Shutouts Year-by-Year Leaders '1876 - 2008'
Year	American League	Shutouts	Team(s)	Year	National League	Shutouts	Team(s)
1876	-	-	-	1876	George Bradley	16	St. Louis
1877	-	-	-	1877	Tommy Bond	6	Boston
1878	-	-	-	1878	Tommy Bond	9	Boston
1879	-	-	-	1879	Tommy Bond	11	Boston
1880	-	-	-	1880	John Ward	8	Providence
1881	-	-	-	1881	George Derby	9	Detroit
1882	-	-	-	1882	Old Hoss Radbourn	6	Providence
1883	-	-	-	1883	Pud Galvin	5	Buffalo
1884	-	-	-	1884	Pud Galvin	12	Buffalo
1885	-	-	-	1885	John Clarkson	10	Chicago
1886	-	-	-	1886	Lady Baldwin	7	Detroit
1887	-	-	-	1887	Dan Casey	4	Philadelphia
1888	-	-	-	1888	Tim Keefe	8	New York
					Ben Sanders		Philadelphia
1889	-	-	-	1889	John Clarkson	8	Boston
1890	-	-	-	1890	Kid Nichols	7	Boston
1891	-	-	-	1891	Amos Rusie	6	New York
1892	-	-	-	1892	Cy Young	9	Cleveland
1893	-	-	-	1893	Red Ehret	4	Pittsburgh
					Amos Rusie		New York
1894	-	-	-	1894	Nig Cuppy	3	Cleveland
					Kid Nichols		Boston
					Amos Rusie		New York
1895	-	-	-	1895	Pink Hawley	4	Pittsburgh
					Bill Hoffer		Baltimore
					Sadie McMahon		Baltimore
					Amos Rusie		New York
					Cy Young		Cleveland
1896	-	-	-	1896	Frank Killen	5	Pittsburgh
					Cy Young		Cleveland
1897	-	-	-	1897	Doc McJames	3	Washington
					Win Mercer		Washington
1898	-	-	-	1898	Wiley Piatt	6	Philadelphia
					Jack Powell		Cleveland
1899	-	-	-	1899	Vic Willis	5	Boston
1900	-	-	-	1900	Clark Griffith	4	Chicago
					Noodles Hahn		Cincinnati
					Kid Nichols		Boston
					Cy Young		St. Louis
1901	Clark Griffith	5	Chicago	1901	Jack Chesbro	6	Pittsburgh
	Cy Young		Boston		Al Orth		Philadelphia
					Vic Willis		Boston
1902	Addie Joss	5	Cleveland	1902	Jack Chesbro	8	Pittsburgh
					Christy Mathewson		New York
1903	Cy Young	7	Boston	1903	Sam Leever	7	Pittsburgh
1904	Cy Young	10	Boston	1904	Joe McGinnity	9	New York
1905	Ed Killian	8	Detroit	1905	Christy Mathewson	8	New York
1906	Ed Walsh	10	Chicago	1906	Mordecai Brown	9	Chicago
1907	Eddie Plank	8	Philadelphia	1907	Christy Mathewson	8	New York
					Orval Overall		Chicago
1908	Ed Walsh	11	Chicago	1908	Christy Mathewson	11	New York
1909	Ed Walsh	8	Chicago	1909	Orval Overall	9	Chicago
1910	Jack Coombs	13	Philadelphia	1910	Mordecai Brown	6	Chicago
					Al Mattern		Boston
					Earl Moore		Philadelphia
					Nap Rucker		Brooklyn
1911	Walter Johnson	6	Washington	1911	Grover Alexander	7	Philadelphia
	Eddie Plank		Philadelphia
1912	Joe Wood	10	Boston	1912	Nap Rucker	6	Brooklyn
1913	Walter Johnson	11	Washington	1913	Grover Alexander	9	Philadelphia
1914	Walter Johnson	9	Washington	1914	Jeff Tesreau	8	New York
1915	Walter Johnson	7	Washington	1915	Grover Alexander	12	Philadelphia
	Jim Scott		Chicago
1916	Babe Ruth	9	Boston	1916	Grover Alexander	16	Philadelphia
1917	Stan Coveleski	9	Cleveland	1917	Grover Alexander	8	Philadelphia
1918	Walter Johnson	8	Washington	1918	Hippo Vaughn	8	Chicago
	Carl Mays		Boston
1919	Walter Johnson	7	Washington	1919	Grover Alexander	9	Chicago
1920	Carl Mays	6	New York	1920	Babe Adams	8	Pittsburgh
1921	Sam Jones	5	Boston	1921	Grover Alexander	3	Chicago
					Phil Douglas		New York
					Dana Fillingim		Boston
