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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    1 Cy Young BOS 34    54.90 20.2%   194 175 14 119 68 .613 7     1,661.33 1755 31 867 600 387 473 .221   3.25     121.2 .625
1902    7 Bill Bernhard PHI/CLE 31    22.40 12.6%   120 106 6 60 51 .500 9     1,008.00 1152 33 599 433 242 225 .161   3.87      45.9 .383
1903   16 Clark Griffith NY 33    15.96 15.5%   153 142 13 72 81 .471 0     1,308.67 1377 28 641 452 236 471 .292   3.11      64.0 .418
1904    1 Jack Chesbro NY 30    70.23 14.3%   169 150 18 100 60 .592 9     1,407.67 1308 18 503 373 254 617 .395   2.39     104.5 .618
1905    7 Jesse Tannehill BOS 30    26.05 17.6%   200 147 18 82 93 .410 25     1,578.67 1462 38 690 498 368 621 .339   2.84      80.2 .401
1906    1 Al Orth NY 33    41.56 24.9%   277 228 31 140 125 .505 12     2,238.00 2064 27 854 624 509 906 .352   2.51     148.4 .536
1907    2 Eddie Plank PHI 31    33.48 38.2%   401 303 41 197 170 .491 34     3,254.33 2982 41 1300 871 780 1265 .336   2.41     190.0 .474
1908    5 Harry Howell STL 31    24.48 29.5%   303 215 37 137 141 .452 25     2,446.33 2098 20 858 607 572 1110 .416   2.23     149.4 .493
1909    4 Eddie Plank PHI 33    24.40 22.5%   220 152 30 94 107 .427 19     1,721.00 1480 12 587 425 475 738 .377   2.22     103.0 .468
                                 
1910    6 Cy Morgan PHI 31    22.24 19.3%   200 135 19 91 82 .455 27     1,558.67 1337 17 576 397 445 691 .388   2.29      87.8 .439
1911    4 Ed Walsh CHI 30    30.36 25.0%   246 166 19 106 108 .431 32     1,921.00 1954 32 897 654 545 849 .340   3.06     112.9 .459
1912    3 Ed Walsh CHI 31    35.03 19.1%   189 133 12 82 87 .434 20     1,471.33 1403 24 666 466 457 730 .392   2.85      94.2 .498
1913    4 Cy Falkenberg CLE 32    29.35 9.0%   95 51 7 39 48 .411 8       695.00 689 13 290 217 224 312 .342   2.81      42.5 .447
1914    9 Eddie Cicotte CHI 30    18.87 5.1%   53 29 11 26 18 .491 9       393.33 333 4 127 93 112 202 .454   2.13      29.0 .547
1915   22 Eddie Cicotte CHI 31     8.27 8.2%   79 41 2 29 35 .367 15       550.33 519 10 258 205 230 255 .340   3.35      21.4 .271
1916    3 Harry Coveleski DET 30    31.00 9.6%   100 47 10 51 27 .510 22       745.33 601 8 243 173 220 293 .357   2.09      55.9 .559
1917    1 Eddie Cicotte CHI 33    42.08 8.4%   86 50 13 41 38 .477 7       688.33 533 7 200 161 231 261 .342   2.11      46.6 .542
1918    1 Walter Johnson WAS 30    47.46 17.7%   140 102 15 59 66 .421 15     1,147.00 1062 14 420 322 313 425 .309   2.53      67.3 .481
1919    2 Walter Johnson WAS 31    31.09 9.4%   85 59 12 46 29 .541 10       676.67 620 13 282 193 170 266 .337   2.57      46.4 .546
                                 
