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Pct. of Starter Game Statistics Starter Inning Statistics   Win Shares
Year  Rank  WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total GS CG SHO W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA    WS WS/G
1901    2 Roscoe Miller DET 24    36.04 30.6%   301 268 19 142 146 .472 13     2,478.67 2711 55 1495 993 728 774 .225   3.61     145.0 .482
1902   12 Addie Joss CLE 22    17.22 25.8%   251 204 15 114 114 .454 23     2,007.00 2098 57 1167 805 723 625 .222   3.61     100.1 .399
1903    9 Long Tom Hughes BOS 24    22.35 29.9%   303 255 28 144 133 .475 26     2,462.00 2300 41 1106 764 626 1089 .372   2.79     151.6 .500
1904    8 Frank Owen CHI 24    26.84 24.7%   289 261 33 129 143 .446 17     2,441.00 2130 23 945 674 628 1087 .394   2.49     133.1 .461
1905    9 Andy Coakley PHI 22    22.79 16.2%   181 135 13 76 80 .420 25     1,474.33 1288 19 642 432 515 744 .413   2.64      81.9 .452
1906   17 Bill Hogg NY 24    15.07 12.1%   135 97 9 50 71 .370 14     1,085.33 940 15 478 349 347 555 .431   2.89      49.2 .364
1907   10 Chief Bender PHI 23    20.16 12.2%   132 92 19 65 52 .492 15     1,017.00 874 8 373 266 297 496 .424   2.35      59.8 .453
1908    7 Ed Summers DET 23    21.72 16.2%   170 121 24 81 73 .476 16     1,322.33 1136 10 470 317 347 666 .449   2.16      80.7 .475
1909    9 Ed Summers DET 24    21.19 21.9%   211 155 27 87 105 .412 19     1,708.00 1386 14 591 432 516 871 .458   2.28      95.4 .452
                                 
1910    2 Walter Johnson WAS 22    44.60 25.6%   261 178 28 97 128 .372 36     2,103.67 1776 24 833 542 657 1153 .474   2.32     119.2 .457
1911    1 Walter Johnson WAS 23    38.61 34.4%   343 217 25 140 150 .408 53     2,602.67 2510 41 1230 882 869 1419 .420   3.05     167.9 .490
1912    1 Walter Johnson WAS 24    55.82 39.8%   394 273 37 197 159 .500 38     3,066.00 2829 32 1336 1002 1056 1618 .416   2.94     210.3 .534
1913    2 Reb Russell CHI 24    34.31 41.2%   427 248 37 179 186 .419 62     3,253.00 2944 38 1377 1000 1164 1462 .356   2.77     185.0 .433
1914    2 Dutch (H) Leonard BOS 22    35.50 42.5%   441 233 45 196 165 .444 80     3,239.00 2795 41 1249 949 1146 1620 .411   2.64     181.0 .410
1915    3 Ernie Shore BOS 24    24.36 36.1%   341 165 25 139 151 .408 51     2,451.00 2130 40 1068 807 1029 1198 .379   2.96     131.6 .386
1916    2 Babe Ruth BOS 21    40.89 35.2%   362 191 35 151 151 .417 60     2,749.00 2416 39 1083 828 1058 1328 .382   2.71     143.8 .397
1917    3 Babe Ruth BOS 22    38.37 30.9%   337 167 31 129 160 .383 48     2,387.33 2140 25 1042 779 972 955 .307   2.94      97.5 .289
1918    7 Harry Harper WAS 23    15.89 18.3%   153 79 16 61 65 .399 27     1,122.33 983 14 463 343 438 363 .255   2.75      54.6 .357
1919   15 Hank Thormahlen NY 22    15.17 11.9%   112 52 3 38 61 .339 13       815.67 828 27 405 309 326 310 .269   3.41      34.6 .309
                                 
