Shutouts : 2001 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2001 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Greg Maddux 3 Atlanta Braves 1
Javier Vazquez 3 Montreal Expos  
Randy Johnson 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Albie Lopez 2 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Todd Ritchie 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Randy Wolf 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kevin Appier 1 New York Mets 7
Pedro Astacio 1 Colorado Rockies  
Houston Astros  
John Burkett 1 Atlanta Braves  
A.J. Burnett 1 Florida Marlins  
Ryan Dempster 1 Florida Marlins  
Elmer Dessens 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Glavine 1 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Hampton 1 Colorado Rockies  
Kevin Jarvis 1 San Diego Padres  
Jason Jennings 1 Colorado Rockies  
Darryl Kile 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jon Lieber 1 Chicago Cubs  
Matt Morris 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Russ Ortiz 1 San Francisco Giants  
Roy Oswalt 1 Houston Astros  
Chan Ho Park 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brad Penny 1 Florida Marlins  
Robert Person 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rick Reed 1 New York Mets  



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.

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).