Shutout Standings

Shutouts are in the spotlight now more than ever with the addition of the shutout pool. What a feeling it is to hold your opponent to 0 wins over the course of a hard fought week. How satisfying that feeling is! Wait... (checking)... I have no idea what that feels like. After much humbling research, lets take a look at the history of shutouts in the Diamond Dynasty. Who better to take a look than the only Original 9 manager that has never shut out an opponent. I give you the Shutout Standings:

1. Ben (69-19 record. 8-2 in shutout games): If you hear your name mentioned in a shutout, you better hope the next name you hear isn't Ben's. Ben has shut out opponents 8 times for a total of 69 wins while only being shut out twice. Ben has recorded multiple shutouts in two seasons (2013 and 2010) and reached the finals in both seasons – winning the Chalice in 2013.
2. Alex (53-18, 6-2): Alex has the second best shutout win percentage in league history. 2014 saw a record six total shutouts and Alex recorded two of them. This feat is even more impressive once you learn that of the six shutouts three were against Drew and Alex had two of the non-Drew shutouts. In a bizarre year, Alex shut out the one manager who shut out three teams last year, and that manager was...
3. James (64-33, 7-4): Mams holds the records for shutouts in a season with 3 in 2014, where he was also shut out by Alex. Prior to that, James had not been involved in a shut out since he was again shut out by Alex in 2011. In 2010 James also shut out Drew. James is a master Drew slayer, as 3 of his 7 shutouts were recorded against the self proclaimed kidjesus. That shouldn't diminish his accomplishments in any way, as we all got to face Drew every year at least twice.
4. Richie (17-9, 2-1): Richie has been involved in three shutouts, but never a 10-0 affair. He was 9-9 coming in to last season when he shut out Drew 8-0. Nothing else too interesting here, Good job, Richie.
5. TJ (48-27, 5-3): TJ doesn't get screw around with his shutouts. All but one of his shut out wins have been of the 10-0 fashion. Similar to his undocumented and unpaid Chalice victory in 2002, TJ got off to a hot shutout start. In 2004 TJ took care of business against Paul and Jarrett 10-0. TJ posted a second two shutout season in 2011 and has yet to hold an opponent winless since.
6. Jarrett (38-37, 4-4): La Zanahoria Grande is just above .500 in shutout matchups. In 2013 Jarrett was shutout by Ben and shutout Colin. Prior to that, Jarrett had not been involved in a shutout since 2008.
7. Adrian (26-37, 3-4): Adrian posted a shutout in 2005 then two in 2008 and Captain Stamina has seen some shutout fatigue since, as Alex (2010), Jarrett (2011), Colin (2012) and Alex again (2009) have shut him out since then.
8. Colin (19-29, 2-3): In 2010 Colin posted the only shutout of the year by blanking Adrian 10-0. Jarrett shut him out the following year 9-0 to put Colin below the shutout mean.
9. Jason (0-9. 0-1): Jason found himself on the short end of a 9-0 matchup with Colin in his lone season in the DD.
10. Paul (0-10. 0-1): Same as Jason, but replace Colin with TJ and 9 with 10.
11. Kurt (0-33, 0-4): I blame not having closers for a few years. One of these was a 6-0 loss to Alex which is hardly even a shutout.
12. Drew (0-73, 0-8): He won a title one year. Don't ever forget that.