Shutouts : 1945 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)
 

1945 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Claude Passeau 5 Chicago Cubs 1
Ken Burkhart 4 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Blix Donnelly 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ed Heusser 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Voiselle 4 New York Giants  
Red Barrett 3 Boston Braves 6
St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Brecheen 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Feldman 3 New York Giants  
Sal Maglie 3 New York Giants  
Preacher Roe 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bucky Walters 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Max Butcher 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
George Dockins 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Gregg 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Art Herring 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Hutchings 2 Boston Braves  
Dick Mauney 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Van Mungo 2 New York Giants  
Ray Prim 2 Chicago Cubs  
Tom Seats 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Hank Wyse 2 Chicago Cubs  
Hank Borowy 1 Chicago Cubs 22
Joe Bowman 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Arnold Carter 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Chipman 1 Chicago Cubs  



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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.