Shutouts : 1942 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1942 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mort Cooper 10 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Curt Davis 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Al Javery 5 Boston Braves  
Rip Sewell 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry French 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Ray Starr 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Vander Meer 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Beazley 3 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Ken Heintzelman 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Claude Passeau 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hal Schumacher 3 New York Giants  
Bob Carpenter 2 New York Giants 12
Bill Fleming 2 Chicago Cubs  
Hank Gornicki 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kirby Higbe 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Max Lanier 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Lohrman 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Giants  
Cliff Melton 2 New York Giants  
Howie Pollet 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bucky Walters 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Allen 1 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Paul Derringer 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Feldman 1 New York Giants  
Luke Hamlin 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Head 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  



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?

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.