1972 Shutouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	9	California Angels	1
Wilbur Wood	8	Chicago White Sox	2
Mel Stottlemyre	7	New York Yankees	3
Dave McNally	6	Baltimore Orioles	4
Roger Nelson	6	Kansas City Royals
Luis Tiant	6	Boston Red Sox
Catfish Hunter	5	Oakland Athletics	7
Gaylord Perry	5	Cleveland Indians
Vida Blue	4	Oakland Athletics	9
Mike Cuellar	4	Baltimore Orioles
Ken Holtzman	4	Oakland Athletics
Steve Kline	4	New York Yankees
Mickey Lolich	4	Detroit Tigers
Marty Pattin	4	Boston Red Sox
Bert Blyleven	3	Minnesota Twins	15
Joe Coleman	3	Detroit Tigers
Ray Corbin	3	Minnesota Twins
John Curtis	3	Boston Red Sox
Pat Dobson	3	Baltimore Orioles
Skip Lockwood	3	Milwaukee Brewers
Rudy May	3	California Angels
Andy Messersmith	3	California Angels
Jim Palmer	3	Baltimore Orioles
Fritz Peterson	3	New York Yankees
Sonny Siebert	3	Boston Red Sox
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.