					Jesse Haines		St. Louis
					Dolf Luque		Cincinnati
					Clarence Mitchell		Brooklyn
					Johnny Morrison		Pittsburgh
					Joe Oeschger		Boston
1922	George Uhle	5	Cleveland	1922	Johnny Morrison	5	Pittsburgh
					Dazzy Vance		Brooklyn
1923	Stan Coveleski	5	Cleveland	1923	Dolf Luque	6	Cincinnati
1924	Walter Johnson	6	Washington	1924	Jesse Barnes	4	Boston
					Wilbur Cooper		Pittsburgh
					Ray Kremer		Pittsburgh
					Eppa Rixey		Cincinnati
					Allen Sothoron		St. Louis
					Emil Yde		Pittsburgh
1925	Ted Lyons	5	Chicago	1925	Hal Carlson	4	Philadelphia
					Dolf Luque		Cincinnati
					Dazzy Vance		Brooklyn
1926	Ed Wells	4	Detroit	1926	Pete Donohue	5	Cincinnati
1927	Hod Lisenbee	4	Washington	1927	Jesse Haines	6	St. Louis
1928	Herb Pennock	5	New York	1928	Sheriff Blake	4	Chicago
					Burleigh Grimes		Pittsburgh
					Red Lucas		Cincinnati
					Doug McWeeny		Brooklyn
					Dazzy Vance		Brooklyn
1929	George Blaeholder	4	St. Louis	1929	Pat Malone	5	Chicago
	Alvin Crowder		St. Louis
	Sam Gray		St. Louis
	Danny MacFayden		Boston
1930	Clint Brown	3	Cleveland	1930	Charlie Root	4	Chicago
	George Earnshaw		Philadelphia		Dazzy Vance		Brooklyn
	George Pipgras		New York
1931	Lefty Grove	4	Philadelphia	1931	Bill Walker	6	New York
1932	Tommy Bridges	4	Detroit	1932	Dizzy Dean	4	St. Louis
	Lefty Grove		Philadelphia		Steve Swetonic		Pittsburgh
					Lon Warneke		Chicago
1933	Oral Hildebrand	6	Cleveland	1933	Carl Hubbell	10	New York
1934	Lefty Gomez	6	New York	1934	Dizzy Dean	7	St. Louis
	Mel Harder		Cleveland
1935	Schoolboy Rowe	6	Detroit	1935	Cy Blanton	4	Pittsburgh
					Freddie Fitzsimmons		New York
					Larry French		Chicago
					Van Mungo		Brooklyn
					Jim Weaver		Pittsburgh
1936	Lefty Grove	6	Boston	1936	Cy Blanton	4	Pittsburgh
					Tex Carleton		Chicago
					Larry French		Chicago
					Bill Lee		Chicago
					Al Smith		New York
					Bucky Walters		Philadelphia
					Lon Warneke		Chicago
1937	Lefty Gomez	6	New York	1937	Lou Fette	5	Boston
					Lee Grissom		Cincinnati
					Jim Turner		Boston
1938	Lefty Gomez	4	New York	1938	Bill Lee	9	Chicago
1939	Red Ruffing	5	New York	1939	Lou Fette	6	Boston
1940	Bob Feller	4	Cleveland	1940	Manny Salvo	5	Boston
	Ted Lyons		Chicago		Whit Wyatt		Brooklyn
	Al Milnar		Cleveland
1941	Bob Feller	6	Cleveland	1941	Whit Wyatt	7	Brooklyn
1942	Tiny Bonham	6	New York	1942	Mort Cooper	10	St. Louis
1943	Spud Chandler	5	New York	1943	Hi Bithorn	7	Chicago
	Dizzy Trout		Detroit
1944	Dizzy Trout	7	Detroit	1944	Mort Cooper	7	St. Louis
1945	Hal Newhouser	8	Detroit	1945	Claude Passeau	5	Chicago
1946	Bob Feller	10	Cleveland	1946	Ewell Blackwell	5	Cincinnati
					Harry Brecheen		St. Louis
1947	Bob Feller	5	Cleveland	1947	Warren Spahn	7	Boston
1948	Bob Lemon	10	Cleveland	1948	Harry Brecheen	7	St. Louis
1949	Ellis Kinder	6	Boston	1949	Ken Heintzelman	5	Philadelphia
	Virgil Trucks		Detroit		Don Newcombe		Brooklyn
					Howie Pollet		St. Louis
					Ken Raffensberger		Cincinnati
1950	Art Houtteman	4	Detroit	1950	Jim Hearn	5	New York
							St. Louis
					Larry Jansen		New York
					Sal Maglie		New York
					Robin Roberts		Philadelphia
