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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 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).
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 ...
A starting pitcher who is replaced by a pinch hitter in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game. The frequency of complete games has evolved since the early days of baseball. The complete game was essentially an expectation in the early 20th century and pitchers completed almost all of the games they started.
Greg Maddux, for whom the statistic is named, pitched 13 such games over a 22-season career in Major League Baseball.. A Maddux, in baseball statistics, is when a pitcher throws a shutout of nine or more innings with fewer than 100 pitches.
On April 9, in the second game of the Tigers season, Bare gave up five runs in two innings against the Royals, as the Royals went on to beat the Tigers, 16–2. On April 14, Bare pitched well, giving up only one earned run in seven innings, but the Tigers lost the game as John Hiller gave up three runs in relief of Bare.
Former Red Sox star, and current New York Mets journeyman, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka rose to national fame after a 250-pitch, 17-inning effort in 1988 – the day after tossing a 148-pitch ...
In eight big league games in 1968, Nyman went 2–1 with a 2.01 ERA. In 20 games (10 starts) with the White Sox in 1969, Nyman went 4–4 with a 5.29 ERA. His first start of the 1969 season was a complete-game shutout as well. He also spent some time in the minors that year as well, going 2–3 with a 2.74 ERA in seven games with the Tucson Toros.