Shutouts : 1998 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)
 

1998 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Greg Maddux 5 Atlanta Braves 1
Randy Johnson 4 Houston Astros 2
Kevin Brown 3 San Diego Padres 3
Tom Glavine 3 Atlanta Braves  
Francisco Cordova 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Mark Gardner 2 San Francisco Giants  
Al Leiter 2 New York Mets  
Denny Neagle 2 Atlanta Braves  
Carlos Perez 2 Montreal Expos  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Curt Schilling 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Smoltz 2 Atlanta Braves  
Kevin Tapani 2 Chicago Cubs  
Ismael Valdez 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brian Anderson 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 14
Andy Ashby 1 San Diego Padres  
Mark Brownson 1 Colorado Rockies  
Paul Byrd 1 Atlanta Braves  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Mark Clark 1 Chicago Cubs  
Omar Daal 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Darren Dreifort 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Shawn Estes 1 San Francisco Giants  
Geremi Gonzalez 1 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Hampton 1 Houston Astros  
Pete Harnisch 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Sterling Hitchcock 1 San Diego Padres  



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.

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.

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.