Shutouts : 1966 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
 

1966 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tommy John 5 Chicago White Sox 1
Sam McDowell 5 Cleveland Indians  
Luis Tiant 5 Cleveland Indians  
John Buzhardt 4 Chicago White Sox 4
Denny McLain 4 Detroit Tigers  
Gary Peters 4 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Barber 3 Baltimore Orioles 7
Mudcat Grant 3 Minnesota Twins  
Steve Hargan 3 Cleveland Indians  
Jim Kaat 3 Minnesota Twins  
Mike McCormick 3 Washington Senators  
Mel Stottlemyre 3 New York Yankees  
Earl Wilson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Detroit Tigers  
Bucky Brandon 2 Boston Red Sox 14
George Brunet 2 California Angels  
Dean Chance 2 California Angels  
Joe Horlen 2 Chicago White Sox  
Bruce Howard 2 Chicago White Sox  
Jack Lamabe 2 Chicago White Sox  
Marcelino Lopez 2 California Angels  
Blue Moon Odom 2 Kansas City Athletics  
Fritz Peterson 2 New York Yankees  
Tom Phoebus 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Lee Stange 2 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  
Dave Boswell 1 Minnesota Twins 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.