Starting Pitchers
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1930 1932 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 Lefty Grove BBW 1   PHI 1 L 31 CL   30 27 4 27 3 .900 0      260.33 223 9 73 56 57 144 .514  1.94    37.2 1.240   62.59 1 Lefty Grove
2 George Earnshaw T11   PHI 1 R 31 CL   30 23 3 20 7 .667 3      253.33 226 12 113 99 66 140 .479  3.52    24.6 .820   33.66 2 George Earnshaw
3 Wes Ferrell T11   CLE 4 R 23   35 27 2 21 11 .600 3      267.33 268 9 129 111 126 121 .307  3.74    21.8 .623   26.00 3 Wes Ferrell
4 Rube Walberg   PHI 1 L 34   35 19 1 19 12 .543 4      277.67 289 16 132 120 105 99 .251  3.89    20.1 .574   23.01 4 Rube Walberg
5   Lloyd Brown           WAS 3 L 26       32 15 1 14 12 .438 6        236.00 229 10 108 80 75 71 .234  3.05    18.4 .575   21.08 5   Lloyd Brown
6 George Uhle   DET 7 R 32   18 15 2 7 9 .389 2      155.67 153 6 71 59 36 51 .270  3.41    14.8 .822   20.27 6 George Uhle
7 Earl Whitehill   DET 7 L 31   34 22 0 13 16 .382 5      271.33 287 22 152 123 119 85 .209  4.08    17.8 .524   19.47 7 Earl Whitehill
8 Vic Sorrell   DET 7 R 30   32 19 1 13 13 .406 6      242.33 260 8 128 110 109 97 .263  4.09    17.1 .534   18.88 8 Vic Sorrell
9 Firpo Marberry 13   WAS 3 R 32 CL   25 11 1 13 3 .520 9      175.00 172 11 68 61 42 62 .290  3.14    15.5 .620   18.44 9 Firpo Marberry
10 Lefty Gomez Vet   NY 2 L 22   26 17 1 17 7 .654 2      208.00 177 6 80 67 69 126 .512  2.90    15.4 .592   17.90 10 Lefty Gomez
                               
11 Lefty Stewart T20   STL 5 L 30   33 20 1 13 16 .394 4      251.67 280 16 151 122 83 85 .234  4.36    16.3 .494   17.31 11 Lefty Stewart
12 Danny MacFayden T20   BOS 6 R 26   32 17 2 15 12 .469 5      225.67 260 4 120 102 74 71 .213  4.07    15.8 .494   16.78 12 Danny MacFayden
13 Dick Coffman   STL 5 R 24   17 11 2 7 9 .412 1      130.00 129 4 56 51 41 28 .165  3.53    11.4 .671   14.11 13 Dick Coffman
14 Art Herring   DET 7 R 25   16 9 0 5 9 .313 2      127.67 136 6 66 52 50 38 .204  3.67    10.5 .656   12.85 14 Art Herring
15   General Crowder           WAS 3 R 32       26 13 1 14 9 .538 3        184.67 200 11 89 78 59 61 .236  3.80    12.2 .469   12.62 15   General Crowder
16 Ed Durham   BOS 6 R 22 MR   15 7 2 6 7 .400 2      101.67 92 3 44 38 25 37 .316  3.36    10.1 .673   12.52 16 Ed Durham
17 Willis Hudlin   CLE 4 R 25 CL   34 15 1 14 13 .412 7      237.33 295 14 143 120 83 78 .206  4.55    12.9 .379   12.00 17 Willis Hudlin
18 George Blaeholder   STL 5 R 27   32 13 1 11 14 .344 7      222.00 274 15 131 109 53 81 .248  4.42    12.5 .391   11.81 18 George Blaeholder
19 Roy Mahaffey   PHI 1 R 28   20 8 0 12 4 .600 4      128.33 120 8 66 58 69 47 .249  4.07    10.4 .520   11.33 19 Roy Mahaffey
20 Red Ruffing BBW   NY 2 R 27   30 19 1 15 12 .500 3      224.00 218 11 114 101 78 130 .439  4.06    11.7 .390   11.04 20 Red Ruffing
                               
