Starting Pitchers
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1901 1903 Chronology Home SP Index Guide
All- Other Starter Game Stats Starter Share of Pitching Results  Win Shares 
Rank Name HOF MVP CY Star Rookie Team Stdg Throws Age Pos GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA   WS  WS/G WSQ Rank Name
1 Cy Young BBW   BOS 3 R 35   43 41 3 32 11 .744 0      376.67 343 6 133 90 52 157 .397  2.15    37.6 .874   49.09 1 Cy Young
2 Rube Waddell Vet   PHI 1 L 25   27 26 3 19 7 .704 1      251.33 204 6 82 57 58 191 .729  2.04    27.6 1.022   38.96 2 Rube Waddell
3 Red Donahue   STL 2 R 29   34 33 2 21 11 .618 2      312.33 318 7 132 96 64 62 .162  2.77    29.2 .859   37.78 3 Red Donahue
4 Jack Powell   STL 2 R 27 CL   39 36 3 22 17 .564 0      317.33 309 12 139 113 90 132 .331  3.20    28.0 .718   33.12 4 Jack Powell
5   Bill Dinneen           BOS 3 R 26       42 39 2 21 21 .500 0        371.33 348 9 155 121 99 136 .304  2.93    26.9 .640   30.06 5   Bill Dinneen
6 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 1 L 26   32 31 1 18 14 .563 0      284.00 302 5 133 104 58 101 .281  3.30    22.3 .697   25.99 6 Eddie Plank
7 Bill Bernhard   PHI/CLE 1/5 R 31   25 23 3 17 5 .680 3      214.33 167 4 75 51 35 55 .272  2.14    18.6 .744   22.40 7 Bill Bernhard
8 Willie Sudhoff   STL 2 R 27 CL   25 20 0 10 11 .400 4      200.67 194 5 90 64 61 38 .149  2.87    16.7 .668   19.06 8 Willie Sudhoff
9 Roy Patterson   CHI 4 R 25   30 26 2 17 12 .567 1      252.33 247 5 105 86 63 57 .184  3.07    17.7 .590   18.98 9 Roy Patterson
10 Win Mercer   DET 7 R 28   33 28 4 15 18 .455 0      274.00 274 5 125 92 78 39 .111  3.02    18.2 .552   18.87 10 Win Mercer
                           
11 Al Orth   WAS 6 R 29   37 36 1 19 18 .514 0      320.00 362 18 179 141 40 75 .187  3.97    18.7 .505   18.56 11 Al Orth
12 Addie Joss Vet   R CLE 5 R 22   29 28 5 16 13 .552 0      257.33 215 2 115 79 72 101 .352  2.76    16.4 .566   17.22 12 Addie Joss
13 Ed Siever   DET 7 L 25   23 17 0 8 11 .348 4      180.67 159 0 70 38 31 35 .184  1.89    14.6 .635   16.24 13 Ed Siever
14 Ned Garvin   CHI 4 R 28   19 16 2 9 10 .474 0      159.67 154 3 62 39 39 50 .259  2.20    13.2 .695   15.36 14 Ned Garvin
15   Earl Moore           CLE 5 R 22       34 29 4 16 17 .471 1        285.00 296 8 154 93 98 82 .208  2.94    16.0 .471   15.32 15   Earl Moore
16 Nixey Callahan   CHI 4 R 28   31 29 2 15 14 .484 2      266.67 271 8 142 107 84 71 .200  3.61    14.2 .458   13.42 16 Nixey Callahan
17 George Winter   BOS 3 R 24   20 18 0 11 9 .550 0      168.33 149 2 77 56 53 51 .252  2.99    11.8 .590   12.65 17 George Winter
18 Wiley Piatt   CHI 4 L 27   30 22 2 12 12 .400 6      238.33 255 3 125 93 64 93 .292  3.51    13.0 .433   11.95 18 Wiley Piatt
19 Tully Sparks   BOS 3 R 27 NL-SP   15 15 1 6 9 .400 0      134.67 143 4 78 52 38 35 .193  3.48    10.0 .667   11.40 19 Tully Sparks
20 George Mullin   R DET 7 R 21   30 25 0 12 15 .400 3      241.00 261 4 144 98 88 72 .206  3.66    12.0 .400   10.60 20 George Mullin
                           
