Starting Pitchers
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1975 1977 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 Mark Fidrych 11 2 A R-1 DET 5E R 21   29 24 4 19 9 .655 1      249.33 214 12 76 65 53 96 .360  2.35    26.5 .914   41.99 1 Mark Fidrych
2 Frank Tanana 15 3 a CAL T4W L 22   34 23 2 19 10 .559 5      288.33 212 24 88 78 73 261 .916  2.43    26.5 .779   38.77 2 Frank Tanana
3 Jim Palmer BBW 10 1 BAL 2E R 30   40 23 6 22 13 .550 5      315.00 255 20 101 88 84 159 .469  2.51    27.3 .683   37.40 3 Jim Palmer
4 Vida Blue 20 6 OAK 2W L 26   37 20 6 18 13 .486 6      298.33 268 9 90 78 63 166 .502  2.35    24.8 .670   33.65 4 Vida Blue
5   Luis Tiant   T26 5 a   BOS 3E R 35       38 19 3 21 12 .553 5        279.00 274 25 107 95 64 131 .388  3.06    22.0 .579   27.75 5   Luis Tiant
6 Bert Blyleven BBW MIN/TEX 3W/T4W R 25   36 18 6 13 16 .361 7      297.67 283 14 106 95 81 219 .602  2.87    20.9 .581   26.40 6 Bert Blyleven
7 Mike Torrez OAK 2W R 29   39 13 4 16 12 .410 11      266.33 231 15 93 74 87 115 .362  2.50    20.0 .513   23.74 7 Mike Torrez
8 Wayne Garland T8 BAL 2E R 25   25 14 4 16 7 .640 2      191.33 191 8 68 57 51 97 .401  2.68    16.1 .644   21.42 8 Wayne Garland
9 Gaylord Perry BBW TEX T4W R 37   32 21 2 15 14 .469 3      250.33 232 14 93 90 52 143 .504  3.24    17.2 .538   20.91 9 Gaylord Perry
10 Ed Figueroa 21 4 NY 1E R 27   34 14 4 19 10 .559 5      256.67 237 13 101 86 94 119 .360  3.02    16.5 .485   19.05 10 Ed Figueroa
                               
11 Bill Travers a MIL 6E L 23   34 15 3 15 16 .441 3      240.00 211 21 92 75 95 120 .392  2.81    16.3 .479   18.70 11 Bill Travers
12 Nolan Ryan BBW CAL T4W R 29   39 21 7 17 18 .436 4      284.33 193 13 117 106 183 327 .870  3.36    16.7 .428   18.11 12 Nolan Ryan
13 Jim Slaton MIL 6E R 26   38 12 2 14 15 .368 9      292.67 287 14 126 112 94 138 .362  3.44    15.3 .403   16.10 13 Jim Slaton
14 Ferguson Jenkins BBW BOS 3E R 32   29 12 2 11 11 .379 7      205.00 199 19 84 75 43 134 .554  3.29    13.7 .472   15.60 14 Ferguson Jenkins
15   Catfish Hunter BBW     a   NY 1E R 30       36 21 2 17 15 .472 4        298.67 268 28 126 117 68 173 .515  3.53    14.7 .408   15.56 15   Catfish Hunter
16 Rick Wise BOS 3E R 30   34 11 4 14 11 .412 9      224.33 218 18 100 88 48 93 .350  3.53    14.0 .412   14.89 16 Rick Wise
17 Dock Ellis NY 1E R 31   32 8 1 17 8 .531 7      211.67 195 14 83 75 76 65 .240  3.19    13.5 .422   14.54 17 Dock Ellis
18 Dave Roberts DET 5E L 31   36 18 4 16 17 .444 3      252.00 254 16 122 112 63 79 .249  4.00    14.0 .389   14.47 18 Dave Roberts
19 Gary Ross CAL T4W R 28   31 7 2 8 16 .258 7      212.00 213 12 83 69 53 96 .361  2.93    13.1 .423   14.12 19 Gary Ross
20 Al Fitzmorris KC 1W R 30   33 8 2 15 11 .455 7      214.67 218 5 87 73 53 78 .288  3.06    13.1 .397   13.68 20 Al Fitzmorris
                               
