Shutouts : 2003 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)
 

2003 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kevin Millwood 3 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Matt Morris 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jason Schmidt 3 San Francisco Giants  
Hideo Nomo 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Curt Schilling 2 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Jeff Suppan 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Steve Trachsel 2 New York Mets  
Dontrelle Willis 2 Florida Marlins  
Randy Wolf 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kerry Wood 2 Chicago Cubs  
Wilson Alvarez 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Miguel Batista 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Matt Clement 1 Chicago Cubs  
Jeff D'Amico 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Zach Day 1 Montreal Expos  
Shawn Estes 1 Chicago Cubs  
Wayne Franklin 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Danny Graves 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Randy Johnson 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Al Leiter 1 New York Mets  
Brett Myers 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Russ Ortiz 1 Atlanta Braves  
Vicente Padilla 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mark Prior 1 Chicago Cubs  
Javier Vazquez 1 Montreal Expos  



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).

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.