The Great Shutout Pitchers

<p> Throughout baseball's long history only twenty pitchers have thrown fifty or more complete game shutouts. In all probability the author contends this list of baseball elite has likely seen its last inductee as the emergence of relief pitchers and the increasing brevity of playing careers have changed the game considerably.</p><p> The twenty players are Walter Johnson Grover Cleveland Alexander Christy Mathewson Cy Young Eddie Plank Warren Spahn Tom Seaver Nolan Ryan Bert Blyleven Don Sutton Ed Walsh Bob Gibson Steve Carlton Mordecai Three-Finger Brown Jim Palmer Gaylord Perry Juan Marichal Rube Waddell Vic Willis and Pud Galvin. All but Blyleven are members of the Hall of Fame. The author presents anecdotal information about each of the pitchers paying special attention to their shutout games and also covers other significant games in their careers.</p>