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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
1876						0.0%
1877						0.0%
1878						0.0%
1879						0.0%
1880						0.0%
1881						0.0%
1882						0.0%
1883						0.0%
1884						0.0%
1885						0.0%
1886						0.0%
1887						0.0%
1888						0.0%
1889						0.0%
1890						0.0%
1891	21	Old Hoss Radbourn	CIN	36	6.89	2.5%			24	23	2	11	12	.458	1			212.00	230	13	145	100	60	53	.183	4.25		8.3	.346
1892	13	Tim Keefe	PHI	35	25.97	4.8%			82	68	2	41	34	.500	7			671.67	647	11	340	208	207	229	.268	2.79		43.9	.535
1893	31	Tim Keefe	PHI	36	9.48	1.6%			22	17	0	10	7	.455	5			178.00	202	3	131	87	79	53	.189	4.40		10.0	.455
1894	44	Tony Mullane	BAL/CLE	35	2.87	1.3%			19	12	0	7	10	.368	2			136.67	177	6	134	101	86	39	.148	6.65		4.3	.226
1895	15	Bill Hutchison	CHI	35	18.39	2.5%			35	30	2	13	21	.371	1			282.00	360	13	211	148	125	82	.169	4.72		18.1	.517
1896						0.0%
1897						0.0%
1898						0.0%
1899						0.0%
1900						0.0%
1901						0.0%
1902						0.0%
1903	25	Brickyard Kennedy	PIT	35	7.29	3.3%			32	23	2	16	14	.500	2			249.33	263	3	134	89	87	71	.203	3.21		14.1	.441
1904	40	John McPherson	PHI	35	0.47	1.1%			12	11	1	1	11	.083	0			115.33	117	1	74	47	41	29	.184	3.67		1.1	.092
1905	23	Kid Nichols	STL/PHI	35	11.45	2.0%			23	20	1	11	11	.478	1			186.67	190	2	93	65	45	65	.277	3.13		11.3	.491
1906	6	Joe McGinnity	NY	35	23.22	6.1%			65	57	5	34	29	.523	2			539.67	503	2	205	145	142	153	.237	2.42		34.9	.537
1907	13	Sam Leever	PIT	35	16.82	12.6%			138	99	14	55	62	.399	21			1,103.00	1036	17	446	323	268	353	.271	2.64		53.5	.388
1908	9	Bob Ewing	CIN	35	18.77	7.9%			89	55	15	44	34	.494	11			705.33	637	15	261	173	166	209	.260	2.21		37.9	.426
1909	24	Bob Ewing	CIN	36	6.73	5.9%			61	35	3	20	31	.328	10			466.00	465	4	221	142	143	151	.248	2.74		14.6	.239
1910	13	George Bell	BRO	35	14.95	6.8%			68	45	8	26	37	.382	5			539.00	479	9	226	168	160	195	.305	2.81		29.3	.431
1911						0.0%
1912						0.0%
1913	29	Three Finger Brown	CIN	36	5.97	1.5%			16	11	1	7	9	.438	0			123.00	123	5	56	40	31	29	.188	2.93		6.3	.394
1914	14	Christy Mathewson	NY	35	15.11	3.4%			35	29	5	21	13	.600	1			295.67	298	15	126	99	22	76	.238	3.01		15.2	.434
1915	41	Christy Mathewson	NY	36	2.21	2.1%			24	11	1	8	14	.333	2			177.67	190	9	93	71	19	54	.258	3.60		3.7	.154
1916	22	George McConnell	CHI	38	9.00	2.0%			21	8	1	4	10	.190	7			155.00	124	7	60	44	32	74	.474	2.55		9.1	.433
1917						0.0%
1918	16	Red Ames	STL	35	10.24	6.0%			47	33	2	16	28	.340	3			378.67	366	10	164	127	97	107	.231	3.02		14.7	.313
1919	2	Babe Adams	PIT	37	34.28	3.4%			29	23	6	16	10	.552	3			251.33	203	1	63	55	22	88	.391	1.97		25.7	.886
1920	4	Babe Adams	PIT	38	27.92	3.1%			33	18	8	17	13	.515	3			257.00	238	6	83	63	17	81	.318	2.21		22.4	.679
1921	13	Babe Adams	PIT	39	16.23	1.9%			20	11	2	11	5	.550	4			143.33	148	4	57	47	16	47	.287	2.95		12.8	.640
						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
