Shutouts : 1876 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:

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1876 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Bradley 16 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1
Al Spalding 8 Chicago White Stockings 2
Tommy Bond 6 Hartford Dark Blues 3
Candy Cummings 5 Hartford Dark Blues 4
Jim Devlin 5 Louisville Grays  
Joe Borden 2 Boston Red Caps 6
Bobby Mathews 2 New York Mutuals  
Foghorn Bradley 1 Boston Red Caps 8
George Zettlein 1 Philadelphia Athletics  



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).

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.

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.