Shutouts : 1905 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1905 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Killian 8 Detroit Tigers 1
Rube Waddell 7 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Tom Hughes 6 Washington Senators 3
Al Orth 6 New York Highlanders  
Jesse Tannehill 6 Boston Americans  
Bill Donovan 5 Detroit Tigers 6
Chief Bender 4 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Otto Hess 4 Cleveland Naps  
Harry Howell 4 St. Louis Browns  
Eddie Plank 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bob Rhoads 4 Cleveland Naps  
Frank Smith 4 Chicago White Sox  
Doc White 4 Chicago White Sox  
Cy Young 4 Boston Americans  
Nick Altrock 3 Chicago White Sox 15
Jack Chesbro 3 New York Highlanders  
Andy Coakley 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Hogg 3 New York Highlanders  
Addie Joss 3 Cleveland Naps  
Frank Kitson 3 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Moore 3 Cleveland Naps  
Frank Owen 3 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Dinneen 2 Boston Americans 23
Cy Falkenberg 2 Washington Senators  
Fred Glade 2 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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