21 Clint Brown   CLE 4 R 27   33 12 2 11 15 .333 7      219.67 263 8 134 114 51 48 .153  4.67    11.3 .342    9.99 21 Clint Brown
22 Mel Harder   CLE 4 R 21   24 9 0 10 12 .417 2      160.67 190 7 97 77 63 56 .221  4.31     9.8 .408    9.46 22 Mel Harder
23 Waite Hoyt Vet   DET/PHI 7/1 R 31   26 14 2 13 12 .500 1      189.00 229 9 112 98 62 38 .131  4.67    10.0 .385    9.38 23 Waite Hoyt
24 Vic Frasier   R CHI 8 R 26 CL   29 13 2 11 14 .379 4      205.33 211 10 124 99 103 76 .242  4.34    10.3 .355    9.27 24 Vic Frasier
25   Herb Pennock BBW         NY 2 L 37       25 12 1 11 6 .440 8        189.33 247 7 96 90 30 65 .235  4.28     9.6 .384    8.99 25   Herb Pennock
26 Jack Russell   BOS 6 R 25   31 13 0 10 17 .323 4      219.67 280 6 135 124 62 41 .120  5.08     9.4 .303    7.82 26 Jack Russell
27 Sad Sam Jones   WAS 3 R 38   24 8 1 9 10 .375 5      147.67 185 10 88 71 47 58 .250  4.33     6.6 .275    5.23 27 Sad Sam Jones
28 Hod Lisenbee   BOS 6 R 32 MR   17 6 0 3 10 .176 4      101.00 111 5 64 54 26 28 .204  4.81     5.7 .335    4.98 28 Hod Lisenbee
29 Red Faber Vet   CHI 8 R 42 MR   19 5 1 5 12 .263 2      118.00 145 6 69 54 31 33 .188  4.12     5.6 .295    4.60 29 Red Faber
30 Tommy Thomas   CHI 8 R 31   36 11 2 9 14 .250 13      222.67 272 17 159 122 60 68 .205  4.93     6.0 .167    3.70 30 Tommy Thomas
                               
31 Sam Gray   STL 5 R 33   37 13 0 10 23 .270 4      245.00 312 19 184 143 50 87 .240  5.25     5.5 .149    3.21 31 Sam Gray
32 Hank Johnson   NY 2 R 25 CL   23 8 0 10 8 .435 5      160.33 143 13 99 88 87 91 .396  4.94     4.4 .191    2.91 32 Hank Johnson
33 Milt Gaston   BOS 6 R 35   18 4 0 2 13 .111 3      110.33 126 3 69 55 36 28 .173  4.49     3.9 .217    2.75 33 Milt Gaston
34 Carl Fischer   R WAS 3 L 25 MR   23 7 0 10 8 .435 5      137.00 158 10 81 75 61 63 .288  4.93     3.6 .157    2.16 34 Carl Fischer
35   Wilcy Moore           BOS 6 R 34 CL     15 8 1 5 10 .333 0        101.00 117 6 61 57 30 18 .122  5.08     2.2 .147    1.27 35   Wilcy Moore
36 Tommy Bridges   R DET 7 R 24   23 8 2 7 14 .304 2      147.67 167 11 112 89 96 89 .338  5.42     1.5 .065    0.58 36 Tommy Bridges
37 Pat Caraway   CHI 8 L 25   32 11 1 9 21 .281 2      172.33 207 14 144 125 75 39 .138  6.53     -   .000     -   37 Pat Caraway
League Average Age 28.8
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.9 1.3 12.8 12.7 .427 4.5
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 217.8 10.3 109.9 92.6 68.0 73.4 .257  4.17
League Average Win Shares per Game .438
Average Win Shares per Team  53.99
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   27.9%   270 150 10 133 101 .493 36      2,003.67 2097 110 1017 858 674 777 .280  3.85   138.4 .513 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.1%     717 339 32 288 316 .402 113      5,023.00 5554 252 2845 2394 1715 1801 .248  4.29   293.5 .409 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 14.3%   140 79 9 68 60 .486 12    1,015.33 1023 40 518 433 420 457 .317  3.84   70.0 .500 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 36.5%   367 160 11 147 159 .401 61    2,515.33 2794 129 1465 1247 921 874 .235  4.46   131.2 .357 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 40.8%   394 221 19 179 157 .454 58    2,930.67 3131 167 1557 1302 904 1063 .263  4.00   205.0 .520 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   8.4%     86 29 3 27 41 .314 18        565.33 703 26 322 270 144 184 .217  4.30   25.7 .299 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     7.3%     75 28 4 28 36 .373 11        490.00 536 31 317 263 260 228 .286  4.83   15.4 .205 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   27.9%   30 16.7 1.1 14.8 11.2 .493 4.0        200.00 209.3 11.0 101.5 85.6 67.3 77.6 .280  3.85   13.8 .513 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.1%     30 14.2 1.3 12.1 13.2 .402 4.7        200.00 221.1 10.0 113.3 95.3 68.3 71.7 .248  4.29   11.7 .409 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 14.3%   30 16.9 1.9 14.6 12.9 .486 2.5      200.00 201.5 7.9 102.0 85.3 82.7 90.0 .317  3.84   13.8 .500 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 36.5%   30 13.1 0.9 12.0 13.0 .401 5.0      200.00 222.2 10.3 116.5 99.2 73.2 69.5 .235  4.46   10.4 .357 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 40.8%   30 16.8 1.4 13.6 12.0 .454 4.4      200.00 213.7 11.4 106.3 88.9 61.7 72.5 .263  4.00   14.0 .520 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   8.4%     30 10.1 1.0 9.4 14.3 .314 6.3        200.00 248.7 9.2 113.9 95.5 50.9 65.1 .217  4.30   9.1 .299 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     7.3%     30 11.2 1.6 11.2 14.4 .373 4.4        200.00 218.8 12.7 129.4 107.3 106.1 93.1 .286  4.83   6.3 .205 Rookie