Shutouts : 1889 American Association 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:

"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)
 

1889 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Bob Caruthers 7 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1
Mark Baldwin 6 Columbus Colts 2
Frank Foreman 5 Baltimore Orioles 3
Matt Kilroy 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Gus Weyhing 4 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Elton Chamberlain 3 St. Louis Browns 6
Ed Seward 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jesse Duryea 2 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Silver King 2 St. Louis Browns  
Sadie McMahon 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack Stivetts 2 St. Louis Browns  
Adonis Terry 2 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Wild Bill Widner 2 Columbus Colts  
Red Ehret 1 Louisville Colonels 14
John Ewing 1 Louisville Colonels  
Tom Lovett 1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Al Mays 1 Columbus Colts  
Lee Viau 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings  



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.

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.