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List of Major League Baseball annual shutout leaders

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File:GC Alexander retouched.jpg (along with George Bradley) holds the single-season shutout record with 16. His career total of 90 is ranked second all-time to Walter Johnson's 110 shutouts.]]

The following is a list of annual leaders in shutouts in Major League Baseball (MLB). A shutout occurs when a single pitcher throws a complete game and does not allow the opposing team to score a single run.

Walter Johnson holds the career shutout record with 110. The most shutouts pitched in one season was 16, which was a feat accomplished by both Pete Alexander (1916) and George Bradley (1876). In the dead-ball era and throughout much of the first three-quarters of the twentieth century, starting pitchers were generally expected to perform complete games, and starting pitchers would throw dozens of complete games a year — thereby increasing a pitcher's chances of achieving a shutout. These shutout records are among the most secure records in baseball, as pitchers today rarely earn more than one or two shutouts per season with the heavy emphasis on pitch counts and relief pitching. Pitchers today will often pitch only a few, if any, complete games a season. The 2018 season marked a new low for complete-game shutouts; no pitcher threw for more than one shutout during the season, with eleven American League and seven National League pitchers finishing with only one shutout that season.

American League

File:Jack coombs.jpg pitched an American League record 13 shutouts for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910, although he only pitched 35 shutouts total in his 14-season career.]]

File:Ed Walsh portrait 1911.jpg, who holds a career record 1.82 ERA, is the only American League pitcher to record 10 or more shutouts on two occasions.]]

File:Walter Johnson 1924.jpg tied or led the American League a record seven times in shutouts. He holds the all-time MLB record with 110 career shutouts.]]

File:Babe Ruth pitching.jpg, who is most known for his hitting prowess, led the American League with nine shutouts for the Boston Red Sox in 1916.]]

File:Jim Palmer 2009.jpg was the last American League pitcher to record 10 shutouts in one season when he did so for the Baltimore Orioles in 1975.]]

File:Jeremy Sowers 2009.jpg for the Cleveland Indians in 2006 became the second American League pitcher (after Hod Lisenbee in 1927) to lead the league in shutouts in their rookie season.]]

File:CC_Sabathia.jpg is the only player to have led both leagues in shutouts in the same year (2008). He had two shutouts for the Cleveland Indians and led the American League when he was traded in the middle of the season to the Milwaukee Brewers of the National League and accumulated three more shutouts to lead that league as well.]]

* – Denotes a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

‡ – Denotes a pitcher that led the league in shutouts in their rookie year.

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!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1901}}

