Shutouts : 2002 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2002 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

A.J. Burnett 5 Florida Marlins 1
Randy Johnson 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Livan Hernandez 3 San Francisco Giants 3
Matt Clement 2 Chicago Cubs 4
Brian Lawrence 2 San Diego Padres  
Al Leiter 2 New York Mets  
Odalis Perez 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jason Schmidt 2 San Francisco Giants  
Randy Wolf 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pedro Astacio 1 New York Mets 10
Bartolo Colon 1 Montreal Expos  
Jeff D'Amico 1 New York Mets  
Shawn Estes 1 New York Mets  
Cincinnati Reds  
Chuck Finley 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Glavine 1 Atlanta Braves  
Wade Miller 1 Houston Astros  
Kevin Millwood 1 Atlanta Braves  
Matt Morris 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Vicente Padilla 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Brad Penny 1 Florida Marlins  
Ruben Quevedo 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Chris Reitsma 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Glendon Rusch 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Kirk Saarloos 1 Houston Astros  
Curt Schilling 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  



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).

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.

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