One ordinary game day quietly turned into one of the strangest pitching days in baseball history.

On June 4, 1972, pitching dominated baseball like never before, as eight of the day’s sixteen games ended in shutouts—an MLB record that still hasn’t been matched. From narrow 2–0 nail-biters to double-digit blowouts, runs were scarce across the league, including a pair of identical shutouts in one doubleheader. It was a day when offense vanished, history piled up inning by inning, and fans watched scoreboards stay stubbornly quiet.

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  • See which club repeated the same shutout—twice

  • The five matchups that saw both teams put runs on the board

  • See the box-score page showing the pitchers who filled it with zeros

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