Shutouts All Time Leaders by Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Shutouts

Each of the following lifetime leaders in shutouts stepped onto the rubber and held the other team scoreless. Many of them have even done it several times through extra innings.

This feat is fast becoming more and more difficult in today's hit for the fences approach to the game and Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all time shutout leaders. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"You can't hit what you can't see." - Hall of Famer Walter Johnson (#1 Ranked Shutouts Leader)

Shutouts All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Games	Rank
Walter Johnson	110	1
Grover Alexander	90	2
Christy Mathewson	79	3
Cy Young	76	4
Eddie Plank	69	5
Warren Spahn	63	6
Nolan Ryan	61	7
Tom Seaver	61
Bert Blyleven	60	9
Don Sutton	58	10
Pud Galvin	57	11
Ed Walsh	57
Bob Gibson	56	13
Mordecai Brown	55	14
Steve Carlton	55
Jim Palmer	53	16
Gaylord Perry	53
Juan Marichal	52	18
Rube Waddell	50	19
Vic Willis	50
Don Drysdale	49	21
Fergie Jenkins	49
Luis Tiant	49
Early Wynn	49
Kid Nichols	48	25
Roger Clemens	46	26
Tommy John	46
Jack Powell	46
Whitey Ford	45	29
Addie Joss	45
Phil Niekro	45
Robin Roberts	45
Red Ruffing	45
Doc White	45
Babe Adams	44	35
Bob Feller	44
Milt Pappas	43	37
Catfish Hunter	42	38
Bucky Walters	42
Mickey Lolich	41	40
Hippo Vaughn	41
Mickey Welch	41
Chief Bender	40	43
Jim Bunning	40
Larry French	40
Sandy Koufax	40
Claude Osteen	40
Ed Reulbach	40
Mel Stottlemyre	40
Tim Keefe	39	50
Sam Leever	39
Jerry Reuss	39
Stan Coveleski	38	53
Billy Pierce	38
Nap Rucker	38
Vida Blue	37	56
John Clarkson	37
Larry Jackson	37
Randy Johnson	37
Eppa Rixey	37
Steve Rogers	37
Mike Cuellar	36	62
Bob Friend	36
Carl Hubbell	36
Sam Jones	36
Camilo Pascual	36
Allie Reynolds	36
Curt Simmons	36
Will White	36
Tommy Bond	35	70
Joe Bush	35
Jack Chesbro	35
Eddie Cicotte	35
Jack Coombs	35
Wilbur Cooper	35
Bill Donovan	35
Burleigh Grimes	35
Lefty Grove	35
Greg Maddux	35
George Mullin	35
Herb Pennock	35
Old Hoss Radbourn	35
Bill Doak	34	83
Earl Moore	34
Frank Tanana	34
Jesse Tannehill	34
Tommy Bridges	33	87
Lew Burdette	33
Dean Chance	33
Mort Cooper	33
Jerry Koosman	33
Lefty Leifield	33
Dutch Leonard	33
Jim McCormick	33
Dave McNally	33
Hal Newhouser	33
Bob Shawkey	33
Virgil Trucks	33
Paul Derringer	32	99
Joe McGinnity	32	100
Jim Perry	32
Name	Games	Rank
Current Through 2008 Season

Did you know that Walter Johnson has twice the amount of career shutouts of every Major League pitcher in the top one-hundred below number fourteen (14) all time?

Roger Clemens (#26), Randy Johnson (#56) and Greg Maddux (#70) are the only active pitchers in the top one-hundred (100) with Tom Glavine (twenty-four shutouts) and Mike Mussina (twenty-three shutouts) being the next closest active pitchers at the end of the 2005 season.

Top to bottom in the career leaders for shutouts chart: National Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers, 300 Wins Club members, perfect game pitchers and 3,000 Strikeout Club members throughout.

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