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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	19	Frank Foreman	BOS/BAL	38	11.26	4.3%			42	35	1	19	18	.452	5			346.33	400	6	231	148	114	87	.169	3.85		17.5	.417
1902	1	Cy Young	BOS	35	49.09	4.6%			43	41	3	32	11	.744	0			376.67	343	6	133	90	52	157	.397	2.15		37.6	.874
1903	1	Cy Young	BOS	36	40.89	3.7%			35	34	7	26	8	.743	1			321.67	277	6	108	74	35	166	.532	2.07		31.0	.886
1904	2	Cy Young	BOS	37	41.93	3.6%			41	40	10	25	16	.610	0			372.33	320	6	102	81	28	196	.563	1.96		32.9	.802
1905	3	Cy Young	BOS	38	33.68	5.5%			60	52	7	23	33	.383	4			514.33	449	6	205	143	82	272	.512	2.50		32.2	.537
1906	20	Bill Bernhard	CLE	35	13.17	7.7%			85	66	3	33	47	.388	5			690.67	670	6	309	235	118	266	.338	3.06		27.0	.318
1907	4	Cy Young	BOS	40	28.58	3.7%			37	33	6	18	15	.486	4			324.33	270	3	95	72	48	139	.437	2.00		24.2	.654
1908	3	Cy Young	BOS	41	32.68	5.0%			50	38	4	23	23	.460	4			419.33	347	5	123	90	64	166	.404	1.93		28.1	.562
1909	8	Cy Young	CLE	42	22.03	3.6%			34	30	3	19	14	.559	1			291.67	264	4	109	73	58	108	.335	2.25		20.0	.588
1910	20	Cy Young	CLE	43	9.57	5.6%			58	35	6	21	28	.362	9			446.33	420	3	169	122	91	155	.303	2.46		23.3	.402
1911	7	Eddie Plank	PHI	35	21.42	5.7%			57	42	7	28	24	.491	5			429.00	427	9	191	126	111	183	.340	2.64		25.5	.447
1912	4	Eddie Plank	PHI	36	25.15	5.9%			57	43	5	30	23	.526	4			459.33	448	6	192	135	125	164	.286	2.65		33.4	.586
1913	15	Eddie Plank	PHI	37	12.07	4.7%			50	26	7	18	24	.360	8			364.00	321	5	149	115	99	194	.462	2.84		17.3	.346
1914	24	Eddie Plank	PHI	38	6.68	2.1%			23	11	4	11	6	.478	6			157.00	151	2	58	50	36	93	.497	2.87		7.6	.330
1915						0.0%
1916	13	Eddie Plank	STL	40	14.64	2.6%			26	17	3	13	12	.500	1			210.67	181	2	70	55	60	79	.328	2.35		13.3	.512
1917						0.0%
1918						0.0%
1919	1	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	35	40.40	7.5%			66	48	9	39	19	.591	8			544.33	474	12	164	132	108	197	.338	2.18		50.5	.765
1920	5	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	36	26.57	6.8%			67	45	6	38	20	.567	9			542.00	567	14	231	196	122	180	.261	3.25		38.6	.576
1921						0.0%
1922	11	Jack Quinn	BOS	38	20.05	3.2%			32	16	4	12	13	.375	7			241.00	250	8	109	93	58	63	.205	3.47		17.8	.556
1923	15	Walter Johnson	WAS	35	14.87	6.0%			62	34	4	27	25	.435	10			461.00	520	13	218	191	113	189	.299	3.73		25.9	.418
1924	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	36	35.55	12.3%			113	55	10	57	41	.504	15			831.00	811	26	362	307	236	309	.295	3.32		63.5	.562
1925	1	Stan Coveleski	WAS	35	30.30	15.3%			166	80	8	80	48	.482	38			1,210.67	1275	50	576	475	368	358	.218	3.53		88.8	.535
1926	6	Urban Shocker	NY	35	20.04	18.1%			169	88	10	81	64	.479	24			1,245.67	1343	44	554	475	331	364	.217	3.43		82.2	.486
1927	6	Jack Quinn	PHI	43	19.23	7.6%			83	37	6	40	28	.482	15			581.00	623	23	282	232	129	149	.198	3.59		38.6	.465
1928	3	Sad Sam Jones	WAS	35	25.67	8.3%			82	53	10	48	23	.585	11			631.33	660	19	272	220	178	149	.178	3.14		50.1	.611
1929	14	Red Faber	CHI	40	15.06	9.0%			96	38	3	38	40	.396	18			649.67	724	29	355	301	166	177	.199	4.17		33.6	.350
