Top 25 Shutouts in 1985 in the American League

Shutouts : 1985 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1985 Shutouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Shutouts Team Rank

Bert Blyleven 5 Cleveland Indians 1

Minnesota Twins

Britt Burns 4 Chicago White Sox 2

Jack Morris 4 Detroit Tigers

Oil Can Boyd 3 Boston Red Sox 4

Danny Jackson 3 Kansas City Royals

Charlie Leibrandt 3 Kansas City Royals

Mike Smithson 3 Minnesota Twins

Walt Terrell 3 Detroit Tigers

Bud Black 2 Kansas City Royals 9

Mike Boddicker 2 Baltimore Orioles

John Butcher 2 Minnesota Twins

Ron Guidry 2 New York Yankees

Teddy Higuera 2 Milwaukee Brewers

Mike Moore 2 Seattle Mariners

Dave Stieb 2 Toronto Blue Jays

Ed Whitson 2 New York Yankees

Matt Young 2 Seattle Mariners

Doyle Alexander 1 Toronto Blue Jays 18

Floyd Bannister 1 Chicago White Sox

Jim Beattie 1 Seattle Mariners

John Candelaria 1 California Angels

Roger Clemens 1 Boston Red Sox

Jaime Cocanower 1 Milwaukee Brewers

Danny Darwin 1 Milwaukee Brewers

Storm Davis 1 Baltimore Orioles

Name Shutouts Team Rank

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.

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).

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.

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