| width = "160px"| Clark Griffith*
Cy Young*

| width = "160px"| Chicago White Sox
Boston Americans

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1902}}

|Addie Joss*

|Cleveland Bronchos

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1903}}

|Cy Young*

|Boston Americans

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1904}}

|Cy Young*

|Boston Americans

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1905}}

|Ed Killian

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1906}}

|Ed Walsh*

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1907}}

|Eddie Plank*

|Philadelphia Athletics

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1908}}

|Ed Walsh*

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1909}}

|Ed Walsh*

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1910}}

|Jack Coombs

|Philadelphia Athletics

|{{center|13}}

{{baseball year|1911}}

|Eddie Plank*
Walter Johnson*

|Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1912}}

|Smoky Joe Wood

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1913}}

|Walter Johnson*

|Washington Senators

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1914}}

|Walter Johnson*

|Washington Senators

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1915}}

|Jim Scott
Walter Johnson*

|Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1916}}

|Babe Ruth*

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1917}}

|Stan Coveleski*

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1918}}

|Carl Mays
Walter Johnson*

|Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1919}}

|Walter Johnson*

|Washington Senators

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1920}}

|Carl Mays

|New York Yankees

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1921}}

|Sad Sam Jones

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1922}}

|George Uhle

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1923}}

|Stan Coveleski*

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1924}}

|Walter Johnson*

|Washington Senators

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1925}}

|Ted Lyons*

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1926}}

|Ed Wells

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1927}}

|Hod Lisenbee‡

|Washington Senators

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1928}}

|Herb Pennock*

|New York Yankees

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1929}}

|George Blaeholder
General Crowder
Sam Gray
Danny MacFayden

|St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1930}}

|Clint Brown
George Earnshaw
George Pipgras

|Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1931}}

|Lefty Grove*

|Philadelphia Athletics

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1932}}

|Lefty Grove*
Tommy Bridges

|Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1933}}

|Oral Hildebrand

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1934}}

|Lefty Gomez*
Mel Harder

|New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1935}}

|Schoolboy Rowe

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1936}}

|Lefty Grove*

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1937}}

|Lefty Gomez*

|New York Yankees

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1938}}

|Lefty Gomez*

|New York Yankees

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1939}}

|Red Ruffing*

|New York Yankees

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1940}}

|Al Milnar
Bob Feller*
Ted Lyons*

|Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1941}}

|Bob Feller*

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1942}}

|Tiny Bonham

|New York Yankees

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1943}}

|Dizzy Trout
Spud Chandler

|Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1944}}

|Dizzy Trout

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1945}}

|Hal Newhouser*

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1946}}

|Bob Feller*

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1947}}

|Bob Feller*

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1948}}

|Bob Lemon

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1949}}

|Ellis Kinder
Virgil Trucks

|Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1950}}

|Art Houtteman

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1951}}

|Allie Reynolds

|New York Yankees

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1952}}

|Allie Reynolds
Mike Garcia

|New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1953}}

|Bob Porterfield

|Washington Senators

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1954}}

|Mike Garcia
Virgil Trucks

|Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1955}}

|Billy Hoeft

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1956}}

|Herb Score

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1957}}

|Jim Wilson

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1958}}

|Whitey Ford*

|New York Yankees

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1959}}

|Camilo Pascual

|Washington Senators

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1960}}

|Early Wynn*
Jim Perry
Whitey Ford*

|Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1961}}

|Camilo Pascual
Steve Barber

|Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1962}}

|Camilo Pascual
Dick Donovan
Jim Kaat*

|Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1963}}

|Ray Herbert

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1964}}

|Dean Chance

Los Angeles Angels

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1965}}

|Mudcat Grant

|Minnesota Twins

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1966}}

|Luis Tiant
Sam McDowell
Tommy John

|Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1967}}

|Jim McGlothlin
Joe Horlen
Mickey Lolich
Steve Hargan
Tommy John

|California Angels
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1968}}

|Luis Tiant

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1969}}

|Denny McLain

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1970}}

|Chuck Dobson
Jim Palmer*

|Oakland Athletics
Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1971}}

|Vida Blue

|Oakland Athletics

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1972}}

|Nolan Ryan*

|California Angels

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1973}}

|Bert Blyleven*

|Minnesota Twins

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1974}}

|Luis Tiant

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1975}}

|Jim Palmer*

|Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1976}}

|Nolan Ryan*

|California Angels

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1977}}

|Frank Tanana

|California Angels

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1978}}

|Ron Guidry

|New York Yankees

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1979}}

|Dennis Leonard
Mike Flanagan
Nolan Ryan*

|Kansas City Royals
Baltimore Orioles
California Angels

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1980}}

|Tommy John

|New York Yankees

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1981}}

|Doc Medich
Ken Forsch
Richard Dotson
Steve McCatty

|Texas Rangers
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
Oakland Athletics

