Consecutive CG shutouts by decade |

By request of HHS reader Brett, here are the longest individual shutout streaks since 1918, broken down by decade. Note that streaks spanning two seasons are included, except those that spanned two decades (because I don’t want to spend my morning editing tables). See separate post for composite list of all shutout streaks of 3 or more since 1918.

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2010-present

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Cliff Lee	2011-06-16	2011-06-28	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	5	12

2	Johan Santana	2012-05-26	2012-06-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	5	15
3	Derek Holland	2011-07-07	2011-07-14	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	3	15

All tables generated by Baseball-Reference.com on 6/2/2012 / View Play Index Tool Used.

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2000-2009

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Brandon Webb	2007-08-05	2007-08-17	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	2	20

2	Roy Halladay	2009-09-25	2009-09-30	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	2	15
3	Roy Oswalt	2008-09-06	2008-09-11	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	2	10
4	Jeremy Sowers	2006-07-22	2006-07-28	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	2	7
5	John Lackey	2006-07-07	2006-07-14	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	2	20
6	Brandon Webb	2006-05-20	2006-05-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	2	13
7	Jon Garland	2005-04-25	2005-05-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	2	9
8	Dontrelle Willis	2005-04-08	2005-04-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	2	10
9	Cory Lidle	2004-08-29	2004-09-04	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	1	12
10	Dontrelle Willis	2003-06-16	2003-06-21	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	14.0	3	0	0	2	12
11	Matt Morris	2003-05-19	2003-05-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	2	11
12	Curt Schilling	2003-05-09	2003-05-14	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	1	24
13	A.J. Burnett	2002-06-15	2002-06-20	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	15.0	5	0	0	7	14
14	Mark Mulder	2001-07-06	2001-07-12	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	1	16
15	Freddy Garcia	2001-07-01	2001-07-06	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	3	7
16	Greg Maddux	2000-09-07	2000-09-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	0	10
17	Livan Hernandez	2000-08-18	2000-08-23	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	5	15

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1990-1999

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Roger Clemens	1998-08-20	1998-08-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	5	31
2	Bobby Witt	1994-06-23	1994-07-03	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	9	0	0	6	26
3	Randy Johnson	1994-05-25	1994-06-04	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	8	34
4	David Cone	1994-05-11	1994-05-22	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	5	20

5	Tom Glavine	1998-08-07	1998-08-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	5	8
6	Randy Johnson	1998-08-07	1998-08-12	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	21
7	Randy Johnson	1998-07-11	1998-07-16	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	5	26
8	Greg Maddux	1998-06-27	1998-07-02	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	1	21
9	Rolando Arrojo	1998-04-30	1998-05-06	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	4	11
10	Carlos Perez	1997-06-02	1997-06-07	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	3	8
11	Mike Mussina	1995-09-26	1995-10-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	3	13
12	Pat Rapp	1995-09-17	1995-09-22	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	16.2	5	0	0	2	13
13	Hideo Nomo	1995-06-24	1995-06-29	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	4	26
14	Arthur Rhodes	1994-08-01	1994-08-06	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	6	7
15	Ramon Martinez	1994-06-01	1994-06-07	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	3	11
16	Tim Wakefield	1993-09-26	1993-09-30	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	8	5
17	Pedro Astacio	1993-09-12	1993-09-18	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	3	13
18	Mike Mussina	1993-04-29	1993-05-05	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	3	8
19	Charlie Leibrandt	1992-09-23	1992-09-29	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	14	0	0	3	9
20	Curt Schilling	1992-07-22	1992-07-27	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	0	13
21	Mark Langston	1992-06-12	1992-06-17	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	5	13
22	David Cone	1992-05-19	1992-05-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	6	15
23	Bruce Hurst	1992-05-13	1992-05-18	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	4	11
24	Roger Clemens	1992-05-09	1992-05-15	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	2	10
25	David Cone	1992-04-28	1992-05-03	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	8	19
26	Tom Glavine	1992-04-27	1992-05-02	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	3	10
27	Randy Johnson	1992-04-11	1992-04-20	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	4	21
28	Jack McDowell	1991-09-13	1991-09-18	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	4	13
29	Greg Harris	1991-08-10	1991-08-15	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	2	13
30	Kevin Appier	1991-08-07	1991-08-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	2	15
31	Randy Tomlin	1991-07-15	1991-07-21	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	5	12
32	Tommy Greene	1991-05-23	1991-05-28	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	3	0	0	7	19
33	Buddy Black	1991-05-05	1991-05-10	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	3	10
34	Scott Erickson	1991-04-26	1991-05-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	5	8
35	Ramon Martinez	1991-04-21	1991-04-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	15
36	Bruce Hurst	1990-09-11	1990-09-17	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	2	11
37	Bob Tewksbury	1990-08-12	1990-08-17	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	0	7
38	Roger Clemens	1990-07-25	1990-07-30	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	1	17
39	Mark Gardner	1990-07-05	1990-07-12	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	4	21

