most shutouts by mlb pitcher 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Clayton Kershaw threw the most shutouts, with 12 shutouts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season shutouts by MLB pitcher 2012 to 2021

	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	12	261	138	56	.711	260	2.33	1,925	19	0	1738.1	1,297	450	496	150	328	25	0	9	6,736	67	9.97	1.70	5.87	0.78	28.6	4.9	0.93	.266	2.57	60	2.64	66	6.72	261.6
2	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	9	243	118	70	.628	239	3.57	1,280	19	0	1501.1	1,432	596	632	133	392	50	2	29	6,205	24	7.67	2.35	3.27	0.80	20.6	6.3	1.21	.299	3.79	90	3.46	86	8.58	86.9
3	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	8	222	103	61	.628	220	3.18	1,539	18	0	1418.1	1,233	501	551	140	323	49	1	9	5,717	27	9.77	2.05	4.76	0.89	26.9	5.6	1.10	.298	3.50	76	3.03	73	7.82	174.8
4	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	7	269	107	87	.552	269	3.35	1,661	16	0	1708.1	1,474	636	692	204	405	69	0	30	6,954	26	8.75	2.13	4.10	1.07	23.9	5.8	1.10	.275	3.65	86	3.57	93	7.77	49.1
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	7	214	84	69	.549	213	3.60	1,260	7	0	1341.1	1,212	537	593	148	381	63	0	2	5,533	84	8.45	2.56	3.31	0.99	22.8	6.9	1.19	.289	3.98	91	3.67	90	8.13	51.5
6	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	6	214	94	60	.610	213	3.26	1,178	13	0	1347.1	1,214	488	523	137	354	64	0	13	5,534	14	7.87	2.36	3.33	0.92	21.3	6.4	1.16	.283	3.49	81	3.63	92	8.11	47.7
7	Henderson Alvarez III H. Alvarez III	5	85	26	32	.448	85	3.85	262	5	0	514.0	546	220	242	48	132	18	0	8	2,166	14	4.59	2.31	1.98	0.84	12.1	6.1	1.32	.292	4.24	99	4.17	107	9.56	-17.5
8	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	5	245	99	79	.556	239	3.84	1,288	6	0	1392.2	1,229	594	660	151	464	56	1	18	5,783	74	8.32	3.00	2.78	0.98	22.3	8.0	1.22	.282	4.27	93	3.82	92	7.94	48.2
9	Shelby Miller S. Miller	5	163	38	57	.400	132	4.19	630	5	0	771.0	749	359	389	86	309	20	9	17	3,320	17	7.35	3.61	2.04	1.00	19.0	9.3	1.37	.291	4.54	105	4.21	108	8.74	-29.5
10	Ervin Santana E. Santana	5	219	64	62	.508	183	3.99	944	8	0	1189.0	1,112	527	568	167	362	39	19	16	4,964	53	7.15	2.74	2.61	1.26	19.0	7.3	1.24	.274	4.30	98	4.37	107	8.42	-40.7
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	5	297	154	62	.713	297	2.91	2,422	12	0	1919.2	1,477	621	656	213	467	67	0	16	7,655	46	11.36	2.19	5.19	1.00	31.6	6.1	1.01	.282	3.08	70	2.89	70	6.92	264.1
12	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	5	181	71	60	.542	180	4.16	758	8	0	1030.2	1,036	476	495	143	308	31	1	12	4,360	17	6.62	2.69	2.46	1.25	17.4	7.1	1.30	.286	4.32	104	4.44	110	9.05	-48.3
13	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	4	207	83	55	.601	206	3.36	1,013	6	0	1228.1	1,131	459	495	135	270	54	0	16	5,017	12	7.42	1.98	3.75	0.99	20.2	5.4	1.14	.281	3.63	82	3.73	90	8.29	55.8
14	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	4	174	78	46	.629	173	3.74	991	7	0	1054.1	983	438	476	159	208	26	0	1	4,299	32	8.46	1.78	4.76	1.36	23.1	4.8	1.13	.283	4.06	88	3.90	89	8.39	53.3
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	4	221	79	63	.556	174	3.68	1,221	9	2	1104.1	1,007	451	475	130	274	32	21	14	4,516	43	9.95	2.23	4.46	1.06	27.0	6.1	1.16	.307	3.87	86	3.29	78	8.21	111.2
16	Sonny Gray S. Gray	4	223	82	72	.532	214	3.61	1,221	6	0	1267.1	1,093	508	561	127	453	39	2	5	5,286	88	8.67	3.22	2.70	0.90	23.1	8.6	1.22	.280	3.98	87	3.69	88	7.76	70.2
17	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	4	158	55	45	.550	142	4.15	682	7	0	885.1	856	408	442	96	273	37	7	7	3,699	17	6.93	2.78	2.50	0.98	18.4	7.4	1.28	.291	4.49	98	4.04	100	8.70	-2.5
18	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	4	208	86	75	.534	201	4.17	793	6	0	1220.2	1,353	566	603	162	198	17	2	14	5,133	6	5.85	1.46	4.01	1.19	15.4	3.9	1.27	.301	4.45	105	4.07	101	9.98	-7.2
19	R.A. Dickey	4	196	79	68	.537	194	3.84	968	11	0	1248.0	1,147	532	585	164	390	60	2	8	5,211	43	6.98	2.81	2.48	1.18	18.6	7.5	1.23	.271	4.22	94	4.35	107	8.27	-42.6
20	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	4	254	99	82	.547	243	3.77	1,173	12	0	1527.1	1,500	640	691	158	458	37	2	9	6,401	55	6.91	2.70	2.56	0.93	18.3	7.2	1.28	.293	4.07	92	3.92	95	8.84	38.6
21	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	4	166	50	67	.427	164	4.62	727	6	0	965.1	1,069	496	523	121	247	32	1	16	4,138	30	6.78	2.30	2.94	1.13	17.6	6.0	1.36	.315	4.88	116	4.10	102	9.97	-11.3
22	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	4	236	68	97	.412	236	4.12	1,307	9	0	1475.2	1,400	676	720	189	391	51	0	18	6,126	47	7.97	2.38	3.34	1.15	21.3	6.4	1.21	.289	4.39	104	3.92	99	8.54	3.9
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	4	255	119	72	.623	255	3.16	1,798	12	0	1672.2	1,377	588	637	192	441	43	0	10	6,762	32	9.67	2.37	4.08	1.03	26.6	6.5	1.09	.276	3.43	76	3.34	80	7.41	157.6
24	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	4	154	68	51	.571	154	4.01	644	6	0	935.2	902	417	439	141	243	37	0	6	3,888	10	6.19	2.34	2.65	1.36	16.6	6.3	1.22	.270	4.22	103	4.59	116	8.68	-70
25	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	4	230	83	73	.532	226	4.12	1,028	7	0	1330.1	1,393	609	656	165	276	47	2	9	5,578	22	6.95	1.87	3.72	1.12	18.4	4.9	1.25	.302	4.44	100	3.92	97	9.42	15