1920    1 Stan Coveleski CLE 30    38.07 25.5%   256 162 16 131 106 .512 19     1,985.67 2067 56 927 728 519 690 .267   3.30     136.2 .532
1921    1 Red Faber CHI 32    50.52 32.5%   306 203 20 158 113 .516 35     2,357.00 2459 105 1109 935 714 899 .283   3.57     177.5 .580
1922    1 Red Faber CHI 33    35.74 32.1%   311 195 23 150 127 .482 34     2,452.00 2588 116 1106 927 686 862 .263   3.40     165.7 .533
1923    3 Sad Sam Jones NY 30    25.95 32.2%   336 191 28 169 121 .503 46     2,478.67 2502 88 1119 929 761 875 .268   3.37     179.9 .535
1924    2 Herb Pennock NY 30    30.94 31.6%   291 166 29 133 114 .457 44     2,145.67 2283 89 1036 879 634 685 .235   3.69     147.5 .507
1925    2 Herb Pennock NY 31    28.39 27.5%   295 164 11 120 130 .407 45     2,201.67 2454 104 1198 1012 780 698 .216   4.14     131.8 .447
1926    4 Tom Zachary STL 30    20.89 22.1%   210 100 12 90 83 .429 37     1,500.00 1619 61 807 688 577 419 .191   4.13      80.2 .381
1927    8 Herb Pennock NY 33    18.31 24.7%   269 130 11 116 107 .431 46     1,868.00 2081 94 1069 861 674 572 .208   4.15     103.1 .384
1928    4 Sam Gray STL 30    25.05 23.6%   242 120 17 106 108 .438 28     1,726.33 1875 92 904 772 543 516 .213   4.02      95.3 .393
1929    2 Firpo Marberry WAS 30    29.05 27.7%   282 160 16 126 118 .447 38     2,094.67 2263 127 1071 897 705 704 .237   3.85     143.3 .508
                                 
1930    1 Lefty Grove PHI 30    40.30 40.8%   432 210 18 187 162 .433 83     3,047.33 3261 185 1687 1436 1007 1272 .298   4.24     196.5 .455
1931    1 Lefty Grove PHI 31    62.59 40.8%   394 221 19 179 157 .454 58     2,930.67 3131 167 1557 1302 904 1063 .263   4.00     205.0 .520
1932    1 Lefty Grove PHI 32    37.26 30.2%   314 179 23 152 123 .484 39     2,405.33 2474 162 1226 1075 780 934 .287   4.02     157.8 .503
1933    1 Earl Whitehill WAS 33    26.97 31.0%   302 145 11 133 111 .440 58     2,211.33 2341 115 1136 982 711 758 .248   4.00     129.4 .428
1934    7 George Earnshaw CHI 34    16.02 21.1%   208 105 11 88 84 .423 36     1,467.67 1650 111 843 735 527 539 .248   4.51      78.8 .379
1935    4 Ted Lyons CHI 34    24.91 15.6%   160 74 6 59 65 .369 36     1,098.00 1175 88 581 497 411 328 .207   4.07      63.1 .395
1936    4 Johnny Allen CLE 30    28.74 22.1%   214 122 14 104 83 .486 27     1,554.67 1727 120 858 752 592 576 .248   4.35     113.3 .529
1937    3 Red Ruffing NY 33    32.07 35.8%   362 172 18 151 152 .417 59     2,565.67 2855 211 1514 1287 1020 1029 .266   4.51     148.2 .409
1938    1 Red Ruffing NY 34    30.72 47.2%   432 229 12 199 159 .461 74     3,105.33 3385 258 1803 1588 1314 1239 .264   4.60     193.6 .448
1939    3 Bobo Newsom STL/DET 31    28.86 38.6%   380 180 21 170 141 .447 69     2,708.00 2854 193 1396 1273 979 1089 .284   4.23     170.1 .448
                                 
1940    2 Bobo Newsom DET 32    33.10 36.9%   365 168 18 156 140 .427 69     2,606.67 2727 175 1349 1170 925 1070 .293   4.04     160.1 .439
1941    1 Thornton Lee CHI 34    48.11 36.5%   368 180 22 173 148 .470 47     2,642.00 2709 171 1342 1173 1016 1034 .278   4.00     150.4 .409
1942    5 Spud Chandler NY 34    25.54 33.4%   342 158 20 140 141 .409 61     2,431.00 2457 119 1196 1028 931 904 .267   3.81     108.8 .318
1943   11 Bill Dietrich CHI 33    15.70 24.7%   262 115 15 103 110 .393 49     1,873.67 1846 86 807 689 626 649 .263   3.31      90.6 .346
1944    4 Nels Potter STL 32    23.86 25.8%   269 123 18 120 107 .446 42     1,936.67 2030 106 919 769 593 668 .255   3.57      91.6 .341
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    2 Nels Potter STL 33    36.93 27.8%   259 145 24 117 108 .452 34     1,967.00 1840 78 772 662 606 729 .298   3.03     120.2 .464
1946    3 Dizzy Trout DET 31    32.46 26.6%   245 124 25 105 114 .429 26     1,804.00 1733 97 754 631 645 850 .357   3.15     110.4 .451
1947    4 Phil Marchildon PHI 33    24.48 32.8%   339 142 25 134 143 .395 62     2,335.33 2232 162 1094 970 976 1085 .338   3.74     117.0 .345
1948    4 Joe Dobson BOS 31    23.48 33.9%   339 126 16 142 126 .419 71     2,312.00 2399 150 1204 1057 973 884 .262   4.11     134.2 .396
1949    3 Virgil Trucks DET 32    29.55 39.1%   401 170 31 162 167 .404 72     2,761.67 2778 199 1431 1249 1255 1092 .271   4.07     141.5 .353
                                 