1930	14	Sad Sam Jones	WAS	37	13.95	6.5%			70	35	2	32	27	.457	11			484.00	547	19	279	226	122	163	.244	4.20		28.1	.401
1931	25	Herb Pennock	NY	37	8.99	8.4%			86	29	3	27	41	.314	18			565.33	703	26	322	270	144	184	.217	4.30		25.7	.299
1932	19	Rube Walberg	PHI	35	11.04	9.9%			108	45	5	41	45	.380	22			750.33	863	41	464	373	272	239	.211	4.47		30.3	.281
1933	12	Sad Sam Jones	CHI	40	14.48	7.0%			70	28	4	24	33	.343	13			479.67	492	26	258	217	187	147	.216	4.07		25.6	.366
1934	27	Sad Sam Jones	CHI	41	7.09	9.3%			95	34	4	30	43	.316	22			632.33	786	52	450	388	231	209	.206	5.52		14.9	.157
1935	2	Lefty Grove	BOS	35	37.16	12.1%			115	65	5	56	41	.487	18			910.00	1003	46	452	387	284	312	.242	3.83		59.2	.515
1936	1	Lefty Grove	BOS	36	35.67	10.8%			103	59	8	50	42	.485	11			773.67	871	75	429	381	256	269	.239	4.43		53.9	.523
1937	2	Lefty Grove	BOS	37	38.01	7.7%			76	38	4	37	24	.487	15			562.67	627	39	287	262	196	244	.296	4.19		39.9	.525
1938	5	Lefty Grove	BOS	38	20.26	7.5%			67	33	2	31	23	.463	13			500.00	581	38	259	230	180	204	.268	4.14		33.1	.494
1939	2	Lefty Grove	BOS	39	36.61	7.9%			72	55	7	50	17	.694	5			597.00	553	30	222	183	159	241	.338	2.76		63.2	.878
1940	9	Ted Lyons	CHI	39	19.23	9.6%			93	56	8	41	37	.441	15			699.67	698	70	330	288	216	301	.329	3.70		49.6	.533
1941	7	Red Ruffing	NY	37	15.16	8.9%			86	55	5	41	31	.477	14			664.33	686	45	333	279	191	243	.277	3.78		41.4	.481
1942	1	Ted Lyons	CHI	41	34.68	9.7%			93	63	10	52	31	.559	10			751.33	686	37	265	225	219	333	.368	2.70		64.8	.697
1943	1	Spud Chandler	NY	35	41.13	18.8%			196	91	18	90	68	.459	38			1,443.00	1292	55	557	475	521	648	.357	2.96		91.7	.468
1944	6	Bobo Newsom	PHI	36	22.37	14.9%			151	71	10	52	68	.344	31			1,144.67	1093	44	470	383	329	441	.310	3.01		63.5	.421
						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	6	Dutch Leonard	WAS	36	22.66	20.9%			197	99	18	78	88	.396	31			1,460.00	1425	53	609	497	487	602	.315	3.06		82.6	.419
1946	4	Spud Chandler	NY	38	31.27	12.7%			118	56	12	58	42	.492	18			849.67	792	38	341	276	273	384	.361	2.92		50.3	.426
1947	14	Spud Chandler	NY	39	13.65	8.1%			84	35	8	38	30	.452	16			568.33	572	25	242	220	174	210	.282	3.48		32.3	.385
1948	27	Mickey Haefner	WAS	35	5.61	3.4%			35	10	1	9	18	.257	8			228.33	240	15	124	105	83	63	.195	4.14		10.7	.306
1949	24	Mickey Haefner	WAS/CHI	36	7.60	2.3%			24	8	2	9	10	.375	5			157.67	151	14	80	73	85	34	.144	4.17		8.3	.346
1950	7	Allie Reynolds	NY	35	20.13	12.5%			121	61	5	57	47	.471	17			902.33	933	74	461	413	381	424	.323	4.12		56.3	.465
1951	8	Allie Reynolds	NY	36	21.16	9.5%			92	47	9	38	40	.413	14			662.33	649	37	328	293	260	284	.312	3.98		32.1	.349
1952	4	Allie Reynolds	NY	37	25.25	16.3%			149	74	14	65	65	.436	19			1,113.67	1020	58	441	379	415	579	.403	3.06		74.1	.497
1953	1	Virgil Trucks	STL/CHI	36	36.25	16.9%			159	61	13	72	55	.453	32			1,116.00	1081	97	449	396	337	491	.346	3.19		76.2	.479
1954	6	Virgil Trucks	CHI	37	20.97	9.1%			93	37	10	51	20	.548	22			674.33	644	51	267	245	211	326	.381	3.27		40.8	.439
1955	4	Early Wynn	CLE	35	26.14	14.9%			141	45	15	66	49	.468	26			922.33	937	100	428	379	301	407	.329	3.70		51.9	.368
