which pitcher has the most complete game shutouts since 1970

Nolan Ryan has pitched 217 complete games in complete games since 1970.

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Which pitcher has the most regular-season complete game shutouts since 1970?

	NAME	CG	SHO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	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	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	217	61	217	159	58	.733	217	1.61	2,154	0	1941.0	1,070	348	404	65	876	44	0	16	7,599	71	9.99	4.06	2.46	0.30	28.3	11.5	1.00	.225	1.87	4.96
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	242	60	242	167	75	.690	242	1.69	1,675	0	2146.0	1,488	404	457	98	466	59	0	17	8,234	34	7.02	1.95	3.59	0.41	20.3	5.7	0.91	.234	1.92	6.24
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	181	49	181	146	35	.807	181	1.41	1,325	0	1610.0	991	253	279	72	363	16	0	23	6,062	19	7.41	2.03	3.65	0.40	21.9	6.0	0.84	.214	1.56	5.54
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	143	47	143	119	24	.832	143	1.35	874	0	1276.1	798	191	214	55	241	14	0	8	4,790	20	6.16	1.70	3.63	0.39	18.2	5.0	0.81	.206	1.51	5.63
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	118	46	118	92	26	.780	118	1.25	1,040	0	1048.0	640	145	163	37	188	19	0	13	3,896	17	8.93	1.61	5.53	0.32	26.7	4.8	0.79	.231	1.40	5.50
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	192	46	192	149	43	.776	192	1.52	960	0	1708.2	1,156	288	316	91	427	14	0	9	6,542	26	5.06	2.25	2.25	0.48	14.7	6.5	0.93	.211	1.66	6.09
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	219	45	219	185	34	.845	219	1.66	1,610	0	1962.0	1,330	361	405	93	555	18	0	31	7,566	56	7.39	2.55	2.90	0.43	21.3	7.3	0.96	.234	1.86	6.10
8	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	127	39	127	117	10	.921	127	1.01	596	0	1139.2	775	128	149	27	253	6	0	15	4,326	24	4.71	2.00	2.36	0.21	13.8	5.8	0.90	.217	1.18	6.12
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	215	39	215	155	59	.724	215	1.81	1,289	0	1924.0	1,383	388	448	102	409	34	0	32	7,396	38	6.03	1.91	3.15	0.48	17.4	5.5	0.93	.230	2.10	6.47
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	100	37	100	75	25	.750	100	1.37	1,101	0	882.0	501	134	155	51	190	15	0	6	3,280	12	11.23	1.94	5.79	0.52	33.6	5.8	0.78	.234	1.58	5.11
11	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	129	37	129	102	27	.791	129	1.31	653	0	1141.1	769	166	187	31	273	10	0	16	4,331	23	5.15	2.15	2.39	0.24	15.1	6.3	0.91	.219	1.47	6.06
12	Vida Blue V. Blue	143	37	143	115	28	.804	143	1.50	887	0	1274.0	832	213	230	49	335	12	0	15	4,854	28	6.27	2.37	2.65	0.35	18.3	6.9	0.92	.219	1.62	5.88
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	109	35	109	92	17	.844	109	1.17	642	0	969.2	631	126	151	27	131	21	0	17	3,596	6	5.96	1.22	4.90	0.25	17.9	3.6	0.79	.218	1.40	5.86
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	202	35	202	152	50	.752	202	1.90	1,230	0	1793.0	1,300	379	436	141	269	30	0	25	6,860	21	6.17	1.35	4.57	0.71	17.9	3.9	0.88	.223	2.19	6.53
15	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	199	35	199	141	57	.712	199	1.90	1,135	0	1761.1	1,289	372	434	115	475	37	0	20	6,931	55	5.80	2.43	2.39	0.59	16.4	6.9	1.00	.227	2.22	6.59
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	143	34	143	99	44	.692	143	1.54	925	0	1260.1	867	215	244	65	270	30	0	20	4,838	26	6.61	1.93	3.43	0.46	19.1	5.6	0.90	.226	1.74	6.19
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	113	31	113	95	18	.841	113	1.48	772	0	1006.2	678	165	189	33	268	4	0	12	3,878	27	6.90	2.40	2.88	0.30	19.9	6.9	0.94	.230	1.69	6.06
18	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	103	30	103	74	29	.718	103	1.55	515	0	914.1	595	157	179	40	221	28	0	9	3,471	6	5.07	2.18	2.33	0.39	14.8	6.4	0.89	.208	1.76	5.86
19	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	78	30	78	69	9	.885	78	1.07	415	0	695.0	448	83	99	24	157	5	0	9	2,638	9	5.37	2.03	2.64	0.31	15.7	6.0	0.87	.208	1.28	5.80
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	122	30	122	94	28	.770	122	1.45	537	0	1077.1	735	173	196	49	228	10	0	10	4,087	17	4.49	1.90	2.36	0.41	13.1	5.6	0.89	.210	1.64	6.14
21	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	97	30	97	73	23	.760	97	1.31	562	0	855.0	610	124	151	31	177	7	0	15	3,272	19	5.92	1.86	3.18	0.33	17.2	5.4	0.92	.232	1.59	6.42
22	Tommy John T. John	124	30	124	95	29	.766	124	1.58	456	0	1106.1	849	194	227	34	203	14	0	16	4,241	28	3.71	1.65	2.25	0.28	10.8	4.8	0.95	.231	1.85	6.91
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	140	30	140	107	33	.764	140	1.84	672	0	1246.2	843	255	287	78	253	12	0	13	4,744	15	4.85	1.83	2.66	0.56	14.2	5.3	0.88	.205	2.07	6.09
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	86	29	86	76	10	.884	86	1.16	443	0	767.1	473	99	116	29	166	2	0	8	2,886	15	5.20	1.95	2.67	0.34	15.3	5.8	0.83	.198	1.36	5.55
25	Bob Welch B. Welch	61	28	61	50	11	.820	61	0.96	354	0	546.0	322	58	65	20	104	7	0	1	2,027	5	5.84	1.71	3.40	0.33	17.5	5.1	0.78	.196	1.07	5.31

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