Shutouts : 1950 American League Top 25

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1950 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Art Houtteman 4 Detroit Tigers 1
Bob Feller 3 Cleveland Indians 2
Bob Lemon 3 Cleveland Indians  
Ed Lopat 3 New York Yankees  
Ray Scarborough 3 Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Bill Wight 3 Chicago White Sox  
Lou Brissie 2 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Tommy Byrne 2 New York Yankees  
Sandy Consuegra 2 Washington Senators  
Whitey Ford 2 New York Yankees  
Ned Garver 2 St. Louis Browns  
Stubby Overmire 2 St. Louis Browns  
Mel Parnell 2 Boston Red Sox  
Vic Raschi 2 New York Yankees  
Allie Reynolds 2 New York Yankees  
Early Wynn 2 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Cain 1 Chicago White Sox 17
Joe Dobson 1 Boston Red Sox  
Jesse Flores 1 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Gromek 1 Cleveland Indians  
Randy Gumpert 1 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Haynes 1 Washington Senators  
Fred Hutchinson 1 Detroit Tigers  
Don Johnson 1 New York Yankees  
St. Louis Browns  
Ellis Kinder 1 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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).