Shutouts : 1991 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
 

1991 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dennis Martinez 5 Montreal Expos 1
Ramon Martinez 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Bud Black 3 San Francisco Giants 3
Terry Mulholland 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Zane Smith 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
David Cone 2 New York Mets 6
Doug Drabek 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tommy Greene 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pete Harnisch 2 Houston Astros  
Greg Harris 2 San Diego Padres  
Greg Maddux 2 Chicago Cubs  
Randy Tomlin 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Avery 1 Atlanta Braves 13
Tim Belcher 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Andy Benes 1 San Diego Padres  
Oil Can Boyd 1 Montreal Expos  
John Burkett 1 San Francisco Giants  
Tom Glavine 1 Atlanta Braves  
Dwight Gooden 1 New York Mets  
Jimmy Jones 1 Houston Astros  
Charlie Leibrandt 1 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Morgan 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Ojeda 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Vicente Palacios 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dennis Rasmussen 1 San Diego Padres  



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.

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

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.