Starting Pitchers
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1903 1905 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 Jack Chesbro Vet   NY 2 R 30   51 48 6 38 12 .745 1      439.67 327 4 124 89 85 231 .561  1.82    49.9 .978   70.23 1 Jack Chesbro
2 Cy Young BBW   BOS 1 R 37   41 40 10 25 16 .610 0      372.33 320 6 102 81 28 196 .563  1.96    32.9 .802   41.93 2 Cy Young
3 Rube Waddell Vet   PHI 5 L 27   46 39 8 25 19 .543 2      383.00 307 5 109 69 91 349 .877  1.62    31.7 .689   37.44 3 Rube Waddell
4 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 5 L 28   43 37 7 26 17 .605 0      353.67 308 2 110 85 85 199 .506  2.16    28.1 .653   32.32 4 Eddie Plank
5   Jack Powell           NY 2 R 29       45 38 3 22 19 .489 4        382.67 333 15 151 104 90 198 .468  2.45    28.3 .629   31.93 5   Jack Powell
6 Bill Dinneen   BOS 1 R 28   37 37 5 23 14 .622 0      335.67 283 8 115 82 63 153 .442  2.20    25.6 .692   30.30 6 Bill Dinneen
7 Jesse Tannehill   BOS 1 L 29   31 30 4 19 11 .613 1      274.00 249 5 87 62 32 113 .402  2.04    23.0 .742   28.19 7 Jesse Tannehill
8 Frank Owen   CHI 3 R 24   36 34 4 21 15 .583 0      311.33 240 2 94 67 60 102 .340  1.94    23.4 .650   26.84 8 Frank Owen
9 Bill Bernhard   CLE 4 R 33   37 35 4 22 13 .595 2      317.00 319 3 106 75 54 135 .362  2.13    22.2 .600   24.47 9 Bill Bernhard
10 Harry Howell   STL 6 R 27   33 32 2 13 20 .394 0      295.67 251 1 98 72 59 120 .387  2.19    20.7 .627   23.33 10 Harry Howell
                           
11 Fred Glade   R STL 6 R 28   34 30 6 18 15 .529 1      285.33 245 2 100 72 57 154 .510  2.27    20.3 .597   22.32 11 Fred Glade
12 George Mullin   DET 7 R 23   44 42 7 16 23 .364 5      378.67 342 1 153 101 130 159 .337  2.40    19.4 .441   18.33 12 George Mullin
13 Addie Joss Vet   CLE 4 R 24   24 20 5 14 9 .583 1      188.67 157 0 50 33 29 81 .435  1.57    15.3 .638   17.38 13 Addie Joss
14 Red Donahue   CLE 4 R 31   32 30 6 18 13 .563 1      266.00 270 2 92 71 47 122 .385  2.40    16.8 .525   17.32 14 Red Donahue
15   Doc White           CHI 3 L 25       30 23 7 16 12 .533 2        228.00 201 6 82 45 68 115 .428  1.78    16.3 .543   17.09 15   Doc White
16 Wild Bill Donovan   DET 7 R 27   34 30 3 17 16 .500 1      293.00 251 5 111 80 94 137 .397  2.46    16.6 .488   16.50 16 Wild Bill Donovan
17 Frank Smith   R CHI 3 R 24   23 22 4 14 9 .609 0      191.67 149 0 59 45 55 101 .495  2.11    14.3 .622   16.04 17 Frank Smith
18 Norwood Gibson   BOS 1 R 27   32 29 1 17 14 .531 1      269.33 213 7 110 66 80 110 .375  2.21    15.7 .491   15.65 18 Norwood Gibson
19 Ed Killian   DET 7 L 27   34 32 4 14 18 .412 2      308.00 272 0 110 84 86 115 .321  2.45    15.7 .462   15.18 19 Ed Killian
20 Weldon Henley   PHI 5 R 23   34 31 5 15 17 .441 2      288.33 239 3 123 81 74 127 .406  2.53    15.2 .447   14.46 20 Weldon Henley
                           
21 Earl Moore   CLE 4 R 24   24 22 1 12 10 .500 2      219.67 179 2 80 55 59 134 .563  2.25    12.7 .529   13.14 21 Earl Moore
22 Barney Pelty   R STL 6 R 23   35 31 2 13 18 .371 4      286.33 257 7 115 90 73 120 .364  2.83    13.9 .397   12.46 22 Barney Pelty
23 Nick Altrock   CHI 3 L 27   36 31 6 19 14 .528 3      299.67 267 2 114 99 47 85 .271  2.97    13.7 .381   12.02 23 Nick Altrock
24 Al Orth   WAS/NY 8/2 R 31   25 18 2 14 9 .560 2      192.67 189 2 85 72 31 63 .286  3.36    10.2 .408    9.27 24 Al Orth
25   Roy Patterson           CHI 3 R 27       17 14 4 8 9 .471 0        145.67 131 1 46 37 21 57 .375  2.29     8.6 .506    8.70 25   Roy Patterson
26 George Winter   BOS 1 R 26   16 12 1 8 4 .500 4      121.33 113 4 42 31 24 28 .204  2.30     8.0 .500    8.05 26 George Winter
27 Chief Bender Vet   PHI 5 R 20   20 18 4 8 11 .400 1      170.00 139 1 75 54 49 124 .660  2.86     7.9 .395    7.06 27 Chief Bender
28 Bob Rhoads   CLE 4 R 24   19 18 0 10 9 .526 0      164.00 164 1 67 52 45 67 .321  2.85     7.7 .405    6.97 28 Bob Rhoads
29 Otto Hess   R CLE 4 L 25   16 15 4 7 7 .438 2      133.33 118 2 53 25 27 56 .386  1.69     7.2 .450    6.87 29 Otto Hess
30 Ed Siever   STL 6 L 27   24 19 2 9 13 .375 2      198.00 214 3 102 58 59 70 .256  2.64     7.7 .321    6.21 30 Ed Siever
                           
