Most Shutouts in a Single Day
Posted by Sean Forman on May 15, 2009
A reader asked about the most shutouts in a single day of major league play. Brushing off the db, these are the most we found.
| date_game | shutouts | +------------+----------+ | 1972-06-04 | 8 | | 1942-08-23 | 7 | | 1964-05-24 | 7 | | 1944-05-14 | 7 | | 2006-09-05 | 7 | | 1968-08-26 | 7 | | 1908-09-07 | 7 | | 1914-05-30 | 7 | | 1915-09-06 | 7 |
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May 15th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
When it occurred 7 times on the dates in 1942 / 1944 / 1908 / 1914 / 1915, there were only 16 Major League teams. That means that, barring any double-headers, 7 out of 8 games on those days were shutouts...pretty amazing.
May 16th, 2009 at 1:52 am
There were 24 Major League teams in 1914-15. I didn't check 1915, but several of the 7 shutouts on 30 May 1914 were in Federal League games. Also, there were many doubleheaders that day. You can check all these things at Retrosheet.