1920   23 Rip Collins NY 24     7.90 10.6%   113 56 7 44 53 .389 16       771.33 867 23 433 347 261 204 .181   4.05      28.1 .249
1921    9 Waite Hoyt NY 21    19.63 16.4%   161 83 3 67 72 .416 22     1,146.33 1304 57 667 546 427 343 .198   4.29      55.4 .344
1922    4 Eddie Rommell PHI 24    24.95 13.4%   138 76 11 64 55 .464 19       967.33 1051 52 485 423 274 271 .205   3.94      59.2 .429
1923    5 Waite Hoyt NY 23    23.78 19.7%   207 105 3 83 93 .401 31     1,498.00 1545 64 768 656 541 480 .230   3.94      83.3 .402
1924   11 Joe Shaute CLE 24    17.88 22.7%   219 103 9 98 88 .447 33     1,476.00 1701 47 796 675 506 362 .164   4.12      84.6 .386
1925    4 Ted Lyons CHI 24    26.04 9.1%   100 56 11 48 37 .480 15       712.33 776 31 366 321 236 171 .169   4.06      43.8 .438
1926   24 Hal Wiltse BOS 22     6.37 5.0%   51 15 1 12 28 .235 11       315.00 328 10 191 158 147 92 .194   4.51       9.9 .194
1927    4 Bump Hadley WAS 22    22.99 14.0%   150 72 4 54 68 .360 28     1,082.67 1191 27 603 519 433 296 .182   4.31      48.9 .326
1928   13 Bump Hadley WAS 23    16.71 20.3%   209 92 9 75 112 .359 22     1,482.33 1597 70 812 686 559 513 .238   4.17      70.9 .339
1929    4 Willis Hudlin CLE 23    26.72 20.3%   211 101 9 75 97 .355 39     1,506.00 1611 60 816 677 536 449 .209   4.05      85.2 .404
                                 
1930    2 Wes Ferrell CLE 22    36.10 20.6%   220 103 6 91 101 .414 28     1,525.67 1740 82 908 746 568 524 .227   4.40      87.7 .399
1931    3 Wes Ferrell CLE 23    26.00 14.3%   140 79 9 68 60 .486 12     1,015.33 1023 40 518 433 420 457 .317   3.84      70.0 .500
1932    3 Wes Ferrell CLE 24    33.19 17.9%   193 94 7 88 75 .456 30     1,383.33 1504 87 775 659 507 523 .260   4.29      85.1 .441
1933    3 Mel Harder CLE 23    23.61 11.6%   113 52 7 53 39 .469 21       826.33 787 47 366 299 280 413 .387   3.26      64.5 .571
1934    2 Mel Harder CLE 24    29.73 23.7%   231 123 18 105 82 .455 44     1,668.00 1716 88 851 743 682 725 .302   4.01     112.5 .487
1935   18 Eldon Auker DET 24    11.34 10.3%   105 48 9 47 35 .448 23       719.67 771 43 351 330 287 265 .250   4.13      43.8 .417
1936   28 Buck Ross PHI 21     5.58 6.5%   66 26 1 23 34 .348 9       438.33 546 34 311 280 197 123 .166   5.75      15.2 .230
1937   10 Bob Feller CLE 18    15.14 7.7%   80 35 2 23 37 .288 20       533.33 543 40 316 264 286 254 .306   4.45      24.3 .304
1938    2 Bob Feller CLE 19    24.11 13.2%   125 55 4 48 50 .384 27       845.00 860 54 497 439 500 426 .313   4.68      48.9 .391
1939    1 Bob Feller CLE 20    43.87 20.9%   211 85 10 81 93 .384 37     1,424.67 1503 88 824 720 698 706 .321   4.55      75.7 .359
                                 
1940    1 Bob Feller CLE 21    44.43 15.7%   159 67 7 57 75 .358 27     1,081.00 1159 93 639 554 504 545 .328   4.61      50.8 .319
1941    2 Bob Feller CLE 22    38.38 17.3%   178 76 11 72 75 .404 31     1,229.00 1240 66 638 571 641 629 .334   4.18      62.8 .353
1942    9 Hal White DET 23    18.17 12.4%   126 55 10 42 63 .333 21       904.67 915 37 476 397 440 350 .258   3.95      32.3 .256
1943   10 Early Wynn WAS 23    15.80 11.9%   125 55 12 51 53 .408 21       913.33 807 34 383 308 340 373 .325   3.04      52.4 .419
1944    2 Hal Newhouser DET 23    38.46 11.3%   113 67 12 56 45 .496 12       879.67 822 25 354 295 280 428 .388   3.02      57.7 .511
Pct. of Starter Game Statistics Starter Inning Statistics   Win Shares
Year  Rank  WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total GS CG SHO W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA    WS WS/G
1945    1 Hal Newhouser DET 24    57.77 14.3%   132 82 18 67 49 .508 16     1,018.33 932 25 396 327 413 443 .329   2.89      69.9 .530
1946    7 Boo Ferriss BOS 24    23.20 7.9%   76 39 7 30 35 .395 11       517.33 544 31 257 238 193 206 .280   4.14      20.3 .267
1947   34 Joe P. Coleman PHI 24     3.04 3.7%   39 15 4 11 20 .282 8       257.67 263 22 135 120 118 124 .325   4.19       7.7 .197
1948    9 Carl Scheib PHI 21    16.83 12.1%   122 47 4 38 53 .311 31       814.33 883 54 439 392 350 353 .286   4.33      42.4 .348
1949   10 Alex Kellner PHI 24    16.87 17.4%   179 85 8 71 75 .397 33     1,228.67 1221 93 635 548 622 491 .266   4.01      69.2 .387
                                 