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1982}}

|Dave Stieb

|Toronto Blue Jays

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1983}}

|Mike Boddicker

|Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1984}}

|Bob Ojeda
Geoff Zahn

|Boston Red Sox
California Angels

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1985}}

|Bert Blyleven

|Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1986}}

|Jack Morris*

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1987}}

|Roger Clemens

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1988}}

|Roger Clemens

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1989}}

|Bert Blyleven*

|California Angels

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1990}}

|Dave Stewart
Roger Clemens

|Oakland Athletics
Boston Red Sox

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1991}}

|Roger Clemens

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1992}}

|Roger Clemens

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1993}}

|Jack McDowell

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1994}}

|Randy Johnson*

|Seattle Mariners

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1995}}

|Mike Mussina*

|Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1996}}

|Ken Hill
Pat Hentgen
Rich Robertson

|Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
Minnesota Twins

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1997}}

|Pat Hentgen
Roger Clemens

|Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1998}}

|David Wells

|New York Yankees

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1999}}

|Scott Erickson

|Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2000}}

|Pedro Martínez*

|Boston Red Sox

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|2001}}

|Mark Mulder

|Oakland Athletics

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|2002}}

|Jeff Weaver

|Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2003}}

|Joel Piñeiro
John Lackey
Mark Mulder
Roy Halladay*
Tim Hudson

|Seattle Mariners
Anaheim Angels
Oakland Athletics
Toronto Blue Jays
Oakland Athletics

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2004}}

|Jeremy Bonderman
Sidney Ponson
Tim Hudson

|Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Oakland Athletics

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2005}}

|Jon Garland

|Chicago White Sox

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2006}}

|CC Sabathia*
Jake Westbrook
Jeremy Sowers‡
John Lackey

|Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
L.A. Angels of Anaheim

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2007}}

|Jeff Weaver
John Lackey
José Contreras
Paul Byrd

|Seattle Mariners
L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2008}}

|CC Sabathia*
Cliff Lee
James Shields
Jesse Litsch
Jon Lester
Kevin Slowey
Matt Garza
Roy Halladay*

|Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
Minnesota Twins
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2009}}

|Roy Halladay*

|Toronto Blue Jays

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|2010}}

|Carl Pavano
Dallas Braden

|Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2011}}

|James Shields
Derek Holland

|Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|2012}}

|Félix Hernández

|Seattle Mariners

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|2013}}

|Bartolo Colón
Justin Masterson

|Oakland Athletics
Cleveland Indians

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2014}}

|Rick Porcello

|Detroit Tigers

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2015}}

|Sonny Gray
Félix Hernández
Dallas Keuchel
Mike Montgomery
Jeff Samardzija

|Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Houston Astros
Seattle Mariners
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2016}}

|Corey Kluber

|Cleveland Indians

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2017}}

|Corey Kluber
Ervin Santana

|Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2018}}

|José Berríos
Mike Clevinger
Gerrit Cole
Andrew Heaney
Corey Kluber
Sean Manaea
Daniel Mengden
James Paxton
Luis Severino
Masahiro Tanaka
Justin Verlander

|Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Houston Astros
Los Angeles Angels
Cleveland Indians
Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
New York Yankees
New York Yankees
Houston Astros

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2019}}

|Shane Bieber
Lucas Giolito

|Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2020}}

|Gerrit Cole
Kyle Gibson
Lucas Giolito
Brad Keller
Mike Minor

|New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers/Oakland Athletics

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2021}}

|Sean Manaea

|Oakland Athletics

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2022}}

|Dylan Cease
Nestor Cortés Jr.
Reid Detmers‡
Nathan Eovaldi
Dean Kremer
Martín Pérez
Patrick Sandoval
Framber Valdez
Michael Wacha

|Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Angels
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Houston Astros
Boston Red Sox

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2023}}

|Gerrit Cole
Framber Valdez

|New York Yankees
Houston Astros

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2024}}

|Ronel Blanco
Joey Estes‡
Kevin Gausman
Tanner Houck
Keider Montero‡

|Houston Astros
Oakland Athletics
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers

|{{center|1}}

National League

File:Grover Cleveland Alexander.jpg led the National League in shutouts seven times, including a record-tying 16 in 1916. He is the only National League pitcher to lead the league with 10 or more on two occasions.]]

