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MLB Single-Season (Post-1900) Pitching Leaders

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MLB Single-Season (Post 1900) Pitching Leaders - Shutouts
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Pete Alexander	1916	48	45	38	16	389.0	323	67	50	167	33	12	3	1.55
2	Jack Coombs	1910	45	38	35	13	353.0	248	51	115	224	31	9	1	1.30
	Bob Gibson	1968	34	34	28	13	304.2	198	38	62	268	22	9	0	1.12
4	Pete Alexander	1915	49	42	36	12	376.1	253	51	64	241	31	10	3	1.22
5	Dean Chance	1964	46	35	15	11	278.1	194	51	86	207	20	9	4	1.65
	Walter Johnson	1913	48	36	29	11	346.0	232	44	38	243	36	7	2	1.14
	Sandy Koufax	1963	40	40	20	11	311.0	214	65	58	306	25	5	0	1.88
	Christy Mathewson	1908	56	44	34	11	390.2	285	62	42	259	37	11	5	1.43
	Ed Walsh	1908	66	49	42	11	464.0	343	73	56	269	40	15	6	1.42
10	Jim Palmer	1975	39	38	25	10	323.0	253	75	80	193	23	11	1	2.09
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	John Tudor	1985	36	36	14	10	275.0	209	59	49	169	21	8	0	1.93
	Mort Cooper	1942	37	35	22	10	278.2	207	55	68	152	22	7	0	1.78
	Dave Davenport	1915	55	46	30	10	392.2	300	96	96	229	22	18	1	2.20
	Bob Feller	1946	48	42	36	10	371.1	277	90	153	348	26	15	4	2.18
	Carl Hubbell	1933	45	33	22	10	308.2	256	57	47	156	23	12	5	1.66
	Bob Lemon	1948	43	37	20	10	293.2	231	92	129	147	20	14	2	2.82
	Juan Marichal	1965	39	37	24	10	295.1	224	70	46	240	22	13	1	2.13
	Ed Walsh	1906	41	31	24	10	278.1	215	58	58	171	17	13	1	1.88
	Joe Wood	1912	43	38	35	10	344.0	267	73	82	258	34	5	1	1.91
	Cy Young	1904	43	41	40	10	380.0	327	83	29	200	26	16	1	1.97
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
21	Bert Blyleven	1973	40	40	25	9	325.0	296	91	67	258	20	17	0	2.52
	Don Sutton	1972	33	33	18	9	272.2	186	63	63	207	19	9	0	2.08
	Nolan Ryan	1972	39	39	20	9	284.0	166	72	157	329	19	16	0	2.28
	Ron Guidry	1978	35	35	16	9	273.2	187	53	72	248	25	3	0	1.74
	Luis Tiant	1968	34	32	19	9	258.1	152	46	73	264	21	9	0	1.60
	Pete Alexander	1919	30	27	20	9	235.0	180	45	38	121	16	11	1	1.72
	Pete Alexander	1913	47	36	23	9	306.1	288	95	75	159	22	8	2	2.79
	Mordecai Brown	1908	44	31	27	9	312.1	214	51	49	123	29	9	5	1.47
	Mordecai Brown	1906	36	32	27	9	277.1	198	32	61	144	26	6	3	1.04
	Stan Coveleski	1917	45	36	24	9	298.1	202	60	94	133	19	14	4	1.81
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Cy Falkenberg	1914	49	43	33	9	377.1	332	93	89	236	25	16	3	2.22
	Walter Johnson	1914	51	40	33	9	371.2	287	71	74	225	28	18	1	1.72
	Addie Joss	1908	42	35	29	9	325.0	232	42	30	130	24	11	2	1.16
	Addie Joss	1906	34	31	28	9	282.0	220	54	43	106	21	9	1	1.72
	Bill Lee	1938	44	37	19	9	291.0	281	86	74	121	22	9	2	2.66
	Joe McGinnity	1904	51	44	38	9	408.0	307	73	86	144	35	8	5	1.61
	Denny McLain	1969	42	41	23	9	325.0	288	101	67	181	24	9	0	2.80
	Orval Overall	1909	38	32	23	9	285.0	204	45	80	205	20	11	3	1.42
	Bob Porterfield	1953	34	32	24	9	255.0	243	95	73	77	22	10	0	3.35
	Babe Ruth	1916	44	41	23	9	323.2	230	63	118	170	23	12	1	1.75
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
41	Vida Blue	1971	39	39	24	8	312.0	209	63	88	301	24	8	0	1.82
	Steve Carlton	1972	41	41	30	8	346.1	257	76	87	310	27	10	0	1.97
	Fernando Valenzuela	1981	25	25	11	8	192.0	140	53	61	180	13	7	0	2.48
	Orel Hershiser	1988	35	34	15	8	267.0	208	67	73	178	23	8	1	2.26
	Dwight Gooden	1985	35	35	16	8	276.2	198	47	69	268	24	4	0	1.53
	Roger Clemens	1988	35	35	14	8	264.0	217	86	62	291	18	12	0	2.93
	Tim Belcher	1989	39	30	10	8	230.0	182	72	80	200	15	12	1	2.82
	Babe Adams	1920	35	33	19	8	263.0	240	63	18	84	17	13	2	2.16
	Pete Alexander	1917	45	44	34	8	388.0	336	79	56	200	30	13	0	1.83
	Jeff Tesreau	1914	42	40	26	8	322.1	238	85	128	189	26	10	1	2.37

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