Shutouts : 1947 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1947 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Warren Spahn 7 Boston Braves 1
Ewell Blackwell 6 Cincinnati Reds 2
Red Munger 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ralph Branca 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Murry Dickson 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Barrett 3 Boston Braves 6
Tiny Bonham 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Hatten 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Dave Koslo 3 New York Giants  
Dutch Leonard 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Lombardi 3 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Fritz Ostermueller 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Sain 3 Boston Braves  
Johnny Schmitz 3 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Vander Meer 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Taylor 2 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Bucky Walters 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Hank Borowy 1 Chicago Cubs 18
Harry Brecheen 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Chipman 1 Chicago Cubs  
Blix Donnelly 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hal Gregg 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Clint Hartung 1 New York Giants  
Jim Hearn 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Kirby Higbe 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Pittsburgh Pirates  



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).

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?