Shutouts : 1987 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)
 

1987 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rick Reuschel 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
San Francisco Giants  
Bob Welch 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Kelly Downs 3 San Francisco Giants 3
Dave Dravecky 3 San Diego Padres  
San Francisco Giants  
Brian Fisher 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dwight Gooden 3 New York Mets  
Mike Scott 3 Houston Astros  
Eric Show 3 San Diego Padres  
Zane Smith 3 Atlanta Braves  
Floyd Youmans 3 Montreal Expos  
Don Carman 2 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Joe Magrane 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Trout 2 Chicago Cubs  
Danny Darwin 1 Houston Astros 14
Doug Drabek 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mike Dunne 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Sid Fernandez 1 New York Mets  
Bob Forsch 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mark Grant 1 San Francisco Giants  
San Diego Padres  
Kevin Gross 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Gullickson 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Neal Heaton 1 Montreal Expos  
Orel Hershiser 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Rick Honeycutt 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jimmy Jones 1 San Diego Padres  



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.

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?

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).