Shutouts : 1961 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1961 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Steve Barber 8 Baltimore Orioles 1
Camilo Pascual 8 Minnesota Twins  
Jim Bunning 4 Detroit Tigers 3
Frank Lary 4 Detroit Tigers  
Milt Pappas 4 Baltimore Orioles  
Hal Brown 3 Baltimore Orioles 6
Whitey Ford 3 New York Yankees  
Mudcat Grant 3 Cleveland Indians  
Pedro Ramos 3 Minnesota Twins  
Bill Stafford 3 New York Yankees  
Jim Archer 2 Kansas City Athletics 11
Norm Bass 2 Kansas City Athletics  
Gary Bell 2 Cleveland Indians  
Pete Burnside 2 Washington Senators  
Gene Conley 2 Boston Red Sox  
Dick Donovan 2 Washington Senators  
Dick Hall 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Kralick 2 Minnesota Twins  
Barry Latman 2 Cleveland Indians  
Joe McClain 2 Washington Senators  
Don Schwall 2 Boston Red Sox  
Rollie Sheldon 2 New York Yankees  
Ralph Terry 2 New York Yankees  
Frank Baumann 1 Chicago White Sox 24
Ted Bowsfield 1 Los Angeles Angels  



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?

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