31 Casey Patten   WAS 8 L 28 CL   39 37 2 14 21 .359 4      335.33 344 2 152 114 74 141 .337  3.06     6.6 .169    3.86 31 Casey Patten
32 Frank Kitson   DET 7 L 34   24 19 0 8 13 .333 3      192.33 203 7 96 66 37 66 .275  3.09     5.4 .225    3.64 32 Frank Kitson
33 Long Tom Hughes   NY/WAS 2/8 R 25   32 26 1 9 22 .281 1      250.00 263 7 133 99 79 118 .345  3.56     5.6 .175    3.33 33 Long Tom Hughes
34 Willie Sudhoff   STL 6 R 29   24 20 1 6 14 .250 4      210.33 219 8 114 88 51 60 .222  3.77     3.3 .138    1.74 34 Willie Sudhoff
35   Jack Townsend           WAS 8 R 25       34 31 2 5 26 .147 3        284.00 311 3 159 113 97 139 .341  3.58     3.6 .106    1.67 35   Jack Townsend
36 Beany Jacobson   R WAS 8 L 23   30 23 1 6 22 .200 2      242.33 264 6 129 96 54 72 .226  3.57     3.3 .110    1.56 36 Beany Jacobson
37 Bill Wolfe   NY/WAS 2/8 R 28   19 15 2 6 11 .316 2      143.33 146 1 73 52 23 48 .284  3.27     2.6 .137    1.37 37 Bill Wolfe
38 Jesse Stovall   DET 7 R 28   17 13 1 3 12 .176 2      129.00 150 3 85 63 40 36 .189  4.40     -   .000     -   38 Jesse Stovall
League Average Age  27.2
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.6 3.5 14.3 14.0 .476 1.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 181.1 2.8 77.0 55.2 45.7 91.1 .402  2.48
League Average Win Shares per Game .494
Average Win Shares per Team  72.43
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   30.0%   353 305 45 163 167 .462 23      2,947.67 2747 40 1144 803 660 1381 .405  2.45   158.7 .450 Throws Left  
Throws Right   70.0%     819 736 92 395 380 .482 44      6,931.67 6200 99 2662 1925 1597 3120 .400  2.50   420.7 .514 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 24.7%   289 261 33 129 143 .446 17    2,441.00 2130 23 945 674 628 1087 .394  2.49   133.1 .461 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.3%   673 590 76 304 328 .452 41    5,658.33 5189 92 2256 1600 1347 2601 .398  2.55   308.9 .459 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 14.3%   169 150 18 100 60 .592 9    1,407.67 1308 18 503 373 254 617 .395  2.39   104.5 .618 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   3.6%     41 40 10 25 16 .610 0        372.33 320 6 102 81 28 196 .563  1.96   32.9 .802 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     11.6%     138 121 17 58 71 .420 9      1,139.00 1033 17 456 328 266 503 .387  2.59   59.0 .428 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   30.0%   30 25.9 3.8 13.9 14.2 .462 1.9        200.00 186.4 2.7 77.6 54.5 44.8 93.7 .405  2.45   10.8 .450 Throws Left  
Throws Right   70.0%     30 27.0 3.4 14.5 13.9 .482 1.6        200.00 178.9 2.9 76.8 55.5 46.1 90.0 .400  2.50   12.1 .514 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 24.7%   30 27.1 3.4 13.4 14.8 .446 1.8      200.00 174.5 1.9 77.4 55.2 51.5 89.1 .394  2.49   10.9 .461 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.3%   30 26.3 3.4 13.6 14.6 .452 1.8      200.00 183.4 3.3 79.7 56.6 47.6 91.9 .398  2.55   10.9 .459 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 14.3%   30 26.6 3.2 17.8 10.7 .592 1.5      200.00 185.8 2.6 71.5 53.0 36.1 87.7 .395  2.39   14.8 .618 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   3.6%     30 29.3 7.3 18.3 11.7 .610 0        200.00 171.9 3.2 54.8 43.5 15.0 105.3 .563  1.96   17.7 .802 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     11.6%     30 26.3 3.7 12.6 15.4 .420 2.0        200.00 181.4 3.0 80.1 57.6 46.7 88.3 .387  2.59   10.4 .428 Rookie