Shutouts : 1965 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)
 

1965 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mudcat Grant 6 Minnesota Twins 1
Dean Chance 4 California Angels 2
Joe Horlen 4 Chicago White Sox  
Denny McLain 4 Detroit Tigers  
Mel Stottlemyre 4 New York Yankees  
George Brunet 3 California Angels 6
Mickey Lolich 3 Detroit Tigers  
Sam McDowell 3 Cleveland Indians  
Milt Pappas 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Dave Wickersham 3 Detroit Tigers  
Hank Aguirre 2 Detroit Tigers 11
Steve Barber 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Al Downing 2 New York Yankees  
Whitey Ford 2 New York Yankees  
Catfish Hunter 2 Kansas City Athletics  
Jim Kaat 2 Minnesota Twins  
Dave McNally 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Monbouquette 2 Boston Red Sox  
Dave Morehead 2 Boston Red Sox  
Fred Newman 2 California Angels  
Phil Ortega 2 Washington Senators  
Jim Perry 2 Minnesota Twins  
Lee Stange 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ralph Terry 2 Cleveland Indians  
Luis Tiant 2 Cleveland Indians  



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).

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