Shutout Records by Baseball Almanac

Shutout Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for shutouts - including career shutout records, single season shutout records, and game related records.

"What do you want me to do? Let thoses sons of bitches stand up there and think on my time?" - National League shutout leader & Hall of Famer Grover Alexander

Shutouts Career Shutout Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	110	110
	NL	Grover Alexander	Philadelphia	61	90
			Chicago	24
			St. Louis	5
Most In A Career By A Lefthander	AL	Eddie Plank	Philadelphia	59	63
	AL	Eddie Plank	St. Louis	4	63
	NL	Warren Spahn	Boston	27	63
			Milwaukee	36
			New York	0
			San Francisco	0
	ML	Eddie Plank	Philadelphia	59	69
			St. Louis^(A.L.)	4
			St. Louis^(F.L.)	6
Most In A Career By A Righthander	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	110	110
	NL	Grover Alexander	Philadelphia	61	90
			Chicago	24
			St. Louis	5
Shutouts Single Season Shutout Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In Any Month	AL	Ed Walsh	Chicago	6	08-1906
		Ed Walsh	Chicago		09-1908
		Doc White	Chicago		09-1904
	NL	George Bradley	St. Louis	5	05-1876
		Tommy Bond	Hartford		06-1876
		Jack Chesbro	Pittsburgh		07-1902
		Don Drysdale	Los Angeles		05-1968
		Pud Galvin	Buffalo		08-1884
		Bob Gibson	St. Louis		06-1968
		Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles		09-1988
		Ben Sanders	Philadelphia		09-1888
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AL	Jack Coombs	Philadelphia	13	1910
	NL	Grover Alexander	Philadelphia	16	1916
	NL	George Bradley	St. Louis	16	1876
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AA	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh	12	1886
	AL	Ron Guidry	New York	9	1978
	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	9	1916
	NL	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles	11	1963
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Jack Coombs	Philadelphia	13	1910
	NL	Grover Alexander	Philadelphia	16	1916
	NL	George Bradley	St. Louis	16	1876
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Russ Ford	New York	8	1910
	AL	Reb Russell	Chicago	8	1913
	NL	George Bradley	St. Louis	16	1876
Most In A Season Consecutively (Year-by-Year List)	AL	Doc White	Chicago	5	09-12-1904
			Chicago		09-16-1904
			Chicago		09-19-1904
			Chicago		09-25-1904
			Chicago		09-30-1904
	NL	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles	6	05-14-1968
			Los Angeles		05-18-1968
			Los Angeles		05-22-1968
			Los Angeles		05-26-1968
			Los Angeles		05-31-1968
			Los Angeles		06-04-1968
Most Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year List)	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	7	1911
			Washington		1913
			Washington		1914
			Washington		1915
			Washington		1918
			Washington		1919
			Washington		1924
	NL	Grover Alexander	Philadelphia	7	1911
			Philadelphia		1913
			Philadelphia		1915
			Philadelphia		1916
			Philadelphia		1917
			Chicago		1919
			Chicago		1921
Shutouts Game Specific Shutout Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest Pitches 9 Inning Shutout	AL	Incomplete Research	-	-	-
Fewest Pitches 9 Inning Shutout	NL	Red Barrett	Boston	58	08-10-1944
Longest By Number of Innings	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	18	05-15-1918
	AL	Ed Summers	Detroit	18	07-19-1909
	NL	Carl Hubbell	New York	18	07-02-1933
	NL	John Ward	Providence	18	08-17-1882
Most Won On Opening Day	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	7	1910
			Washington		1914
			Washington		1915
			Washington		1917
			Washington		1919
			Washington		1924
			Washington		1926
	NL	Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh	3	1943
			Pittsburgh		1947
			Pittsburgh		1949
		Chris Short	Philadelphia		1965
			Philadelphia		1968
			Philadelphia		1970
		Rick Mahler	Atlanta		1982
			Atlanta		1986
			Atlanta		1987
Oldest Pitcher Complete Game Shutout	AL	Phil Niekro	New York	10-06-1985
	AL	Phil Niekro	New York	46 Yrs 188 Days
	NL	Jamie Moyer	Philadelphia	05-07-2010
	NL	Jamie Moyer	Philadelphia	47 Yrs 170 Days
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Shutout Records

Walter Johnson has the most shutouts against any one team during a career when he shutout the Philadelphia Athletics twenty-three times between 1907 to 1927.

Team related shutout records are not as frequent as the player related shutout records, but Baseball Almanac hopes you enjoy the following shutout records:

Largest Score in a Shutout
AL	22	Cleveland (vs New York) on 08-31-2004
NL	28	Providence (vs Philadelphia) on 08-21-1883

Most Shutouts Won in a Season
AL	32	1906 Chicago White Sox
NL	32	1907 Chicago Cubs
		1909 Chicago Cubs

Most Times Being Shutout in a Season
AL	30	1906 Washington Senators
NL	33	1908 St. Louis Cardinals

Most Consecutive Shutouts Won in a Season
AL	5	Baltimore (09-02-1974 to 09-06-1974)
		Baltimore (09-26-1995 to 10-01-1995)
NL	6	Pittsburgh (06-02-1903 to 06-06-1903)

Most Consecutive Shutout Innings Pitched
AL	54	Baltimore (09-01-1974 to 09-07-1974)
		[last inning thru first eight innings]
NL	56	Pittsburgh (06-01-1903 to 06-09-1903)
		[last two innings thru first three innings]

Fewest Shutouts Won (150 Games Played)
AL	1	1924 Chicago White Sox
		1956 Washington Senators
		1977 Seattle Mariners
		1996 Baltimore Orioles
		1997 Oakland Athletics
		2001 Anaheim Angels
		2001 Kansas City Royals
NL	0	1898 St. Louis Browns
		1898 Washington Senators
		1899 Cleveland Spiders
		1993 Colorado Rockies

Did you know that on September 26, 1908, Ed Reulbach tossed both ends of a doubleheader, earned both victories and became the first and only pitcher to throw two complete game shutouts on the same day.

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