Top 25 Shutouts in 1949 in the National League

Shutouts : 1949 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)

1949 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Ken Heintzelman 5 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Don Newcombe 5 Brooklyn Dodgers

Howie Pollet 5 St. Louis Cardinals

Ken Raffensberger 5 Cincinnati Reds

Monte Kennedy 4 New York Giants 5

Warren Spahn 4 Boston Braves

Bill Voiselle 4 Boston Braves

Larry Jansen 3 New York Giants 8

Robin Roberts 3 Philadelphia Phillies

Preacher Roe 3 Brooklyn Dodgers

Johnny Schmitz 3 Chicago Cubs

Johnny Vander Meer 3 Cincinnati Reds

Rex Barney 2 Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Vern Bickford 2 Boston Braves

Ralph Branca 2 Brooklyn Dodgers

Harry Brecheen 2 St. Louis Cardinals

Murry Dickson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Hatten 2 Brooklyn Dodgers

Russ Meyer 2 Philadelphia Phillies

Red Munger 2 St. Louis Cardinals

Jerry Staley 2 St. Louis Cardinals

Bill Werle 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Johnny Antonelli 1 Boston Braves 23

Jack Banta 1 Brooklyn Dodgers

Hank Behrman 1 New York Giants

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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?

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