1972 Shutouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	9	California Angels	1
Wilbur Wood	8	Chicago White Sox	2
Mel Stottlemyre	7	New York Yankees	3
Dave McNally	6	Baltimore Orioles	4
Roger Nelson	6	Kansas City Royals
Luis Tiant	6	Boston Red Sox
Catfish Hunter	5	Oakland Athletics	7
Gaylord Perry	5	Cleveland Indians
Vida Blue	4	Oakland Athletics	9
Mike Cuellar	4	Baltimore Orioles
Ken Holtzman	4	Oakland Athletics
Steve Kline	4	New York Yankees
Mickey Lolich	4	Detroit Tigers
Marty Pattin	4	Boston Red Sox
Bert Blyleven	3	Minnesota Twins	15
Joe Coleman	3	Detroit Tigers
Ray Corbin	3	Minnesota Twins
John Curtis	3	Boston Red Sox
Pat Dobson	3	Baltimore Orioles
Skip Lockwood	3	Milwaukee Brewers
Rudy May	3	California Angels
Andy Messersmith	3	California Angels
Jim Palmer	3	Baltimore Orioles
Fritz Peterson	3	New York Yankees
Sonny Siebert	3	Boston Red Sox
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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?