1872 MLB Shutouts Leaders
Complete-game shutouts
Candy Cummings led all of MLB in shutouts in 1872 with 3, tied with Al Spalding. It was one of 2 times Candy Cummings led in shutouts.
Led all of MLB in 1872
Candy Cummings
New York Mutuals
3
Shutouts
Tied with Al Spalding
Showing Shutouts and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | SHO | W | L | ERA | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Candy Cummings
|
NY2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 3.01 | 497.0 |
| 2 |
 Al Spalding
|
BS1 | 3 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | 404.2 |
| 3 |
 George Zettlein
|
TRO +1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2.57 | 263.0 |
| 4 |
 Dick McBride
|
PH1 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 2.85 | 419.1 |
| 5 |
 Cherokee Fisher
|
BL1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1.80 | 110.0 |
| 6 |
 Bobby Mathews
|
BL1 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 3.19 | 406.0 |
| 7 | Jim Britt | BR2 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 4.53 | 336.0 |
| 8 | Cy Bentley | MID | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6.06 | 144.0 |
| 9 |
 Phonney Martin
|
BR1 +1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4.19 | 122.1 |
| 10 |
 Al Pratt
|
CL1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5.79 | 105.2 |
| 11 |
 Rynie Wolters
|
CL1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6.09 | 75.1 |
| 12 |
 Asa Brainard
|
WS3 +1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6.31 | 87.0 |
| 13 | Bill Stearns | WS4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.18 | 99.0 |
| 14 |
 Frank Buttery
|
MID | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.27 | 59.0 |
| 15 | James McDermott | BR1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.14 | 63.0 |
| 16 |
 Harry Wright
|
BS1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.10 | 25.2 |
| 17 |
 John McMullin
|
NY2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 15.0 |
| 18 | Thomas Malone | BR1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.50 | 18.0 |
| 19 | Charlie Pabor | CL1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 18.0 |
| 20 |
 Jim Clinton
|
BR1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 9.0 |
| 21 | O'Rourke | BR1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 9.0 |