Looking Back at Yogi Berra’s 173 Shutouts Caught
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As Yogi Berra celebrates his 86th birthday on Thursday, May 12, SABR member Walt Wilson looks back at the 173 shutouts Berra caught as a member of the New York Yankees from 1946-63.
Of Berra’s 1,699 career games at catcher, 173 were shutouts.
Nineteen of Berra’s shutouts, which are not listed below, were with more than one pitcher. All of his shutouts were as a member of the Yankees — he finished his playing career with the Mets in 1965. (Pitchers that had a game started but no shutouts with Berra are not shown.)
| Pitcher | Starts | Shutouts |
| Whitey Ford | 212 | 24 |
| Ed Lopat | 161 | 16 |
| Vic Raschi | 158 | 22 |
| Allie Reynolds | 153 | 20 |
| Bob Turley | 129 | 18 |
| Tommy Byrne | 95 | 7 |
| Don Larsen | 72 | 6 |
| Johnny Kucks | 63 | 6 |
| Tom Sturdivant | 45 | 2 |
| Art Ditmar | 42 | 1 |
| Tom Morgan | 41 | 6 |
| Ralph Terry | 39 | 5 |
| Johnny Sain | 33 | 1 |
| Bob Grim | 32 | 2 |
| Spec Shea | 30 | 5 |
| Jim McDonald | 29 | 3 |
| Bobby Shantz | 25 | 1 |
| Bob Kuzava | 23 | 3 |
| Harry Byrd | 21 | 1 |
| Duke Maas | 18 | 1 |
| Bobo Newsom | 8 | 1 |
| Tom Gorman | 6 | 1 |
| Stan Williams | 6 | 1 |
| Spud Chandler | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 173 |
(This article first appeared in the Baseball Records Committee’s June 2010 newsletter.)
Related link: Check out Walt Wilson’s Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers website.