Shutouts : 1947 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1947 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 5 Cleveland Indians 1
Mickey Haefner 4 Washington Senators 2
Walt Masterson 4 Washington Senators  
Allie Reynolds 4 New York Yankees  
Don Black 3 Cleveland Indians 5
Dick Fowler 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Denny Galehouse 3 St. Louis Browns  
Boston Red Sox  
Tex Hughson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Fred Hutchinson 3 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Johnson 3 Boston Red Sox  
Ed Lopat 3 Chicago White Sox  
Hal Newhouser 3 Detroit Tigers  
Stubby Overmire 3 Detroit Tigers  
Spec Shea 3 New York Yankees  
Spud Chandler 2 New York Yankees 15
Joe Coleman 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cliff Fannin 2 St. Louis Browns  
Al Gettel 2 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Haynes 2 Chicago White Sox  
Art Houtteman 2 Detroit Tigers  
Ellis Kinder 2 St. Louis Browns  
Phil Marchildon 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobo Newsom 2 Washington Senators  
New York Yankees  
Ray Scarborough 2 Washington Senators  
Carl Scheib 2 Philadelphia Athletics  



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

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).