Shutouts : 1966 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)
 

1966 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim Bunning 5 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bob Gibson 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Larry Jackson 5 Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Larry Jaster 5 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sandy Koufax 5 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jim Maloney 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Bolin 4 San Francisco Giants 7
Dave Giusti 4 Houston Astros  
Vern Law 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Juan Marichal 4 San Francisco Giants  
Chris Short 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Don Drysdale 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Woodie Fryman 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Al Jackson 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Denny Lemaster 3 Atlanta Braves  
Claude Osteen 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gaylord Perry 3 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Veale 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Dierker 2 Houston Astros 19
Jack Fisher 2 New York Mets  
Ken Johnson 2 Atlanta Braves  
Dick Kelley 2 Atlanta Braves  
Milt Pappas 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Shaw 2 San Francisco Giants  
New York Mets  
Don Sutton 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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 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?

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.