Shutouts : 2001 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2001 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Greg Maddux 3 Atlanta Braves 1
Javier Vazquez 3 Montreal Expos  
Randy Johnson 2 Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Albie Lopez 2 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Todd Ritchie 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Randy Wolf 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kevin Appier 1 New York Mets 7
Pedro Astacio 1 Colorado Rockies  
Houston Astros  
John Burkett 1 Atlanta Braves  
A.J. Burnett 1 Florida Marlins  
Ryan Dempster 1 Florida Marlins  
Elmer Dessens 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Glavine 1 Atlanta Braves  
Mike Hampton 1 Colorado Rockies  
Kevin Jarvis 1 San Diego Padres  
Jason Jennings 1 Colorado Rockies  
Darryl Kile 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jon Lieber 1 Chicago Cubs  
Matt Morris 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Russ Ortiz 1 San Francisco Giants  
Roy Oswalt 1 Houston Astros  
Chan Ho Park 1 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brad Penny 1 Florida Marlins  
Robert Person 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rick Reed 1 New York Mets  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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.