Shutouts : 1936 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:

"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)
 

1936 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 6 Boston Red Sox 1
Tommy Bridges 5 Detroit Tigers 2
Johnny Allen 4 Cleveland Indians 3
Bobo Newsom 4 Washington Senators  
Schoolboy Rowe 4 Detroit Tigers  
Wes Ferrell 3 Boston Red Sox 6
Red Ruffing 3 New York Yankees  
Elden Auker 2 Detroit Tigers 8
Earl Caldwell 2 St. Louis Browns  
Jimmy DeShong 2 Washington Senators  
Pete Appleton 1 Washington Senators 11
George Blaeholder 1 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Broaca 1 New York Yankees  
Lloyd Brown 1 Cleveland Indians  
Sugar Cain 1 St. Louis Browns  
Chicago White Sox  
Joe Cascarella 1 Boston Red Sox  
Washington Senators  
Bill Dietrich 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Bump Hadley 1 New York Yankees  
Harry Kelley 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Vern Kennedy 1 Chicago White Sox  
Ted Lyons 1 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Marcum 1 Boston Red Sox  
Fritz Ostermueller 1 Boston Red Sox  
Monte Pearson 1 New York Yankees  
Gordon Rhodes 1 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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?

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).