Top 25 Shutouts in 1927 in the American League

Shutouts : 1927 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)

1927 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Hod Lisenbee 4 Washington Senators 1

Ted Blankenship 3 Chicago White Sox 2

Alvin Crowder 3 Washington Senators

St. Louis Browns

Waite Hoyt 3 New York Yankees

Jack Quinn 3 Philadelphia Athletics

Dutch Ruether 3 New York Yankees

Tommy Thomas 3 Chicago White Sox

Elam Vangilder 3 St. Louis Browns

Earl Whitehill 3 Detroit Tigers

Garland Buckeye 2 Cleveland Indians 10

Del Lundgren 2 Boston Red Sox

Ted Lyons 2 Chicago White Sox

Eddie Rommel 2 Philadelphia Athletics

Urban Shocker 2 New York Yankees

Sloppy Thurston 2 Washington Senators

Rip Collins 1 Detroit Tigers 16

Sarge Connally 1 Chicago White Sox

Howard Ehmke 1 Philadelphia Athletics

Sam Gray 1 Philadelphia Athletics

Lefty Grove 1 Philadelphia Athletics

Slim Harriss 1 Boston Red Sox

Ken Holloway 1 Detroit Tigers

Willis Hudlin 1 Cleveland Indians

Elmer Jacobs 1 Chicago White Sox

Walter Johnson 1 Washington Senators

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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