Shutouts : 1941 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1941 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 6 Cleveland Indians 1
Spud Chandler 4 New York Yankees 2
Johnny Humphries 4 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 4 Washington Senators  
Sid Hudson 3 Washington Senators 5
Thornton Lee 3 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Rigney 3 Chicago White Sox  
Marius Russo 3 New York Yankees  
Charlie Wagner 3 Boston Red Sox  
Denny Galehouse 2 St. Louis Browns 10
Lefty Gomez 2 New York Yankees  
Bob Harris 2 St. Louis Browns  
Ted Lyons 2 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Muncrief 2 St. Louis Browns  
Bobo Newsom 2 Detroit Tigers  
Dick Newsome 2 Boston Red Sox  
Red Ruffing 2 New York Yankees  
Al Smith 2 Cleveland Indians  
Al Benton 1 Detroit Tigers 19
Tiny Bonham 1 New York Yankees  
Marv Breuer 1 New York Yankees  
Tommy Bridges 1 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Chase 1 Washington Senators  
Bill Dietrich 1 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Dobson 1 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.

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?