SHO

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SHO
Stands forShutout
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SHO stands for Shutout, a baseball abbreviation.

Complete game in which the pitcher allows no runs. Team shutouts, with several pitchers combining, are listed separately.

Example: The ace led the league with three SHO and allowed just one homer in those games.

Usage notes

Walter Johnson holds the career record with 110 shutouts, and Grover Cleveland Alexander threw 16 in 1916. Hockey writes shutouts as SO, a reminder that the same abbreviation can mean a strikeout in baseball.

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  • RP – Relief pitcher
  • SABR – Society for American Baseball Research
  • SAC – Sacrifice bunt
  • SB – Stolen base
  • SF – Sacrifice fly
  • SLG – Slugging percentage
  • SP – Starting pitcher
  • SS – Shortstop
  • SV – Save
  • TB – Total bases
  • W – Win

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