boston Braves  
Ray Kolp 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Dolf Luque 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Heinie Meine 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jesse Petty 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.