1950    5 Early Wynn CLE 30    22.32 32.8%   330 135 20 152 118 .461 60     2,280.33 2344 197 1188 1062 954 982 .298   4.19     139.0 .421
1951    1 Early Wynn CLE 31    28.48 43.4%   432 175 26 185 173 .428 74     2,950.00 2879 249 1456 1317 1281 1228 .295   4.02     155.1 .359
1952    2 Bob Lemon CLE 31    27.79 39.1%   363 174 24 162 135 .446 66     2,640.67 2451 171 1184 1028 1117 1201 .337   3.50     135.1 .372
1953    2 Mel Parnell BOS 31    28.59 25.8%   241 100 23 111 85 .461 45     1,708.33 1594 132 769 682 656 726 .323   3.59     100.6 .417
1954    1 Bob Lemon CLE 33    29.76 33.8%   345 160 28 163 133 .472 49     2,488.00 2307 167 1007 876 838 1001 .318   3.17     169.5 .491
1955   14 Bob Lemon CLE 34    11.94 22.8%   215 60 18 87 89 .405 39     1,423.00 1444 111 681 610 493 653 .337   3.86      71.5 .333
1956   12 Connie Johnson CHI/BAL 33    15.93 20.3%   193 55 13 66 72 .342 55     1,223.00 1230 111 630 563 503 651 .376   4.14      62.6 .324
1957    4 Billy Pierce CHI 30    21.71 21.1%   208 71 13 85 72 .409 51     1,465.67 1342 123 616 568 460 796 .442   3.49      79.5 .382
1958    1 Billy Pierce CHI 31    28.63 20.8%   190 83 17 85 68 .447 37     1,333.67 1214 140 533 474 393 683 .425   3.20      89.9 .473
1959    4 Don Mossi DET 30    23.12 25.9%   266 80 13 119 93 .447 54     1,763.67 1705 170 797 708 508 832 .376   3.61     102.2 .384
                                 
1960    2 Ray Herbert KC 30    22.51 25.8%   253 74 13 94 101 .372 58     1,631.33 1634 170 760 679 469 763 .363   3.75      89.1 .352
1961    1 Frank Lary DET 31    28.74 21.9%   285 85 16 120 90 .421 75     1,914.00 1890 210 927 802 555 1028 .420   3.77     113.9 .400
1962    2 Ray Herbert CHI 32    26.47 25.1%   324 100 18 142 118 .438 64     2,202.00 2214 220 997 903 629 1165 .410   3.69     135.4 .418
1963    3 Whitey Ford NY 34    28.66 17.3%   237 69 18 87 96 .367 54     1,578.33 1533 185 712 647 411 937 .482   3.69      69.1 .292
1964   15 Camilo Pascual MIN 30    15.68 10.8%   138 26 4 45 53 .326 40       879.67 836 114 425 369 290 574 .510   3.78      34.6 .251
1965   13 George Brunet CAL 30    15.64 10.6%   155 33 7 50 58 .323 47       932.00 859 90 439 374 305 582 .500   3.61      44.0 .284
1966    3 Earl Wilson BOS/DET 31    24.79 12.1%   148 41 9 62 48 .419 38       972.00 864 96 396 354 298 612 .527   3.28      62.3 .421
1967    2 Gary Peters CHI 30    25.60 17.7%   221 57 9 91 82 .412 48     1,477.00 1209 133 554 482 457 1010 .606   2.94      90.2 .409
1968   14 Earl Wilson DET 33    13.97 18.6%   259 62 25 95 104 .367 60     1,710.67 1435 116 616 539 530 1037 .528   2.84      91.1 .352
1969    3 Mike Cuellar BAL 32    32.52 18.9%   309 70 16 115 112 .372 82     1,961.00 1911 192 910 793 662 1196 .465   3.64      93.5 .302
                                 