1951	Allie Reynolds	7	New York	1951	Warren Spahn	7	Boston
1952	Mike Garcia	6	Cleveland	1952	Ken Raffensberger	6	Cincinnati
	Allie Reynolds		New York		Curt Simmons		Philadelphia
1953	Bob Porterfield	9	Washington	1953	Harvey Haddix	6	St. Louis
1954	Mike Garcia	5	Cleveland	1954	Johnny Antonelli	6	New York
	Virgil Trucks		Chicago
1955	Billy Hoeft	7	Detroit	1955	Joe Nuxhall	5	Cincinnati
1956	Herb Score	5	Cleveland	1956	Lew Burdette	6	Milwaukee
1957	Jim Wilson	5	Chicago	1957	Johnny Podres	6	Brooklyn
1958	Whitey Ford	7	New York	1958	Carl Willey	4	Milwaukee
1959	Camilo Pascual	6	Washington	1959	Johnny Antonelli	4	San Francisco
					Bob Buhl		Milwaukee
					Lew Burdette		Milwaukee
					Roger Craig		Los Angeles
					Don Drysdale		Los Angeles
					Sam Jones		San Francisco
					Warren Spahn		Milwaukee
1960	Whitey Ford	4	New York	1960	Jack Sanford	6	San Francisco
	Jim Perry		Cleveland
	Early Wynn		Chicago
1961	Steve Barber	8	Baltimore	1961	Joey Jay	4	Cincinnati
	Camilo Pascual		Minnesota		Warren Spahn		Milwaukee
1962	Dick Donovan	5	Cleveland	1962	Bob Friend	5	Pittsburgh
	Jim Kaat		Minnesota		Bob Gibson		St. Louis
	Camilo Pascual		Minnesota
1963	Ray Herbert	7	Chicago	1963	Sandy Koufax	11	Los Angeles
1964	Dean Chance	11	Los Angeles	1964	Sandy Koufax	7	Los Angeles
1965	Mudcat Grant	6	Minnesota	1965	Juan Marichal	10	San Francisco
1966	Tommy John	5	Chicago	1966	Jim Bunning	5	Philadelphia
	Sam McDowell		Cleveland		Bob Gibson		St. Louis
	Luis Tiant		Cleveland		Larry Jackson		Chicago
							Philadelphia
					Larry Jaster		St. Louis
					Sandy Koufax		Los Angeles
					Jim Maloney		Cincinnati
1967	Steve Hargan	6	Cleveland	1967	Jim Bunning	6	Philadelphia
	Joe Horlen		Chicago
	Tommy John		Chicago
	Mickey Lolich		Detroit
	Jim McGlothlin		California
1968	Luis Tiant	9	Cleveland	1968	Bob Gibson	13	St. Louis
1969	Denny McLain	9	Detroit	1969	Juan Marichal	8	San Francisco
1970	Chuck Dobson	5	Oakland	1970	Gaylord Perry	5	San Francisco
	Jim Palmer		Baltimore
1971	Vida Blue	8	Oakland	1971	Steve Blass	5	Pittsburgh
					Al Downing		Los Angeles
					Bob Gibson		St. Louis
					Milt Pappas		Chicago
1972	Nolan Ryan	9	California	1972	Don Sutton	9	Los Angeles
1973	Bert Blyleven	9	Minnesota	1973	Jack Billingham	7	Cincinnati
1974	Luis Tiant	7	Boston	1974	Jon Matlack	7	New York
1975	Jim Palmer	10	Baltimore	1975	Andy Messersmith	7	Los Angeles
1976	Nolan Ryan	7	California	1976	Jon Matlack	6	New York
					John Montefusco		San Francisco
1977	Frank Tanana	7	California	1977	Tom Seaver	7	Cincinnati
							New York
1978	Ron Guidry	9	New York	1978	Bob Knepper	6	San Francisco
1979	Mike Flanagan	5	Baltimore	1979	Joe Niekro	5	Houston
	Dennis Leonard		Kansas City		Steve Rogers		Montreal
	Nolan Ryan		California		Tom Seaver		Cincinnati
1980	Tommy John	6	New York	1980	Jerry Reuss	6	Los Angeles
1981	Richard Dotson	4	Chicago	1981	Fernando Valenzuela	8	Los Angeles
	Ken Forsch		California
	Steve McCatty		Oakland
	Doc Medich		Texas
1982	Dave Stieb	5	Toronto	1982	Steve Carlton	6	Philadelphia
1983	Mike Boddicker	5	Baltimore	1983	Steve Rogers	5	Montreal
1984	Bob Ojeda	5	Boston	1984	Joaquin Andujar	4	St. Louis