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1980-1989

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Orel Hershiser	1988-09-05	1988-09-23	5	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	45.0	26	0	0	8	31

2	Dave Stieb	1988-09-18	1988-09-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	6	0	0	5	16
3	Teddy Higuera	1987-08-26	1987-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	6	0	0	7	26
4	Jack Morris	1986-07-09	1986-07-18	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	27
5	John Tudor	1985-09-01	1985-09-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	28.0	17	0	0	3	19
6	Charlie Hough	1983-08-28	1983-09-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	6	15
7	John Denny	1981-08-28	1981-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	10	21
8	Fernando Valenzuela	1981-04-18	1981-04-27	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	19	0	0	7	28
9	J.R. Richard	1980-05-31	1980-06-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	5	27
10	Randy Jones	1980-05-06	1980-05-16	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	0	12

11	Doug Drabek	1989-09-13	1989-09-17	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	14.0	12	0	0	1	9
12	Buddy Black	1989-09-06	1989-09-12	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	3	7
13	Tim Belcher	1989-08-26	1989-09-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	3	12
14	Andy Hawkins	1989-07-05	1989-07-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	1	11
15	Joe Magrane	1989-06-10	1989-06-14	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	4	10
16	Tim Belcher	1989-04-18	1989-04-25	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	1	17
17	Mark Langston	1988-09-19	1988-09-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	11	17
18	Joe Magrane	1988-09-02	1988-09-07	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	5	11
19	Pete Smith	1988-08-21	1988-08-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	11
20	Mike Scott	1988-08-08	1988-08-13	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	2	15
21	Ted Power	1988-06-02	1988-06-07	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	6	9
22	Tim Leary	1988-05-19	1988-05-25	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	2	16
23	Roger Clemens	1988-05-09	1988-05-14	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	6	26
24	Frank Viola	1988-05-01	1988-05-06	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	1	12
25	Roger Clemens	1987-09-30	1987-10-04	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	1	25
26	Charlie Leibrandt	1987-07-26	1987-08-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	4	11
27	Floyd Youmans	1987-07-08	1987-07-16	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	7	8
28	Steve Trout	1987-07-06	1987-07-11	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	8
29	Rick Reuschel	1987-06-27	1987-07-03	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	3	8
30	Bruce Hurst	1987-05-05	1987-05-10	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	23
31	Neil Allen	1986-07-13	1986-07-20	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	1	4
32	Fernando Valenzuela	1986-05-20	1986-05-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	4	17
33	Ron Guidry	1985-06-17	1985-06-22	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	2	10
34	Danny Cox	1985-06-15	1985-06-20	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	6	14
35	Orel Hershiser	1985-04-21	1985-04-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	3	0	0	3	13
36	Dennis Eckersley	1985-04-16	1985-04-21	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	19.0	10	0	0	2	14
37	Fernando Valenzuela	1985-04-13	1985-04-18	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	5	13
38	Kurt Kepshire	1984-09-21	1984-09-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	14	0	0	8	12
39	Dwight Gooden	1984-09-07	1984-09-12	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	4	27
40	Bob Ojeda	1984-07-22	1984-07-27	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	2	9
41	Orel Hershiser	1984-07-14	1984-07-19	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	1	18
42	Mark Langston	1984-06-26	1984-07-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	7	17
43	Moose Haas	1983-08-05	1983-08-10	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	1	5
