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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	39.6%			388	338	26	193	169	.497	26			3,211.00	3536	83	1890	1278	846	943	.215	3.58		191.9	.495
1902	12	Addie Joss	CLE	22	17.22	9.9%			96	81	7	41	48	.427	7			777.67	810	19	442	301	262	249	.232	3.48		38.1	.397
1903	13	Chief Bender	PHI	19	17.86	11.6%			120	95	9	56	56	.467	8			939.00	902	15	467	343	264	363	.311	3.29		46.2	.385
1904	11	Fred Glade	STL	28	22.32	11.6%			138	121	17	58	71	.420	9			1,139.00	1033	17	456	328	266	503	.387	2.59		59.0	.428
1905	33	Bill Hogg	NY	23	3.08	3.2%			37	21	4	10	18	.270	9			276.00	262	3	143	102	99	140	.388	3.33		6.5	.176
1906	26	Jack Coombs	PHI	23	8.79	9.8%			107	78	8	32	65	.299	10			896.67	827	11	433	307	313	392	.344	3.08		28.5	.266
1907	11	Glenn Liebhardt	CLE	24	19.77	8.0%			86	59	9	36	42	.419	8			665.67	602	5	259	177	201	293	.365	2.39		33.2	.386
1908	7	Ed Summers	DET	23	21.72	15.7%			161	112	16	63	83	.391	15			1,296.00	1189	17	569	362	335	528	.346	2.51		51.8	.322
1909	10	Harry Krause	PHI	21	20.62	18.6%			183	125	24	67	98	.366	18			1,421.33	1171	14	537	388	472	708	.431	2.46		71.2	.389
1910	3	Russ Ford	NY	27	44.07	17.3%			180	110	23	82	71	.456	27			1,396.67	1180	23	529	394	448	723	.444	2.54		85.0	.472
1911	2	Vean Gregg	CLE	26	37.07	13.6%			132	91	8	57	56	.432	19			1,054.67	997	18	511	380	411	514	.365	3.24		70.6	.535
1912	5	Buck O'Brien	BOS	30	24.81	18.4%			185	126	9	84	81	.454	20			1,400.67	1338	20	667	488	465	594	.329	3.14		82.9	.448
1913	2	Reb Russell	CHI	24	34.31	27.1%			282	156	28	112	129	.397	41			2,126.67	1920	26	904	657	745	939	.352	2.78		119.5	.424
1914	14	Ernie Shore	BOS	23	12.27	10.6%			112	50	12	44	46	.393	22			791.33	638	10	307	220	266	403	.446	2.50		43.3	.387
1915	12	Babe Ruth	BOS	20	17.70	6.5%			61	28	2	31	21	.508	9			438.67	360	5	188	146	180	198	.367	3.00		25.6	.420
1916	15	Jim Bagby	CLE	26	12.47	14.4%			147	79	9	59	66	.401	22			1,131.33	1061	24	525	396	423	547	.369	3.15		40.0	.272
1917	29	Allen Sothoron	STL	24	5.01	6.5%			69	37	5	24	36	.348	9			513.33	471	8	248	178	217	173	.251	3.12		13.7	.199
1918	3	Scott Perry	PHI	27	36.70	12.1%			97	61	10	36	51	.371	10			772.00	728	2	312	233	280	209	.207	2.72		43.4	.447
1919	19	Dickie Kerr	CHI	25	11.82	6.8%			61	40	1	16	37	.262	8			493.00	492	8	239	180	173	193	.290	3.29		22.6	.370
1920	23	Rip Collins	NY	24	7.90	6.2%			67	31	4	25	31	.373	11			448.67	483	14	253	202	169	136	.209	4.05		16.7	.249
1921	27	Ray Kolp	STL	26	5.21	1.8%			18	5	1	6	6	.333	6			121.00	146	12	79	62	37	26	.142	4.61		6.1	.339
1922	5	Herm Pillette	DET	26	22.55	17.0%			173	89	13	65	72	.376	36			1,243.00	1335	51	617	517	405	365	.210	3.74		66.5	.384
