Shutouts : 1951 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1951 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Allie Reynolds 7 New York Yankees 1
Bob Feller 4 Cleveland Indians 2
Ed Lopat 4 New York Yankees  
Vic Raschi 4 New York Yankees  
Mel Parnell 3 Boston Red Sox 5
Bob Porterfield 3 New York Yankees  
Washington Senators  
Saul Rogovin 3 Detroit Tigers  
Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Shantz 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Early Wynn 3 Cleveland Indians  
Tommy Byrne 2 New York Yankees 10
St. Louis Browns  
Ken Holcombe 2 Chicago White Sox  
Fred Hutchinson 2 Detroit Tigers  
Connie Marrero 2 Washington Senators  
Tom Morgan 2 New York Yankees  
Spec Shea 2 New York Yankees  
Bill Wight 2 Boston Red Sox  
Luis Aloma 1 Chicago White Sox 17
Gene Bearden 1 Washington Senators  
Detroit Tigers  
Bob Cain 1 Chicago White Sox  
Detroit Tigers  
Bob Chakales 1 Cleveland Indians  
Harry Dorish 1 Chicago White Sox  
Mike Garcia 1 Cleveland Indians  
Ned Garver 1 St. Louis Browns  
Ted Gray 1 Detroit Tigers  
Randy Gumpert 1 Chicago White Sox  



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?

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.

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.