21 Ken Brett CHI 6W L 27   26 16 1 10 12 .385 4      198.33 166 5 80 72 76 88 .364  3.27    12.0 .462   13.52 21 Ken Brett
22 Dennis Leonard KC 1W R 25   34 16 2 17 10 .500 7      258.00 247 16 113 101 70 149 .470  3.52    13.1 .385   13.47 22 Dennis Leonard
23 Nelson Briles TEX T4W R 32   31 7 1 11 9 .355 11      209.33 224 17 87 76 47 97 .358  3.27    12.5 .403   13.15 23 Nelson Briles
24 Dave Goltz MIN 3W R 27   35 13 4 14 14 .400 7      247.00 236 14 112 92 89 133 .409  3.35    12.7 .363   12.68 24 Dave Goltz
25   Jim Umbarger           TEX T4W L 23       30 10 3 10 12 .333 8        197.33 208 12 86 69 54 105 .401  3.15    11.7 .390   12.11 25   Jim Umbarger
26 Ken Holtzman BAL/NY 2E/1E L 30   34 16 3 14 11 .412 9      246.67 265 18 108 100 70 66 .197  3.65    12.0 .353   11.82 26 Ken Holtzman
27 Pat Dobson CLE 4E R 34   35 6 0 16 12 .457 7      217.33 226 13 98 84 65 117 .402  3.48    11.5 .329   10.93 27 Pat Dobson
28 Goose Gossage BBW a CHI 6W R 24   29 15 0 9 16 .310 4      219.67 210 15 100 94 87 133 .448  3.85    10.3 .355   10.17 28 Goose Gossage
29 Jim Colborn MIL 6E R 30   32 7 0 9 15 .281 8      225.67 232 20 97 93 54 101 .353  3.71    10.3 .322    9.69 29 Jim Colborn
30 Vern Ruhle DET 5E R 25   32 5 1 9 12 .281 11      199.67 227 19 99 87 59 88 .308  3.92    10.2 .319    9.55 30 Vern Ruhle
                               
31 Paul Hartzell R CAL T4W R 22   15 7 2 7 2 .467 6      109.00 104 3 42 32 28 33 .250  2.64     7.9 .527    9.51 31 Paul Hartzell
32 Bill Singer TEX/MIN T4W/3W R 32   36 7 4 13 10 .361 13      236.67 233 13 119 97 96 97 .295  3.69    10.4 .289    9.27 32 Bill Singer
33 Dennis Eckersley BBW CLE 4E R 21   30 9 3 12 12 .400 6      185.33 144 11 77 71 75 189 .863  3.45     9.7 .323    9.14 33 Dennis Eckersley
34 Rudy May NY/BAL 1E/2E L 31   32 7 2 15 10 .469 7      209.00 194 14 100 86 66 99 .381  3.70     9.8 .306    8.99 34 Rudy May
35   Marty Pattin           KC 1W R 33       15 4 1 7 6 .467 2        104.33 78 5 37 26 26 40 .385  2.24     7.6 .507    8.97 35   Marty Pattin
36 Jerry Augustine R MIL 6E L 23   24 5 3 8 11 .333 5      152.00 151 7 65 59 52 48 .236  3.49     6.9 .288    6.14 36 Jerry Augustine
37 Doug Bird KC 1W R 26   27 2 1 9 10 .333 8      170.00 172 17 81 66 22 91 .469  3.49     6.9 .256    5.79 37 Doug Bird
38 Doyle Alexander BAL/NY 2E/1E R 25   25 7 3 11 9 .440 5      173.67 159 11 76 70 50 49 .234  3.63     6.5 .260    5.49 38 Doyle Alexander
39 Paul Splittorff KC 1W L 29   23 5 1 11 8 .478 4      154.33 158 10 69 61 56 55 .257  3.56     6.3 .274    5.47 39 Paul Splittorff
40 Pete Redfern R MIN 3W R 21   23 1 1 8 8 .348 7      118.00 105 6 61 46 63 74 .440  3.51     5.2 .226    4.10 40 Pete Redfern
                               
41 Andy Hassler CAL/KC T4W/1W L 24   18 4 1 5 8 .278 5      108.67 105 2 52 43 45 47 .313  3.56     4.7 .261    3.98 41 Andy Hassler
42 Bart Johnson CHI 6W R 26   32 8 3 9 16 .281 7      211.33 231 20 115 111 62 91 .311  4.73     5.4 .169    3.68 42 Bart Johnson
43 Paul Mitchell OAK 2W R 26   26 4 1 9 7 .346 10      142.00 169 15 74 67 30 67 .337  4.25     4.5 .173    3.10 43 Paul Mitchell
44 Jim Bibby CLE 4E R 31   21 4 3 10 6 .476 5      119.67 126 5 51 50 44 58 .341  3.76     3.9 .186    2.79 44 Jim Bibby
45   Ross Grimsley           BAL 2E L 26       19 2 0 8 7 .421 4        115.00 121 8 57 52 25 32 .219  4.07     2.8 .147    1.78 45   Ross Grimsley
46 Ray Bare DET 5E R 27   21 3 2 7 8 .333 6      112.00 126 12 69 56 40 50 .301  4.50     2.8 .133    1.69 46 Ray Bare
T47 Jackie Brown CLE 4E R 33   27 5 2 7 11 .259 9      161.33 174 12 89 82 46 91 .414  4.57     -   .000     -   T47 Jackie Brown
T47 Jim M. Hughes MIN 3W R 24   26 3 0 7 13 .269 6      155.67 172 16 107 92 65 80 .338  5.32     -   .000     -   T47 Jim M. Hughes
T47 Don Kirkwood CAL T4W R 26   26 4 0 6 11 .231 9      152.33 162 12 89 80 52 78 .364  4.73     -   .000     -   T47 Don Kirkwood
T47 Rick Waits CLE 4E L 24   22 4 2 7 9 .318 6      114.33 136 7 59 55 50 62 .333  4.33     -   .000     -   T47 Rick Waits
                               
