Shutouts : 1997 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1997 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Carlos Perez 5 Montreal Expos 1
Darryl Kile 4 Houston Astros 2
Pedro Martinez 4 Montreal Expos  
Denny Neagle 4 Atlanta Braves  
Roger Bailey 2 Colorado Rockies 5
Kevin Brown 2 Florida Marlins  
Jim Bullinger 2 Montreal Expos  
Francisco Cordova 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Shawn Estes 2 San Francisco Giants  
Tom Glavine 2 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Hampton 2 Houston Astros  
Greg Maddux 2 Atlanta Braves  
Curt Schilling 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Smoltz 2 Atlanta Braves  
Pedro Astacio 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Colorado Rockies  
Alex Fernandez 1 Florida Marlins  
Ramon Garcia 1 Houston Astros  
Mark Gardner 1 San Francisco Giants  
Geremi Gonzalez 1 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Grace 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dustin Hermanson 1 Montreal Expos  
Bobby Jones 1 New York Mets  
Dave Mlicki 1 New York Mets  
Pat Rapp 1 Florida Marlins  
San Francisco Giants  
Armando Reynoso 1 New York Mets  



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

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?