Shutouts : 1989 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)
 

1989 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Belcher 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Doug Drabek 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Tom Glavine 4 Atlanta Braves 3
Orel Hershiser 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Langston 4 Montreal Expos  
Mike Bielecki 3 Chicago Cubs 6
Jose DeLeon 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Deshaies 3 Houston Astros  
Kevin Gross 3 Montreal Expos  
Joe Magrane 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tom Browning 2 Cincinnati Reds 11
David Cone 2 New York Mets  
Sid Fernandez 2 New York Mets  
Bruce Hurst 2 San Diego Padres  
Rick Mahler 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Dennis Martinez 2 Montreal Expos  
Ramon Martinez 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Ojeda 2 New York Mets  
Mike Scott 2 Houston Astros  
Marty Clary 1 Atlanta Braves 20
Pat Combs 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dennis Cook 1 San Francisco Giants  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Scott Garrelts 1 San Francisco Giants  
Tommy Greene 1 Atlanta Braves  
Ken Hill 1 St. Louis Cardinals  



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

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?