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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	75.0%			732	638	37	349	344	.477	39			6,094.33	6574	146	3540	2355	1646	1742	.212	3.48		372.2	.508
1902	1	Cy Young	BOS	35	49.09	78.9%			751	661	44	371	343	.494	37			6,275.33	6507	176	3272	2357	1759	1739	.210	3.38		385.5	.513
1903	1	Cy Young	BOS	36	40.89	71.3%			710	627	69	358	316	.504	36			5,942.33	5624	106	2621	1875	1370	2535	.362	2.84		364.2	.513
1904	1	Jack Chesbro	NY	30	70.23	70.0%			819	736	92	395	380	.482	44			6,931.67	6200	99	2662	1925	1597	3120	.400	2.50		420.7	.514
1905	3	Cy Young	BOS	38	33.68	71.6%			793	639	68	333	387	.420	73			6,604.33	5805	107	2714	1921	1777	3054	.403	2.62		367.8	.464
1906	1	Al Orth	NY	33	41.56	73.0%			809	648	86	362	388	.447	59			6,573.67	5989	79	2658	1908	1669	2766	.361	2.61		376.5	.465
1907	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	26	39.89	75.9%			796	613	87	376	351	.472	69			6,467.00	5721	60	2486	1708	1687	2639	.356	2.38		366.3	.460
1908	1	Ed Walsh	CHI	27	50.82	84.6%			867	618	100	402	394	.464	71			7,026.00	5996	72	2536	1719	1746	3178	.410	2.20		417.9	.482
1909	1	Frank Smith	CHI	29	31.99	82.9%			808	576	106	370	356	.458	82			6,376.67	5328	61	2261	1634	1721	2875	.408	2.31		379.8	.470
1910	1	Jack Coombs	PHI	27	45.66	80.1%			812	592	97	381	345	.469	86			6,622.00	5570	95	2442	1684	1924	3211	.428	2.29		409.5	.504
1911	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	23	38.61	79.9%			790	518	52	355	328	.449	107			6,105.00	6149	115	2975	2098	1903	3004	.373	3.09		373.0	.472
1912	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	24	55.82	83.4%			827	575	59	391	358	.473	78			6,428.67	6136	94	2943	2140	2050	3069	.375	3.00		403.7	.488
1913	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	25	73.35	68.0%			709	407	61	318	301	.449	90			5,336.67	4930	85	2174	1610	1722	2387	.359	2.72		327.3	.462
1914	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	26	43.75	68.4%			708	400	75	301	298	.425	109			5,221.00	4597	75	2011	1512	1649	2461	.394	2.61		299.0	.422
1915	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	27	49.56	73.2%			676	401	63	321	264	.475	91			5,061.33	4401	75	1975	1490	1769	2298	.372	2.65		326.6	.483
1916	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	28	44.99	62.8%			645	350	47	268	279	.416	98			4,911.00	4380	61	1972	1535	1771	2104	.342	2.81		243.6	.378
1917	1	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	33	42.08	77.9%			815	467	88	347	353	.426	115			6,235.33	5433	74	2363	1745	2120	2342	.310	2.52		349.9	.429
1918	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	30	47.46	79.0%			635	409	68	281	285	.443	69			5,045.33	4634	50	1958	1492	1653	1705	.271	2.66		282.1	.444
1919	1	Eddie Cicotte	CHI	35	40.40	74.1%			672	428	58	310	291	.461	71			5,291.33	5067	125	2229	1726	1610	1931	.289	2.94		329.0	.490
1920	1	Stan Coveleski	CLE	30	38.07	73.5%			741	457	49	351	317	.474	73			5,683.33	5922	184	2717	2131	1797	2026	.262	3.37		364.4	.492