1956	1	Early Wynn	CLE	36	33.68	13.2%			122	49	7	54	43	.443	25			823.67	769	83	373	326	329	368	.335	3.56		53.4	.438
1957	11	Jim Wilson	CHI	35	13.78	11.8%			120	35	8	48	44	.400	28			790.00	780	79	373	334	298	394	.365	3.81		36.7	.306
1958	22	Early Wynn	CHI	38	7.67	7.7%			74	19	5	27	29	.365	18			468.33	447	60	228	214	181	290	.462	4.11		16.8	.227
1959	2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	35	31.51	6.6%			64	27	8	37	19	.578	8			466.33	370	32	166	141	190	304	.543	2.72		42.3	.661
1960	11	Early Wynn	CHI	40	14.52	5.6%			55	19	5	21	16	.382	18			357.67	346	31	154	133	125	204	.433	3.35		23.5	.427
1961	17	Hal Brown	BAL	36	14.91	4.9%			66	15	3	28	20	.424	18			419.00	403	42	185	174	125	197	.373	3.74		25.5	.386
1962	9	Robin Roberts	BAL	35	19.50	4.0%			51	17	3	17	24	.333	10			355.00	345	32	153	142	97	192	.434	3.60		19.3	.378
1963	11	Robin Roberts	BAL	36	15.88	4.9%			65	16	5	25	26	.385	14			457.33	441	62	206	190	68	208	.409	3.74		21.6	.332
1964	2	Whitey Ford	NY	35	32.65	7.2%			90	25	12	37	22	.411	31			595.67	582	47	213	196	130	354	.497	2.96		43.3	.481
1965	9	Whitey Ford	NY	36	16.95	3.8%			51	14	3	20	20	.392	11			358.67	337	39	144	129	67	213	.527	3.24		17.3	.339
1966						0.0%
1967						0.0%
1968						0.0%
1969						0.0%
1970	47	Earl Wilson	DET	35	1.89	2.0%			36	6	2	9	9	.250	18			205.00	200	23	112	100	77	137	.495	4.39		3.5	.097
1971	T46	Jim Perry	MIN	35	-	2.4%			39	8	0	17	17	.436	5			269.00	263	39	135	127	102	125	.342	4.25		-	.000
1972	11	Mike Cuellar	BAL	35	17.88	6.2%			100	29	9	43	40	.430	17			660.33	590	52	275	234	189	339	.435	3.19		32.3	.323
1973	18	Mike Cuellar	BAL	36	16.92	6.3%			108	27	4	45	43	.417	20			652.33	690	71	323	276	201	314	.352	3.81		32.1	.297
1974	1	Gaylord Perry	CLE	35	43.41	9.3%			150	71	15	80	48	.533	22			1,113.67	980	71	400	352	310	530	.411	2.85		90.1	.601
1975	6	Jim Kaat	CHI	36	26.89	11.3%			186	65	13	69	75	.371	42			1,267.00	1268	104	585	518	388	644	.389	3.68		68.1	.366
1976	5	Luis Tiant	BOS	35	27.75	5.6%			89	42	6	40	37	.449	12			618.00	621	47	257	238	157	300	.386	3.47		39.2	.440
1977	13	Gaylord Perry	TEX	38	19.00	5.5%			101	21	8	36	38	.356	27			635.33	696	74	344	314	189	396	.447	4.45		31.7	.314
1978	13	Luis Tiant	BOS	37	18.77	4.5%			88	26	9	37	26	.420	25			577.00	589	65	278	262	194	238	.304	4.09		32.2	.366
1979	2	Tommy John	NY	36	30.18	8.8%			158	44	9	76	49	.481	33			1,106.00	1092	100	494	437	328	571	.402	3.56		77.8	.492
1980	8	Tommy John	NY	37	22.73	10.7%			196	49	9	84	67	.429	45			1,287.00	1305	107	614	544	352	728	.439	3.80		74.0	.377
1981	14	Tommy John	NY	38	12.22	11.8%			136	29	1	48	59	.353	29			842.67	868	82	418	378	272	377	.331	4.04		25.4	.187
1982	3	Jim Palmer	BAL	36	27.46	14.0%			267	56	13	105	75	.393	87			1,696.33	1753	165	825	764	472	721	.324	4.05		90.9	.341
1983	8	Charlie Hough	TEX	35	21.66	15.0%			286	61	9	99	117	.346	70			1,905.67	2013	185	966	867	550	824	.321	4.10		86.6	.303
1984	11	Geoff Zahn	CAL	38	20.67	12.4%			233	53	13	97	88	.416	48			1,575.33	1643	151	761	686	459	769	.366	3.92		80.8	.347
1985	5	Charlie Hough	TEX	37	28.85	10.5%			195	31	4	75	76	.385	44			1,256.33	1233	140	615	552	450	663	.394	3.95		67.5	.346
