Shutouts : 1985 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1985 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bert Blyleven 5 Cleveland Indians 1
Minnesota Twins  
Britt Burns 4 Chicago White Sox 2
Jack Morris 4 Detroit Tigers  
Oil Can Boyd 3 Boston Red Sox 4
Danny Jackson 3 Kansas City Royals  
Charlie Leibrandt 3 Kansas City Royals  
Mike Smithson 3 Minnesota Twins  
Walt Terrell 3 Detroit Tigers  
Bud Black 2 Kansas City Royals 9
Mike Boddicker 2 Baltimore Orioles  
John Butcher 2 Minnesota Twins  
Ron Guidry 2 New York Yankees  
Teddy Higuera 2 Milwaukee Brewers  
Mike Moore 2 Seattle Mariners  
Dave Stieb 2 Toronto Blue Jays  
Ed Whitson 2 New York Yankees  
Matt Young 2 Seattle Mariners  
Doyle Alexander 1 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Floyd Bannister 1 Chicago White Sox  
Jim Beattie 1 Seattle Mariners  
John Candelaria 1 California Angels  
Roger Clemens 1 Boston Red Sox  
Jaime Cocanower 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Danny Darwin 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Storm Davis 1 Baltimore Orioles  



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 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?

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.