Shutouts : 1982 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1982 Shutouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dave Stieb 5 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Ken Forsch 4 California Angels 2
Geoff Zahn 4 California Angels  
Floyd Bannister 3 Seattle Mariners 4
Mike Caldwell 3 Milwaukee Brewers  
Jim Clancy 3 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dennis Eckersley 3 Boston Red Sox  
Larry Gura 3 Kansas City Royals  
Jack Morris 3 Detroit Tigers  
Chuck Rainey 3 Boston Red Sox  
Vida Blue 2 Kansas City Royals 11
Charlie Hough 2 Texas Rangers  
La Marr Hoyt 2 Chicago White Sox  
Tommy John 2 New York Yankees  
California Angels  
Matt Keough 2 Oakland Athletics  
Dennis Lamp 2 Chicago White Sox  
Rick Langford 2 Oakland Athletics  
Dennis Martinez 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Palmer 2 Baltimore Orioles  
Len Barker 1 Cleveland Indians 20
Jim Beattie 1 Seattle Mariners  
Britt Burns 1 Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Castillo 1 Minnesota Twins  
Bryan Clark 1 Seattle Mariners  
Brian Denman 1 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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 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?