Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Mort Cooper and Hal Newhouser were tied for the most shutouts, with 31 shutouts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season shutouts as a pitcher in the 1940s

	NAME	SHO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	31	246	114	68	.626	210	2.93	772	120	9	1606.1	1,441	523	598	77	462	25	26	6,627	24	4.33	2.59	1.67	0.43	11.6	7.0	1.18	.258	3.35	79	3.09	84	8.07	101
2	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	31	377	170	118	.590	305	2.84	1,579	181	15	2453.1	2,127	774	927	84	1,068	10	56	10,360	52	5.79	3.92	1.48	0.31	15.2	10.3	1.30	.268	3.40	72	3.01	77	7.80	237.2
3	Bob Feller B. Feller	28	266	137	82	.626	231	2.90	1,396	155	16	1897.0	1,539	611	677	95	827	22	27	7,880	30	6.62	3.92	1.69	0.45	17.7	10.5	1.25	.261	3.21	76	3.11	83	7.30	133.9
4	Bucky Walters B. Walters	28	246	122	90	.575	238	2.97	677	153	3	1868.1	1,724	616	726	92	631	24	6	7,778	28	3.26	3.04	1.07	0.44	8.7	8.1	1.26	.257	3.50	84	3.53	99	8.30	5.6
5	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	27	374	129	119	.520	239	3.01	930	132	22	2026.1	1,944	678	821	74	746	21	93	8,587	36	4.13	3.31	1.25	0.33	10.8	8.7	1.33	.274	3.65	78	3.21	85	8.63	133.3
6	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	26	232	93	92	.503	219	3.32	972	103	1	1589.1	1,363	587	657	71	805	12	4	6,758	25	5.50	4.56	1.21	0.40	14.4	11.9	1.36	.264	3.72	92	3.41	94	7.72	36.5
7	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	23	294	122	123	.498	273	3.14	779	139	2	2047.1	2,105	715	884	84	445	31	10	8,535	53	3.42	1.96	1.75	0.37	9.1	5.2	1.25	.281	3.89	85	3.04	83	9.25	148.4
8	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	22	216	105	59	.640	172	2.74	666	101	12	1388.0	1,242	422	480	68	378	27	30	5,662	14	4.32	2.45	1.76	0.44	11.8	6.7	1.17	.260	3.11	72	3.06	80	8.05	115.8
9	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	22	165	85	34	.714	151	2.67	543	89	6	1211.2	1,039	359	425	49	387	16	9	4,939	18	4.03	2.87	1.40	0.36	11.0	7.8	1.18	.251	3.16	72	3.14	87	7.72	61
10	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	21	231	103	72	.589	193	3.06	478	110	9	1551.0	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27	6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
11	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	21	258	111	85	.566	207	2.94	646	130	12	1693.2	1,704	554	665	65	426	17	38	7,149	17	3.43	2.26	1.52	0.35	9.0	6.0	1.26	.273	3.53	84	3.07	87	9.05	88.7
12	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	19	225	96	54	.640	156	2.94	693	99	17	1375.2	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51	5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
13	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	19	302	105	120	.467	261	3.59	1,070	115	5	1961.1	1,949	782	915	93	792	32	22	8,488	26	4.91	3.63	1.35	0.43	12.6	9.3	1.40	.285	4.20	97	3.33	90	8.94	87
14	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	19	316	133	87	.605	231	3.35	548	132	12	1894.0	1,864	706	848	101	646	20	55	8,102	26	2.60	3.07	0.85	0.48	6.8	8.0	1.33	.260	4.03	90	3.71	99	8.86	12.9
15	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	18	204	83	49	.629	145	2.99	508	82	8	1157.0	1,107	385	449	52	397	17	26	4,875	21	3.95	3.09	1.28	0.40	10.4	8.1	1.30	.270	3.49	78	3.27	86	8.61	69.6
16	Joe Dobson J. Dobson	17	258	94	69	.577	182	3.57	665	80	8	1434.2	1,343	569	640	81	570	9	45	6,062	40	4.17	3.58	1.17	0.51	11.0	9.4	1.33	.266	4.01	89	3.55	90	8.42	67.4
17	Hank Borowy H. Borowy	16	261	104	76	.578	208	3.35	650	93	7	1607.1	1,542	599	692	96	567	5	35	6,772	28	3.64	3.17	1.15	0.54	9.6	8.4	1.31	.265	3.87	93	3.53	98	8.63	7.6
18	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	16	247	103	68	.602	192	3.46	791	73	14	1484.0	1,340	571	635	77	799	29	39	6,422	36	4.80	4.85	0.99	0.47	12.3	12.4	1.44	.267	3.85	97	3.79	106	8.13	-39.4
19	Ken Heintzelman K. Heintzelman	16	219	65	73	.471	150	3.89	427	57	7	1168.2	1,216	505	575	74	487	9	30	5,060	28	3.29	3.75	0.88	0.57	8.4	9.6	1.46	.281	4.43	104	3.94	103	9.36	-15.8
20	Max Lanier M. Lanier	16	194	77	47	.621	128	2.68	588	63	11	1030.2	922	307	373	23	365	10	39	4,258	9	5.13	3.19	1.61	0.20	13.8	8.6	1.25	.275	3.26	73	2.77	75	8.05	102.2
21	Denny Galehouse D. Galehouse	15	231	75	79	.487	183	3.64	560	76	6	1380.1	1,452	559	636	68	457	12	24	5,932	16	3.65	2.98	1.23	0.44	9.4	7.7	1.38	.286	4.15	93	3.38	87	9.47	75
22	Al Javery A. Javery	15	205	53	74	.417	147	3.80	470	61	5	1142.2	1,164	483	569	44	452	17	36	4,972	10	3.70	3.56	1.04	0.35	9.5	9.1	1.41	.281	4.48	108	3.43	97	9.17	10.9
23	Ken Raffensberger K. Raffensberger	15	245	65	89	.422	154	3.58	492	74	10	1231.2	1,290	490	576	85	290	9	49	5,222	6	3.60	2.12	1.70	0.62	9.4	5.6	1.28	.277	4.21	95	3.38	89	9.43	57.1
24	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	15	151	72	49	.595	144	3.04	498	71	1	1014.2	903	343	406	47	280	16	5	4,191	3	4.42	2.48	1.78	0.42	11.9	6.7	1.17	.256	3.60	84	3.09	84	8.01	66.3
25	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	14	177	82	70	.539	170	3.28	500	99	2	1335.0	1,368	486	564	90	371	18	6	5,617	13	3.37	2.50	1.35	0.61	8.9	6.6	1.30	.276	3.80	90	3.52	96	9.22	19.1