1950    1 Ned Garver STL 24    31.10 16.9%   168 76 8 65 72 .387 31     1,185.67 1190 101 649 585 597 523 .293   4.44      72.3 .430
1951    9 Billy Pierce CHI 24    20.58 12.9%   127 49 5 55 48 .433 24       879.67 859 65 416 369 330 409 .344   3.78      56.3 .443
1952   27 Mickey McDermott BOS 24     4.79 6.7%   66 19 4 19 35 .288 12       425.67 407 34 208 194 194 249 .414   4.10      13.5 .205
1953   10 Whitey Ford NY 24    17.09 12.1%   115 40 5 49 44 .426 22       789.33 825 62 384 350 302 378 .335   3.99      33.7 .293
1954    9 Bob Turley BAL 23    16.41 26.0%   273 109 20 102 124 .374 47     1,867.00 1779 132 888 795 832 949 .363   3.83      87.9 .322
1955    5 Billy Hoeft DET 23    23.44 20.9%   198 66 20 79 73 .399 46     1,298.67 1124 104 580 529 712 852 .464   3.67      77.3 .390
1956    2 Herb Score CLE 23    31.91 21.1%   196 74 16 87 78 .444 31     1,311.33 1246 125 678 617 641 834 .442   4.24      71.7 .366
1957   21 Ralph Terry NY/KC 21     7.93 12.5%   131 27 7 33 67 .252 31       813.33 803 93 425 386 319 436 .389   4.27      22.4 .171
1958   12 Camilo Pascual WAS 24    13.81 19.1%   184 52 11 66 72 .359 46     1,163.00 1127 128 558 507 400 664 .435   3.92      48.8 .265
1959    9 Milt Pappas BAL 20    15.91 20.2%   205 75 13 83 80 .405 42     1,392.67 1284 126 643 572 469 718 .410   3.70      75.0 .366
                                 
1960    4 Bill Monbouquette BOS 23    18.39 29.5%   286 85 20 109 94 .381 83     1,884.00 1726 188 887 794 841 1090 .425   3.79      95.2 .333
1961    5 Juan Pizarro CHI 24    21.95 27.7%   360 115 27 156 139 .433 65     2,414.33 2207 235 1148 1017 1083 1478 .449   3.79     137.9 .383
1962    7 Jim Kaat MIN 23    23.60 21.0%   279 71 17 104 104 .373 71     1,778.33 1727 192 887 783 684 1020 .423   3.96      76.3 .273
1963    4 Jim Bouton NY 24    26.40 24.2%   333 84 23 130 124 .390 79     2,199.33 2056 187 962 846 805 1422 .497   3.46     110.8 .333
1964    1 Dean Chance LA 23    46.16 30.3%   384 106 34 154 130 .401 100     2,474.33 2211 209 1034 937 930 1676 .534   3.41     138.5 .361
1965    1 Mel Stottlemyre NY 23    32.73 43.0%   610 143 37 233 209 .382 168     3,891.33 3375 320 1633 1451 1543 2726 .554   3.36     197.9 .324
1966    6 Steve Hargan CLE 23    19.30 38.6%   472 113 31 197 161 .417 114     3,114.00 2704 276 1292 1172 1033 2127 .569   3.39     154.1 .326
1967    3 Jim Merritt MIN 23    24.34 39.3%   506 117 45 178 209 .352 119     3,180.33 2775 269 1372 1217 1157 2197 .559   3.44     138.9 .275
1968    1 Denny McLain DET 24    49.78 31.0%   424 139 29 176 170 .415 78     2,892.33 2399 237 1066 911 874 2011 .614   2.84     157.0 .370
1969    5 Jim Palmer BAL 23    26.38 30.8%   496 125 36 186 169 .375 141     3,246.00 2839 302 1395 1232 1284 2077 .504   3.42     170.3 .343
                                 
