Each of the following lifetime leaders in shutouts stepped onto the rubber and held the other team scoreless. Many of them have even done it several times, some through extra innings.
The top 1,000 all-time shutout leaders in Major League Baseball history, as researched by Baseball Almanac. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"You can't hit what you can't see." - Hall of Famer Walter Johnson (#1 Ranked Shutouts Leader)
Did you know that Walter Johnson has twice the amount of career shutouts of every Major League pitcher in the top 1,000 below number fourteen all time?
What right-handed pitcher has the most shutouts in the National League? What lefty had the most in the American League? Who had the most shutouts in a single season? Dozens of shutout records have been researched by Baseball Almanac.
Top-to-bottom in the career leaders for shutouts chart: National Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers, 300 Wins Club members, perfect game pitchers and 3,000 Strikeout Club members throughout.