Shutouts : 1977 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1977 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Tanana 7 California Angels 1
Bert Blyleven 5 Texas Rangers 2
Ron Guidry 5 New York Yankees  
Dennis Leonard 5 Kansas City Royals  
Rudy May 4 Baltimore Orioles 5
Gaylord Perry 4 Texas Rangers  
Nolan Ryan 4 California Angels  
Dennis Eckersley 3 Cleveland Indians 8
Jim Palmer 3 Baltimore Orioles  
Luis Tiant 3 Boston Red Sox  
Don Aase 2 Boston Red Sox 11
Jim Bibby 2 Cleveland Indians  
Ed Figueroa 2 New York Yankees  
Mike Flanagan 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Dave Goltz 2 Minnesota Twins  
Ross Grimsley 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Paul Splittorff 2 Kansas City Royals  
Mike Torrez 2 Oakland Athletics  
New York Yankees  
Rick Wise 2 Boston Red Sox  
Doyle Alexander 1 Texas Rangers 20
Fernando Arroyo 1 Detroit Tigers  
Jerry Augustine 1 Milwaukee Brewers  
Vida Blue 1 Oakland Athletics  
Nelson Briles 1 Texas Rangers  
Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Clancy 1 Toronto Blue Jays  



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.

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?