	Geoff Zahn		California		Orel Hershiser		Los Angeles
					Alejandro Pena		Los Angeles
1985	Bert Blyleven	5	Cleveland	1985	John Tudor	10	St. Louis
			Minnesota
1986	Jack Morris	6	Detroit	1986	Bob Knepper	5	Houston
					Mike Scott		Houston
1987	Roger Clemens	7	Boston	1987	Rick Reuschel	4	Pittsburgh
							San Francisco
					Bob Welch		Los Angeles
1988	Roger Clemens	8	Boston	1988	Orel Hershiser	8	Los Angeles
1989	Bert Blyleven	5	California	1989	Tim Belcher	8	Los Angeles
1990	Roger Clemens	4	Boston	1990	Bruce Hurst	4	San Diego
	Dave Stewart		Oakland		Mike Morgan		Los Angeles
1991	Roger Clemens	4	Boston	1991	Dennis Martinez	5	Montreal
1992	Roger Clemens	5	Boston	1992	David Cone	5	New York
					Tom Glavine		Atlanta
1993	Jack McDowell	4	Chicago	1993	Pete Harnisch	4	Houston
1994	Randy Johnson	4	Seattle	1994	Greg Maddux	3	Atlanta
					Ramon Martinez		Los Angeles
1995	Mike Mussina	4	Baltimore	1995	Greg Maddux	3	Atlanta
					Hideo Nomo		Los Angeles
1996	Pat Hentgen	3	Toronto	1996	Kevin Brown	3	Florida
	Ken Hill		Texas
	Rich Robertson		Minnesota
1997	Roger Clemens	3	Toronto	1997	Carlos Perez	5	Montreal
	Pat Hentgen		Toronto
1998	David Wells	5	New York	1998	Greg Maddux	5	Atlanta
1999	Scott Erickson	3	Baltimore	1999	Andy Ashby	3	San Diego
2000	Pedro Martinez	4	Boston	2000	Randy Johnson	3	Arizona
					Greg Maddux		Atlanta
2001	Mark Mulder	4	Oakland	2001	Albie Lopez	3	Arizona
					Greg Maddux		Atlanta
					Javier Vazquez		Montreal
2002	Bartolo Colon	3	Cleveland	2002	A.J. Burnett	5	Florida
	Jeff Weaver		Detroit
			New York
2003	Roy Halladay	2	Toronto	2003	Kevin Millwood	3	Philadelphia
	Tim Hudson		Oakland		Matt Morris		St. Louis
	John Lackey		Anaheim		Jason Schmidt		San Francisco
	Mark Mulder		Oakland
	Joel Pineiro		Seattle
2004	Jeremy Bonderman	2	Detroit	2004	Cory Lidle	3	Cincinnati
	Tim Hudson		Oakland				Philadelphia
	Sidney Ponson		Baltimore		Jason Schmidt		San Francisco
2005	Jon Garland	3	Chicago	2005	Dontrelle Willis	5	Florida
2006	John Lackey	2	Los Angeles	2006	Chris Carpenter	3	St. Louis
	C.C. Sabathia		Cleveland		Brandon Webb		Arizona
	Jeremy Sowers		Cleveland
	Jake Westbrook		Cleveland
2007	Paul Byrd	2	Cleveland	2007	Brandon Webb	3	Arizona
	Jose Contreras		Chicago
	John Lackey		Los Angeles
	Jeff Weaver		Seattle
2008	Matt Garza	2	Tampa Bay	2008	Ben Sheets	3	Milwaukee
	Roy Halladay		Toronto
	Cliff Lee		Cleveland
	Jon Lester		Boston
	Jesse Litsch		Toronto
	James Shields		Tampa Bay
	Kevin Slowey		Minnesota
Year	American League	Shutouts	Team(s)	Year	National League	Shutouts	Team(s)
Current Through 2008 Season

	Did you know that Walter Johnson set the Major League record for career shutouts with one-hundred ten? Far too easy? Did you know that he is the only pitcher in Major League history with more than one-hundred? George Bradley (1876) and Grover Alexander (1916) share the Major League record for most shutouts thrown during a single season with sixteen each. Ted Lyons led the league in shutouts in 1925 then again in 1940. Can you find a pitcher with league leading seasons further apart or is he the record holder for this unique sign of longevity?