Shutouts : 1908 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1908 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Walsh 11 Chicago White Sox 1
Addie Joss 9 Cleveland Naps 2
Bill Donovan 6 Detroit Tigers 3
Walter Johnson 6 Washington Senators  
Rube Vickers 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Dygert 5 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jack Powell 5 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Summers 5 Detroit Tigers  
Rube Waddell 5 St. Louis Browns  
Doc White 5 Chicago White Sox  
Charlie Chech 4 Cleveland Naps 11
Jack Coombs 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Plank 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jack Chesbro 3 New York Highlanders 14
Tom Hughes 3 Washington Senators  
Glenn Liebhardt 3 Cleveland Naps  
Frank Smith 3 Chicago White Sox  
Cy Young 3 Boston Red Sox  
Chief Bender 2 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Bill Burns 2 Washington Senators  
Eddie Cicotte 2 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Howell 2 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Lake 2 New York Highlanders  
Rube Manning 2 New York Highlanders  
Cy Morgan 2 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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.

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).