what pitcher has thrown the most shutouts in a single season since 1970

Since 1970, John Tudor and Jim Palmer are tied for the most shutouts in a season, with 10 shutouts.

Regular season

	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	John Tudor J. Tudor	10	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	36	1.93	169	14	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
2	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	10	1975	BAL	39	23	11	.676	38	2.09	193	25	1	323.0	253	75	87	20	80	2	1	4	1,268	4	5.38	2.23	2.41	0.56	15.2	6.3	1.03	.239	2.42	58	2.95	80	7.05	27
3	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	9	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	248	16	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	9	1973	MIN	40	20	17	.541	40	2.52	258	25	0	325.0	296	91	109	16	67	9	0	4	1,321	7	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.44	19.5	5.1	1.12	.288	3.02	63	2.31	58	8.20	57.6
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	329	20	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
6	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
7	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	8	1989	LAD	39	15	12	.556	30	2.82	200	10	1	230.0	182	72	81	20	80	7	6	5	937	7	7.83	3.13	2.50	0.78	21.3	8.5	1.14	.257	3.17	83	3.28	93	7.12	6.1
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	8	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	35	2.93	291	14	0	264.0	217	86	93	17	62	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	2.17	56	7.40	50.5
9	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	8	1988	LAD	35	23	8	.742	34	2.26	178	15	1	267.0	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	8	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	1.53	268	16	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
11	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	8	1981	LAD	25	13	7	.650	25	2.48	180	11	0	192.1	140	53	55	11	61	1	0	4	758	4	8.42	2.85	2.95	0.51	23.7	8.0	1.05	.255	2.57	73	2.44	72	6.55	20.4
12	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
13	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	8	1972	CWS	49	24	17	.585	49	2.51	193	20	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	80	2.98	91	7.77	13.1
14	Vida Blue V. Blue	8	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	301	24	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	7	1987	BOS	36	20	9	.690	36	2.97	256	18	0	281.2	248	93	100	19	83	9	0	4	1,157	4	8.18	2.65	3.08	0.61	22.1	7.2	1.18	.290	3.20	65	2.90	66	7.92	46.6
16	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
17	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	7	1977	CAL	31	15	9	.625	31	2.54	205	20	0	241.1	201	68	72	19	61	12	0	2	973	8	7.65	2.27	3.36	0.71	21.1	6.3	1.09	.269	2.69	66	2.96	75	7.50	26.6
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	39	3.36	327	21	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
19	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	7	1975	NYY	39	23	14	.622	39	2.58	177	30	0	328.0	248	94	107	25	83	5	0	4	1,294	7	4.86	2.28	2.13	0.69	13.7	6.4	1.01	.222	2.94	70	3.29	88	6.80	16
20	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
21	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
22	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	7	1974	BOS	38	22	13	.629	38	2.92	176	25	0	311.1	281	101	106	21	82	4	0	3	1,266	1	5.09	2.37	2.15	0.61	13.9	6.5	1.17	.264	3.06	75	3.14	83	8.12	21.4
23	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
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	7	1973	CLE	41	19	19	.500	41	3.38	238	29	0	344.0	315	129	143	34	115	5	0	9	1,410	17	6.23	3.01	2.07	0.89	16.9	8.2	1.25	.276	3.74	87	3.51	90	8.24	14.2
25	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	7	1972	NYY	36	14	18	.438	36	3.22	110	9	0	260.0	250	93	99	13	85	4	0	13	1,088	6	3.81	2.94	1.29	0.45	10.1	7.8	1.29	.271	3.43	111	3.22	106	8.65	-6.4

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