1922	8	Grover Alexander	CHI	35	19.43	9.8%			98	53	7	38	47	.388	13			722.33	841	24	375	324	143	187	.190	4.04		37.6	.384
1923	2	Grover Alexander	CHI	36	35.03	14.2%			148	75	7	69	58	.466	21			1,111.67	1264	60	569	484	227	278	.186	3.92		62.7	.424
1924	8	Grover Alexander	CHI	37	17.99	5.5%			55	22	1	23	19	.418	13			394.67	439	17	199	155	82	90	.173	3.53		21.7	.394
1925	5	Grover Alexander	CHI	38	23.93	4.5%			46	26	2	22	18	.478	6			335.33	396	19	164	133	48	83	.187	3.57		24.9	.541
1926	12	Eppa Rixey	CIN	35	13.46	12.5%			130	69	6	53	55	.408	22			960.67	1007	39	485	396	266	366	.288	3.71		45.5	.350
1927	1	Grover Alexander	STL	40	36.61	19.7%			194	117	11	89	82	.459	23			1,502.33	1571	69	676	558	319	451	.239	3.34		105.1	.542
1928	1	Dazzy Vance	BRO	37	46.37	20.7%			199	106	13	98	72	.492	29			1,528.67	1576	65	643	556	388	502	.256	3.27		116.0	.583
1929	2	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	35	27.71	21.1%			195	104	4	87	83	.446	25			1,418.00	1614	96	745	658	403	405	.201	4.18		97.3	.499
1930	1	Dazzy Vance	BRO	39	33.88	22.7%			226	108	12	108	86	.478	32			1,626.00	1902	134	919	776	443	567	.242	4.30		110.3	.488
1931	2	Heine Meine	PIT	35	26.33	26.7%			282	140	19	124	117	.440	41			2,102.33	2243	90	988	826	562	609	.217	3.54		127.3	.451
1932	7	Huck Betts	BOS	35	20.90	14.7%			156	68	10	57	67	.365	32			1,101.33	1224	61	552	466	274	316	.211	3.81		53.1	.340
1933	7	Huck Betts	BOS	36	21.34	9.1%			94	42	8	40	34	.426	20			667.33	680	23	285	246	157	133	.159	3.32		33.8	.360
1934	26	Huck Betts	BOS	37	6.82	4.0%			43	16	3	19	16	.442	8			280.33	347	20	147	136	52	82	.206	4.37		10.3	.240
1935	25	Charlie Root	CHI	36	8.88	9.4%			100	36	7	30	48	.300	22			665.67	792	50	384	323	171	225	.234	4.37		20.6	.206
1936	34	George Earnshaw	BRO/STL	36	0.42	1.8%			19	5	1	5	10	.263	4			112.33	139	10	81	74	37	49	.278	5.93		1.1	.058
1937	17	Waite Hoyt	BRO	37	11.95	10.3%			106	44	4	33	52	.311	21			756.67	819	51	365	324	159	225	.230	3.85		41.9	.395
1938	7	Freddie Fitzsimmons	BRO	36	16.78	5.2%			48	25	4	24	17	.500	7			371.33	367	24	151	127	73	136	.309	3.08		26.7	.556
1939	8	Carl Hubbell	NY	36	13.90	11.1%			107	45	3	45	46	.421	16			742.67	846	51	360	307	153	234	.234	3.72		41.5	.388
1940	4	Jim Turner	CIN	36	22.36	13.7%			134	55	8	55	48	.410	31			929.33	964	75	424	376	202	315	.270	3.64		56.0	.418
1941	10	Curt Davis	BRO	37	18.16	7.4%			73	32	7	35	27	.479	11			498.00	512	33	234	206	140	207	.317	3.72		25.9	.355
1942	3	Ray Starr	CIN	36	25.11	19.5%			180	87	17	80	71	.444	29			1,313.67	1264	64	536	461	374	430	.263	3.16		71.7	.398
1943	6	Rip Sewell	PIT	36	23.37	23.3%			219	110	18	99	80	.452	40			1,588.67	1531	53	644	534	453	496	.250	3.03		86.4	.394
1944	1	Bucky Walters	CIN	35	43.37	22.4%			210	133	18	102	82	.486	26			1,660.33	1616	80	659	569	478	525	.251	3.08		111.7	.532
1945	2	Claude Passeau	CHI	36	27.58	35.4%			313	146	22	125	134	.399	54			2,218.33	2356	101	1046	860	694	702	.230	3.49		130.1	.416
