Top 25 Shutouts in 1931 in the American League

Shutouts : 1931 American League Top 25

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"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)

1931 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Lefty Grove 4 Philadelphia Athletics 1

George Earnshaw 3 Philadelphia Athletics 2

Tommy Bridges 2 Detroit Tigers 3

Clint Brown 2 Cleveland Indians

Dick Coffman 2 St. Louis Browns

Ed Durham 2 Boston Red Sox

Wes Ferrell 2 Cleveland Indians

Vic Frazier 2 Chicago White Sox

Waite Hoyt 2 Detroit Tigers

Philadelphia Athletics

Danny MacFayden 2 Boston Red Sox

Tommy Thomas 2 Chicago White Sox

George Uhle 2 Detroit Tigers

George Blaeholder 1 St. Louis Browns 13

Lloyd Brown 1 Washington Senators

Bobby Burke 1 Washington Senators

Pat Caraway 1 Chicago White Sox

Alvin Crowder 1 Washington Senators

Red Faber 1 Chicago White Sox

Lefty Gomez 1 New York Yankees

Bump Hadley 1 Washington Senators

Willis Hudlin 1 Cleveland Indians

Sam Jones 1 Washington Senators

Firpo Marberry 1 Washington Senators

Hank McDonald 1 Philadelphia Athletics

Jake Miller 1 Cleveland Indians

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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

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).

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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