Shutouts : 1956 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1956 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Herb Score 5 Cleveland Indians 1
Tom Brewer 4 Boston Red Sox 2
Mike Garcia 4 Cleveland Indians  
Jack Harshman 4 Chicago White Sox  
Billy Hoeft 4 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 4 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Donovan 3 Chicago White Sox 7
Johnny Kucks 3 New York Yankees  
Frank Lary 3 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Wilson 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Chicago White Sox  
Art Ditmar 2 Kansas City Athletics 11
Whitey Ford 2 New York Yankees  
Connie Johnson 2 Chicago White Sox  
Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Lemon 2 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Sturdivant 2 New York Yankees  
Hank Aguirre 1 Cleveland Indians 16
Charlie Beamon 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Hal Brown 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Wally Burnette 1 Kansas City Athletics  
Don Ferrarese 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Mike Fornieles 1 Chicago White Sox  
Baltimore Orioles  
Paul Foytack 1 Detroit Tigers  
Don Larsen 1 New York Yankees  
Ray Moore 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Willard Nixon 1 Boston Red Sox  



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).

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?

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.