Shutouts : 1959 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)
 

1959 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Antonelli 4 San Francisco Giants 1
Bob Buhl 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Lew Burdette 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Roger Craig 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Drysdale 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Sam Jones 4 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Spahn 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Ernie Broglio 3 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Gene Conley 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Glen Hobbie 3 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Jackson 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mike McCormick 3 San Francisco Giants  
Art Ceccarelli 2 Chicago Cubs 13
Bob Friend 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harvey Haddix 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vern Law 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Danny McDevitt 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Newcombe 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Juan Pizarro 2 Milwaukee Braves  
Johnny Podres 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Robin Roberts 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carl Willey 2 Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Anderson 1 Chicago Cubs 23
Jim Brosnan 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Cincinnati Reds  
John Buzhardt 1 Chicago Cubs  



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?

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.