Cliff Lee’s 6th shutout
Posted by Andy on September 5, 2011
Sorry for a third straight post involving the Phillies, but I see that Cliff Lee has thrown 7 shutouts innings so far tonight and might get his 6th shutout of the season.
If he does, he'll be the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 to record 6 shutouts in a season:
| Rk | Player | SHO | Year | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Tudor | 10 | 1985 | 31 |
| 2 | Tim Belcher | 8 | 1989 | 27 |
| 3 | Orel Hershiser | 8 | 1988 | 29 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | 8 | 1988 | 25 |
| 5 | Dwight Gooden | 8 | 1985 | 20 |
| 6 | Fernando Valenzuela | 8 | 1981 | 20 |
| 7 | Roger Clemens | 7 | 1987 | 24 |
| 8 | Randy Johnson | 6 | 1998 | 34 |
| 9 | Danny Jackson | 6 | 1988 | 26 |
| 10 | Tim Leary | 6 | 1988 | 30 |
| 11 | Jack Morris | 6 | 1986 | 31 |
| 12 | Steve Carlton | 6 | 1982 | 37 |
| 13 | Jerry Reuss | 6 | 1980 | 31 |
| 14 | Tommy John | 6 | 1980 | 37 |
The above list is most shutouts in a season since 1980.
September 5th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Plus he almost had one during his last start but Ryan Madson went in after 8 2/3 innings with men on base.
September 5th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Lee would also take the all time lead for most shutouts in a season in which all of a pitcher's complete games were shutouts. For whatever that's worth.
September 5th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
@2
Generated 9/5/2011.
September 5th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
And among that list up there (from Tudor to T.John), how many of those guys actually won the Cy Young THAT year?
Great stat! Thanks! 🙂
September 5th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Larry Jaster had 5 SHO's against the Dodgers one in 1966. Has anyone else had that many against 1 team?
September 5th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
That'll cost Halladay some points in the Cy Young voting--writers love shutouts.
Oh, and five of the guys on that list won the Cy Young (Gooden, Clemens 87, Hershiser, Valenzuela, and Carlton), with three finishing second (Tudor, Jackson, and Reuss). Not bad.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@5
That's probably a record. Dean Chance, Bob Lemon, and Sandy Koufax (among others, I'm sure) put up 3 shutouts in a season against single teams. Bob Feller threw 4 shutouts against the White Sox in 1946. Juan Marichal threw 4 shutouts against the Mets in 1965. Mort Cooper had 3 shutouts against two teams in 1942.
I'm pretty sure Walter Johnson threw 20+ career shutouts against Philadelphia, but I don't know what his greatest season was.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Grover Cleveland Alexander with the Phillies shut out the Cards 5 times in 1916.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Wow, John Tudor had 16 career shutouts, of which 10 came in 1985. Number of shutouts by year: 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 10, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Here are all Phillies pitchers who had at least 6 shutouts in a season. http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/rMxHo Lee is the first one to accomplish the feat since SteveCarlton in1982.
September 5th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
White Sox Rookie Zach Stewart took a perfect no hitter into the 8th. inning against Minnesota.
He had thrown only 78 pitches.
In the 8th he had a problem with lead-off batter Danny Valencia who finally hit his 8th pitch of the at bat for a double.
Stewart got out of the inning without giving up the run and got 2 strikeouts in the 9th to get the shutout 4-0 with 9 K-s
September 5th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Just curious, Andy -- Were you going to delete the post if Lee hadn't made it, or were you prepared to ride "Dewey Defeats Truman!" to the bitter end? 🙂
FWIW, my game notes are up:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/14668
September 5th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Any other year Tudor gets the Cy. Bad timing.
September 6th, 2011 at 12:09 am
Bad timing.
You're only rhyming since last week
Paramedics'll be prying my foot out your a$$ cheeks.
Sorry, those lines always come to mind when I hear those words. ANY underground classic.
September 6th, 2011 at 12:10 am
Insert a space between "A" and "NY." All apologies.
September 6th, 2011 at 12:18 am
@ #5 Larry Jaster vs. the Dodgers in '66. 5 CG Sho. No EBH's in 45 IP.
September 6th, 2011 at 8:05 am
That Tudor season gets forgotten because of Gooden's campaign. Makes for a great trivia question, who led MLB in shutouts in 1985. Also forgotten is the fact that Tudor started the season 1-7 and closed it out 20-1 w/a 1.37 ERA! 1985 Cards compete with the 1993 Phils for most fun recent (it's all relative) team not to win a WS.
September 6th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Don't forget Christy Mathewson's 3 shutouts in the WS!
September 7th, 2011 at 10:09 am
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