Shutouts : 1955 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1955 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Billy Hoeft 7 Detroit Tigers 1
Billy Pierce 6 Chicago White Sox 2
Bob Turley 6 New York Yankees  
Early Wynn 6 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Donovan 5 Chicago White Sox 5
Whitey Ford 5 New York Yankees  
Jim Wilson 4 Baltimore Orioles 7
Tommy Byrne 3 New York Yankees 8
Alex Kellner 3 Kansas City Athletics  
Willard Nixon 3 Boston Red Sox  
Frank Sullivan 3 Boston Red Sox  
Virgil Trucks 3 Chicago White Sox  
Ted Abernathy 2 Washington Senators 13
Tom Brewer 2 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Byrd 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Chicago White Sox  
Mike Garcia 2 Cleveland Indians  
Steve Gromek 2 Detroit Tigers  
Connie Johnson 2 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Lary 2 Detroit Tigers  
Duke Maas 2 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Porterfield 2 Washington Senators  
Herb Score 2 Cleveland Indians  
Bill Wight 2 Cleveland Indians  
Baltimore Orioles  
Hank Aguirre 1 Cleveland Indians 24
Bud Black 1 Detroit Tigers  



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?

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