Shutouts : 1990 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1990 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bruce Hurst 4 San Diego Padres 1
Mike Morgan 4 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Oil Can Boyd 3 Montreal Expos 3
Doug Drabek 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mark Gardner 3 Montreal Expos  
Ramon Martinez 3 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Frank Viola 3 New York Mets  
Ed Whitson 3 San Diego Padres  
Tim Belcher 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Pat Combs 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
David Cone 2 New York Mets  
Scott Garrelts 2 San Francisco Giants  
Charlie Leibrandt 2 Atlanta Braves  
Greg Maddux 2 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Magrane 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dennis Martinez 2 Montreal Expos  
Mike Scott 2 Houston Astros  
Zane Smith 2 Montreal Expos  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Smoltz 2 Atlanta Braves  
Bob Tewksbury 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fernando Valenzuela 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Trevor Wilson 2 San Francisco Giants  
Jack Armstrong 1 Cincinnati Reds 23
Steve Avery 1 Atlanta Braves  
Tom Browning 1 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.

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).