Shutouts : 1954 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1954 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mike Garcia 5 Cleveland Indians 1
Virgil Trucks 5 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Coleman 4 Baltimore Orioles 3
Steve Gromek 4 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Harshman 4 Chicago White Sox  
Billy Hoeft 4 Detroit Tigers  
Tom Morgan 4 New York Yankees  
Billy Pierce 4 Chicago White Sox  
Allie Reynolds 4 New York Yankees  
Whitey Ford 3 New York Yankees 10
Ned Garver 3 Detroit Tigers  
Don Johnson 3 Chicago White Sox  
Chuck Stobbs 3 Washington Senators  
Frank Sullivan 3 Boston Red Sox  
Early Wynn 3 Cleveland Indians  
Sandy Consuegra 2 Chicago White Sox 16
Bob Keegan 2 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Lemon 2 Cleveland Indians  
Willard Nixon 2 Boston Red Sox  
Bob Porterfield 2 Washington Senators  
Johnny Schmitz 2 Washington Senators  
Dean Stone 2 Washington Senators  
George Zuverink 2 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Byrd 1 New York Yankees 24
Tommy Byrne 1 New York Yankees  



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.

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.