1946	3	Fritz Ostermueller	PIT	38	21.72	23.4%			192	99	14	88	79	.458	25			1,353.67	1305	64	551	465	421	400	.232	3.09		84.1	.438
1947	3	Dutch Leonard	PHI	38	31.68	12.4%			120	59	10	54	52	.450	14			844.00	900	72	438	381	268	321	.275	4.06		46.2	.385
1948	5	Dutch Leonard	PHI	39	23.53	8.6%			89	41	3	39	37	.438	13			596.67	630	33	270	229	156	200	.254	3.45		40.2	.452
1949	11	Al Brazle	STL	35	14.73	5.3%			53	19	2	18	24	.340	11			349.33	370	18	166	144	97	135	.289	3.71		21.3	.402
1950	6	Preacher Roe	BRO	35	22.35	5.6%			55	28	4	25	20	.455	10			398.67	378	48	163	153	104	198	.411	3.45		30.6	.556
1951	5	Preacher Roe	BRO	36	26.89	10.5%			103	43	5	45	33	.437	25			711.67	700	71	299	274	223	292	.316	3.47		47.6	.462
1952	8	Sal Maglie	NY	35	19.42	11.4%			106	47	10	44	39	.415	23			720.00	711	69	317	283	233	320	.339	3.54		37.9	.358
1953	14	Ken Raffensberger	CIN	35	9.74	13.9%			145	59	7	49	65	.338	31			932.00	1041	121	532	465	320	415	.305	4.49		38.5	.266
1954	7	Sal Maglie	NY	37	18.11	9.3%			92	27	7	31	34	.337	27			601.33	641	74	281	261	208	246	.290	3.91		32.1	.349
1955	7	Murray Dickson	PHI	38	15.69	5.2%			49	18	4	19	15	.388	15			320.00	305	40	151	126	119	152	.358	3.54		19.8	.404
1956	1	Warren Spahn	MIL	35	33.71	11.5%			110	43	9	51	36	.464	23			785.67	695	80	303	273	202	398	.444	3.13		54.8	.498
1957	2	Warren Spahn	MIL	36	25.17	5.5%			52	22	5	26	17	.500	9			366.00	330	35	135	113	101	157	.364	2.78		26.7	.513
1958	2	Warren Spahn	MIL	37	29.83	4.1%			36	23	2	22	11	.611	3			288.33	257	29	106	99	75	150	.452	3.09		22.3	.619
1959	2	Warren Spahn	MIL	38	29.40	3.9%			36	21	4	21	12	.583	3			280.67	269	20	101	91	68	134	.398	2.92		22.8	.633
1960	10	Warren Spahn	MIL	39	15.82	3.5%			33	18	4	19	8	.576	6			256.33	247	24	110	100	67	148	.471	3.51		14.3	.433
1961	1	Warren Spahn	MIL	40	31.07	7.2%			73	28	6	33	23	.452	17			486.33	482	47	214	201	140	275	.442	3.72		29.0	.397
1962	2	Warren Spahn	MIL	41	32.58	9.0%			120	44	4	58	38	.483	24			818.33	819	93	362	330	189	394	.391	3.63		49.8	.415
1963	5	Warren Spahn	MIL	42	29.46	8.2%			112	45	13	48	40	.429	24			761.33	717	71	305	272	147	320	.370	3.22		40.7	.363
1964	12	Curt Simmons	STL	35	18.86	12.3%			171	48	14	62	73	.363	36			1,100.67	1118	120	540	493	279	524	.375	4.03		46.8	.274
1965	5	Vern Law	PIT	35	30.70	13.4%			189	40	7	71	74	.376	44			1,197.00	1263	137	568	511	290	537	.346	3.84		52.3	.276
1966	7	Larry Jackson	CHI/PHI	35	21.25	9.6%			134	29	12	39	50	.291	45			815.00	902	83	408	379	192	365	.334	4.19		27.4	.205
1967	1	Jim Bunning	PHI	35	31.89	6.1%			77	27	10	29	30	.377	18			555.67	476	35	202	167	124	388	.647	2.70		36.9	.479
1968	14	Larry Jackson	PHI	37	16.60	5.1%			76	16	3	21	37	.276	18			501.00	502	29	203	182	125	261	.416	3.27		18.9	.249
						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
1969	29	Jim Bunning	PIT/LA	37	8.06	1.9%			34	5	0	13	10	.382	11			212.33	212	15	97	87	59	157	.579	3.69		9.5	.279
1970	29	Jim Bunning	PHI	38	9.62	1.9%			33	4	0	10	15	.303	8			217.00	231	19	111	100	55	145	.507	4.15		10.4	.315