1923	24	Joe Shaute	CLE	23	9.34	8.1%			87	37	1	32	35	.368	20			598.33	652	26	324	259	246	202	.225	3.90		28.8	.331
1924	12	Ernie Wingard	STL	23	16.44	13.5%			130	62	4	56	50	.431	24			871.67	1029	29	510	405	341	201	.147	4.18		46.2	.355
1925	13	Jake Miller	CLE	27	15.44	12.2%			133	69	10	52	63	.391	18			954.00	1065	40	533	454	375	262	.182	4.28		51.8	.389
1926	7	Dutch Levsen	CLE	28	19.31	12.0%			116	56	7	46	47	.397	23			805.67	788	27	396	338	330	269	.241	3.78		46.5	.401
1927	4	Bump Hadley	WAS	22	22.99	16.6%			179	87	9	77	62	.430	40			1,265.33	1319	32	654	579	511	403	.220	4.12		71.9	.402
1928	9	Ed (W) Morris	BOS	28	20.72	15.4%			158	76	5	60	77	.380	21			1,129.33	1188	76	609	528	442	431	.264	4.21		54.1	.342
1929	7	Wes Ferrell	CLE	21	20.72	4.0%			40	27	1	22	14	.550	4			304.33	325	9	147	122	127	115	.254	3.61		22.8	.570
1930	16	Pat Caraway	CHI	24	12.98	7.9%			86	35	4	33	34	.384	19			574.33	675	41	342	295	175	190	.224	4.62		33.0	.384
1931	24	Vic Frasier	CHI	26	9.27	7.3%			75	28	4	28	36	.373	11			490.00	536	31	317	263	260	228	.286	4.83		15.4	.205
1932	7	Monte Weaver	WAS	26	20.88	9.6%			104	52	5	58	27	.558	19			736.00	710	39	368	311	292	251	.250	3.80		55.8	.537
1933	4	Monte Pearson	CLE	23	21.07	8.6%			85	44	4	41	24	.482	20			597.33	608	36	298	246	262	235	.270	3.71		39.5	.465
1934	6	Bobo Newsom	STL	26	18.60	22.2%			218	100	11	80	98	.367	40			1,556.67	1606	89	834	726	726	624	.268	4.20		96.3	.442
1935	8	John Whitehead	CHI	26	19.95	10.9%			109	54	10	44	44	.404	21			778.67	794	54	397	356	361	270	.234	4.11		50.6	.464
1936	7	Harry Kelley	PHI	30	21.85	9.4%			93	46	2	36	44	.387	13			654.00	773	55	413	372	263	193	.186	5.12		33.1	.356
1937	21	Archie McKain	BOS	26	8.52	9.3%			99	35	1	26	53	.263	20			631.67	728	51	401	352	272	212	.212	5.02		22.3	.225
1938	19	Jim Bagby Jr.	BOS	21	9.58	5.6%			52	25	2	19	22	.365	11			362.33	382	24	231	200	187	192	.337	4.97		19.2	.369
1939	14	Dizzy Trout	DET	24	13.15	15.9%			165	62	7	51	81	.309	33			1,050.00	1247	77	692	606	465	339	.198	5.19		32.1	.195
1940	17	Sid Hudson	WAS	25	12.10	12.5%			128	56	5	48	59	.375	21			860.33	928	70	513	453	355	397	.309	4.74		38.6	.302
1941	8	Phil Marchildon	PHI	27	14.98	10.1%			103	54	6	46	45	.447	12			730.33	781	61	391	349	275	215	.204	4.30		35.3	.343
1942	9	Hal White	DET	23	18.17	14.5%			145	73	12	61	62	.421	22			1,073.00	1042	52	499	429	486	454	.297	3.60		56.3	.388
1943	5	Butch Wensloff	NY	27	17.63	16.7%			173	87	12	67	76	.387	30			1,295.67	1112	42	504	437	490	574	.358	3.04		72.0	.416
1944	11	Monk Dubiel	NY	26	14.98	13.6%			142	63	12	56	61	.394	25			1,018.33	1031	51	474	422	384	360	.254	3.73		39.6	.279
