Top 25 Shutouts in 1918 in the American League

Shutouts : 1918 American League Top 25

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"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)

1918 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Walter Johnson 8 Washington Senators 1

Carl Mays 8 Boston Red Sox

Joe Bush 7 Boston Red Sox 3

Sam Jones 5 Boston Red Sox 4

Doc Ayers 4 Washington Senators 5

Bernie Boland 4 Detroit Tigers

Jim Shaw 4 Washington Senators

Vean Gregg 3 Philadelphia Athletics 8

Harry Harper 3 Washington Senators

Dutch Leonard 3 Boston Red Sox

Scott Perry 3 Philadelphia Athletics

Mule Watson 3 Philadelphia Athletics

Jim Bagby 2 Cleveland Indians 13

Stan Coveleski 2 Cleveland Indians

Dave Davenport 2 St. Louis Browns

Bob Geary 2 Philadelphia Athletics

Rudy Kallio 2 Detroit Tigers

Allen Russell 2 New York Yankees

Reb Russell 2 Chicago White Sox

Frank Shellenback 2 Chicago White Sox

Allen Sothoron 2 St. Louis Browns

Hank Thormahlen 2 New York Yankees

Lefty Williams 2 Chicago White Sox

Lore Bader 1 Boston Red Sox 24

Joe Benz 1 Chicago White Sox

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?

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

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.

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