Top 25 Shutouts in 2006 in the American League

Shutouts : 2006 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)

2006 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

John Lackey 2 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1

C.C. Sabathia 2 Cleveland Indians

Jeremy Sowers 2 Cleveland Indians

Jake Westbrook 2 Cleveland Indians

Joe Blanton 1 Oakland Athletics 5

A.J. Burnett 1 Toronto Blue Jays

Daniel Cabrera 1 Baltimore Orioles

Bartolo Colon 1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Jose Contreras 1 Chicago White Sox

Jon Garland 1 Chicago White Sox

Devern Hansack 1 Boston Red Sox

Mark Hendrickson 1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Felix Hernandez 1 Seattle Mariners

Runelvys Hernandez 1 Kansas City Royals

Scott Kazmir 1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Esteban Loaiza 1 Oakland Athletics

Kameron Loe 1 Texas Rangers

Jamie Moyer 1 Seattle Mariners

Mark Redman 1 Kansas City Royals

Justin Verlander 1 Detroit Tigers

Chien-Ming Wang 1 New York Yankees

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?

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.

Copyright © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Today in Baseball History.