1921	1	Red Faber	CHI	32	50.52	73.2%			703	418	38	330	290	.469	83			5,215.67	5668	229	2691	2237	1650	1747	.239	3.86		336.4	.479
1922	1	Red Faber	CHI	33	35.74	85.0%			848	482	61	384	342	.453	122			6,323.67	6610	306	3020	2566	1914	2045	.240	3.65		390.8	.461
1923	2	Elam Vangilder	STL	27	26.65	80.0%			845	432	44	354	356	.419	135			6,078.00	6404	238	3044	2496	2036	2007	.238	3.70		368.5	.436
1924	1	Walter Johnson	WAS	36	35.55	67.1%			630	317	43	274	250	.435	106			4,471.67	4865	171	2328	1954	1525	1409	.221	3.93		271.7	.431
1925	1	Stan Coveleski	WAS	35	30.30	70.7%			774	377	41	327	303	.422	144			5,537.67	6142	249	3005	2538	1947	1606	.199	4.12		325.4	.421
1926	1	George Uhle	CLE	27	43.13	64.3%			615	301	34	260	261	.423	94			4,336.00	4560	158	2164	1832	1522	1357	.223	3.80		253.5	.412
1927	1	Ted Lyons	CHI	26	35.55	71.2%			766	381	43	329	307	.430	130			5,465.67	5845	231	2934	2464	1959	1625	.208	4.06		299.7	.392
1928	2	Tommy Thomas	CHI	28	29.15	77.3%			782	411	47	356	340	.455	86			5,737.67	6119	252	2932	2483	1999	1892	.233	3.89		329.6	.421
1929	2	Firpo Marberry	WAS	30	29.05	74.3%			764	402	38	309	349	.404	106			5,568.00	6026	286	3005	2502	1955	1833	.230	4.04		326.9	.428
1930	2	Wes Ferrell	CLE	22	36.10	77.3%			819	399	32	343	334	.419	142			5,773.67	6363	335	3269	2763	1962	2103	.253	4.31		353.3	.432
1931	2	George Earnshaw	PHI	31	33.66	72.1%			717	339	32	288	316	.402	113			5,023.00	5554	252	2845	2394	1715	1801	.248	4.29		293.5	.409
1932	2	General Crowder	WAS	33	35.76	72.4%			775	375	35	332	320	.428	123			5,615.67	5949	363	3103	2616	2085	2096	.261	4.19		329.8	.426
1933	2	Tommy Bridges	DET	26	26.00	72.7%			718	328	31	288	311	.401	119			5,113.00	5222	275	2643	2252	1900	1838	.258	3.96		307.5	.428
1934	2	Mel Harder	CLE	24	29.73	84.2%			836	396	48	346	330	.414	160			5,846.67	6339	372	3281	2851	2368	2277	.262	4.39		334.7	.401
1935	1	Wes Ferrell	BOS	27	40.19	80.8%			810	403	48	348	307	.430	155			5,779.67	6243	357	3053	2652	2149	1990	.237	4.13		355.5	.439
1936	2	Tommy Bridges	DET	29	31.31	84.2%			826	430	45	371	334	.449	121			5,855.67	6577	407	3484	3059	2375	2114	.236	4.70		362.6	.439
1937	3	Red Ruffing	NY	33	32.07	79.8%			809	382	34	333	325	.412	151			5,699.00	6268	428	3312	2865	2414	2295	.264	4.52		320.8	.396
1938	1	Red Ruffing	NY	34	30.72	81.1%			747	383	28	333	292	.446	122			5,297.33	5763	431	3023	2659	2233	2121	.265	4.52		332.7	.446
1939	1	Bob Feller	CLE	20	43.87	78.8%			787	337	38	337	307	.428	143			5,436.00	5826	393	3025	2670	2132	2232	.280	4.42		314.3	.399
1940	1	Bob Feller	CLE	21	44.43	73.6%			726	348	39	302	294	.416	130			5,217.67	5396	393	2725	2359	1918	2271	.311	4.07		313.5	.432
1941	2	Bob Feller	CLE	22	38.38	71.2%			719	353	48	313	297	.435	109			5,148.67	5280	355	2634	2314	1998	2047	.281	4.04		277.5	.386
1942	1	Ted Lyons	CHI	41	34.68	85.2%			850	445	70	378	339	.445	133			6,345.00	6241	323	2859	2467	2245	2327	.274	3.50		346.2	.407
1943	1	Spud Chandler	NY	35	41.13	84.2%			873	410	73	371	353	.425	149			6,510.67	6043	299	2600	2229	2171	2596	.316	3.08		364.6	.418