1970    2 Jim Palmer BAL 24    35.95 26.2%   443 78 17 147 166 .332 130     2,777.33 2636 308 1321 1191 1097 1724 .462   3.86     119.5 .270
1971    2 Vida Blue OAK 21    43.75 28.1%   458 138 40 187 171 .408 100     3,121.00 2739 234 1219 1091 1117 2076 .538   3.15     176.1 .384
1972    7 Bert Blyleven MIN 21    22.32 21.9%   358 69 27 120 151 .335 87     2,273.00 2034 189 955 859 822 1393 .488   3.40      86.8 .242
1973    1 Bert Blyleven MIN 22    40.23 20.1%   332 99 23 133 121 .401 78     2,176.00 2111 205 1035 924 859 1317 .443   3.82     111.8 .337
1974    5 Bert Blyleven MIN 23    30.12 20.8%   347 128 25 137 147 .395 63     2,408.67 2250 179 1002 886 808 1443 .472   3.31     137.9 .397
1975    3 Frank Tanana CAL 21    29.78 15.6%   260 86 17 101 95 .388 64     1,734.00 1626 155 809 722 678 1154 .501   3.75      94.8 .365
1976    1 Mark Fidrych DET 21    41.99 22.4%   364 123 25 136 145 .374 83     2,374.00 2238 154 1048 911 857 1361 .440   3.45     125.7 .345
1977    5 Frank Tanana CAL 23    27.62 22.8%   412 119 15 141 164 .342 107     2,685.33 2771 280 1391 1252 861 1431 .394   4.20     124.8 .303
1978    5 Dennis Eckersley BOS 23    31.84 34.0%   655 182 32 245 241 .374 169     4,339.00 4282 360 2025 1810 1457 2152 .375   3.75     229.2 .350
1979    1 Dennis Eckersley BOS 24    32.34 30.2%   564 152 29 205 224 .363 135     3,681.00 3824 388 1893 1704 1263 1770 .348   4.17     202.0 .358
                                 
1980    3 Britt Burns CHI 21    29.54 22.7%   410 123 21 163 169 .398 78     2,785.00 2733 223 1278 1124 976 1442 .389   3.63     172.1 .420
1981    4 Dave Stieb TOR 23    19.28 14.7%   167 43 10 69 62 .413 36     1,072.67 966 70 432 379 368 611 .458   3.18      67.6 .405
1982    1 Dave Stieb TOR 24    36.24 20.1%   388 65 15 129 147 .332 112     2,383.33 2430 241 1227 1095 956 1348 .398   4.14     109.8 .283
1983    2 Richard Dotson CHI 24    28.30 17.9%   347 68 20 132 127 .380 88     2,213.33 2177 215 1131 1011 859 1356 .447   4.11     108.4 .312
1984    3 Frank Viola MIN 24    30.44 18.2%   343 75 21 140 127 .408 76     2,285.33 2257 186 1104 1002 765 1411 .467   3.95     126.4 .369
1985    1 Bret Saberhagen KC 21    36.98 20.5%   386 55 10 158 127 .409 101     2,392.67 2319 241 1180 1067 877 1340 .419   4.01     133.9 .347
1986    1 Roger Clemens BOS 23    46.22 23.0%   452 47 12 159 161 .352 132     2,740.00 2664 266 1442 1296 1176 1897 .494   4.26     137.4 .304
1987    1 Roger Clemens BOS 24    40.71 20.7%   373 79 19 143 137 .383 93     2,399.33 2386 301 1277 1199 965 1760 .525   4.50     131.6 .353
1988    5 Greg Swindell CLE 23    25.71 18.2%   354 63 12 131 146 .370 77     2,291.67 2223 229 1140 1008 740 1334 .450   3.96     117.0 .331
Pct. of Starter Game Statistics Starter Inning Statistics   Win Shares
Year  Rank  WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ Total GS CG SHO W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA    WS WS/G
1989   12 Greg Swindell CLE 24    18.00 17.1%   303 36 9 113 116 .373 74     1,913.00 1880 150 894 813 722 1126 .433   3.83      99.9 .330
                                 
