Shutouts : 1943 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1943 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Spud Chandler 5 New York Yankees 1
Dizzy Trout 5 Detroit Tigers  
Tiny Bonham 4 New York Yankees 3
Tex Hughson 4 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Bagby 3 Cleveland Indians 5
Hank Borowy 3 New York Yankees  
Tommy Bridges 3 Detroit Tigers  
Milo Candini 3 Washington Senators  
Joe Dobson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Orval Grove 3 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Muncrief 3 St. Louis Browns  
Johnny Niggeling 3 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Stubby Overmire 3 Detroit Tigers  
Allie Reynolds 3 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Salveson 3 Cleveland Indians  
Al Smith 3 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Sundra 3 St. Louis Browns  
Early Wynn 3 Washington Senators  
Bill Dietrich 2 Chicago White Sox 19
Denny Galehouse 2 St. Louis Browns  
Johnny Humphries 2 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 2 Washington Senators  
Dick Newsome 2 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Smith 2 Chicago White Sox  
Virgil Trucks 2 Detroit Tigers  



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 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?

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.