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Walter Johnson, the all-time leader in shutouts. In Major League Baseball, a shutout (denoted statistically as ShO or SHO) refers to the act by which a single pitcher pitches a complete game and does not allow the opposing team to score a run. If two or more pitchers combine to complete this act, no pitcher is awarded a shutout, although the ...
A shutout is defined by Major League Baseball rule 10.18: . A shutout is a statistic credited to a pitcher who allows no runs in a game. No pitcher shall be credited with pitching a shutout unless he pitches the complete game, or unless he enters the game with none out before the opposing team has scored in the first inning, puts out the side without a run scoring and pitches the rest of the ...
He holds the all-time MLB record with 110 career shutouts. During his early pitching days, Babe Ruth, who is most known for his hitting prowess, led the American League with nine shutouts for the Boston Red Sox in 1916. Jim Palmer was the last American League pitcher to record 10 shutouts in one season when he did so for the Baltimore Orioles ...
Once Hershiser achieved his second consecutive complete-game shutout to reach 22 consecutive scoreless innings, he was lauded for his 20th win in the national press [25] [26] while the local press praised his serious contention for the Cy Young Award, given to the league's best pitcher. [27] The 20th win had been his preseason goal. [28]
Seaver is tied with Ryan for the seventh-most shutouts in MLB history (61). [44] His feat of striking out ten consecutive batters has only been matched once, by Aaron Nola in 2021. [ 45 ] He also holds the record for consecutive 200-strikeout seasons with nine (1968–1976). [ 44 ]
Most Shutouts: 24 (1963, ... Most Consecutive Errorless Games: 11 (May 5–16, 1979) See also. List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks;
The most shutouts recorded in one season was 16, which was a feat accomplished by both Grover Alexander (1916) and George Bradley (1876). [9] These records are considered among the most secure records in baseball, as pitchers today rarely earn more than one or two shutouts per season with a heavy emphasis on pitch count and relief pitching.
Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" [1] by LIFE. Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed.