Shutouts : 1957 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1957 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Podres 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Don Drysdale 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Don Newcombe 4 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Warren Spahn 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Johnny Antonelli 3 New York Giants 5
Dick Drott 3 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Friend 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vern Law 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Sanford 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curt Barclay 2 New York Giants 10
Bob Buhl 2 Milwaukee Braves  
Moe Drabowsky 2 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Jackson 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sam Jones 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Kline 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Von McDaniel 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Danny McDevitt 2 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Nuxhall 2 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Robin Roberts 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curt Simmons 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lew Burdette 1 Milwaukee Braves 22
Pete Burnside 1 New York Giants  
Don Cardwell 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gene Conley 1 Milwaukee Braves  



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.

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?

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