Shutouts : 1945 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1945 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal Newhouser 8 Detroit Tigers 1
Al Benton 5 Detroit Tigers 2
Dave Ferriss 5 Boston Red Sox  
Jesse Flores 4 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Orval Grove 4 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 4 Washington Senators  
Dizzy Trout 4 Detroit Tigers  
Roger Wolff 4 Washington Senators  
Jim Bagby 3 Cleveland Indians 9
Bill Dietrich 3 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Gromek 3 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Kramer 3 St. Louis Browns  
Bobo Newsom 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Marino Pieretti 3 Washington Senators  
Nels Potter 3 St. Louis Browns  
Al Smith 3 Cleveland Indians  
Bill Bevens 2 New York Yankees 17
Alex Carrasquel 2 Washington Senators  
Russ Christopher 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Atley Donald 2 New York Yankees  
Clem Hausmann 2 Boston Red Sox  
Randy Heflin 2 Boston Red Sox  
Les Mueller 2 Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Niggeling 2 Washington Senators  
Allie Reynolds 2 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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 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?