All shutout streaks of 3 or more since 1918 |

I had to separate this from the “…by decade” post, due to data limitations. Here are all individual shutout streaks of 3 or more since 1918. Streaks spanning years are included.

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1918 to 2012/06/01

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Don Drysdale	1968-05-14	1968-06-04	6	6	0	6	6	6	0	0	54.0	27	0	0	9	42

2	Orel Hershiser	1988-09-05	1988-09-23	5	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	45.0	26	0	0	8	31
3	Bob Gibson	1968-06-06	1968-06-26	5	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	45.0	21	0	0	5	35

4	Luis Tiant	1972-08-19	1972-09-04	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	16	0	0	7	31
5	Gaylord Perry	1970-09-06	1970-09-19	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	15	0	0	3	20
6	Ray Culp	1968-09-13	1968-09-25	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	18	0	0	8	43
7	Luis Tiant	1968-04-28	1968-05-12	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	14	0	0	7	35
8	Ray Herbert	1963-05-01	1963-05-14	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	15	0	0	3	22

9	Cliff Lee	2011-06-16	2011-06-28	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	5	12
10	Brandon Webb	2007-08-05	2007-08-17	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	2	20
11	Roger Clemens	1998-08-20	1998-08-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	5	31
12	Bobby Witt	1994-06-23	1994-07-03	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	9	0	0	6	26
13	Randy Johnson	1994-05-25	1994-06-04	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	8	34
14	David Cone	1994-05-11	1994-05-22	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	5	20
15	Dave Stieb	1988-09-18	1988-09-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	6	0	0	5	16
16	Teddy Higuera	1987-08-26	1987-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	6	0	0	7	26
17	Jack Morris	1986-07-09	1986-07-18	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	27
18	John Tudor	1985-09-01	1985-09-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	17	0	0	3	19
19	Charlie Hough	1983-08-28	1983-09-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	6	15
20	John Denny	1981-08-28	1981-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	10	21
21	Fernando Valenzuela	1981-04-18	1981-04-27	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	19	0	0	7	28
22	J.R. Richard	1980-05-31	1980-06-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	5	27
23	Randy Jones	1980-05-06	1980-05-16	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	0	12
24	Jim Palmer	1978-05-24	1978-06-01	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	8	10
25	Nolan Ryan	1976-09-29	1977-04-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	7	0	0	17	31
Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
26	Mike Torrez	1976-09-03	1976-09-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	14
27	Rudy May	1973-04-23	1973-05-04	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	5	14
28	Wilbur Wood	1973-04-25	1973-05-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	18	0	0	2	12
29	Don Sutton	1972-09-16	1972-09-27	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	29.0	13	0	0	9	25
30	Nolan Ryan	1972-08-22	1972-08-31	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	30.0	13	0	0	13	31
31	Fred Norman	1972-05-13	1972-05-21	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	6	20
32	Wilbur Wood	1972-04-18	1972-04-25	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	5	18
33	Joe Coleman	1969-07-09	1969-07-19	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	12	31
34	Ken Holtzman	1969-05-11	1969-05-20	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	8	24
35	Jim Maloney	1968-09-21	1968-09-29	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	8	30
36	Steve Blass	1968-09-15	1968-09-24	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	6	24
37	Ken Holtzman	1968-07-24	1968-08-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	5	21
38	Mickey Lolich	1967-09-22	1967-09-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	7	24
39	Jim McGlothlin	1967-05-28	1967-06-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	8	22
40	Tom Phoebus	1967-05-22	1967-06-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	16	21
41	Woodie Fryman	1966-06-26	1966-07-05	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	7	0	0	1	20
42	Luis Tiant	1966-04-17	1966-05-03	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	8	25
43	Mickey Lolich	1964-09-01	1964-09-09	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	27
44	Milt Pappas	1964-08-29	1964-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	5	19
45	Dean Chance	1964-07-11	1964-07-19	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	4	20
46	Curt Simmons	1963-09-05	1963-09-13	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	5	17
47	Sandy Koufax	1963-07-03	1963-07-12	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	9	0	0	2	26
48	Jack Fisher	1960-08-29	1960-09-08	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	5	12
49	Lew Burdette	1960-08-14	1960-08-23	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	1	9
50	Whitey Ford	1958-07-14	1958-07-25	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	3	14
Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
51	Billy Pierce	1958-06-17	1958-06-27	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	3	16
52	Frank Lary	1958-06-11	1958-06-21	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	6	11
53	Don Newcombe	1956-07-29	1956-08-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	4	18
54	Early Wynn	1955-06-22	1955-07-01	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	7	22
55	Harvey Haddix	1954-06-09	1954-06-18	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	5	21
56	Bob Porterfield	1953-07-31	1953-08-10	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	3	6
57	Mike Garcia	1952-09-04	1952-09-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	4	12
58	Bob Rush	1952-05-22	1952-05-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	5	19
59	Sal Maglie	1950-08-26	1950-09-04	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	25	0	0	5	7
60	Robin Roberts	1950-07-22	1950-07-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	8	8
61	Larry Jansen	1950-06-13	1950-06-22	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	3	21
62	Don Newcombe	1949-08-24	1949-09-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	9	20
63	Harry Brecheen	1948-04-23	1948-05-08	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	2	17
64	Bob Feller	1947-04-22	1947-05-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	5	0	0	12	27
65	Howie Pollet	1943-06-30	1943-07-10	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	13	0	0	7	22
66	Mort Cooper	1942-06-17	1942-06-25	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	16
67	Ken Heintzelman	1941-09-23	1942-04-26	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	10	9
68	Johnny Humphries	1941-08-14	1941-08-23	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	6	8
69	Bob Feller	1941-05-21	1941-05-29	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	29.0	18	0	0	6	27
70	Bill Lee	1938-09-11	1938-09-22	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	27	0	0	4	13
71	Bill Lee	1938-05-27	1938-06-03	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	6	8
72	Red Ruffing	1934-06-20	1934-06-28	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	9	0	0	8	17
73	Paul Derringer	1931-08-23	1931-09-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	29.0	19	0	0	5	24
74	Carl Mays	1926-07-27	1926-08-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	5	2
75	Bob Smith	1926-07-27	1926-08-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	26.0	16	0	0	3	4
76	Ed Wells	1926-06-02	1926-06-12	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	11	8
77	Walter Johnson	1922-06-18	1922-06-28	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	5	15
78	Eddie Cicotte	1919-05-14	1919-05-23	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	3	12
79	Carl Mays	1918-06-12	1918-06-21	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	6	10
80	Walter Johnson	1918-05-11	1918-05-26	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	36.0	19	0	0	7	17

