Shutouts : 1934 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)
 

1934 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 7 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Paul Dean 5 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Carl Hubbell 5 New York Giants  
Bill Lee 4 Chicago Cubs 4
Ed Brandt 3 Boston Braves 5
Curt Davis 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 3 New York Giants  
Larry French 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Waite Hoyt 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Syl Johnson 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Van Mungo 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lon Warneke 3 Chicago Cubs  
Huck Betts 2 Boston Braves 13
Fred Frankhouse 2 Boston Braves  
Benny Frey 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Hallahan 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Snipe Hansen 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dutch Leonard 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Roy Parmelee 2 New York Giants  
Hal Schumacher 2 New York Giants  
Ray Benge 1 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Bob Brown 1 Boston Braves  
Guy Bush 1 Chicago Cubs  
Ben Cantwell 1 Boston Braves  
Paul Derringer 1 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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?