Shutouts : 1970 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)
 

1970 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Chuck Dobson 5 Oakland Athletics 1
Jim Palmer 5 Baltimore Orioles  
Mike Cuellar 4 Baltimore Orioles 3
Jim Perry 4 Minnesota Twins  
Gary Peters 4 Boston Red Sox  
Dick Bosman 3 Washington Senators 6
Tommy John 3 Chicago White Sox  
Mickey Lolich 3 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Rooker 3 Kansas City Royals  
Stan Bahnsen 2 New York Yankees 10
Vida Blue 2 Oakland Athletics  
Jim Hardin 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Rudy May 2 California Angels  
Tom Murphy 2 California Angels  
Joe Niekro 2 Detroit Tigers  
Fritz Peterson 2 New York Yankees  
Diego Segui 2 Oakland Athletics  
Sonny Siebert 2 Boston Red Sox  
Clyde Wright 2 California Angels  
Rick Austin 1 Cleveland Indians 20
Bert Blyleven 1 Minnesota Twins  
Tom Bradley 1 California Angels  
George Brunet 1 Washington Senators  
Wally Bunker 1 Kansas City Royals  
Bill Butler 1 Kansas City Royals  



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?

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.