1881 MLB Shutouts Leaders

George Derby led all of MLB in shutouts in 1881 with 9, 3 ahead of Jim Whitney (6). It stands 29th among all single seasons in MLB history.

Led all of MLB in 1881 George Derby Detroit Wolverines

9 Shutouts 3 clear of Jim Whitney

Showing Shutouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SHO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	George Derby	DTN	9	29	26	2.20	494.2
2	Jim Whitney	BSN	6	31	33	2.48	552.1
3	Pud Galvin	BFN	5	28	24	2.37	474.0
4	FG Fred Goldsmith	CHN	5	24	13	2.59	330.0
5	Larry Corcoran	CHN	4	31	14	2.31	396.2
6	Tim Keefe	TRN	4	18	27	3.24	403.0
7	Mickey Welch	TRN	4	21	18	2.67	368.0
8	Lee Richmond	WOR	3	25	26	3.39	462.1
9	Old Hoss Radbourn	PRO	3	25	11	2.43	325.1
10	John Ward	PRO	3	18	18	2.13	330.0
11	Jim McCormick	CL2	2	26	30	2.45	526.0
12	FC Fred Corey	WOR	1	6	15	3.72	188.2
13	Bobby Mathews	PRO +1	1	5	8	3.02	125.1
14	George Weidman	DTN	1	8	5	1.80	115.0
15	Harry McCormick	WOR	1	1	8	3.56	78.1
16	The Only Nolan	CL2	0	8	14	3.05	180.0
17	Jack Lynch	BFN	0	10	9	3.59	165.2
18	JF John Fox	BSN	0	6	8	3.33	124.1
19	Curry Foley	BFN	0	3	4	5.27	41.0
20	Blondie Purcell	BFN	0	4	1	2.77	61.2
21	Frank Mountain	DTN	0	3	4	5.25	60.0
22	George Bradley	CL2	0	2	4	3.88	51.0
23	Tony Mullane	DTN	0	1	4	4.91	44.0
24	Tommy Bond	BSN	0	0	3	4.26	25.1
25	John Morrill	BSN	0	0	1	6.35	5.2
26	Ed Williamson	CHN	0	1	1	2.00	18.0
27	JL Jack Leary	DTN	0	0	2	4.15	13.0
28	Billy Taylor	WOR +1	0	0	1	5.73	11.0
29	Will White	DTN	0	0	2	5.00	18.0