Shutouts : 1916 American 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 9 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe Bush 8 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Dutch Leonard 6 Boston Red Sox 3
Reb Russell 5 Chicago White Sox 4
Joe Benz 4 Chicago White Sox 5
Bob Shawkey 4 New York Yankees  
Jim Bagby 3 Cleveland Indians 7
Harry Coveleski 3 Detroit Tigers  
Red Faber 3 Chicago White Sox  
Rube Foster 3 Boston Red Sox  
Walter Johnson 3 Washington Senators  
Eddie Plank 3 St. Louis Browns  
Ernie Shore 3 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Boehling 2 Washington Senators 14
Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Cicotte 2 Chicago White Sox  
Fritz Coumbe 2 Cleveland Indians  
Harry Harper 2 Washington Senators  
Ernie Koob 2 St. Louis Browns  
Carl Mays 2 Boston Red Sox  
Willie Mitchell 2 Cleveland Indians  
Detroit Tigers  
George Mogridge 2 New York Yankees  
Elmer Myers 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jim Shaw 2 Washington Senators  
Lefty Williams 2 Chicago White Sox  
Fred Beebe 1 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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.