Shutouts : 1977 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)
 

1977 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom Seaver 7 New York Mets 1
Cincinnati Reds  
Rick Reuschel 4 Chicago Cubs 2
Steve Rogers 4 Montreal Expos  
Tommy John 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Jon Matlack 3 New York Mets  
Eric Rasmussen 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
J.R. Richard 3 Houston Astros  
Don Sutton 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jim Barr 2 San Francisco Giants 9
Jack Billingham 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Jackie Brown 2 Montreal Expos  
Steve Carlton 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Forsch 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ed Halicki 2 San Francisco Giants  
Burt Hooton 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Knepper 2 San Francisco Giants  
Paul Moskau 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Niekro 2 Houston Astros  
Phil Niekro 2 Atlanta Braves  
Bob Owchinko 2 San Diego Padres  
Doug Rau 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jerry Reuss 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Rooker 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dick Ruthven 2 Atlanta Braves  
Joaquin Andujar 1 Houston Astros 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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.