44	Neil Allen	1983-07-19	1983-07-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	9	0	0	2	8
45	Dave Righetti	1983-06-29	1983-07-04	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	4	17
46	Fernando Valenzuela	1983-05-23	1983-05-28	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	4	12
47	Atlee Hammaker	1983-04-17	1983-04-23	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	1	13
48	Milt Wilcox	1983-04-15	1983-04-22	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	5	13
49	Phil Niekro	1982-09-27	1982-10-01	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	2	13
50	Jim Palmer	1982-08-31	1982-09-04	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	3	10
51	Joe Niekro	1982-08-23	1982-08-28	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	2	8
52	Steve Rogers	1982-06-18	1982-06-23	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	14	0	0	3	13
53	Jerry Reuss	1982-04-21	1982-04-27	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	2	4
54	Rick Mahler	1982-04-06	1982-04-11	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	4	12
55	Steve Rogers	1981-10-02	1982-04-09	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	3	19
56	Steve McCatty	1981-09-03	1981-09-08	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	4	15
57	Burt Hooton	1981-08-18	1981-08-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	2	9
58	Ken Forsch	1981-06-01	1981-06-06	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	8	0	0	3	8
59	Charlie Lea	1981-05-10	1981-05-16	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	4	0	0	6	14
60	Richard Dotson	1981-05-03	1981-05-09	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	7	10
61	Bob Knepper	1981-04-21	1981-04-26	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	11	0	0	1	6
62	Lary Sorensen	1980-09-18	1980-09-24	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	13	0	0	5	6
63	Steve Rogers	1980-09-05	1980-09-09	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	3	10
64	Bob Sykes	1980-08-06	1980-08-11	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	7	0	0	7	8
65	Pat Zachry	1980-07-25	1980-07-30	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	3	9
66	Dave Stieb	1980-07-16	1980-07-21	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	10	0	0	4	10
67	Jerry Reuss	1980-06-21	1980-06-27	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	1	6
68	Dennis Leonard	1980-06-05	1980-06-11	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	6	11
69	Larry Gura	1980-04-25	1980-04-30	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	5	0	0	5	4
70	Dave Goltz	1980-04-23	1980-04-29	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	12	0	0	5	9

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1969-1979*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 154 streaks of 2. Also, I included 1969 in the ’70s for contextual reasons.)

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	Luis Tiant	1972-08-19	1972-09-04	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	16	0	0	7	31
2	Gaylord Perry	1970-09-06	1970-09-19	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	15	0	0	3	20

3	Jim Palmer	1978-05-24	1978-06-01	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	8	10
4	Nolan Ryan	1976-09-29	1977-04-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	7	0	0	17	31
5	Mike Torrez	1976-09-03	1976-09-11	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	14
6	Rudy May	1973-04-23	1973-05-04	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	5	14
7	Wilbur Wood	1973-04-25	1973-05-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	18	0	0	2	12
8	Don Sutton	1972-09-16	1972-09-27	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	29.0	13	0	0	9	25
9	Nolan Ryan	1972-08-22	1972-08-31	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	30.0	13	0	0	13	31
10	Fred Norman	1972-05-13	1972-05-21	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	6	20
11	Wilbur Wood	1972-04-18	1972-04-25	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	5	18
12	Joe Coleman	1969-07-09	1969-07-19	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	12	31
13	Ken Holtzman	1969-05-11	1969-05-20	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	8	24

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1960-1968*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 100 streaks of 2. As noted above, I put 1969 in the ’70s for contextual reasons.)