1990   11 Kevin Appier KC 22    15.99 15.2%   280 33 11 108 98 .386 74     1,744.67 1752 135 846 761 658 1146 .476   3.93      80.8 .289
1991  T3  Jim Abbott CAL 23    27.02 17.7%   312 38 10 122 106 .391 84     1,943.33 1918 162 956 870 692 1196 .458   4.03      98.9 .317
1992    2 Mike Mussina BAL 23    35.20 20.2%   351 47 20 140 117 .399 94     2,285.33 2191 189 957 882 720 1304 .448   3.47     148.6 .423
1993    6 Alex Fernandez CHI 23    26.34 21.4%   384 21 7 161 111 .419 112     2,384.00 2370 249 1208 1099 983 1457 .435   4.15     140.7 .366
1994  T13  Wilson Alvarez CHI 24    13.60 14.6%   179 8 4 73 55 .408 51     1,072.33 1070 143 592 541 495 710 .454   4.54      62.3 .348
1995   19 Andy Pettitte NY 23    12.26 13.3%   198 12 2 69 89 .348 40     1,149.33 1214 155 710 667 473 664 .394   5.22      47.1 .238
1996    9 Andy Pettitte NY 24    21.82 17.3%   313 19 5 113 109 .361 91     1,873.00 1991 289 1126 1039 664 1176 .443   4.99      97.1 .310
1997    3 Justin Thompson DET 24    28.53 16.9%   311 15 3 107 103 .344 101     1,846.00 1991 256 1065 974 618 1164 .446   4.75      83.7 .269
1998   25 Tony Saunders TB 24    12.21 15.2%   296 9 5 88 119 .297 89     1,705.67 1895 235 1091 1002 721 1190 .455   5.29      59.3 .200
1999   11 Tim Hudson OAK 23    15.96 21.9%   426 30 6 144 161 .338 121     2,494.67 2659 332 1461 1338 985 1614 .443   4.83     124.6 .292
                                 
2000    4 Jeff Weaver DET 23    20.91 17.5%   307 17 7 106 112 .345 89     1,836.00 1944 243 1111 1008 749 1249 .464   4.94      94.0 .306
2001    4 Mark Buehrle CHI 22    24.94 21.2%   394 25 11 155 137 .393 102     2,387.00 2449 291 1297 1189 789 1627 .502   4.48     120.7 .306
2002    1 Barry Zito OAK 24    35.89 22.9%   406 22 8 175 124 .431 107     2,500.00 2433 273 1247 1145 906 1646 .493   4.12     154.9 .382
2003   12 Johan Santana MIN 24    17.41 23.0%   434 17 8 157 175 .362 102     2,566.67 2769 342 1473 1359 847 1592 .440   4.77     113.1 .261
2004   11 Rich Harden OAK 22    16.28 14.4%   274 7 5 90 95 .328 89     1,631.33 1638 210 907 858 609 1052 .468   4.73      80.3 .293
2005   15 Gustavo Chacin TOR 24    15.08 18.2%   354 15 2 129 133 .364 92     2,101.33 2104 239 1118 1022 756 1574 .550   4.38      98.6 .279
2006    4 Francisco Liriano MIN 22    19.88 17.8%   324 7 4 138 104 .426 82     1,904.00 1908 218 958 897 614 1544 .612   4.24     115.9 .358
2007    2 Fausto Carmona CLE 23    31.51 20.3%   380 6 4 140 137 .368 103     2,216.33 2361 257 1195 1088 802 1765 .558   4.42     115.5 .304
2008    5 Jon Lester BOS 24    21.76 25.6%   455 18 10 173 155 .380 127     2,691.00 2708 271 1312 1229 975 1891 .513   4.11     151.2 .332
2009    1 Felix Hernandez SEA 23    38.51 24.9%   445 8 3 169 153 .380 123     2,569.67 2697 332 1374 1256 974 1844 .502   4.40     130.7 .294
                                 
2010    1 Felix Hernandez SEA 24    32.89 19.2%   378 13 3 168 120 .444 90     2,319.67 2187 247 1043 958 775 1652 .558   3.72     144.1 .381
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