Top 25 Shutouts in 1996 in the American League

Shutouts : 1996 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)

1996 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Pat Hentgen 3 Toronto Blue Jays 1

Ken Hill 3 Texas Rangers

Rich Robertson 3 Minnesota Twins

Roger Clemens 2 Boston Red Sox 4

Felipe Lira 2 Detroit Tigers

Willie Adams 1 Oakland Athletics 6

Kevin Appier 1 Kansas City Royals

Tim Belcher 1 Kansas City Royals

John Burkett 1 Texas Rangers

Alex Fernandez 1 Chicago White Sox

Chuck Finley 1 California Angels

Dwight Gooden 1 New York Yankees

Tom Gordon 1 Boston Red Sox

Jason Grimsley 1 California Angels

Mark Gubicza 1 Kansas City Royals

Juan Guzman 1 Toronto Blue Jays

Chris Haney 1 Kansas City Royals

Erik Hanson 1 Toronto Blue Jays

Scott Karl 1 Milwaukee Brewers

Dennis Martinez 1 Cleveland Indians

Jack McDowell 1 Cleveland Indians

Mike Mussina 1 Baltimore Orioles

Chad Ogea 1 Cleveland Indians

Darren Oliver 1 Texas Rangers

Kenny Rogers 1 New York Yankees

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?

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