1944	1	Dizzy Trout	DET	29	52.75	83.3%			859	418	62	371	354	.432	134			6,323.67	6259	266	2754	2336	2002	2413	.292	3.32		344.0	.400
						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	80.6%			763	399	70	332	317	.435	114			5,614.67	5424	229	2412	2070	2029	2097	.281	3.32		290.8	.381
1946	2	Bob Feller	CLE	27	40.17	78.9%			733	365	68	309	317	.422	107			5,313.33	5080	305	2244	1912	1921	2612	.373	3.24		294.0	.401
1947	3	Bob Feller	CLE	28	27.37	82.7%			843	366	64	352	341	.418	150			5,956.33	5689	375	2658	2361	2387	2527	.313	3.57		324.0	.385
1948	2	Bob Lemon	CLE	27	27.36	73.9%			739	299	47	298	301	.403	140			5,054.00	5131	352	2579	2311	2141	1973	.271	4.12		287.3	.395
1949	2	Bob Lemon	CLE	28	32.44	61.4%			629	276	49	263	251	.418	115			4,344.67	4351	310	2226	1948	2015	1675	.263	4.04		241.3	.384
1950	1	Ned Garver	STL	24	31.10	61.0%			611	267	31	268	235	.439	108			4,272.00	4410	375	2275	2029	1814	1840	.296	4.27		257.6	.422
1951	1	Early Wynn	CLE	31	28.48	67.1%			662	284	40	281	267	.424	114			4,593.33	4544	367	2288	2071	1881	1881	.293	4.06		241.0	.364
1952	2	Bob Lemon	CLE	31	27.79	65.5%			606	286	51	276	233	.455	97			4,448.00	4160	264	1868	1634	1671	2093	.359	3.31		267.1	.441
1953	1	Virgil Trucks	STL/CHI	36	36.25	67.7%			636	259	52	260	248	.409	128			4,452.67	4446	365	2131	1932	1616	1874	.309	3.91		219.6	.345
1954	1	Bob Lemon	CLE	33	29.76	71.8%			742	314	58	331	287	.446	124			5,227.00	4853	390	2270	2003	1995	2313	.338	3.45		317.4	.428
1955	3	Frank Sullivan	BOS	25	28.01	64.0%			603	194	51	243	240	.403	120			3,984.67	3921	340	1930	1723	1583	1940	.352	3.89		208.6	.346
1956	1	Early Wynn	CLE	36	33.77	67.7%			625	226	40	251	235	.402	139			4,220.67	4028	412	2072	1866	1785	2278	.392	3.98		235.0	.376
1957	1	Frank Sullivan	BOS	27	33.35	76.1%			760	252	49	300	288	.395	172			5,202.33	4918	498	2327	2099	1815	2755	.409	3.63		277.9	.365
1958	2	Frank Lary	DET	28	26.01	84.9%			805	261	55	325	298	.404	182			5,252.00	4980	549	2432	2210	1863	2848	.416	3.79		259.2	.322
1959	1	Camilo Pascual	WAS	25	31.78	81.7%			835	271	57	357	310	.428	168			5,581.00	5312	522	2593	2315	1853	2935	.410	3.73		304.7	.365
1960	1	Jim Bunning	DET	28	24.68	76.3%			743	213	43	269	276	.362	198			4,845.67	4740	491	2309	2037	1720	2590	.401	3.78		242.4	.326
1961	1	Frank Lary	DET	31	28.74	73.0%			948	280	59	382	353	.403	213			6,372.33	6129	693	3132	2731	2359	3474	.409	3.86		351.5	.371
1962	1	Camilo Pascual	MIN	28	27.27	73.8%			970	255	60	375	370	.387	225			6,331.00	6146	703	3083	2764	2326	3567	.421	3.93		320.7	.330
1963	2	Camilo Pascual	MIN	29	30.05	69.7%			959	259	72	365	374	.381	220			6,337.33	5856	670	2781	2513	1980	3796	.484	3.57		331.1	.345
1964	1	Dean Chance	LA	23	46.16	62.8%			796	185	55	293	295	.368	208			5,115.00	4860	589	2330	2091	1567	3208	.499	3.68		228.4	.287
1965	1	Mel Stottlemyre	NY	23	32.73	62.1%			889	193	55	318	322	.358	249			5,581.00	5075	580	2504	2198	1839	3407	.493	3.54		249.6	.281
1966	3	Earl Wilson	BOS/DET	31	24.79	65.1%			805	190	45	315	292	.391	198			5,207.67	4609	493	2213	1977	1698	3304	.524	3.42		257.5	.320
