Shutouts : 1961 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
 

1961 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joey Jay 4 Cincinnati Reds 1
Warren Spahn 4 Milwaukee Braves  
Lew Burdette 3 Milwaukee Braves 3
Don Cardwell 3 Chicago Cubs  
Don Drysdale 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Joe Gibbon 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Jackson 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Art Mahaffey 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Juan Marichal 3 San Francisco Giants  
Mike McCormick 3 San Francisco Giants  
Jim O'Toole 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Ernie Broglio 2 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Bob Gibson 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harvey Haddix 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Glen Hobbie 2 Chicago Cubs  
Sandy Koufax 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Curt Simmons 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Stan Williams 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Buhl 1 Milwaukee Braves 19
John Buzhardt 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dick Ellsworth 1 Chicago Cubs  
Don Ferrarese 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Friend 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dallas Green 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Johnson 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.

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.

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).