How rare was Jordan Zimmermann’s complete game shutout in Friday’s 1-0 win over the Reds? It was just the eighth for the Nats since moving to D.C. in 2005 and was the first complete-game one-hit shutout. Here are the Nats pitchers who have pitched complete-game shutouts.
2005 – 9 shutouts (one complete game)
8/04 — John Patterson 7-0 (Dodgers) 4H 0BB 13K
2006 – 3 shutouts (one complete game)
8/15 — Pedro Astacio 5-0 (Braves) 2H 0BB 5K
2007 – 6 shutouts (no complete games)
2008 – 8 shutouts (no complete games)
2009 – 3 shutouts (one complete game)
7/21 – John Lannan 4-0 (Mets) 7H 0BB 1K
2010 – 5 shutouts (one complete game)
4/17 – Livan Hernandez 8-0 (Brewers) 4H 2BB 3K
2011 – 10 shutouts (two complete games)
4/19 – Jason Marquis 3-0 (Giants) 5H 0BB 7K
6/15 – Livan Hernandez 10-0 (Cardinals) 3H 0BB 6K
2012 – 9 shutouts (one complete game)
8/31 — Gio Gonzalez 10-0 (Cardinals) 5H 3BB 8K
2013 – 3 shutouts (one complete game)
4/26 – Jordan Zimmermann 1-0 (Reds) 1H 1BB 4K
Demonstrating how much the game has changed as far as protecting the arms of pitchers, complete game shutouts were much less rare the last time Washington had a team in the Major Leagues. From 1961-71, the Senators had 102 shutouts. All but 22 were complete games.
The one-hit shutouts were by Tom Sturdivant (1961), Tom Cheney (1963), Barry Moore (1967), Jim Hannan (1970), and Dick Bosman (1969, 1970). Bosman’s second one-hit, complete-game shutout came against the Twins. The game’s leadoff man, Caesar Tovar, laid down a bunt single for Minnesota’s lone hit.
1961 (8 shutouts, all complete games)
5/13 — Tom Sturdivant 2-0 (Red Sox) 1H 1BB 5K
5/14 — Joe McClain 3-0 (Red Sox) 5H 0BB 2K
6/09 — Dick Donovan 1-0 (White Sox) 6H 4BB 1K
7/06 — Dick Donovan 1-0 (Orioles) 4H 0BB 7K
7/07 — Joe McClain 3-0 (Twins) 3H 3BB 4K
7/30 — Bennie Daniels 4-0 (Athletics) 6H 3BB 3K
9/16 — Pete Burnside 3-0 (Athletics) 5H 4BB 4K
9/29 — Pete Burnside 2-0 (Athletics) 2H 1BB 4K
1962 (11 shutouts, 10 complete games)
5/30 — Claude Osteen 8-0 (Athletics) 6H 1BB 6K
6/08 — Dave Stenhouse 1-0 (Tigers) 6H 5BB 4K
6/30 — Tom Cheney 1-0 (Twins) 5H 2BB 10K
7/17 — Dave Stenhouse 1-0 (White Sox) 3H 1BB 4K
7/18 — Bennie Daniels 1-0 (White Sox) 3H 3BB 2K
8/05 — Tom Cheney 2-0 (Red Sox) 4H 1BB 8K
8/18 — Don Rudolph 2-0 (Angels) 5H 1BB 4K (8 innings, Osteen save)
8/23 — Don Rudolph 6-0 (Twins) 6H 4BB 3K
