Shutouts : 1956 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)
 

1956 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lew Burdette 6 Milwaukee Braves 1
Johnny Antonelli 5 New York Giants 2
Don Newcombe 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Friend 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Murry Dickson 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Harvey Haddix 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Sal Maglie 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Warren Spahn 3 Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Buhl 2 Milwaukee Braves 10
Roger Craig 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ruben Gomez 2 New York Giants  
Sam Jones 2 Chicago Cubs  
Ron Kline 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Nuxhall 2 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Tom Poholsky 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Herm Wehmeier 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Acker 1 Cincinnati Redlegs 18
Jim Brosnan 1 Chicago Cubs  
Gene Conley 1 Milwaukee Braves  
Jim Davis 1 Chicago Cubs  
Carl Erskine 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Don Kaiser 1 Chicago Cubs  
Brooks Lawrence 1 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Bob Miller 1 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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.

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?