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13 years ago

I still think El Tiante should be in the Hall but will admit that’s the Sox fan in me

14 and 16 hits over 36 innings and in ’72 he had 6 shutouts over an 8 game span, though DD had 6 in a row, which is insane

4 of those top streaks were in ’68

Voomo Zanzibar

Nolan Ryan’s streak that spanned 76-77:

27 IP
7 H
17 BB
31 SO

Best WHIP in a shutout streak?

A rookie.
Woodie Fryman, 1966

27 IP
7 H
1 BB

All on the road, and they were his only shutouts of the year.

And speaking of shutout streaks, anyone notice that Aroldis Chapman is up to 33 innings, dating to last year?

…one unearned run in his first save opportunity.

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Reply to Voomo Zanzibar

Chapman has also not let an inherited runner score during his 33 inning scoreless streak. I hope the Reds continue to pitch him more than 1.0 innings at a time, but I’m a little worried about that. He had 6 1+ IP appearances before becoming the closer this year but only one since.

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John Autin

It doesn’t really take anything away from how well Chapman has pitched, but let’s not call it a “shutout streak” or “scoreless streak” — due to that unearned run Voomo noted. I know that the phrase “no-earned-run streak” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, but that’s what it is. BTW, he has a 6-game, 6.2-IP hitless streak, with 1 walk and 11 Ks. Also, he has at least 1 K in all 27 games of the 33-IP no-ER streak — the longest RP strikeout streak (by games) since Brad Lidge did 29 games (also 33 IP) in 2004-05. Wish I… Read more »

Reply to John Autin

We have been getting Reds games all of a sudden from Fox Sportsnorth here in Tennessee so I have gotten to see the hot Reds quite a bit lately. JA, is that the actual rule? Does an unearned run stop a scoreless streak? If Chapman pitched 27 more scoreless innings, would he break Hershiser’s record?

Howard

Man, talk about running hot and cold…Ray Herbert had six shutouts at the all-star break in 1963 but an ERA of 3.42. In his eleven non-shutout starts his ERA was over 6.00.

there has to be a good chance Johnson, Alexander and/or Mathewson had a streak of 4 or more before ’18

e pluribus munu

Reply to PP

Mathewson’s streak of three in the ’05 WS is worth mentioning:
27 IP / 0.519 WHIP / 6.7 SO/9

Richard Chester

It is interesting to note note that #80 on the list, Walter Johson, pitched 36 innings to accomplish his 3 consecutive SO. One of his wins was an 18-inning job. So he pitched the equivalent of 4 consecutive SO games. Those 36 innings were embedded in a streak of 40 consecutive shut-out innings.