most complete game shutouts in a single season

Grover Alexander and Joe McGinnity pitched 38 complete games.

Interpreted as:

most complete game shutouts by a player in a single season

	NAME	CG	SHO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	38	16	1916	PHN	38	33	5	.868	38	1.00	151	0	342.0	256	38	53	2	37	7	0		1,279	3	3.97	0.97	4.08	0.05	11.8	2.9	0.86	.235	1.39	6.74
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	28	13	1968	STL	28	22	6	.786	28	0.92	230	0	255.2	157	26	33	8	51	5	0	5	960	3	8.10	1.80	4.51	0.28	24.0	5.3	0.81	.224	1.16	5.53
3	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	35	13	1910	PHA	35	27	5	.844	35		209	0	323.0	211		47	0	110	6	0		1,249	10	5.82	3.07	1.90	0.00	16.7	8.8	0.99	.228	1.31	5.88
4	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	36	12	1915	PHN	36	29	6	.829	36	1.05	210	0	326.0	206	38	67	3	55	7	0		1,233	2	5.80	1.52	3.82	0.08	17.0	4.5	0.80	.212	1.85	5.69
5	Dean Chance D. Chance	15	11	1964	LAA	15	15	0	1.000	15	0.27	114	0	135.0	65	4	5	2	32	2	0	2	496	3	7.60	2.13	3.56	0.13	23.0	6.5	0.72	.182	0.33	4.33
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	20	11	1963	LAD	20	20	0	1.000	20	0.69	166	0	183.0	90	14	15	3	27	2	0	0	669	1	8.16	1.33	6.15	0.15	24.8	4.0	0.64	.185	0.74	4.43
7	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	29	11	1913	WSH	29	23	6	.793	29	1.14	184	0	269.1	182	34	42	7	31	6	0		1,001	2	6.15	1.04	5.94	0.23	18.4	3.1	0.79	.226	1.40	6.08
8	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	42	11	1908	CWS	42	34	8	.810	42		221	0	390.0	273		65	1	43	11	0		1,477	9	5.10	0.99	5.14	0.02	15.0	2.9	0.81	.226	1.50	6.30
9	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	34	11	1908	NYG	34	29	4	.879	34		203	0	305.0	196		45	4	23	2	0		1,142	2	5.99	0.68	8.83	0.12	17.8	2.0	0.72	.211	1.33	5.78
10	John Tudor J. Tudor	14	10	1985	STL	14	14	0	1.000	14	0.35	83	0	127.0	65	5	5	1	9	1	0	1	447	2	5.88	0.64	9.22	0.07	18.6	2.0	0.58	.181	0.35	4.61
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	25	10	1975	BAL	25	18	7	.720	25	1.21	135	0	223.0	153	30	32	8	46	1	0	3	838	1	5.45	1.86	2.93	0.32	16.1	5.5	0.89	.224	1.29	6.17
12	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	24	10	1965	SFG	24	21	3	.875	24	1.08	171	0	216.0	140	26	30	12	30	2	0	2	812	2	7.13	1.25	5.70	0.50	21.1	3.7	0.79	.214	1.25	5.83
13	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	20	10	1948	CLE	20	17	3	.850	20	1.11	95	0	179.0	111	22	26	5	51	3	0		679	1	4.78	2.56	1.86	0.25	14.0	7.5	0.91	.202	1.31	5.58
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	36	10	1946	CLE	36	26	10	.722	36	1.62	299	0	323.0	225	58	67	7	127	3	0		1,293	2	8.33	3.54	2.35	0.20	23.1	9.8	1.09	.254	1.87	6.27
15	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	22	10	1942	SLN	22	20	2	.909	22	0.72	98	0	199.0	113	16	22	4	35	2	0		734	4	4.43	1.58	2.80	0.18	13.4	4.8	0.74	.183	0.99	5.11
16	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	22	10	1933	NYG	22	19	3	.864	22	0.88	112	0	205.0	148	20	26	1	29	2	0		781	3	4.92	1.27	3.86	0.04	14.3	3.7	0.86	.231	1.14	6.50
17	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	30	10	1915	SLF	30	21	7	.750	30	1.19	149	0	265.0	166	35	44	2	54	1	0		1,002	3	5.06	1.83	2.76	0.07	14.9	5.4	0.83	.206	1.49	5.64
18	Joe Wood J. Wood	35	10	1912	BSA	35	30	5	.857	35	0.29	232	0	313.2	232		86	1	75	10	0		1,226	6	6.66	2.15	3.09	0.03	18.9	6.1	0.98	.254	2.47	6.66
19	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	24	10	1906	CWS	24	16	8	.667	24		135	0	209.0	138		40	1	39	4	0		786	6	5.81	1.68	3.46	0.04	17.2	5.0	0.85	.226	1.72	5.94
20	Cy Young C. Young	40	10	1904	BSA	40	25	15	.625	40	1.90	193	0	360.2	311	76	96	6	29	5	0		1,397	4	4.82	0.72	6.66	0.15	13.8	2.1	0.94	.262	2.40	7.76
21	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	16	9	1978	NYY	16	15	1	.938	16	0.63	139	0	144.0	71	10	11	1	29	1	0	0	520	3	8.69	1.81	4.79	0.06	26.7	5.6	0.69	.200	0.69	4.44
22	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	25	9	1973	MIN	25	18	7	.720	25	1.34	179	0	221.1	154	33	40	6	38	7	0	1	851	3	7.28	1.55	4.71	0.24	21.0	4.5	0.87	.238	1.63	6.26
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	18	9	1972	LAD	18	16	2	.889	18	1.27	123	0	163.0	99	23	29	5	31	2	0	0	614	5	6.79	1.71	3.97	0.28	20.0	5.0	0.80	.208	1.60	5.47
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	20	9	1972	CAL	20	17	3	.850	20	1.04	218	0	182.0	86	21	24	4	79	5	0	1	691	11	10.78	3.91	2.76	0.20	31.5	11.4	0.91	.213	1.19	4.25
25	Denny McLain D. McLain	23	9	1969	DET	23	20	3	.870	23	1.52	113	0	207.1	151	35	36	12	42	2	0	3	797	2	4.91	1.82	2.69	0.52	14.2	5.3	0.93	.221	1.56	6.55