File:Radbourne charles 1.jpg's 11 shutouts in 1884 is the highest number of shutouts to not have led the league. Pud Galvin led the league with 12 shutouts.]]

File:Cy Young by Conlon, 1911-crop.jpg led the National League four times and the American League three times in shutouts. His career total of 76 is ranked fourth all time.]]

File:Sandy Koufax.jpg, led the NL three times]]

File:Orel Hershiser 1993.jpg's league leading eight shutouts in 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers included a Major League record 59 consecutive innings pitched without allowing a run.]]

File:HideoNomo.png became the first Asian pitcher to lead the league in shutouts with three on the Los Angeles Dodgers in his rookie season of 1995.]]

* – Denotes a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

‡ – Denotes a pitcher that led the league in shutouts in their rookie year.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1876}}

| width = "160px"|George Bradley

| width = "175px"|St. Louis Brown Stockings

|{{center|16}}

{{baseball year|1877}}

|Tommy Bond

|Boston Red Caps

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1878}}

|Tommy Bond

|Boston Red Caps

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1879}}

|Tommy Bond

|Boston Red Caps

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1880}}

|Monte Ward*

|Providence Grays

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1881}}

|George Derby‡

|Detroit Wolverines

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1882}}

|Old Hoss Radbourn*

|Providence Grays

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1883}}

|Pud Galvin*

|Buffalo Bisons

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1884}}

|Pud Galvin*

|Buffalo Bisons

|{{center|12}}

{{baseball year|1885}}

|John Clarkson*

|Chicago White Stockings

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1886}}

|Lady Baldwin

|Detroit Wolverines

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1887}}

|Dan Casey

|Philadelphia Quakers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1888}}

|Ben Sanders‡
Tim Keefe*

|Philadelphia Quakers
New York Giants

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1889}}

|John Clarkson*

|Boston Beaneaters

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1890}}

|Kid Nichols‡*

|Boston Beaneaters

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1891}}

|Amos Rusie*

|New York Giants

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1892}}

|Cy Young*

|Cleveland Spiders

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1893}}

|Amos Rusie*
Red Ehret

|New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1894}}

|Amos Rusie*
Kid Nichols*
George Cuppy

|New York Giants
Boston Beaneaters
Cleveland Spiders

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1895}}

|Amos Rusie*
Bill Hoffer‡
Cy Young*
Pink Hawley
Sadie McMahon

|New York Giants
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Spiders
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1896}}

|Cy Young*
Frank Killen

|Cleveland Spiders
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1897}}

|Doc McJames
Win Mercer

|Washington Senators
Washington Senators

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1898}}

|Jack Powell
Wiley Piatt‡

|Cleveland Spiders
Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1899}}

|Vic Willis

|Boston Beaneaters

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1900}}

|Clark Griffith*
Cy Young*
Kid Nichols*
Noodles Hahn

|Chicago Orphans
St. Louis Perfectos
Boston Beaneaters
Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1901}}

|Al Orth
Jack Chesbro*
Vic Willis*

|Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Beaneaters

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1902}}

|Christy Mathewson*
Jack Chesbro*
Jack Taylor

|New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1903}}

|Sam Leever

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1904}}

|Joe McGinnity*

|New York Giants

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1905}}

|Christy Mathewson*

|New York Giants

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1906}}

|Mordecai Brown*

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1907}}

|Christy Mathewson*
Orval Overall

|New York Giants
Chicago Cubs

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1908}}

|Christy Mathewson*

|New York Giants

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1909}}

|Orval Overall

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1910}}

|Al Mattern
Earl Moore
Mordecai Brown*
Nap Rucker

|Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Superbas

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1911}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1912}}

|Marty O'Toole
Nap Rucker

|Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1913}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1914}}

|Jeff Tesreau

|New York Giants

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1915}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|12}}