T47 Mike Cuellar BAL 2E L 39   19 2 1 4 11 .211 4       88.67 115 8 57 53 41 26 .167  5.38     -   .000     -   T47 Mike Cuellar
T47 Mike Norris R OAK 2W R 21   19 1 1 4 5 .211 10       82.33 81 8 48 46 50 37 .282  5.03     -   .000     -   T47 Mike Norris
T47 Terry Forster CHI 6W L 24   16 1 0 2 7 .125 7       81.67 98 4 46 42 31 53 .411  4.63     -   .000     -   T47 Terry Forster
T47 Dick Pole BOS 3E R 25   15 1 0 5 4 .333 6       79.67 88 4 41 39 35 38 .309  4.41     -   .000     -   T47 Dick Pole
T47   Dick Bosman           OAK 2W R 32       15 0 0 4 1 .267 10         76.33 83 11 42 40 11 21 .223  4.72     -   .000     -   T47   Dick Bosman
T47 Eddie Bane MIN 3W L 24   15 1 0 4 7 .267 4       72.33 87 6 49 44 36 23 .187  5.47     -   .000     -   T47 Eddie Bane
League Average Age 27.7
League Average per 30 Starts 30 10.1 2.3 12.1 11.2 .402 6.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 193.2 13.1 86.7 76.5 61.8 101.8 .399  3.44
League Average Win Shares per Game .364
Average Win Shares per Team  48.32
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   26.2%   419 149 32 166 169 .396 84      2,817.00 2749 171 1220 1079 896 1330 .365  3.45   147.8 .353 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.8%     1172 385 90 474 425 .404 273      8,015.33 7717 539 3475 3063 2450 4185 .412  3.44   432.0 .369 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 22.4%   364 123 25 136 145 .374 83    2,374.00 2238 154 1048 911 857 1361 .440  3.45   125.7 .345 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 39.4%   620 205 54 246 235 .397 139    4,312.67 4165 261 1859 1631 1372 2286 .413  3.40   226.6 .365 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 32.6%   518 164 37 218 177 .421 123    3,527.67 3442 248 1531 1362 960 1568 .356  3.48   188.3 .363 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.6%     89 42 6 40 37 .449 12        618.00 621 47 257 238 157 300 .386  3.47   39.2 .440 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     6.7%     110 38 11 46 35 .418 29        710.67 655 36 292 248 246 288 .320  3.14   46.5 .423 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   26.2%   30 10.7 2.3 11.9 12.1 .396 6.0        200.00 195.2 12.1 86.6 76.6 63.6 94.4 .365  3.45   10.5 .353 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.8%     30 9.9 2.3 12.1 10.9 .404 7.0        200.00 192.6 13.4 86.7 76.4 61.1 104.4 .412  3.44   10.8 .369 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 22.4%   30 10.1 2.1 11.2 12.0 .374 6.8      200.00 188.5 13.0 88.3 76.7 72.2 114.7 .440  3.45   10.6 .345 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 39.4%   30 9.9 2.6 11.9 11.4 .397 6.7      200.00 193.2 12.1 86.2 75.6 63.6 106.0 .413  3.40   10.5 .365 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 32.6%   30 9.5 2.1 12.6 10.3 .421 7.1      200.00 195.1 14.1 86.8 77.2 54.4 88.9 .356  3.48   10.7 .363 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.6%     30 14.2 2.0 13.5 12.5 .449 4.0        200.00 201.0 15.2 83.2 77.0 50.8 97.1 .386  3.47   12.7 .440 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     6.7%     30 10.4 3.0 12.5 9.5 .418 8.0        200.00 184.3 10.1 82.2 69.8 69.2 81.1 .320  3.14   13.1 .423 Rookie