1970    4 Jim Perry MIN 34    26.37 15.8%   263 66 18 115 88 .437 60     1,713.33 1675 180 802 706 496 1009 .465   3.71      85.1 .324
1971    3 Mickey Lolich DET 30    38.52 16.5%   261 104 19 120 90 .460 51     1,892.33 1766 165 754 683 508 1063 .467   3.25     111.5 .427
1972    1 Gaylord Perry CLE 33    60.34 26.8%   407 163 44 198 153 .486 56     2,987.67 2612 187 1017 899 793 1675 .492   2.71     204.3 .502
1973    4 Gaylord Perry CLE 34    31.19 29.3%   470 182 31 190 204 .404 76     3,270.33 3287 329 1544 1385 976 1719 .403   3.81     168.4 .358
1974    2 Luis Tiant BOS 33    40.69 26.9%   447 187 31 188 178 .421 81     3,118.33 3099 265 1413 1259 835 1639 .417   3.63     165.2 .369
1975   13 Luis Tiant BOS 34    19.47 23.5%   393 135 16 155 172 .394 66     2,600.00 2615 245 1308 1159 843 1359 .393   4.01     118.3 .301
1976    3 Jim Palmer BAL 30    37.40 32.6%   518 164 37 218 177 .421 123     3,527.67 3442 248 1531 1362 960 1568 .356   3.48     188.3 .363
1977    1 Jim Palmer BAL 31    41.09 25.6%   458 143 25 192 164 .419 102     3,052.67 2986 294 1450 1289 1060 1653 .409   3.80     184.7 .404
1978    3 Jim Palmer BAL 32    36.34 22.9%   433 138 25 181 163 .418 89     2,980.67 2837 250 1350 1193 1002 1465 .382   3.60     171.4 .396
1979    6 Mike Caldwell MIL 30    26.63 22.8%   421 116 17 173 145 .411 103     2,809.67 2836 273 1406 1241 905 1315 .352   3.98     168.5 .400
                                 
1980    2 Larry Gura KC 32    30.24 20.1%   371 92 17 151 134 .407 86     2,405.00 2619 217 1219 1083 715 1074 .322   4.05     121.4 .327
1981    3 Bert Blyleven CLE 30    20.67 24.4%   271 60 15 117 93 .432 61     1,819.67 1736 141 756 683 480 833 .376   3.38     103.4 .382
1982   12 Charlie Hough TEX 34    17.69 20.3%   379 94 16 158 138 .417 83     2,490.33 2502 271 1238 1133 848 1180 .352   4.10     123.1 .325
1983    4 Ron Guidry NY 32    26.52 11.4%   214 64 10 93 70 .435 51     1,453.00 1518 155 703 652 414 733 .379   4.04      77.1 .360
1984    4 Doyle Alexander TOR 33    30.23 18.3%   345 73 15 139 119 .403 87     2,292.33 2300 226 1097 983 730 1165 .384   3.86     117.4 .340
1985    4 Bert Blyleven CLE/MIN 34    30.45 24.8%   462 99 21 180 171 .390 111     2,948.67 3067 367 1545 1425 929 1725 .432   4.35     138.7 .300
1986    4 Jack Morris DET 31    25.78 15.3%   296 55 17 123 100 .416 73     1,851.67 1830 240 922 824 564 1100 .459   4.01     102.2 .345
1987    5 Jack Morris DET 32    28.25 20.9%   381 63 13 151 133 .396 97     2,409.33 2454 314 1263 1123 758 1497 .466   4.20     138.6 .364
1988    8 Tom Candiotti CLE 30    21.97 24.7%   475 94 19 204 162 .429 109     3,134.33 3095 300 1464 1320 994 1964 .480   3.79     171.3 .361
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   10 Tom Candiotti CLE 31    20.22 20.7%   368 46 10 139 135 .378 94     2,297.33 2356 202 1118 1021 734 1234 .399   4.00     106.2 .289
                                 
