most shutouts in a season by an nl pitcher in the 1970s

Don Sutton had the most shutouts in the NL in a season in the 1970s, with 9 shutouts in 1972.

	NAME	SHO	SEASON	TM	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	Don Sutton D. Sutton	9	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	2.08	207	18	0	272.2	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	0.91	.224	2.57	64	2.23	71	6.14	27.9
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	8	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	310	30	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	7	1977	TOT	33	21	6	.778	33	2.58	196	19	0	261.1	199	75	78	19	66	0	0	6	1,031	7	6.75	2.27	2.97	0.65	19.0	6.4	1.01	.240	2.69	67	2.93	76	6.85	27.6
4	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	7	1975	LAD	42	19	14	.576	40	2.29	213	19	1	321.2	244	82	92	22	96	5	2	2	1,276	8	5.96	2.69	2.22	0.62	16.7	7.5	1.06	.236	2.57	66	3.08	86	6.83	18.2
5	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	7	1974	NYM	34	13	15	.464	34	2.41	195	14	0	265.1	221	71	82	8	76	5	0	11	1,076	4	6.61	2.58	2.57	0.27	18.1	7.1	1.12	.269	2.78	69	2.41	68	7.50	33.8
6	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	7	1973	CIN	40	19	10	.655	40	3.04	155	16	0	293.1	257	99	112	20	95	10	0	10	1,205	10	4.76	2.91	1.63	0.61	12.9	7.9	1.20	.256	3.44	86	3.46	98	7.89	1.7
7	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	6	1978	SFG	36	17	11	.607	35	2.63	147	16	0	260.0	218	76	85	10	85	4	1	11	1,062	6	5.09	2.94	1.73	0.35	13.8	8.0	1.17	.255	2.94	75	2.97	88	7.55	12.1
8	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	6	1976	NYM	35	17	10	.630	35	2.95	153	16	0	262.0	236	86	94	18	57	3	0	5	1,054	13	5.26	1.96	2.68	0.62	14.5	5.4	1.12	.265	3.23	88	3.04	89	8.11	10.9
9	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	6	1976	SFG	37	16	14	.533	36	2.84	172	11	0	253.1	224	80	90	11	74	4	0	8	1,045	3	6.11	2.63	2.32	0.39	16.5	7.1	1.18	.272	3.20	80	2.76	81	7.96	18.6
10	Randy Jones R. Jones	6	1975	SDP	37	20	12	.625	36	2.24	103	18	0	285.0	242	71	94	17	56	0	1	9	1,124	1	3.25	1.77	1.84	0.54	9.2	5.0	1.05	.237	2.97	65	3.22	92	7.64	8.2
11	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	6	1975	PIT	32	18	11	.621	32	2.54	131	15	0	237.1	224	67	73	10	78	0	0	8	984	4	4.97	2.96	1.68	0.38	13.3	7.9	1.27	.280	2.77	72	3.01	84	8.49	15.5
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	6	1974	ATL	41	20	13	.606	39	2.38	195	18	1	302.1	249	80	91	19	88	6	1	3	1,219	6	5.80	2.62	2.22	0.57	16.0	7.2	1.11	.252	2.71	62	3.03	78	7.41	27.4
13	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	6	1973	HOU	39	17	11	.607	36	2.85	119	12	0	249.1	264	79	92	15	62	2	0	8	1,054	3	4.30	2.24	1.92	0.54	11.3	5.9	1.31	.291	3.32	80	3.16	88	9.53	11.3
14	Fred Norman F. Norman	6	1972	SDP	42	9	11	.450	28	3.44	167	10	2	211.2	195	81	88	18	88	2	5	12	905	13	7.10	3.74	1.90	0.77	18.5	9.7	1.34	.281	3.74	105	3.20	101	8.29	-1.5
15	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	5	1979	HOU	38	21	11	.656	38	3.00	119	11	0	263.2	221	88	102	17	107	7	0	1	1,095	19	4.06	3.65	1.11	0.58	10.9	9.8	1.24	.241	3.48	87	3.95	112	7.54	-13.7
16	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	5	1979	MON	37	13	12	.520	37	3.00	143	13	0	248.2	232	83	97	14	78	4	0	9	1,032	10	5.18	2.82	1.83	0.51	13.9	7.6	1.25	.275	3.51	82	3.29	89	8.40	11.1
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	5	1979	CIN	32	16	6	.727	32	3.14	131	9	0	215.0	187	75	85	16	61	0	0	6	868	4	5.48	2.55	2.15	0.67	15.1	7.0	1.15	.259	3.56	84	3.32	87	7.83	11.6
18	Randy Jones R. Jones	5	1976	SDP	40	22	14	.611	40	2.74	93	25	0	315.1	274	96	109	15	50	4	0	9	1,251	0	2.65	1.43	1.86	0.43	7.4	4.0	1.03	.238	3.11	83	3.17	94	7.82	7.1
19	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	5	1976	NYM	35	14	11	.560	34	2.59	235	13	0	271.0	211	78	83	14	77	4	0	9	1,079	12	7.80	2.56	3.05	0.46	21.8	7.1	1.06	.263	2.76	77	2.46	72	7.01	29
20	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	5	1975	NYM	36	22	9	.710	36	2.38	243	15	0	280.1	217	74	81	11	88	4	0	6	1,115	7	7.80	2.83	2.76	0.35	21.8	7.9	1.09	.268	2.60	68	2.34	66	6.97	37.3
21	Jim Barr J. Barr	5	1974	SFG	44	13	9	.591	27	2.74	84	11	2	239.2	223	73	81	17	47	2	5	10	959	3	3.15	1.76	1.79	0.64	8.8	4.9	1.13	.255	3.04	73	3.40	96	8.37	3.4
22	Buzz Capra B. Capra	5	1974	ATL	39	16	8	.667	27	2.28	137	11	1	217.0	163	55	67	13	84	3	6	6	886	7	5.68	3.48	1.63	0.54	15.5	9.5	1.14	.231	2.78	59	3.29	85	6.76	13.8
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	5	1974	NYM	32	11	11	.500	32	3.20	201	12	0	236.0	199	84	89	19	75	3	0	10	956	4	7.67	2.86	2.68	0.72	21.0	7.8	1.16	.274	3.39	92	2.90	82	7.59	16.8
24	Don Sutton D. Sutton	5	1974	LAD	40	19	9	.679	40	3.23	179	10	0	276.0	241	99	111	23	80	6	0	2	1,148	4	5.84	2.61	2.24	0.75	15.6	7.0	1.16	.253	3.62	94	3.29	91	7.86	9.9
25	Wayne Twitchell W. Twitchell	5	1973	PHI	34	13	9	.591	28	2.50	169	10	0	223.1	172	62	71	16	99	10	0	9	921	13	6.81	3.99	1.71	0.64	18.3	10.7	1.21	.249	2.86	66	3.44	91	6.93	8.7

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