Shutouts : 2005 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

2005 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dontrelle Willis 5 Florida Marlins 1
Chris Carpenter 4 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jake Peavy 3 San Diego Padres 3
A.J. Burnett 2 Florida Marlins 4
Derek Lowe 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Mulder 2 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jeff Weaver 2 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brandon Backe 1 Houston Astros 8
Josh Beckett 1 Florida Marlins  
Doug Davis 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Tom Glavine 1 New York Mets  
Mike Hampton 1 Atlanta Braves  
Aaron Heilman 1 New York Mets  
Sun Woo Kim 1 Washington Nationals  
Colorado Rockies  
Jason Marquis 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pedro Martinez 1 New York Mets  
Sergio Mitre 1 Chicago Cubs  
Tomo Ohka 1 Washington Nationals  
Milwaukee Brewers  
Roy Oswalt 1 Houston Astros  
John Patterson 1 Washington Nationals  
Horacio Ramirez 1 Atlanta Braves  
Mark Redman 1 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Glendon Rusch 1 Chicago Cubs  
John Smoltz 1 Atlanta Braves  
Javier Vazquez 1 Arizona Diamondbacks  



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).

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.