1986	8	Bert Blyleven	MIN	35	20.77	13.9%			265	46	8	96	98	.362	71			1,704.67	1719	236	886	782	513	1030	.461	4.13		90.5	.342
1987	9	Bert Blyleven	MIN	36	20.69	14.8%			272	38	3	89	100	.327	83			1,673.33	1709	230	952	843	615	1024	.441	4.53		82.9	.305
1988	10	Charlie Hough	TEX	40	21.16	11.6%			226	31	3	86	86	.381	54			1,446.67	1528	140	749	678	443	789	.400	4.22		63.2	.280
						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	2	Bert Blyleven	CAL	38	31.75	12.5%			217	32	12	76	79	.350	62			1,418.33	1376	136	656	594	467	855	.464	3.77		77.0	.355
1990	10	Nolan Ryan	TEX	43	18.21	8.3%			150	24	5	57	54	.380	39			972.00	896	107	519	476	372	683	.539	4.41		40.4	.269
1991	7	Jack Morris	MIN	36	22.38	8.4%			145	20	7	59	50	.407	36			951.33	823	86	422	385	375	666	.556	3.64		57.0	.393
1992	17	Jack Morris	TOR	37	16.10	15.8%			278	27	4	108	98	.388	72			1,751.67	1716	177	883	803	628	996	.425	4.13		80.7	.290
1993	8	Danny Darwin	BOS	37	24.79	12.0%			217	14	3	80	81	.369	56			1,314.67	1454	171	760	697	437	665	.352	4.77		54.2	.250
1994	7	Dennis Martinez	CLE	39	17.88	9.0%			108	10	3	40	30	.370	38			667.33	740	85	400	369	235	447	.458	4.98		32.0	.296
1995	6	Dennis Martinez	CLE	40	21.22	7.4%			110	6	3	39	43	.355	28			651.00	715	94	400	377	230	379	.401	5.21		29.5	.268
1996	12	Orel Hershiser	CLE	37	16.21	6.6%			120	5	1	51	38	.425	31			719.67	778	90	415	380	244	435	.426	4.75		41.3	.344
1997	9	Jimmy Key	BAL	36	20.16	7.9%			141	11	4	55	49	.390	37			896.33	971	112	460	425	280	513	.410	4.27		51.3	.364
1998	1	Roger Clemens	TOR	35	37.94	19.0%			350	35	12	150	111	.429	89			2,258.33	2266	274	1117	1013	646	1652	.567	4.04		151.8	.434
1999	2	Jamie Moyer	SEA	36	23.56	16.4%			317	19	5	115	109	.363	93			1,897.33	2049	264	1131	1036	693	1328	.484	4.91		92.7	.292
2000	2	David Wells	TOR	37	22.67	12.3%			213	15	1	87	71	.408	55			1,300.67	1419	151	733	678	472	969	.512	4.69		75.0	.352
2001	3	Roger Clemens	NY	38	25.57	11.7%			216	11	1	90	61	.417	65			1,320.67	1404	169	705	643	411	907	.500	4.38		70.1	.325
2002	12	Jamie Moyer	SEA	39	17.74	16.7%			294	16	6	120	83	.408	91			1,833.67	1854	214	923	834	522	1275	.537	4.09		109.9	.374
2003	7	Jamie Moyer	SEA	40	22.82	12.6%			234	9	3	99	68	.423	67			1,435.67	1507	170	744	696	380	923	.489	4.36		82.9	.354
2004	2	Curt Schilling	BOS	37	30.19	11.9%			225	7	1	94	68	.418	63			1,369.67	1443	192	751	696	397	939	.510	4.57		75.6	.336
2005	7	Kenny Rogers	TEX	40	20.17	13.2%			251	14	4	108	79	.430	64			1,552.00	1677	201	823	775	428	999	.475	4.49		80.9	.322
2006	8	Curt Schilling	BOS	39	18.15	11.7%			208	7	1	87	64	.418	57			1,287.33	1336	171	683	613	315	886	.537	4.29		68.9	.331
2007	21	Andy Pettitte	NY	35	13.27	13.6%			251	6	5	103	89	.410	59			1,506.67	1696	164	831	769	462	880	.408	4.59		73.9	.294
2008	8	Mike Mussina	NY	39	19.98	10.0%			177	3	0	71	65	.401	41			1,060.00	1147	126	564	524	286	659	.460	4.45		54.2	.306
2009	28	Andy Pettitte	NY	37	9.95	4.2%			74	2	0	30	26	.405	18			439.00	451	43	251	225	171	309	.497	4.61		19.3	.261
2010	24	Andy Pettitte	NY	38	12.12	5.0%			99	1	0	31	34	.313	34			591.67	647	81	334	309	184	393	.473	4.70		22.2	.224
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