List of Major League Baseball career shutout leaders explained

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 team itself can be said to have "shutout" the opposing team.

Walter Johnson is the all-time leader in shutouts with 110. Johnson also holds the record for being the only pitcher to throw more than 100 shutouts.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career shutouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player
SHO	Total career shutouts thrown
	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List

Rank	Player	SHO
1	Walter Johnson *	110
2	Grover Cleveland Alexander *	90
3	Christy Mathewson *	79
4	Cy Young *	76
5	Eddie Plank *	69
6	Warren Spahn *	63
7	Nolan Ryan *	61
	Tom Seaver *	61
9	Bert Blyleven *	60
10	Don Sutton *	58
11	Pud Galvin *	57
	Ed Walsh *	57
13	Bob Gibson *	56
14	Mordecai Brown *	55
	Steve Carlton *	55
16	Jim Palmer *	53
	Gaylord Perry *	53
18	Juan Marichal *	52
19	Rube Waddell *	50
	Vic Willis *	50
21	Don Drysdale *	49
	Ferguson Jenkins *	49
	Luis Tiant	49
	Early Wynn *	49
25	Kid Nichols *	48

Rank	Player	SHO
26	Roger Clemens	46
	Tommy John	46
	Jack Powell	46
29	Whitey Ford *	45
	Addie Joss *	45
	Phil Niekro *	45
	Robin Roberts *	45
	Red Ruffing *	45
	Doc White	45
35	Babe Adams	44
	Bob Feller *	44
37	Milt Pappas	43
38	Tommy Bond	42
	Catfish Hunter *	42
	Bucky Walters	42
41	Mickey Lolich	41
	Hippo Vaughn	41
	Mickey Welch *	41
44	Chief Bender *	40
	Jim Bunning *	40
	Larry French	40
	Sandy Koufax *	40
	Claude Osteen	40
	Ed Reulbach	40
	Mel Stottlemyre	40

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com

List of Major League Baseball career shutout leaders explained

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