Shutouts : 1950 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1950 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Hearn 5 St. Louis Cardinals 1
New York Giants  
Larry Jansen 5 New York Giants  
Sal Maglie 5 New York Giants  
Robin Roberts 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Newcombe 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Ken Raffensberger 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Johnny Sain 3 Boston Braves 7
Johnny Schmitz 3 Chicago Cubs  
Vern Bickford 2 Boston Braves 9
Harry Brecheen 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cliff Chambers 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bubba Church 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Monk Dubiel 2 Chicago Cubs  
Frank Hiller 2 Chicago Cubs  
Sheldon Jones 2 New York Giants  
Max Lanier 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill MacDonald 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Miller 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Erv Palica 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Howie Pollet 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Preacher Roe 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Curt Simmons 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Antonelli 1 Boston Braves 23
Dan Bankhead 1 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ewell Blackwell 1 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.