Top 25 Shutouts in 1946 in the American League

Shutouts : 1946 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1946 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Bob Feller 10 Cleveland Indians 1

Spud Chandler 6 New York Yankees 2

Dave Ferriss 6 Boston Red Sox

Tex Hughson 6 Boston Red Sox

Hal Newhouser 6 Detroit Tigers

Dizzy Trout 5 Detroit Tigers 6

Jesse Flores 4 Philadelphia Athletics 7

Bill Bevens 3 New York Yankees 8

Fred Hutchinson 3 Detroit Tigers

Jack Kramer 3 St. Louis Browns

Bobo Newsom 3 Philadelphia Athletics

Washington Senators

Allie Reynolds 3 Cleveland Indians

Tiny Bonham 2 New York Yankees 13

Denny Galehouse 2 St. Louis Browns

Al Gettel 2 New York Yankees

Steve Gromek 2 Cleveland Indians

Mickey Haefner 2 Washington Senators

Dutch Leonard 2 Washington Senators

Ed Lopat 2 Chicago White Sox

Frank Papish 2 Chicago White Sox

Johnny Rigney 2 Chicago White Sox

Red Ruffing 2 New York Yankees

Fred Sanford 2 St. Louis Browns

Virgil Trucks 2 Detroit Tigers

Sam Zoldak 2 St. Louis Browns

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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