						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	5	Boo Ferriss	BOS	23	23.20	16.4%			156	82	14	71	63	.455	22			1,137.67	1098	47	521	444	459	394	.253	3.51		49.6	.318
1946	35	Bob Savage	PHI	24	0.03	1.9%			19	7	1	3	14	.158	2			117.33	128	4	64	61	68	56	.286	4.68		0.2	.011
1947	11	Spec Shea	NY	26	16.31	10.0%			103	42	6	40	43	.388	20			712.67	670	43	326	289	303	268	.275	3.65		37.7	.366
1948	3	Gene Bearden	CLE	27	27.02	13.2%			133	43	7	53	53	.398	27			891.67	903	43	460	402	484	389	.280	4.06		45.2	.340
1949	8	Mike Garcia	CLE	25	21.03	9.8%			99	52	6	49	34	.495	16			700.00	676	38	318	276	353	293	.285	3.55		53.3	.538
1950	18	Bob Cain	CHI	25	12.03	9.1%			95	32	4	34	41	.358	20			606.67	641	52	370	333	318	236	.246	4.94		22.4	.236
1951	4	Saul Rogovin	DET/CHI	27	23.31	7.7%			76	30	5	30	26	.395	20			528.67	493	47	240	206	200	197	.284	3.51		32.6	.429
1952	12	Harry Byrd	PHI	27	16.43	3.1%			28	15	3	14	13	.500	1			210.67	223	11	91	78	89	107	.343	3.33		14.8	.529
1953	11	Marion Fricano	PHI	29	15.72	8.5%			81	23	3	20	41	.247	20			544.67	583	44	298	275	224	220	.273	4.54		20.5	.253
1954	7	Jack Harshman	CHI	26	19.37	19.7%			205	83	14	88	89	.429	28			1,426.67	1362	115	697	623	646	695	.346	3.93		72.7	.355
1955	6	Herb Score	CLE	22	21.58	14.1%			132	48	9	53	53	.402	26			880.00	808	78	433	381	465	536	.421	3.90		43.5	.330
1956	T29	Troy Herriage	KC	25	-	1.5%			16	1	0	1	12	.063	3			81.00	102	10	62	58	48	49	.327	6.44		-	.000
1957	21	Ralph Terry	NY/KC	21	7.93	3.5%			36	6	3	9	20	.250	7			234.00	201	23	98	81	79	146	.521	3.12		13.3	.369
1958	23	Gary Bell	CLE	21	7.21	7.5%			72	24	1	28	26	.389	18			457.00	407	39	209	193	188	246	.413	3.80		19.2	.267
1959	16	Jim Perry	CLE	23	12.42	6.1%			61	24	7	29	23	.475	9			428.33	381	34	182	165	156	218	.406	3.47		29.2	.479
1960	10	Chuck Estrada	BAL	22	14.93	12.4%			123	30	4	41	39	.333	43			772.00	691	63	357	314	378	475	.444	3.66		42.1	.342
1961	10	Don Schwall	BOS	25	19.60	15.0%			197	53	12	74	82	.376	41			1,287.33	1294	119	652	562	536	697	.381	3.93		68.6	.348
1962	13	Dave Stenhouse	WAS	28	12.76	12.3%			164	36	11	53	63	.323	48			1,042.33	959	103	504	448	452	617	.437	3.87		50.6	.309
1963	1	Gary Peters	CHI	26	32.26	11.1%			153	40	10	60	56	.392	37			1,000.00	883	76	421	388	402	728	.567	3.49		57.3	.375
1964	4	Wally Bunker	BAL	19	26.45	10.7%			140	34	8	54	51	.386	35			846.67	781	99	401	366	329	512	.461	3.89		35.6	.254
1965	14	Marcelino Lopez	CAL	21	15.48	9.5%			140	22	6	47	58	.336	35			826.33	752	71	384	342	368	520	.464	3.73		26.2	.187
1966	11	Jim Nash	KC	21	16.11	5.5%			66	21	4	31	19	.470	16			458.67	386	29	169	149	134	264	.508	2.92		31.8	.482
1967	21	Rickey Clark	CAL	21	9.47	7.5%			100	13	6	36	37	.360	27			578.00	538	46	268	234	239	372	.479	3.64		18.9	.189