21 Casey Patten   WAS 6 L 26   34 33 1 17 16 .500 1      292.00 323 11 181 132 87 90 .220  4.07    12.4 .365   10.46 21 Casey Patten
22 Jack Harper   STL 2 R 24   26 20 2 14 10 .538 2      210.67 212 8 124 97 77 70 .242  4.14    11.1 .427   10.13 22 Jack Harper
23 Joe McGinnity Vet   BAL 8 R 31 NL-SP   23 19 0 13 9 .565 1      190.67 210 3 98 73 44 37 .146  3.45     9.0 .391    7.86 23 Joe McGinnity
24 Clark Griffith Other   CHI 4 R 32   24 20 3 13 9 .542 2      197.33 229 10 109 92 44 47 .172  4.20     9.1 .379    7.82 24 Clark Griffith
25   Bert Husting           BOS/PHI 3/1 R 24       28 18 1 13 6 .464 9        194.33 234 6 130 87 91 44 .135  4.03     8.9 .318    7.01 25   Bert Husting
26 Roscoe Miller   DET 7 R 25   18 15 1 6 12 .333 0      141.33 150 3 81 58 54 37 .181  3.69     6.6 .367    5.58 26 Roscoe Miller
27 Jack Townsend   WAS 6 R 23   26 22 0 9 16 .346 1      216.33 229 12 154 107 87 70 .222  4.45     7.4 .285    5.51 27 Jack Townsend
28 Long Tom Hughes   BAL/BOS 8/3 R 23   21 16 1 10 8 .476 3      154.67 168 2 86 64 55 59 .265  3.72     6.8 .324    5.40 28 Long Tom Hughes
29 Charlie Shields   R BAL/STL 8/2 L 22   19 13 1 6 10 .316 3      142.00 195 7 96 64 32 28 .123  4.06     5.7 .300    4.36 29 Charlie Shields
30 Bill Carrick   WAS 6 R 28   30 28 0 11 17 .367 2      253.67 339 10 191 137 71 35 .085  4.86     6.4 .213    4.13 30 Bill Carrick
                           
31 Snake Wiltse   PHI/BAL 1/8 L 30   35 31 0 14 18 .400 3      290.67 382 11 218 166 89 63 .134  5.14     6.7 .191    4.09 31 Snake Wiltse
32 Harry Howell   BAL 8 R 25   23 19 1 8 15 .348 0      187.33 229 5 128 86 45 31 .113  4.13     5.6 .243    3.86 32 Harry Howell
33 Clarence Wright   R CLE 5 R 23   18 15 1 7 10 .389 1      137.33 139 6 87 60 70 48 .230  3.93     4.0 .222    2.63 33 Clarence Wright
34 Joe Yeager   DET 7 R 26   15 14 0 5 10 .333 0      125.00 153 4 80 67 37 25 .132  4.82     2.9 .193    1.78 34 Joe Yeager
35 John Katoll   BAL 8 R 30   13 13 0 3 10 .231 0      115.00 164 5 99 51 30 23 .119  3.99     2.5 .192    1.53 35 John Katoll
League Average Age  26.6
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.3 1.6 14.7 13.6 .489 1.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 209.4 5.5 105.0 75.7 54.8 58.8 .223  3.41
League Average Win Shares per Game .513
Average Win Shares per Team  60.98
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Throws Left   21.1%   200 173 8 94 88 .470 18      1,679.00 1820 43 905 654 419 601 .268  3.51   102.3 .512 Throws Left  
Throws Right   78.9%     751 661 44 371 343 .494 37      6,275.33 6507 176 3272 2357 1759 1739 .210  3.38   385.5 .513 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 25.8%   251 204 15 114 114 .454 23    2,007.00 2098 57 1167 805 723 625 .222  3.61   100.1 .399 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.0%   537 483 28 259 255 .482 23    4,562.67 4734 123 2278 1683 1161 1333 .226  3.32   304.2 .566 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 12.6%   120 106 6 60 51 .500 9    1,008.00 1152 33 599 433 242 225 .161  3.87   45.9 .383 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   4.6%     43 41 3 32 11 .744 0        376.67 343 6 133 90 52 157 .397  2.15   37.6 .874 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     9.9%     96 81 7 41 48 .427 7        777.67 810 19 442 301 262 249 .232  3.48   38.1 .397 Rookie    
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Splits per 30 Starts / 200 Innings Splits per 30 Starts / 200 Innings
Pct of Total
Playing Time GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Throws Left   21.1%   30 26.0 1.2 14.1 13.2 .470 2.7        200.00 216.8 5.1 107.8 77.9 49.9 71.6 .268  3.51   12.2 .512 Throws Left  
Throws Right   78.9%     30 26.4 1.8 14.8 13.7 .494 1.5        200.00 207.4 5.6 104.3 75.1 56.1 55.4 .210  3.38   12.3 .513 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 25.8%   30 24.4 1.8 13.6 13.6 .454 2.8      200.00 209.1 5.7 116.3 80.2 72.0 62.3 .222  3.61   10.0 .399 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.0%   30 27.0 1.6 14.5 14.2 .482 1.3      200.00 207.5 5.4 99.9 73.8 50.9 58.4 .226  3.32   13.3 .566 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 12.6%   30 26.5 1.5 15.0 12.8 .500 2.2      200.00 228.6 6.5 118.8 85.9 48.0 44.6 .161  3.87   9.1 .383 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   4.6%     30 28.6 2.1 22.3 7.7 .744 .0        200.00 182.1 3.2 70.6 47.8 27.6 83.4 .397  2.15   20.0 .874 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     9.9%     30 25.3 2.2 12.8 15.0 .427 2.2        200.00 208.3 4.9 113.7 77.4 67.4 64.0 .232  3.48   9.8 .397 Rookie