Shutouts : 1940 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
 

1940 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 4 Cleveland Indians 1
Ted Lyons 4 Chicago White Sox  
Al Milnar 4 Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Allen 3 Cleveland Indians 4
Tiny Bonham 3 New York Yankees  
Sid Hudson 3 Washington Senators  
Bobo Newsom 3 Detroit Tigers  
Red Ruffing 3 New York Yankees  
Elden Auker 2 St. Louis Browns 9
Bill Beckmann 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tommy Bridges 2 Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Gorsica 2 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Knott 2 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 2 Washington Senators  
Johnny Rigney 2 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Babich 1 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Jim Bagby 1 Boston Red Sox  
Spud Chandler 1 New York Yankees  
Ken Chase 1 Washington Senators  
Chubby Dean 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Dietrich 1 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Dobson 1 Cleveland Indians  
Atley Donald 1 New York Yankees  
Floyd Giebell 1 Detroit Tigers  
Lefty Grove 1 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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?