8/27 — Tom Cheney 7-0 (Orioles) 4H 1BB 6K
8/28 — Don Rudolph 4-0 (Orioles) 6H 3BB 5K
9/05 — Claude Osteen 3-0 (Twins) 3H 2BB 0K
1963 (8 shutouts, all complete games)
4/11 — Tom Cheney 8-0 (Red Sox) 1H 1BB 10K
4/26 — Tom Cheney 6-0 (Athletics) 3H 1BB 12K
5/09 — Dave Stenhouse 6-0 (Indians) 7H 1BB 5K
6/04 — Tom Cheney 1-0 (Red Sox) 5H 1BB 6K
6/10 — Claude Osteen 1-0 (Yankees) 6H 0BB 2K
6/23 — Tom Cheney 4-0 (Angeles) 4H 1BB 5K
8/17 — Benny Daniels 10-0 (Twins) 2H 3BB 5K
8/30 — Claude Osteen 7-0 (Red Sox) 5H 1BB 6K
1964 (5 shutouts, all complete games)
5/24 – Buster Narum 3-0 (White Sox) 6H 5BB 2K
8/26 – Buster Narum 2-0 (Yankees) 5H 2BB 4K
9/07 – Bennie Daniels 3-0 (White Sox) 5H 2BB 5K
9/19 – Bennie Daniels 1-0 (White Sox) 4H 5BB 1K
9/23 – Don Loun 1-0 (Red Sox) 5H 0BB 2K
1965 (8 shutouts, 5 complete games)
5/02 – Phil Ortega 13-0 (Angels) 5H 2BB 6K
6/08 – Pete Richert 2-0 (Orioles) 3H 1BB 9K (7 innings, Kline save)
6/18 – Pete Richert 2-0 (Orioles) 4H 2BB 6K (8 innings, Kline save)
7/02 – Frank Kreutzer 6-0 (White Sox) 3H 3BB 10K
7/18 – Mike McCormick 3-0 (Yankees) 2H 2BB 1K
7/19 – Phil Ortega 8-0 (Tigers) 3H 1BB 3K
9/04 – Jim Duckworth 1-0 (Tigers) 2H 4BB 11K (7 innings, Ron Kline save)
9/29 – Jim Hannan 9-0 (Athletics) 5H 4BB 3K
1966 (6 shutouts, 5 complete games)
4/27 – Mike McCormick 2-0 (Yankees) 5H 1BB 4K
5/03 – Phil Ortega 3-0 (Orioles) 3H 1BB 4K (7 innings, Cox save)
7/09 – Diego Segui 3-0 (Yankees) 8H 2BB 5K
8/26 – Mike McCormick 1-0 (Indians) 4H 0BB 3K
8/31 – Mike McCormick 3-0 (Athletics) 4H 1BB 4K
9/18 – Phil Ortega 1-0 (Athletics) 2H 1BB 5K
1967 (14 shutouts, 10 complete games)
4/30 – Barry Moore 3-0 (Twins) 1H 2BB 0K
5/01 – Pete Richert 1-0 (Athletics) 1H 3BB 9K (7.1 innings, Knowles save)
5/06 – Darold Knowles 2-0 (Angels) 2H 3BB 6K (6 innings relief of Moore)
5/18 – Pete Richert 2-0 (Orioles) 3H 1BB 5K
6/01 – Camilo Pascual 1-0 (Angels) 4H 1BB 6K
6/16 – Bob Priddy 1-0 (Red Sox) 7H 1BB 3K (7 innings, Baldwin save)
8/07 – Phil Ortega 5-0 (Twins) 3H 2BB 7K
8/13 — Frank Bertaina 2-0 (Athletics) 5H 1BB 6K
8/29 – Dick Bosman 3-0 (White Sox) 5H 1BB 4K
8/31 – Frank Bertaina 6-0 (Yankees) 3H 2BB 6K
9/09 – Darold Knowles 4-0 (Angels) 2H 3BB 3K (6 innings relief of Pascual)
9/17 – Frank Bertaina 5-0 (Tigers) 7H 3BB 8K
9/29 – Phil Ortega 1-0 (White Sox) 4H 3BB 6K
9/30 – Frank Bertaina 4-0 (White Sox) 5H 0BB 6K