{{baseball year|1916}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|16}}

{{baseball year|1917}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1918}}

|Hippo Vaughn

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1919}}

|Pete Alexander*

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1920}}

|Babe Adams

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1921}}

|Clarence Mitchell
Dana Fillingim
Dolf Luque
Jesse Haines*
Joe Oeschger
Johnny Morrison
Pete Alexander*
Phil Douglas

|Brooklyn Robins
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1922}}

|Dazzy Vance*
Johnny Morrison

|Brooklyn Robins
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1923}}

|Dolf Luque

|Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1924}}

|Allen Sothoron
Emil Yde‡
Eppa Rixey*
Jesse Barnes
Ray Kremer‡
Wilbur Cooper

|St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1925}}

|Dazzy Vance*
Dolf Luque
Hal Carlson

|Brooklyn Robins
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1926}}

|Pete Donohue

|Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1927}}

|Jesse Haines*

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1928}}

|Burleigh Grimes*
Dazzy Vance*
Doug McWeeny
Red Lucas
Sheriff Blake

|Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Robins
Brooklyn Robins
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1929}}

|Pat Malone

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1930}}

|Charlie Root
Dazzy Vance*

|Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Robins

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1931}}

|Bill Walker

|New York Giants

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1932}}

|Dizzy Dean*
Lon Warneke
Steve Swetonic

|St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1933}}

|Carl Hubbell*

|New York Giants

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1934}}

|Dizzy Dean*

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1935}}

|Cy Blanton
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Big Jim Weaver
Larry French
Van Lingle Mungo

|Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1936}}

|Al Smith
Bill Lee
Bucky Walters
Cy Blanton
Larry French
Lon Warneke
Tex Carleton

|New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1937}}

|Jim Turner‡
Lee Grissom
Lou Fette‡

|Boston Bees
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Bees

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1938}}

|Bill Lee

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1939}}

|Lou Fette

|Boston Bees

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1940}}

|Manny Salvo
Whit Wyatt

|Boston Bees
Brooklyn Dodgers

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1941}}

|Whit Wyatt

|Brooklyn Dodgers

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1942}}

|Mort Cooper

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1943}}

|Hiram Bithorn

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1944}}

|Mort Cooper

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1945}}

|Claude Passeau

|Chicago Cubs

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1946}}

|Ewell Blackwell
Harry Brecheen

|Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1947}}

|Warren Spahn*

|Boston Braves

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1948}}

|Harry Brecheen

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1949}}

|Don Newcombe‡
Howie Pollet
Ken Heintzelman
Ken Raffensberger

|Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1950}}

|Jim Hearn
Larry Jansen
Robin Roberts*
Sal Maglie

|Cardinals / N.Y. Giants
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Giants

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1951}}

|Warren Spahn*

|Boston Braves

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1952}}

|Curt Simmons
Ken Raffensberger

|Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1953}}

|Harvey Haddix

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1954}}

|Johnny Antonelli

|New York Giants

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1955}}

|Joe Nuxhall

|Cincinnati Redlegs

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1956}}

|Lew Burdette

|Milwaukee Braves

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1957}}

|Johnny Podres

|Brooklyn Dodgers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1958}}

|Carl Willey‡

|Milwaukee Braves

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1959}}

|Bob Buhl
Don Drysdale*
Johnny Antonelli
Lew Burdette
Roger Craig
Sam Jones
Warren Spahn*

|Milwaukee Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Braves

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1960}}

|Jack Sanford

|San Francisco Giants

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1961}}

|Joey Jay
Warren Spahn*

|Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Braves

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1962}}

|Bob Friend
Bob Gibson*

|Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1963}}

|Sandy Koufax*

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|11}}

{{baseball year|1964}}

|Sandy Koufax*

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1965}}

|Juan Marichal*

|San Francisco Giants

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1966}}

|Bob Gibson*
Jim Bunning*
Jim Maloney
Larry Jackson
Larry Jaster
Sandy Koufax*

|St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs / Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1967}}

