Top 25 Shutouts in 1970 in the American League

Shutouts : 1970 American League Top 25

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"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)

1970 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Chuck Dobson 5 Oakland Athletics 1

Jim Palmer 5 Baltimore Orioles

Mike Cuellar 4 Baltimore Orioles 3

Jim Perry 4 Minnesota Twins

Gary Peters 4 Boston Red Sox

Dick Bosman 3 Washington Senators 6

Tommy John 3 Chicago White Sox

Mickey Lolich 3 Detroit Tigers

Jim Rooker 3 Kansas City Royals

Stan Bahnsen 2 New York Yankees 10

Vida Blue 2 Oakland Athletics

Jim Hardin 2 Baltimore Orioles

Rudy May 2 California Angels

Tom Murphy 2 California Angels

Joe Niekro 2 Detroit Tigers

Fritz Peterson 2 New York Yankees

Diego Segui 2 Oakland Athletics

Sonny Siebert 2 Boston Red Sox

Clyde Wright 2 California Angels

Rick Austin 1 Cleveland Indians 20

Bert Blyleven 1 Minnesota Twins

Tom Bradley 1 California Angels

George Brunet 1 Washington Senators

Wally Bunker 1 Kansas City Royals

Bill Butler 1 Kansas City Royals

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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?

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.

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