Shutouts : 1934 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1934 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 6 New York Yankees 1
Mel Harder 6 Cleveland Indians  
Red Ruffing 5 New York Yankees 3
Bill Dietrich 4 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Tommy Bridges 3 Detroit Tigers 5
Wes Ferrell 3 Boston Red Sox  
Schoolboy Rowe 3 Detroit Tigers  
Elden Auker 2 Detroit Tigers 8
Joe Cascarella 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Earnshaw 2 Chicago White Sox  
Bump Hadley 2 St. Louis Browns  
George Hockette 2 Boston Red Sox  
Johnny Marcum 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobo Newsom 2 St. Louis Browns  
George Blaeholder 1 St. Louis Browns 15
Johnny Broaca 1 New York Yankees  
Bobby Burke 1 Washington Senators  
Dick Coffman 1 St. Louis Browns  
Alvin Crowder 1 Washington Senators  
Detroit Tigers  
Carl Fischer 1 Detroit Tigers  
Milt Gaston 1 Chicago White Sox  
Oral Hildebrand 1 Cleveland Indians  
Willis Hudlin 1 Cleveland Indians  
Hank Johnson 1 Boston Red Sox  
Sam Jones 1 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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.