|Jim Bunning*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1968}}

|Bob Gibson*

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|13}}

{{baseball year|1969}}

|Juan Marichal*

|San Francisco Giants

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1970}}

|Gaylord Perry*

|San Francisco Giants

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1971}}

|Al Downing
Bob Gibson*
Milt Pappas
Steve Blass

|Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1972}}

|Don Sutton*

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1973}}

|Jack Billingham

|Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1974}}

|Jon Matlack

|New York Mets

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1975}}

|Andy Messersmith

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1976}}

|John Montefusco
Jon Matlack

|San Francisco Giants
New York Mets

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1977}}

|Tom Seaver*

|New York Mets / Reds

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1978}}

|Bob Knepper

|San Francisco Giants

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1979}}

|Joe Niekro
Steve Rogers
Tom Seaver*

|Houston Astros
Montreal Expos
Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1980}}

|Jerry Reuss

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1981}}

|Fernando Valenzuela‡

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1982}}

|Steve Carlton*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1983}}

|Steve Rogers

|Montreal Expos

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1984}}

|Alejandro Peña
Joaquín Andújar
Orel Hershiser

|Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1985}}

|John Tudor

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|10}}

{{baseball year|1986}}

|Bob Knepper
Mike Scott

|Houston Astros
Houston Astros

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1987}}

|Bob Welch
Rick Reuschel

|Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates / Giants

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1988}}

|Orel Hershiser

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1989}}

|Tim Belcher

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1990}}

|Bruce Hurst
Mike Morgan

|San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1991}}

|Dennis Martínez

|Montreal Expos

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1992}}

|David Cone
Tom Glavine*

|New York Mets
Atlanta Braves

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1993}}

|Pete Harnisch

|Houston Astros

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1994}}

|Greg Maddux*
Ramón Martínez

|Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1995}}

|Greg Maddux*
Hideo Nomo‡

|Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1996}}

|Kevin Brown

|Florida Marlins

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1997}}

|Carlos Pérez

|Montreal Expos

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1998}}

|Greg Maddux*

|Atlanta Braves

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|1999}}

|Andy Ashby

|San Diego Padres

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2000}}

|Greg Maddux*
Randy Johnson*

|Atlanta Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2001}}

|Greg Maddux*
Javier Vázquez

|Atlanta Braves
Montreal Expos

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2002}}

|A. J. Burnett

|Florida Marlins

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|2003}}

|Jason Schmidt
Kevin Millwood
Matt Morris

|San Francisco Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2004}}

|Cory Lidle
Jason Schmidt

|Cincinnati Reds / Phillies
San Francisco Giants

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2005}}

|Dontrelle Willis

|Florida Marlins

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|2006}}

|Brandon Webb
Chris Carpenter

|Arizona Diamondbacks
St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2007}}

|Brandon Webb

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2008}}

|Ben Sheets
CC Sabathia*

|Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2009}}

|Bronson Arroyo
Cole Hamels
J. A. Happ
Joel Piñeiro
Tim Lincecum

|Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2010}}

|Roy Halladay*

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|5}}

{{baseball year|2011}}

|Cliff Lee

|Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|2012}}

|R. A. Dickey

|New York Mets

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2013}}

|Clayton Kershaw
Adam Wainwright
Jordan Zimmermann

|Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Nationals

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2014}}

|Henderson Álvarez
Adam Wainwright

|Miami Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2015}}

|Jake Arrieta
Clayton Kershaw
Max Scherzer

|Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Washington Nationals

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2016}}

|Clayton Kershaw

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|2017}}

|Carlos Martínez

|St. Louis Cardinals

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2018}}

|Patrick Corbin
Mike Foltynewicz
Miles Mikolas
Chris Stratton
Noah Syndergaard
Jameson Taillon
Trevor Williams

|Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
New York Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2019}}

|Sandy Alcántara‡

|Miami Marlins

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2020}}

|Trevor Bauer

|Cincinnati Reds

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2021}}

|Anthony DeSclafani
Max Fried
Joe Musgrove
Zack Wheeler

|San Francisco Giants
Atlanta Braves
San Diego Padres
Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|2}}

