Scoreless in Kansas City: Most games shutout for each MLB team in 2023

Through their first 50 games of the 2023 season, the Kansas City Royals are 15-35, the second-fewest wins in MLB (the Oakland A’s are 10-40). The Royals also have the most games where they were scoreless with eight.

The Kansas City Royals are no stranger to games where they do not score a run. Last season, the Royals were one of three MLB teams that were shut out in three straight games (also the Cardinals and Marlins), and back in 2017 they were only the 14th team in MLB history to be shutout in four straight games, tying a record.

Through games of May 23, there have been 105 games this season where a team has been shut out … that’s about 14% of the games played. Four teams (Arizona, Chicago Cubs, L.A. Angels and Toronto) have not been shut out so far in 2023.

MLB: Most scoreless games in 2023 season

Here is a look at the number of games each MLB team has been scoreless this season.

8-Kansas City
7-New York Mets, Oakland
6-Milwaukee, San Diego
5-Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis
4-Chicago White Sox, Detroit, Philadelphia, Texas, Washington
3-Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Colorado, Miami, Minnesota, Seattle
2-Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay
0-Arizona, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Toronto

The MLB record for most games being shut out in a season is 33 set by the 1908 St. Louis Browns. The 1909 Washington Senators and 1963 New York Mets are the only other teams to have been shut out in 30 or more games in a season; they each were scoreless in 30 games. The 2023 Royals are on pace to be shutout in 26 games this season. Fifteen teams have been shut out in 26 or more games in a season in MLB history.

Of the 105 games this year where a team has failed to score a run, there have been 16 games where the final score was 1-0. Tampa Bay and Miami have each won two 1-0 games this year. Colorado, Seattle and Washington have each lost two games where the final score was 1-0.