Pittsburgh Pirates Shutouts Leaders

Career totals with the Pirates and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 27: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Babe Adams holds the Pirates career record with 44 shutouts. The single-season record is 12, by Ed Morris in 1886.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

All-time Pirates leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	SHO	G
1	Babe Adams	1907–1926	44	481
2	Sam Leever	1898–1910	39	388
3	Bob Friend	1951–1965	35	568
4	Wilbur Cooper	1912–1924	33	469
5	Lefty Leifield	1905–1912	29	239
6	Vern Law	1950–1967	28	483
7	Ed Morris	1885–1889	25	241
7	Deacon Phillippe	1900–1911	25	330
9	Vic Willis	1906–1909	23	160
10	Rip Sewell	1938–1949	20	385
10	Bob Veale	1962–1972	20	341
12	Howie Camnitz	1904–1913	19	277
13	Jack Chesbro	1899–1902	17	122
13	Pud Galvin	1885–1892	17	246
13	Jesse Tannehill	1897–1902	17	192
16	Steve Blass	1964–1974	16	282
16	Doug Drabek	1987–1992	16	199
18	Larry French	1929–1934	15	254
19	Ray Kremer	1924–1933	14	308
20	Cy Blanton	1934–1939	13	155
20	Max Butcher	1939–1945	13	202
20	Bob Moose	1967–1976	13	289
20	Johnny Morrison	1920–1927	13	242
20	Jerry Reuss	1974–1990	13	158
25	Dock Ellis	1968–1979	12	231

Single-season Pirates records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	SHO	G
1	Ed Morris	1886	12	64
2	Babe Adams	1920	8	35
2	Jack Chesbro	1902	8	35
2	Lefty Leifield	1906	8	37
2	Al Mamaux	1915	8	38
6	Steve Blass	1968	7	33
6	Wilbur Cooper	1917	7	40
6	Sam Leever	1903	7	36
6	Ed Morris	1885	7	63
6	Bob Veale	1965	7	39
6	Vic Willis	1908	7	41
12	Babe Adams	1919	6	34
12	Babe Adams	1911	6	40
12	Howie Camnitz	1909	6	41
12	Jack Chesbro	1901	6	36
12	Pud Galvin	1888	6	50
12	Sam Leever	1906	6	36
12	Lefty Leifield	1907	6	40
12	Jerry Reuss	1975	6	32
12	Vic Willis	1907	6	39
12	Vic Willis	1906	6	41
22	Steve Blass	1971	5	33
22	Max Butcher	1944	5	35
22	Doug Drabek	1989	5	35
22	Patsy Flaherty	1904	5	29