Shutouts : 1939 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)
 

1939 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Ruffing 5 New York Yankees 1
Bob Feller 4 Cleveland Indians 2
Bobo Newsom 3 St. Louis Browns 3
Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Allen 2 Cleveland Indians 4
Bill Beckmann 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tommy Bridges 2 Detroit Tigers  
Atley Donald 2 New York Yankees  
Lefty Gomez 2 New York Yankees  
Lefty Grove 2 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Kramer 2 St. Louis Browns  
Thornton Lee 2 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 2 Washington Senators  
Al Milnar 2 Cleveland Indians  
Lynn Nelson 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Rigney 2 Chicago White Sox  
Marius Russo 2 New York Yankees  
Elden Auker 1 Boston Red Sox 17
George Caster 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ken Chase 1 Washington Senators  
Harry Eisenstat 1 Detroit Tigers  
Cleveland Indians  
Denny Galehouse 1 Boston Red Sox  
Bump Hadley 1 New York Yankees  
Mel Harder 1 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Haynes 1 Washington Senators  
Oral Hildebrand 1 New York Yankees  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.