1967	1	Joe Horlen	CHI	29	32.50	65.9%			836	208	61	328	308	.392	200			5,433.67	4663	468	2231	1968	1859	3701	.567	3.26		282.8	.338
1968	1	Denny McLain	DET	24	49.78	73.3%			1018	292	89	412	391	.405	215			6,729.00	5622	507	2469	2159	2156	4432	.570	2.89		358.3	.352
1969	1	Denny McLain	DET	25	41.05	68.5%			1111	268	65	410	387	.369	314			7,167.00	6576	697	3175	2826	2700	4214	.454	3.55		365.8	.329
1970	2	Jim Palmer	BAL	24	35.95	66.6%			1119	230	49	388	422	.347	309			7,128.00	6746	760	3341	2986	2528	4212	.454	3.77		316.2	.283
1971	4	Jim Palmer	BAL	25	28.69	67.4%			1099	317	78	444	422	.404	233			7,474.00	6946	666	3150	2836	2531	4227	.446	3.42		363.2	.330
1972	1	Gaylord Perry	CLE	33	60.34	68.7%			1084	303	100	444	432	.410	208			7,370.00	6291	535	2758	2463	2441	4647	.532	3.01		402.3	.371
1973	1	Bert Blyleven	MIN	22	40.23	63.9%			1033	372	70	433	408	.419	192			7,084.00	6809	642	3278	2931	2608	4175	.443	3.72		390.4	.378
1974	1	Gaylord Perry	CLE	35	43.41	61.4%			1022	376	70	435	393	.426	194			7,099.33	6778	545	3146	2763	2358	3939	.431	3.50		397.4	.389
1975	1	Jim Palmer	BAL	29	45.97	66.7%			1098	398	75	462	448	.421	188			7,528.00	7259	681	3581	3169	2670	4145	.417	3.79		401.4	.365
1976	1	Mark Fidrych	DET	21	41.99	73.8%			1172	385	90	474	425	.404	273			8,015.33	7717	539	3475	3063	2450	4185	.412	3.44		432.0	.369
1977	1	Jim Palmer	BAL	31	41.09	69.2%			1238	371	50	476	484	.384	278			8,224.00	8265	841	4092	3653	2706	4560	.416	4.00		448.6	.363
1978	3	Jim Palmer	BAL	32	36.34	65.3%			1253	382	74	491	477	.392	285			8,378.67	8190	731	3871	3489	2847	4148	.376	3.75		460.8	.367
1979	1	Dennis Eckersley	BOS	24	32.34	66.1%			1236	330	54	466	458	.377	312			8,040.00	8303	811	4212	3742	2734	3800	.344	4.19		428.4	.347
1980	1	Mike Norris	OAK	25	37.44	61.1%			1122	314	43	441	458	.393	223			7,373.00	7526	688	3705	3332	2563	3745	.371	4.07		363.1	.324
1981	1	Steve McCatty	OAK	27	28.37	65.0%			721	214	46	311	260	.431	150			4,850.00	4609	367	2135	1926	1609	2422	.390	3.57		265.9	.369
1982	1	Dave Stieb	TOR	24	36.24	62.2%			1171	274	49	436	428	.372	307			7,595.33	7738	797	3801	3490	2688	3775	.362	4.14		381.6	.326
1983	1	Dave Stieb	TOR	25	34.46	58.7%			1131	256	48	433	428	.383	270			7,333.67	7334	712	3652	3305	2368	3983	.411	4.06		378.1	.335
1984	1	Dave Stieb	TOR	26	36.78	63.5%			1196	262	46	471	437	.394	288			7,974.00	7932	761	3777	3425	2520	4450	.426	3.87		442.2	.370
1985	1	Bret Saberhagen	KC	21	36.98	64.8%			1201	243	45	471	445	.392	285			7,745.67	7645	825	3846	3488	2657	4291	.417	4.05		415.6	.346
1986	1	Roger Clemens	BOS	23	46.22	71.0%			1365	236	49	519	489	.380	357			8,677.00	8580	1028	4507	4057	3164	5488	.467	4.21		443.4	.325
1987	1	Roger Clemens	BOS	24	40.71	63.4%			1150	221	38	427	433	.371	290			7,327.33	7348	960	4002	3614	2736	4715	.468	4.44		385.6	.335
1988	2	Mark Gubicza	KC	25	34.72	67.8%			1307	243	49	500	499	.383	308			8,573.67	8502	815	4259	3860	2918	5171	.453	4.05		407.8	.312
