Shutouts : 1955 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
 

1955 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Nuxhall 5 Cincinnati Redlegs 1
Murry Dickson 4 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Sam Jones 4 Chicago Cubs  
Art Fowler 3 Cincinnati Redlegs 4
Ruben Gomez 3 New York Giants  
Bob Rush 3 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Antonelli 2 New York Giants 7
Lew Burdette 2 Milwaukee Braves  
Carl Erskine 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Friend 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harvey Haddix 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Klippstein 2 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Sandy Koufax 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Podres 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Tom Poholsky 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Saul Rogovin 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Luis Arroyo 1 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Bob Buhl 1 Milwaukee Braves  
Ray Crone 1 Milwaukee Braves  
Don Gross 1 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Jim Hearn 1 New York Giants  
Larry Jackson 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Kline 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vern Law 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Brooks Lawrence 1 St. Louis Cardinals  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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.

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