1968 (11 shutouts, 9 complete games)
4/15 – Camilo Pascual 7-0 (Angels) 7H 2BB 9K
4/19 – Joe Coleman 3-0 (A’s) 6H 3BB 6K
4/21 – Camilo Pascual 2-0 (A’s) 6H 3BB 0K (6.2 innings, Knowles save)
4/28 – Phil Ortega 1-0 (Indians) 2H 4BB 5K
5/22 – Frank Bertaina 2-0 (White Sox) 4H 4BB 5K (8.1 innings, Baldwin save)
8/06 – Joe Coleman 1-0 (Angels) 4H 2BB 8K
8/12 – Camilo Pascual 2-0 (Twins) 5H 1BB 3K
8/26 – Frank Bertaina 1-0 (Twins) 2H 4BB 9K (11 innings, Higgins win)
8/27 – Camilo Pascual 2-0 (Twins) 4H 1BB 7K
9/02 – Jim Hannan 1-0 (White Sox) 4H 1BB 4K
9/22 – Camilo Pascual 6-0 (Tigers) 4H 1BB 4K
1969 (10 shutouts, 7 complete games)
4/11 – Barry Moore 4-0 (Orioles) 5H 2BB 3K (6 innings, Higgins save)
4/30 – Jim Hannan 1-0 (Red Sox) 4H 1BB 5K (7 innings, Higgins save)
5/02 – Dick Bosman 5-0 (Indians) 1H 3BB 7K
6/06 – Barry Moore 1-0 (Twins) 2H 3BB 4K (5 innings, Knowles 4IP save)
7/06 – Dick Bosman 5-0 (Red Sox) 7H 0BB 6K
7/09 – Joe Coleman 3-0 (Indians) 4H 6BB 11K
7/14 – Joe Coleman 3-0 (Tigers) 5H 4BB 9K
7/19 – Joe Coleman 4-0 (Yankees) 2H 2BB 11K
9/01 – Joe Coleman 4-0 (Angels) 9H 4BB 8K
9/02 – Jim Hannan 2-0 (Angels) 3H 0BB 3K
1970 (11 shutouts, 7 complete games)
4/29 – Dick Bosman 4-0 (Brewers) 7H 2BB 6K
5/20 – Dick Bosman 2-0 (Yankees) 4H 4BB 4K (6 innings, Knowles 3IP save)
7/18 – George Brunet 4-0 (Angels) 6H 1BB 5K
7/20 – Jim Hannan 2-0 (Brewers) 5H 2BB 6K (8.1 innings, Knowles save)
7/25 – Jim Shellenback 5-0 (Angels) 2H 4BB 5K
8/03 – Dick Bosman 4-0 (Tigers) 8H 2BB 4K (6 innings, Joe Grzenda 3IP save)
8/13 – Dick Bosman 1-0 (Twins) 1H 7BB 7K
8/17 – Jim Hannan 7-0 (Royals) 1H 2BB 6K
9/13 – Joe Coleman 10-0 (Tigers) 3H 0BB 7K
9/16 – Bill Gogolewski 2-0 (Orioles) 2H 4BB 4K (7 innings, Knowles 2IP save)
9/17 – Dick Bosman 2-0 (Orioles) 5H 0BB 4K
1971 (10 shutouts, 7 complete games)
4/05 – Dick Bosman 8-0 (A’s) 6H 3BB 2K
4/18 – Denny McLain 4-0 (Indians) 3H 3BB 6K
4/27 – Denny McLain 2-0 (Twins) 6H 1BB 8K
5/31 – Denny Riddleberger 4-0 (Angles) 2H 2BB 5K (5 relief innings, Cox save)
6/19 – Jackie Brown 2-0 (Red Sox) 5H 5BB 5K (7.1 innings, Cox save)
6/27 – Jim Shellenback 8-0 (Yankees) 6H 1BB 3K
8/07 – Pete Broberg 7-0 (Indians) 5H 0BB 9K
8/13 – Denny McLain 4-0 (Angels) 10H 2BB 2K
8/14 – Mike Thompson 2-0 (Angels) 6H 4BB 3K (8.2 innings, Paul Lindblad save)
9/01 – Bill Gogolewski 2-0 (Yankees) 4H 0BB 5K
