Shutouts : 1904 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1904 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 9 New York Giants 1
Jack Harper 6 Cincinnati Reds 2
Patsy Flaherty 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Togie Pittinger 5 Boston Beaneaters  
Dummy Taylor 5 New York Giants  
Jake Weimer 5 Chicago Cubs  
Mordecai Brown 4 Chicago Cubs 7
Jack Cronin 4 Brooklyn Superbas  
Christy Mathewson 4 New York Giants  
Bob Wicker 4 Chicago Cubs  
Buttons Briggs 3 Chicago Cubs 11
Charlie Case 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Nichols 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Deacon Phillippe 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Scanlan 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooklyn Superbas  
Tully Sparks 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kaiser Wilhelm 3 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Duggleby 2 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Tom Fisher 2 Boston Beaneaters  
Chick Fraser 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ned Garvin 2 Brooklyn Superbas  
Noodles Hahn 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Carl Lundgren 2 Chicago Cubs  
Roscoe Miller 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Taylor 2 St. Louis Cardinals  



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?

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).