Top 25 Shutouts in 1981 in the National League

Shutouts : 1981 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1981 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Fernando Valenzuela 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Bob Knepper 5 Houston Astros 2

Burt Hooton 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Bruce Berenyi 3 Cincinnati Reds 4

Phil Niekro 3 Atlanta Braves

Steve Rogers 3 Montreal Expos

Nolan Ryan 3 Houston Astros

Mario Soto 3 Cincinnati Reds

Don Sutton 3 Houston Astros

Jim Bibby 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Bill Gullickson 2 Montreal Expos

Charlie Lea 2 Montreal Expos

Joe Niekro 2 Houston Astros

Jerry Reuss 2 Los Angeles Dodgers

Rick Rhoden 2 Pittsburgh Pirates

Chris Welsh 2 San Diego Padres

Doyle Alexander 1 San Francisco Giants 17

Doug Bird 1 Chicago Cubs

Steve Carlton 1 Philadelphia Phillies

Juan Eichelberger 1 San Diego Padres

Pete Falcone 1 New York Mets

Tom Griffin 1 San Francisco Giants

Mike Krukow 1 Chicago Cubs

Mike LaCoss 1 Cincinnati Reds

Charlie Leibrandt 1 Cincinnati Reds

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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.

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 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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