Shutouts : 1944 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)
 

1944 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mort Cooper 7 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bucky Walters 6 Cincinnati Reds 2
Max Butcher 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Max Lanier 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Tobin 5 Boston Braves  
Ed Heusser 4 Cincinnati Reds 6
Ted Wilks 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Brecheen 3 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Arnold Carter 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Paul Erickson 3 Chicago Cubs  
Al Javery 3 Boston Braves  
Bill Lee 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Raffensberger 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rip Sewell 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Wyse 3 Chicago Cubs  
Nate Andrews 2 Boston Braves 16
Al Gerheauser 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Harry Gumbert 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
Al Jurisich 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Munger 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Passeau 2 Chicago Cubs  
Freddy Schmidt 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Allen 1 New York Giants 23
Dick Barrett 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Red Barrett 1 Boston Braves  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.