Shutouts : 1914 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)
 

1914 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 9 Washington Senators 1
Chief Bender 7 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Dutch Leonard 7 Boston Red Sox  
Ray Collins 6 Boston Red Sox 4
Ray Caldwell 5 New York Yankees 5
Harry Coveleski 5 Detroit Tigers  
Rube Foster 5 Boston Red Sox  
Earl Hamilton 5 St. Louis Browns  
Jim Shaw 5 Washington Senators  
Bob Shawkey 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Benz 4 Chicago White Sox 11
Eddie Cicotte 4 Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Plank 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Doc Ayers 3 Washington Senators 14
George Baumgardner 3 St. Louis Browns  
Hooks Dauss 3 Detroit Tigers  
Rip Hagerman 3 Cleveland Naps  
Bill James 3 St. Louis Browns  
Willie Mitchell 3 Cleveland Naps  
Herb Pennock 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Carl Weilman 3 St. Louis Browns  
Jack Bentley 2 Washington Senators 22
Joe Boehling 2 Washington Senators  
Joe Bush 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
King Cole 2 New York Yankees  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).