1990    3 Dave Stewart OAK 33    28.49 31.5%   579 60 16 241 207 .416 131     3,633.33 3551 348 1697 1548 1285 2081 .430   3.83     185.7 .321
1991    9 Jimmy Key TOR 30    21.90 26.1%   458 46 9 187 160 .408 111     2,892.33 2910 263 1377 1258 998 1650 .417   3.91     161.8 .353
1992    9 Frank Viola BOS 32    21.90 17.8%   312 35 11 122 112 .391 78     1,980.33 1915 174 969 880 720 1031 .391   4.00     100.4 .321
1993    3 David Cone KC 30    28.09 27.0%   477 60 14 175 175 .367 127     3,047.33 2971 343 1521 1394 1042 1886 .470   4.12     179.2 .376
1994    1 David Cone KC 31    29.46 37.3%   439 60 16 173 161 .394 105     2,845.67 2927 362 1559 1429 1048 1944 .489   4.52     169.5 .386
1995    1 Randy Johnson SEA 31    31.63 37.8%   542 47 15 233 164 .430 145     3,428.67 3517 361 1777 1621 1207 2435 .515   4.26     217.4 .401
1996    2 Ken Hill TEX 30    30.87 26.0%   455 45 13 179 163 .393 113     2,915.33 3069 369 1630 1499 1080 2038 .491   4.63     174.7 .384
1997    1 Roger Clemens TOR 34    53.19 34.4%   610 46 13 251 185 .411 174     3,902.00 3986 451 1974 1840 1342 2854 .536   4.24     231.4 .379
1998    4 Kenny Rogers OAK 33    23.98 28.4%   532 38 8 206 184 .387 142     3,325.67 3485 410 1852 1689 1231 2274 .482   4.57     172.8 .325
1999    4 Mike Mussina BAL 30    21.73 33.6%   654 31 6 237 230 .362 187     3,839.67 4226 502 2321 2123 1502 2430 .424   4.98     181.0 .277
                                 
2000    3 Mike Mussina BAL 31    22.06 29.9%   527 21 6 198 186 .376 143     3,130.33 3332 413 1839 1721 1260 2103 .458   4.95     155.4 .295
2001    2 Mike Mussina NY 32    28.29 25.1%   468 22 10 176 159 .376 133     2,809.00 2975 342 1552 1442 999 1935 .487   4.62     131.6 .281
2002    5 Pedro Martinez BOS 30    28.44 23.7%   421 29 11 152 160 .361 109     2,587.67 2793 325 1428 1300 768 1724 .484   4.52     124.9 .297
2003    1 Esteban Loaiza CHI 31    34.47 25.8%   473 30 5 207 156 .438 110     2,966.00 3020 368 1512 1380 815 1963 .512   4.19     180.1 .381
2004    3 Brad Radke MIN 31    22.63 26.0%   493 19 8 172 186 .349 135     2,965.33 3312 426 1791 1620 946 1860 .437   4.92     126.1 .256
2005    5 Bartolo Colon LA 32    23.05 20.9%   397 18 4 141 128 .355 128     2,474.00 2623 301 1281 1192 674 1497 .454   4.34     131.4 .331
2006   14 Freddy Garcia CHI 31    15.85 22.1%   399 12 3 152 153 .381 94     2,384.33 2630 317 1362 1260 728 1482 .441   4.76     111.9 .280
2007    4 Javier Vazquez CHI 30    23.64 15.7%   290 18 5 110 111 .379 69     1,758.00 1893 198 965 894 542 1269 .521   4.58      87.1 .300
2008    2 Roy Halladay TOR 31    30.94 16.1%   281 20 4 113 100 .402 68     1,740.67 1901 193 940 857 514 1291 .535   4.43      83.6 .298
2009    3 Roy Halladay TOR 32    28.78 21.9%   377 22 10 140 129 .371 108     2,353.00 2445 281 1166 1090 714 1667 .528   4.17     136.7 .363
                                 
2010   10 Cliff Lee TEX/SEA 31    20.38 18.4%   357 24 5 134 132 .375 91     2,257.67 2310 262 1143 1077 645 1580 .535   4.29     110.6 .310
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