Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Jim Palmer pitched the most shutouts, with 44 shutouts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season shutouts as a pitcher in the 1970s

	NAME	SHO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	44	355	186	103	.644	352	2.58	1,559	175	2	2745.0	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	1.14	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	42	348	155	146	.515	333	3.14	2,678	164	2	2465.0	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	3.05	85	6.32	150.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	40	348	178	101	.638	345	2.61	2,304	147	0	2652.1	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	1.07	.261	2.86	73	2.64	74	7.14	272
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	39	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	2,082	145	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	39	352	166	110	.601	349	3.07	1,767	117	2	2557.1	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	36	369	184	133	.580	368	2.92	1,907	197	1	2905.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	33	360	178	130	.578	354	3.38	1,841	184	0	2706.2	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.12	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	32	330	155	109	.587	327	3.07	1,600	124	1	2398.2	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	32	368	178	126	.586	366	3.18	2,097	165	0	2747.0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	1.23	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
10	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	30	329	169	102	.624	327	3.17	1,309	140	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
11	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	28	251	102	98	.510	245	2.97	1,215	85	1	1803.0	1,662	595	693	115	485	20	4	62	7,405	51	6.06	2.42	2.51	0.57	16.4	6.5	1.19	.278	3.46	84	2.89	81	8.30	133.8
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	28	322	142	92	.607	285	3.42	1,229	120	3	2063.0	1,904	783	839	204	595	28	18	22	8,498	12	5.36	2.60	2.07	0.89	14.5	7.0	1.21	.264	3.66	86	3.59	92	8.31	68.8
13	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	27	359	135	103	.567	296	3.77	1,017	73	5	2045.2	2,070	857	970	157	673	87	32	76	8,670	75	4.47	2.96	1.51	0.69	11.7	7.8	1.34	.284	4.27	103	3.69	101	9.11	-12.3
14	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	25	253	120	78	.606	245	3.34	832	115	1	1741.0	1,605	646	723	158	525	7	4	27	7,152	34	4.30	2.71	1.58	0.82	11.6	7.3	1.22	.257	3.74	96	3.68	103	8.30	-22
15	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	25	406	164	151	.521	376	3.26	1,866	160	8	2881.0	2,642	1,045	1,228	259	920	76	19	53	12,043	116	5.83	2.87	2.03	0.81	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	83	3.50	90	8.25	120.6
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	24	193	91	66	.580	187	2.93	1,120	85	0	1411.1	1,238	459	507	128	377	47	3	24	5,775	38	7.14	2.40	2.97	0.82	19.4	6.5	1.14	.271	3.23	82	3.11	85	7.89	88.7
17	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	24	276	110	86	.561	257	2.93	1,340	86	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
18	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	24	363	136	123	.525	276	3.31	1,138	113	22	2150.1	2,087	792	923	170	570	50	68	31	8,931	49	4.76	2.39	2.00	0.71	12.7	6.4	1.24	.274	3.86	89	3.37	91	8.73	73.8
19	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	22	329	126	107	.541	294	3.50	1,038	97	2	2073.2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
20	Rudy May R. May	22	338	110	107	.507	271	3.46	1,238	74	3	1870.1	1,649	720	825	143	708	31	23	42	7,807	36	5.96	3.41	1.75	0.69	15.9	9.1	1.26	.265	3.97	100	3.43	97	7.93	20.1
21	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	22	323	114	108	.514	287	3.79	1,141	83	6	1967.0	2,000	828	942	121	742	34	18	66	8,486	73	5.22	3.40	1.54	0.55	13.4	8.7	1.39	.291	4.31	105	3.40	95	9.15	41.9
22	Rick Wise R. Wise	22	314	133	117	.532	303	3.67	1,112	107	0	2121.0	2,156	866	980	188	556	26	4	53	8,912	31	4.72	2.36	2.00	0.80	12.5	6.2	1.28	.280	4.16	95	3.50	93	9.15	65
23	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	21	230	86	94	.478	228	3.13	980	79	2	1638.2	1,498	570	647	89	509	25	2	39	6,741	58	5.38	2.80	1.93	0.49	14.5	7.6	1.22	.274	3.55	84	3.12	85	8.23	98.4
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	21	286	105	93	.530	247	3.19	1,037	71	2	1788.1	1,635	633	716	119	527	14	12	41	7,389	44	5.22	2.65	1.97	0.60	14.0	7.1	1.21	.266	3.60	87	3.20	86	8.23	102.1
25	Jim Slaton J. Slaton	21	287	104	112	.481	271	3.87	873	80	0	1895.1	1,923	814	913	180	693	35	5	45	8,119	70	4.15	3.29	1.26	0.85	10.8	8.5	1.38	.275	4.34	103	4.07	108	9.13	-65.1