1968	4	Stan Bahnsen	NY	23	30.43	6.3%			88	18	3	32	38	.364	18			575.00	470	36	203	173	183	308	.472	2.71		31.4	.357
1969	16	Mike Nagy	BOS	21	15.48	12.0%			198	50	16	66	70	.333	62			1,241.33	1152	109	594	514	556	741	.434	3.73		55.1	.278
1970	16	Bob Johnson	KC	27	14.82	13.7%			233	38	7	71	94	.305	68			1,439.67	1398	154	709	632	585	972	.490	3.95		58.8	.252
1971	21	Bill Parsons	MIL	22	14.73	7.0%			115	34	13	42	48	.365	25			761.33	678	53	294	265	280	430	.449	3.13		43.5	.378
1972	21	Dick Tidrow	CLE	25	14.11	6.7%			111	23	7	36	45	.324	30			680.00	626	50	286	252	258	448	.507	3.34		30.2	.272
1973	11	Doc Medich	NY	24	21.49	8.6%			143	34	6	50	56	.350	37			928.67	888	89	453	400	413	654	.503	3.88		45.3	.317
1974	22	Frank Tanana	CAL	20	12.98	5.7%			98	22	7	30	48	.306	20			631.00	611	63	277	248	217	336	.406	3.54		27.1	.277
1975	19	Dennis Eckersley	CLE	20	16.04	9.3%			157	42	8	65	60	.414	32			1,027.00	1036	89	499	445	422	567	.389	3.90		56.9	.362
1976	1	Mark Fidrych	DET	21	41.99	6.7%			110	38	11	46	35	.418	29			710.67	655	36	292	248	246	288	.320	3.14		46.5	.423
1977	7	Dave Rozema	DET	20	24.89	14.4%			261	72	9	88	115	.337	58			1,683.00	1716	178	870	780	557	898	.395	4.17		81.8	.313
1978	21	Rich Gale	KC	24	13.97	14.0%			277	66	13	94	103	.339	80			1,735.33	1678	131	815	716	636	843	.364	3.71		92.8	.335
1979	19	Ross Baumgarten	CHI	24	14.95	9.7%			181	39	9	73	72	.403	36			1,183.33	1251	115	643	570	439	514	.304	4.34		60.0	.331
1980	3	Britt Burns	CHI	21	29.54	6.8%			129	28	3	46	54	.357	29			785.00	775	75	403	352	311	378	.348	4.04		37.7	.292
1981	9	Dave Righetti	NY	22	14.75	3.2%			36	9	1	16	12	.444	8			229.33	192	9	83	69	83	160	.582	2.71		16.3	.453
1982	23	Jerry Ujdur	DET	25	13.14	6.9%			135	20	5	40	61	.296	34			802.00	827	116	440	412	353	432	.366	4.62		26.4	.196
1983	9	Mike Boddicker	BAL	25	21.13	13.1%			254	59	17	101	93	.398	60			1,614.67	1594	124	787	692	593	851	.389	3.86		87.1	.343
1984	10	Mark Langston	SEA	23	21.23	14.6%			280	38	9	102	105	.364	73			1,788.33	1757	168	898	812	613	1070	.451	4.09		88.8	.317
1985	20	Ted Higuera	MIL	26	14.00	5.4%			102	18	4	45	29	.441	28			632.67	579	78	326	296	247	377	.456	4.21		30.3	.297
1986	23	Bob Tewksbury	NY	25	11.07	14.1%			281	22	7	92	103	.327	86			1,643.67	1654	184	917	834	755	1072	.445	4.57		63.5	.226
1987	33	Les Straker	MIN	27	7.86	7.5%			141	17	5	48	50	.340	43			825.67	859	120	490	454	292	499	.434	4.95		30.1	.213
1988	18	Don August	MIL	24	13.70	8.5%			171	18	3	54	71	.316	46			1,020.33	1046	118	571	505	360	566	.403	4.45		37.9	.222
						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	17	Kevin Brown	TEX	24	15.79	12.9%			230	25	4	77	90	.335	63			1,426.33	1396	107	684	613	533	797	.413	3.87		68.6	.298
