Shutouts : 1945 American League Top 25

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1945 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal Newhouser 8 Detroit Tigers 1
Al Benton 5 Detroit Tigers 2
Dave Ferriss 5 Boston Red Sox  
Jesse Flores 4 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Orval Grove 4 Chicago White Sox  
Dutch Leonard 4 Washington Senators  
Dizzy Trout 4 Detroit Tigers  
Roger Wolff 4 Washington Senators  
Jim Bagby 3 Cleveland Indians 9
Bill Dietrich 3 Chicago White Sox  
Steve Gromek 3 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Kramer 3 St. Louis Browns  
Bobo Newsom 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Marino Pieretti 3 Washington Senators  
Nels Potter 3 St. Louis Browns  
Al Smith 3 Cleveland Indians  
Bill Bevens 2 New York Yankees 17
Alex Carrasquel 2 Washington Senators  
Russ Christopher 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Atley Donald 2 New York Yankees  
Clem Hausmann 2 Boston Red Sox  
Randy Heflin 2 Boston Red Sox  
Les Mueller 2 Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Niggeling 2 Washington Senators  
Allie Reynolds 2 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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).