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	Bob Gibson	1968-06-06	1968-06-26	5	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	45.0	21	0	0	5	35

3	Ray Culp	1968-09-13	1968-09-25	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	18	0	0	8	43
4	Luis Tiant	1968-04-28	1968-05-12	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	14	0	0	7	35
5	Ray Herbert	1963-05-01	1963-05-14	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	36.0	15	0	0	3	22

6	Jim Maloney	1968-09-21	1968-09-29	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	8	0	0	8	30
7	Steve Blass	1968-09-15	1968-09-24	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	10	0	0	6	24
8	Ken Holtzman	1968-07-24	1968-08-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	5	21
9	Mickey Lolich	1967-09-22	1967-09-30	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	7	24
10	Jim McGlothlin	1967-05-28	1967-06-07	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	15	0	0	8	22
11	Tom Phoebus	1967-05-22	1967-06-02	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	17	0	0	16	21
12	Woodie Fryman	1966-06-26	1966-07-05	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	7	0	0	1	20
13	Luis Tiant	1966-04-17	1966-05-03	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	14	0	0	8	25
14	Mickey Lolich	1964-09-01	1964-09-09	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	4	27
15	Milt Pappas	1964-08-29	1964-09-06	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	0	0	5	19
16	Dean Chance	1964-07-11	1964-07-19	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	0	0	4	20
17	Curt Simmons	1963-09-05	1963-09-13	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	5	17
18	Sandy Koufax	1963-07-03	1963-07-12	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	9	0	0	2	26
19	Jack Fisher	1960-08-29	1960-09-08	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	16	0	0	5	12
20	Lew Burdette	1960-08-14	1960-08-23	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	12	0	0	1	9

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1950-1959*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 79 streaks of 2.)

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO
1	Whitey Ford	1958-07-14	1958-07-25	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	12	3	14
2	Billy Pierce	1958-06-17	1958-06-27	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	8	3	16
3	Frank Lary	1958-06-11	1958-06-21	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	6	11
4	Don Newcombe	1956-07-29	1956-08-07	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	4	18
5	Early Wynn	1955-06-22	1955-07-01	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	7	22
6	Harvey Haddix	1954-06-09	1954-06-18	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	10	5	21
7	Bob Porterfield	1953-07-31	1953-08-10	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	10	3	6
8	Mike Garcia	1952-09-04	1952-09-11	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	13	4	12
9	Bob Rush	1952-05-22	1952-05-30	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	12	5	19
10	Sal Maglie	1950-08-26	1950-09-04	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	25	5	7
11	Robin Roberts	1950-07-22	1950-07-30	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	14	8	8
12	Larry Jansen	1950-06-13	1950-06-22	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	14	3	21

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1940-1949*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 105 streaks of 2.)

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO
1	Don Newcombe	1949-08-24	1949-09-02	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	9	20
2	Harry Brecheen	1948-04-23	1948-05-08	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	16	2	17
3	Bob Feller	1947-04-22	1947-05-02	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	5	12	27
4	Howie Pollet	1943-06-30	1943-07-10	3	3	3	3	3	28.0	13	7	22
5	Mort Cooper	1942-06-17	1942-06-25	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	12	4	16
6	Ken Heintzelman	1941-09-23	1942-04-26	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	17	10	9
7	Johnny Humphries	1941-08-14	1941-08-23	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	17	6	8
8	Bob Feller	1941-05-21	1941-05-29	3	3	3	3	3	29.0	18	6	27

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1930-1939*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 71 streaks of 2.)

