1981 Shutouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank
Fernando Valenzuela	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Bob Knepper	5	Houston Astros	2
Burt Hooton	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Bruce Berenyi	3	Cincinnati Reds	4
Phil Niekro	3	Atlanta Braves
Steve Rogers	3	Montreal Expos
Nolan Ryan	3	Houston Astros
Mario Soto	3	Cincinnati Reds
Don Sutton	3	Houston Astros
Jim Bibby	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Bill Gullickson	2	Montreal Expos
Charlie Lea	2	Montreal Expos
Joe Niekro	2	Houston Astros
Jerry Reuss	2	Los Angeles Dodgers
Rick Rhoden	2	Pittsburgh Pirates
Chris Welsh	2	San Diego Padres
Doyle Alexander	1	San Francisco Giants	17
Doug Bird	1	Chicago Cubs
Steve Carlton	1	Philadelphia Phillies
Juan Eichelberger	1	San Diego Padres
Pete Falcone	1	New York Mets
Tom Griffin	1	San Francisco Giants
Mike Krukow	1	Chicago Cubs
Mike LaCoss	1	Cincinnati Reds
Charlie Leibrandt	1	Cincinnati Reds
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.