Shutouts : 1940 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1940 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Manny Salvo 5 Boston Bees 1
Whit Wyatt 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Bill Lohrman 4 New York Giants  
Vern Olsen 4 Chicago Cubs  
Claude Passeau 4 Chicago Cubs  
Mort Cooper 3 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Paul Derringer 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Errickson 3 Boston Bees  
Larry French 3 Chicago Cubs  
Bill McGee 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hugh Mulcahy 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Junior Thompson 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Bucky Walters 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Max Butcher 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Hugh Casey 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Harry Gumbert 2 New York Giants  
Luke Hamlin 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ken Heintzelman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Carl Hubbell 2 New York Giants  
Max Lanier 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rip Sewell 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mace Brown 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Tex Carleton 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Tom Earley 1 Boston Bees  



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?

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).