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO
1	Bill Lee	1938-09-11	1938-09-22	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	27	4	13
2	Bill Lee	1938-05-27	1938-06-03	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	6	8
3	Red Ruffing	1934-06-20	1934-06-28	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	9	8	17
4	Paul Derringer	1931-08-23	1931-09-07	3	3	3	3	3	29.0	19	5	24

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1918-1929*
(* Showing streaks of 3 or more; there were 87 streaks of 2.)

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	W	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	BB	SO
1	Carl Mays	1926-07-27	1926-08-07	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	15	5	2
2	Bob Smith	1926-07-27	1926-08-07	3	3	3	3	3	26.0	16	3	4
3	Ed Wells	1926-06-02	1926-06-12	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	14	11	8
4	Walter Johnson	1922-06-18	1922-06-28	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	16	5	15
5	Eddie Cicotte	1919-05-14	1919-05-23	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	17	3	12
6	Carl Mays	1918-06-12	1918-06-21	3	3	3	3	3	27.0	8	6	10
7	Walter Johnson	1918-05-11	1918-05-26	3	3	3	3	3	36.0	19	7	17

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vivaeljason

12 years ago

Bill Lee apparently had a very good 1938.

Voomo Zanzibar

Reply to vivaeljason

Lee’s 2nd streak in 1938 was actually 4 in a row.
After his first shutout he made an appearance for a 4-out save.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=leebi02&t=p&year=1938

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Doug

Lee’s first streak happened in the space of only 8 days. Same for Mike Garcia in 1952.

Bobby Witt’s ERA when he started his 3 game streak was 6.15
And he started it with a 14K one-hitter.

birtelcom

Note that Johan’s two shutouts in a row have come with a combined total of four hits allowed. As your list shows, John, the last pitcher to allow four hits or fewer over consecutive shutouts was Roy Oswalt in 2008 including a one-hitter at Coors!). The only other Met with consecutive shutouts and four or fewer total hits allowed was Seaver in 1970.

no statistician but

The National League 1968 had SIX pitchers with three or more consecutive CG shutouts? Including Drysdale’s record string, of course.

Impressive but ugly, considering that the American League that year had even worse batting stats overall, notwithstanding having only one pitcher on the chart above.

Carl Mays in 1926.

They were his only 3 shutouts of the year.
All were 5-hitters.
He struck out 2…….. total.

Darien

Interesting to me that the only appearance on this list of a member of the 2005 White Sox is Jon Garland, at 2. One of the strongest associations I have for that team is all the goofy complete games, though I suppose that big streak was of four different pitchers, and not in the regular season.

Howard

Those two shutouts in 1987 got Steve Trout a ticket to NY and cost the Yankees Bob Tewksbury. Aside from one year Tewks wasn’t great but Trout never won a game for the Yanks.

Reply to Howard

Ugh. Why do I open my computer on an otherwise lovely Saturday afternoon? I don’t need to see the words “Steve Trout.”

But what really killed the Yankees that year was Rickey going on the DL for a second time. He missed the month if August, which is where they came unglued at 11-17.

Gary Ward played every single day in August and delivered a

.174 .182 .279 .461

Before Rickey got hurt the first time at the end of May, he was on a 39 homer, 89 steal pace, with a 1.059 ops.

Howard: You’re reading this backwards: The Cubs at the time of the trade were playing over their heads in the midst of a battle for the division lead. When Cubs GM Dallas Green traded a pitcher who had just thrown two shutouts for them, the perception among players and fans both was that management was giving up mid-season, and the team went into a gradually increasing tailspin, in part at least because of the bad feelings aroused. The one most impacted on, though, was Steve Trout. He was born and raised in the Chicago area, had pitched on one or… Read more »

Chris A.

Dave Stieb’s streak included his final 3 starts of the 1988 season — the last two were games where he lost no hitters with 2 outs in the ninth. UGH!

In his second start of 1989 he threw another CG one hit shutout, this time the hit was a single in the 5th.

Finally he got that no hitter in September 1990.