Shutouts : 1937 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
 

1937 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 6 New York Yankees 1
Monty Stratton 5 Chicago White Sox 2
Pete Appleton 4 Washington Senators 3
Red Ruffing 4 New York Yankees  
John Whitehead 4 Chicago White Sox  
Tommy Bridges 3 Detroit Tigers 6
George Caster 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lefty Grove 3 Boston Red Sox  
Ivy Andrews 2 Cleveland Indians 9
New York Yankees  
Spud Chandler 2 New York Yankees  
Willis Hudlin 2 Cleveland Indians  
Thornton Lee 2 Chicago White Sox  
Elden Auker 1 Detroit Tigers 13
Bill Cox 1 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Dietrich 1 Chicago White Sox  
George Gill 1 Detroit Tigers  
Oral Hildebrand 1 St. Louis Browns  
Chief Hogsett 1 St. Louis Browns  
Vern Kennedy 1 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Marcum 1 Boston Red Sox  
Bobo Newsom 1 Washington Senators  
Boston Red Sox  
Monte Pearson 1 New York Yankees  
Bill Phebus 1 Washington Senators  
Buck Ross 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Smith 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.

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