Shutouts : 1970 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)
 

1970 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gaylord Perry 5 San Francisco Giants 1
Dock Ellis 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Carl Morton 4 Montreal Expos  
Claude Osteen 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Sutton 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Woodie Fryman 3 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Bob Gibson 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fergie Jenkins 3 Chicago Cubs  
Jim McAndrew 3 New York Mets  
Jim McGlothlin 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Phil Niekro 3 Atlanta Braves  
Bill Singer 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bill Stoneman 3 Montreal Expos  
Luke Walker 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Billingham 2 Houston Astros 15
Steve Carlton 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Larry Dierker 2 Houston Astros  
Gary Gentry 2 New York Mets  
Bill Hands 2 Chicago Cubs  
Dan McGinn 2 Montreal Expos  
Bob Moose 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Nash 2 Atlanta Braves  
Gary Nolan 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Milt Pappas 2 Atlanta Braves  
Chicago Cubs  
Jerry Reuss 2 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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