{{baseball year|2022}}

|Sandy Alcántara
Walker Buehler
Bryce Elder‡
Hunter Greene‡
Chad Kuhl
Jordan Montgomery
Aaron Nola

|Miami Marlins
Los Angeles Dodgers
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2023}}

|Sandy Alcántara
Alex Cobb
Max Fried
Zac Gallen
Mitch Keller
Michael Lorenzen
Johan Oviedo
Marcus Stroman
Logan Webb
Brandon Woodruff

|Miami Marlins
San Francisco Giants
Atlanta Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|2024}}

|Dylan Cease
Max Fried
Braxton Garrett
Aaron Nola
Tyler Phillips‡
Cristopher Sánchez
Luis Severino
Blake Snell
Gavin Stone‡
Ranger Suárez
Logan Webb

|San Diego Padres
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants

|{{center|1}}

American Association

File:Ed Morris baseball card.jpg set the American Association record with 12 shutouts in 1886.]]

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1882}}

| width = "160px"|Will White

| width = "175px"|Cincinnati Red Stockings

|{{center|8}}

{{baseball year|1883}}

|Jumbo McGinnis
Will White

|St. Louis Brown Stockings
Cincinnati Red Stockings

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1884}}

|Tony Mullane
Will White

|Toledo Blue Stockings
Cincinnati Red Stockings

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1885}}

|Ed Morris

|Pittsburgh Alleghenys

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1886}}

|Ed Morris

|Pittsburgh Alleghenys

|{{center|12}}

{{baseball year|1887}}

|Matt Kilroy
Tony Mullane

|Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Red Stockings

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1888}}

|Ed Seward
Silver King

|Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1889}}

|Bob Caruthers

|Brooklyn Bridegrooms

|{{center|7}}

{{baseball year|1890}}

|Elton Chamberlain

|St. Louis Browns
Columbus Solons

|{{center|6}}

{{baseball year|1891}}

|George Haddock
Phil Knell
Sadie McMahon

|Boston Reds
Columbus Solons
Baltimore Orioles

|{{center|5}}

Federal League

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1914}}

| width = "160px"|Cy Falkenberg

| width = "160px"|Indianapolis Hoosiers

|{{center|9}}

{{baseball year|1915}}

|Dave Davenport

|St. Louis Terriers

|{{center|10}}

Players' League

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1890}}

| width = "160px"|Silver King

| width = "160px"|Chicago Pirates

|{{center|4}}

Union Association

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1884}}

| width = "160px"|Jim McCormick

| width = "160px"|Cincinnati Outlaw Reds

|{{center|7}}

National Association

File:AGSpalding.jpg of the Boston Red Stockings tied the National Association leaders in shutouts during four of the league's five seasons.]]

* – Denotes a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

‡ – Denotes a pitcher that led the league in shutouts in their rookie year.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player(s)

!Team(s)

!Shutouts

{{baseball year|1871}}

| width = "160px"|Albert Spalding‡*
Bobby Mathews‡
Cherokee Fisher‡
Rynie Wolters‡

| width = "160px"|Boston Red Stockings
Fort Wayne Kekiongas
Rockford Forest Citys
New York Mutuals

|{{center|1}}

{{baseball year|1872}}

|Albert Spalding*
Candy Cummings‡*

|Boston Red Stockings
New York Mutuals

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1873}}

|Dick McBride

|Philadelphia Athletics

|{{center|3}}

{{baseball year|1874}}

|Albert Spalding*
Bobby Mathews

|Boston Red Stockings
New York Mutuals

|{{center|4}}

{{baseball year|1875}}

|Albert Spalding*
Candy Cummings*
George Zettlein

|Boston Red Stockings
Hartford Dark Blues
Chicago / Philadelphia

|{{center|7}}

References

  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SHO_leagues.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]

{{Major League Baseball records}}

Shutout champions

Shutout