Shutouts : 1944 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1944 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mort Cooper 7 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bucky Walters 6 Cincinnati Reds 2
Max Butcher 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Max Lanier 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Tobin 5 Boston Braves  
Ed Heusser 4 Cincinnati Reds 6
Ted Wilks 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Brecheen 3 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Arnold Carter 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Paul Erickson 3 Chicago Cubs  
Al Javery 3 Boston Braves  
Bill Lee 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Raffensberger 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rip Sewell 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Wyse 3 Chicago Cubs  
Nate Andrews 2 Boston Braves 16
Al Gerheauser 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Harry Gumbert 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
Al Jurisich 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Munger 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Passeau 2 Chicago Cubs  
Freddy Schmidt 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Allen 1 New York Giants 23
Dick Barrett 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Red Barrett 1 Boston Braves  



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

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.