Shutouts : 1998 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1998 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Greg Maddux 5 Atlanta Braves 1
Randy Johnson 4 Houston Astros 2
Kevin Brown 3 San Diego Padres 3
Tom Glavine 3 Atlanta Braves  
Francisco Cordova 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Mark Gardner 2 San Francisco Giants  
Al Leiter 2 New York Mets  
Denny Neagle 2 Atlanta Braves  
Carlos Perez 2 Montreal Expos  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Curt Schilling 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Smoltz 2 Atlanta Braves  
Kevin Tapani 2 Chicago Cubs  
Ismael Valdez 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brian Anderson 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 14
Andy Ashby 1 San Diego Padres  
Mark Brownson 1 Colorado Rockies  
Paul Byrd 1 Atlanta Braves  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Mark Clark 1 Chicago Cubs  
Omar Daal 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Darren Dreifort 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Shawn Estes 1 San Francisco Giants  
Geremi Gonzalez 1 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Hampton 1 Houston Astros  
Pete Harnisch 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Sterling Hitchcock 1 San Diego Padres  



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

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 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?