Shutouts : 1917 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)
 

1917 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stan Coveleski 9 Cleveland Indians 1
Jim Bagby 8 Cleveland Indians 2
Walter Johnson 8 Washington Senators  
Eddie Cicotte 7 Chicago White Sox 4
Hooks Dauss 6 Detroit Tigers 5
Babe Ruth 6 Boston Red Sox  
Willie Mitchell 5 Detroit Tigers 7
Reb Russell 5 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Bush 4 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Howard Ehmke 4 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Groom 4 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Harper 4 Washington Senators  
Dutch Leonard 4 Boston Red Sox  
Doc Ayers 3 Washington Senators 14
Bernie Boland 3 Detroit Tigers  
Red Faber 3 Chicago White Sox  
Ray Fisher 3 New York Yankees  
Allen Sothoron 3 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Benz 2 Chicago White Sox 19
Nick Cullop 2 New York Yankees  
Dave Davenport 2 St. Louis Browns  
George Dumont 2 Washington Senators  
Bill James 2 Detroit Tigers  
Carl Mays 2 Boston Red Sox  
Elmer Myers 2 Philadelphia Athletics  



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

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?