Shutouts : 1941 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1941 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Whit Wyatt 7 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Johnny Vander Meer 6 Cincinnati Reds 2
Curt Davis 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Bucky Walters 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Elmer Riddle 4 Cincinnati Reds 5
Lon Warneke 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Gumbert 3 New York Giants 7
St. Louis Cardinals  
Cliff Melton 3 New York Giants  
Claude Passeau 3 Chicago Cubs  
Hal Schumacher 3 New York Giants  
Jim Tobin 3 Boston Braves  
Ernie White 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Paul Derringer 2 Cincinnati Reds 13
Dick Errickson 2 Boston Braves  
Ken Heintzelman 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kirby Higbe 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Tommy Hughes 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Max Lanier 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Lohrman 2 New York Giants  
Vern Olsen 2 Chicago Cubs  
Howie Pollet 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Manny Salvo 2 Boston Braves  
Rip Sewell 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ray Starr 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Cy Blanton 1 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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?