Top 25 Shutouts in 1921 in the National League

Shutouts : 1921 National League Top 25

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"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)

1921 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Grover Alexander 3 Chicago Cubs 1

Phil Douglas 3 New York Giants

Dana Fillingim 3 Boston Braves

Jesse Haines 3 St. Louis Cardinals

Dolf Luque 3 Cincinnati Reds

Clarence Mitchell 3 Brooklyn Robins

Johnny Morrison 3 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Oeschger 3 Boston Braves

Babe Adams 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Wilbur Cooper 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Burleigh Grimes 2 Brooklyn Robins

Earl Hamilton 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Rube Marquard 2 Cincinnati Reds

Hugh McQuillan 2 Boston Braves

Lee Meadows 2 Philadelphia Phillies

Art Nehf 2 New York Giants

Bill Pertica 2 St. Louis Cardinals

Eppa Rixey 2 Cincinnati Reds

Jack Scott 2 Boston Braves

Bill Bailey 1 St. Louis Cardinals 20

Jesse Barnes 1 New York Giants

Rube Benton 1 New York Giants

Leon Cadore 1 Brooklyn Robins

Virgil Cheeves 1 Chicago Cubs

Bill Doak 1 St. Louis Cardinals

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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

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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