						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	1	Bret Saberhagen	KC	25	44.38	67.7%			1191	168	48	480	422	.403	289			7,634.67	7481	654	3553	3210	2603	4680	.464	3.78		413.4	.347
1990	1	Roger Clemens	BOS	27	46.86	67.7%			1242	154	47	522	429	.420	291			7,849.00	7624	668	3691	3345	2774	4859	.467	3.84		419.0	.337
1991	1	Roger Clemens	BOS	28	38.07	74.4%			1307	163	46	505	464	.386	338			8,246.67	8093	712	4011	3681	2901	5053	.458	4.02		418.8	.320
1992	1	Roger Clemens	BOS	29	39.46	73.5%			1274	165	44	506	456	.397	312			8,301.67	8063	716	3863	3499	2750	4857	.449	3.79		445.7	.350
1993	1	Kevin Appier	KC	25	40.10	70.1%			1241	130	31	482	436	.388	323			7,885.33	8002	828	4090	3737	2830	4844	.447	4.27		430.2	.347
1994	1	David Cone	KC	31	29.46	71.0%			835	100	24	342	281	.410	212			5,431.00	5553	634	2900	2656	2055	3553	.467	4.40		338.7	.406
1995	3	Mike Mussina	BAL	26	27.13	73.9%			1072	99	28	408	392	.381	272			6,605.00	6948	757	3718	3426	2507	4197	.444	4.67		354.8	.331
1996	1	Pat Hentgen	TOR	27	34.24	72.0%			1281	125	28	475	448	.371	358			7,946.67	8544	1087	4620	4243	2929	5374	.468	4.81		437.6	.342
1997	1	Roger Clemens	TOR	34	53.19	71.3%			1287	83	28	450	454	.350	383			7,926.33	8360	985	4341	4007	2777	5280	.474	4.55		402.1	.313
1998	1	Roger Clemens	TOR	35	37.94	73.1%			1381	80	29	539	488	.390	354			8,471.33	8982	1075	4762	4365	3038	5763	.479	4.64		450.0	.326
1999	1	Pedro Martinez	BOS	27	44.95	79.9%			1555	77	22	588	550	.378	417			9,122.33	9928	1202	5387	4966	3517	6059	.451	4.90		458.8	.295
2000	1	Pedro Martinez	BOS	28	50.70	74.6%			1301	76	26	479	462	.368	360			7,887.33	8299	1070	4532	4204	3142	5437	.475	4.80		425.7	.327
2001	1	Joe Mays	MIN	25	32.59	73.8%			1364	74	23	492	491	.361	381			8,321.67	8796	1057	4591	4196	2804	5635	.486	4.54		397.6	.291
2002	2	Tim Hudson	OAK	26	30.72	73.3%			1299	73	28	497	443	.383	359			8,015.33	8246	987	4238	3915	2540	5349	.496	4.40		424.8	.327
2003	1	Esteban Loaiza	CHI	31	34.47	70.2%			1310	69	18	488	481	.373	341			7,923.67	8181	996	4320	4014	2560	5112	.476	4.56		399.5	.305
2004	2	Curt Schilling	BOS	37	30.19	68.6%			1299	44	22	476	436	.366	387			7,864.67	8292	997	4353	4034	2573	5252	.483	4.62		404.7	.312
2005	3	Jon Garland	CHI	25	26.25	68.3%			1312	62	17	480	466	.366	366			7,976.00	8471	972	4302	3974	2341	4923	.455	4.48		382.0	.291
2006	2	Roy Halladay	TOR	29	27.78	69.5%			1249	43	15	498	441	.399	310			7,556.33	8189	944	4168	3855	2239	5088	.488	4.59		385.2	.308
2007	2	Fausto Carmona	CLE	23	31.51	75.7%			1393	49	20	543	495	.390	355			8,466.00	8911	931	4449	4099	2644	5973	.517	4.36		455.0	.327
2008	2	Roy Halladay	TOR	31	30.94	70.2%			1229	53	15	496	401	.404	332			7,527.67	7676	843	3782	3477	2289	5375	.539	4.16		422.6	.344
2009	1	Felix Hernandez	SEA	23	38.51	66.5%			1162	56	23	446	395	.384	321			7,027.67	7245	868	3665	3392	2317	5240	.548	4.34		385.4	.332
2010	1	Felix Hernandez	SEA	24	32.89	70.1%			1383	55	14	511	503	.369	369			8,464.33	8559	998	4357	4056	2735	6163	.546	4.31		392.9	.284
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia