Shutouts : 1991 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
 

1991 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dennis Martinez 5 Montreal Expos 1
Ramon Martinez 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Bud Black 3 San Francisco Giants 3
Terry Mulholland 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Zane Smith 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
David Cone 2 New York Mets 6
Doug Drabek 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Greene 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pete Harnisch 2 Houston Astros  
Greg Harris 2 San Diego Padres  
Greg Maddux 2 Chicago Cubs  
Randy Tomlin 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Avery 1 Atlanta Braves 13
Tim Belcher 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Andy Benes 1 San Diego Padres  
Oil Can Boyd 1 Montreal Expos  
John Burkett 1 San Francisco Giants  
Tom Glavine 1 Atlanta Braves  
Dwight Gooden 1 New York Mets  
Jimmy Jones 1 Houston Astros  
Charlie Leibrandt 1 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Morgan 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Ojeda 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Vicente Palacios 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dennis Rasmussen 1 San Diego Padres  



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 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?

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.