1990	11	Kevin Appier	KC	22	15.99	5.9%			109	8	6	48	34	.440	27			682.67	629	44	273	240	199	406	.490	3.16		49.9	.458
1991	18	Juan Guzman	TOR	24	15.35	11.9%			218	10	1	75	86	.344	57			1,262.00	1311	144	720	670	482	760	.424	4.78		35.3	.162
1992	12	Dave Fleming	SEA	22	18.23	6.5%			114	16	9	51	33	.447	30			735.33	706	45	296	276	229	415	.444	3.38		52.3	.459
1993	20	Aaron Sele	BOS	23	13.94	5.8%			107	4	0	37	28	.346	42			621.33	567	65	304	276	306	443	.507	4.00		36.0	.336
1994	37	Brian Anderson	CAL	22	5.28	1.4%			18	0	0	7	5	.389	6			101.67	120	13	63	59	27	47	.320	5.22		5.8	.322
1995	19	Andy Pettitte	NY	23	12.26	11.8%			173	9	1	58	74	.335	41			1,040.00	1115	115	606	558	396	550	.364	4.83		52.5	.303
1996	14	Jose Rosado	KC	21	15.49	10.1%			187	7	3	66	62	.353	59			1,063.33	1149	183	646	604	389	651	.423	5.11		50.7	.271
1997	25	Jason Dickson	ANA	24	10.60	8.9%			166	6	2	52	51	.313	63			940.67	1066	129	567	524	334	562	.401	5.01		38.1	.230
1998	8	Rolando Arrojo	TB	29	21.03	9.4%			183	7	4	63	68	.344	52			1,063.00	1121	141	622	576	415	729	.475	4.88		48.7	.266
1999	5	Freddy Garcia	SEA	28	19.92	11.1%			217	7	4	82	72	.378	63			1,263.33	1298	151	678	627	515	860	.474	4.47		79.5	.366
2000	34	Mark Redman	MIN	26	9.04	9.2%			165	5	3	52	63	.315	50			938.00	1060	140	639	579	431	549	.368	5.56		34.6	.210
2001	24	CC Sabathia	CLE	20	12.49	10.2%			197	2	1	65	67	.330	65			1,089.67	1158	154	675	620	412	761	.485	5.12		33.8	.172
2002	18	Rodrigo Lopez	BAL	26	13.85	9.0%			166	3	0	63	55	.380	48			945.67	1003	100	531	497	385	599	.432	4.73		43.0	.259
2003	42	Jason Davis	CLE	23	4.17	8.1%			159	2	1	40	71	.252	48			861.00	1012	134	603	544	303	480	.365	5.69		17.7	.111
2004	17	Zack Greinke	KC	20	11.71	7.3%			142	3	2	46	51	.324	45			813.33	848	110	461	429	298	558	.487	4.75		39.4	.277
2005	15	Gustavo Chacin	TOR	24	15.08	10.3%			202	3	1	77	64	.381	61			1,163.67	1128	128	598	545	442	823	.524	4.22		61.2	.303
2006	4	Francisco Liriano	MIN	22	19.88	11.4%			210	3	1	89	68	.424	53			1,197.33	1194	140	592	565	422	882	.546	4.25		75.5	.360
2007	19	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	28	14.28	9.9%			185	3	1	64	67	.346	54			1,083.67	1096	140	578	548	366	768	.525	4.55		53.8	.291
2008	14	Armando Galarraga	DET	26	16.33	11.0%			198	3	1	72	69	.364	57			1,149.33	1241	147	647	591	394	647	.396	4.63		48.7	.246
2009	17	Rick Porcello	DET	20	13.76	20.8%			375	7	4	139	138	.371	98			2,112.67	2319	300	1209	1123	777	1454	.470	4.78		84.9	.226
2010	31	Brian Matusz	BAL	23	10.58	6.0%			122	1	0	42	50	.344	30			689.33	699	78	354	331	269	443	.458	4.32		32.1	.263
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia