Top 25 Shutouts in 1947 in the National League

Shutouts : 1947 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1947 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Warren Spahn 7 Boston Braves 1

Ewell Blackwell 6 Cincinnati Reds 2

Red Munger 6 St. Louis Cardinals

Ralph Branca 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Murry Dickson 4 St. Louis Cardinals

Red Barrett 3 Boston Braves 6

Tiny Bonham 3 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Hatten 3 Brooklyn Dodgers

Dave Koslo 3 New York Giants

Dutch Leonard 3 Philadelphia Phillies

Vic Lombardi 3 Brooklyn Dodgers

Fritz Ostermueller 3 Pittsburgh Pirates

Johnny Sain 3 Boston Braves

Johnny Schmitz 3 Chicago Cubs

Johnny Vander Meer 3 Cincinnati Reds

Harry Taylor 2 Brooklyn Dodgers 16

Bucky Walters 2 Cincinnati Reds

Hank Borowy 1 Chicago Cubs 18

Harry Brecheen 1 St. Louis Cardinals

Bob Chipman 1 Chicago Cubs

Blix Donnelly 1 Philadelphia Phillies

Hal Gregg 1 Brooklyn Dodgers

Clint Hartung 1 New York Giants

Jim Hearn 1 St. Louis Cardinals

Kirby Higbe 1 Brooklyn Dodgers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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?

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.

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.

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