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
ShutoutsCareer Shutout Records |
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Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Shutouts In A Career | Top 1,000 |
AL | Walter Johnson | Washington | 110 | 110 |
NL | Grover Alexander | Philadelphia | 61 | 90 | |
Chicago | 24 | ||||
St. Louis | 5 | ||||
Most Shutouts In A Career | LHP |
AL | Eddie Plank | Philadelphia | 59 | 63 |
St. Louis | 4 | ||||
NL | Warren Spahn | Boston | 27 | 63 | |
Milwaukee | 36 | ||||
New York | 0 | ||||
San Francisco | 0 | ||||
ML | Eddie Plank | Philadelphia [AL] | 59 | 69 | |
St. Louis [AL] | 4 | ||||
St. Louis [FL] | 6 | ||||
Most Shutouts In A Career | RHP |
AL | Walter Johnson | Washington | 110 | 110 |
NL | Grover Alexander | Philadelphia | 61 | 90 | |
Chicago | 24 | ||||
St. Louis | 5 | ||||
Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
ShutoutsSingle Season Shutout Records |
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Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Shutouts 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 Shutouts In A Season | Top 500 |
AL | Jack Coombs | Philadelphia | 13 | 06-22-1910 |
Philadelphia | 07-01-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-15-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-20-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-23-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-29-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-04-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-07-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-26-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-09-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-12-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-16-1910 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-21-1910 | ||||
NL | Grover Alexander | Philadelphia | 16 | 04-18-1916 | |
Philadelphia | 05-03-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 05-13-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 05-18-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 05-26-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 06-03-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-07-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-15-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 07-20-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-02-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-09-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-14-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 08-18-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-01-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 09-23-1916 | ||||
Philadelphia | 10-02-1916 | ||||
George Bradley | St. Louis | 05-05-1876 | |||
St. Louis | 05-09-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 05-11-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 05-13-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 05-25-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 06-01-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 06-22-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 06-29-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 07-11-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 07-13-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 07-15-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 07-29-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 08-03-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 08-08-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 08-17-1876 | ||||
St. Louis | 09-05-1876 | ||||
Most Shutouts In A Season | LHP |
AA | Ed Morris | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1886 |
AL | Ron Guidry | New York | 9 | 1978 | |
Babe Ruth | Boston | 1916 | |||
NL | Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles | 11 | 1963 | |
Most Shutouts In A Season | RHP |
AL | Jack Coombs | Philadelphia | 13 | 1910 |
NL | Grover Alexander | Philadelphia | 16 | 1916 | |
George Bradley | St. Louis | 1876 | |||
Most Shutouts In A Season | Rookie |
AL | Russ Ford | New York | 8 | 1910 |
Reb Russell | Chicago | 1913 | |||
NL | George Bradley | St. Louis | 16 | 1876 | |
Most Shutouts 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 | ||||
Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
ShutoutsGame Specific Shutout Records |
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Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Fewest Pitches 9 Inning Shutout |
AL | Incomplete Research | - | - | - |
NL | Red Barrett | Boston | 58 | 08-10-1944 | |
Longest Shutout By Number of Innings |
AL | Walter Johnson | Washington | 18 | 05-15-1918 |
Ed Summers | Detroit | 07-16-1909 | |||
NL | Carl Hubbell | New York | 18 | 07-02-1933 | |
John Ward | Providence | 08-17-1882 | |||
Most Shutouts 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 | |
46.188 | |||||
NL | Jamie Moyer | Philadelphia | 05-07-2010 | ||
47.170 | |||||
Shutout Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Shutout Records | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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 | 1909 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.