1971	10	Bob Gibson	STL	35	21.24	2.8%			47	21	5	21	23	.447	3			328.67	311	24	157	140	101	224	.544	3.83		17.2	.366
1972	2	Bob Gibson	STL	36	43.00	3.9%			61	27	6	25	26	.410	10			442.33	386	27	161	147	157	306	.564	2.99		34.5	.566
1973	21	Bob Gibson	STL	37	14.30	4.8%			81	26	3	30	34	.370	17			542.00	545	47	259	214	146	297	.430	3.55		24.2	.299
1974	1	Phil Niekro	ATL	35	40.69	6.9%			113	37	12	44	46	.389	23			782.33	736	58	324	289	284	455	.446	3.32		46.7	.413
1975	7	Phil Niekro	ATL	36	22.28	3.6%			57	20	4	22	22	.386	13			399.00	401	36	169	143	121	234	.448	3.23		27.1	.475
1976	4	Phil Niekro	ATL	37	25.96	7.9%			134	26	7	50	50	.373	34			897.33	885	67	382	336	256	493	.432	3.37		51.4	.384
1977	10	Phil Niekro	ATL	38	23.43	5.9%			95	26	3	32	34	.337	29			635.00	660	59	330	304	246	388	.428	4.31		28.6	.301
1978	1	Phil Niekro	ATL	39	41.17	15.9%			272	45	10	100	95	.368	77			1,738.33	1715	118	802	693	595	1008	.436	3.59		84.0	.309
1979	2	Phil Niekro	ATL	40	30.09	7.8%			124	39	1	48	49	.387	27			866.33	827	78	391	337	272	484	.440	3.50		51.7	.417
1980	1	Steve Carlton	PHI	35	45.60	13.2%			203	50	12	98	58	.483	47			1,445.33	1275	121	550	499	447	958	.556	3.11		101.4	.500
1981	1	Tom Seaver	CIN	36	24.25	18.8%			157	33	10	66	48	.420	43			1,069.00	972	58	391	351	303	596	.467	2.96		71.1	.453
1982	1	Steve Carlton	PHI	37	38.87	14.5%			225	57	17	105	75	.467	45			1,574.00	1424	115	641	567	490	1140	.596	3.24		107.0	.476
1983	3	Steve Carlton	PHI	38	24.04	14.0%			234	35	9	80	89	.342	65			1,551.67	1447	113	701	623	629	1055	.508	3.61		74.3	.318
1984	20	Joe Niekro	HOU	39	13.28	9.1%			150	17	4	60	50	.400	40			969.67	901	54	422	353	317	659	.541	3.28		50.3	.335
1985	4	Rick Reuschel	PIT	36	28.45	11.7%			199	29	7	66	67	.332	66			1,260.00	1148	98	551	490	491	778	.475	3.50		57.2	.287
1986	10	Bob Forsch	STL	36	19.62	10.1%			164	10	2	56	61	.341	47			1,010.00	971	100	482	425	362	676	.507	3.79		48.6	.296
1987	5	Rick Reuschel	PIT/SF	38	23.05	8.9%			141	20	5	42	47	.298	52			884.67	839	87	406	365	243	624	.577	3.71		45.6	.323
1988	15	Rick Reuschel	SF	39	16.02	7.5%			123	13	4	47	38	.382	38			774.33	736	53	328	301	219	486	.509	3.50		36.9	.300
1989	18	Rick Reuschel	SF	40	15.78	7.7%			137	10	4	39	54	.285	44			808.30	866	59	408	359	281	356	.310	4.00		26.7	.195
1990	3	Ed Whitson	SD	35	25.43	8.7%			134	20	9	50	42	.373	42			888.33	809	78	348	308	220	507	.493	3.12		57.0	.425
1991	2	Dennis Martinez	MON	36	23.49	5.2%			80	12	5	32	25	.400	23			516.67	469	29	216	187	152	268	.432	3.26		31.3	.391
1992	7	Dennis Martinez	MON	37	21.83	7.0%			110	14	3	47	36	.427	27			703.67	643	53	288	253	199	381	.452	3.24		39.0	.355
1993	11	Tom Candiotti	LA	35	15.92	9.3%			177	7	0	60	66	.339	51			1,104.67	1102	120	566	509	356	647	.444	4.15		47.2	.267
1994	28	Orel Hershiser	LA	35	6.77	5.6%			64	7	1	18	22	.281	24			395.00	410	41	216	191	144	232	.419	4.35		15.2	.238
1995	22	Mike Morgan	CHI/STL	35	8.92	3.2%			51	2	1	14	21	.275	16			321.67	320	30	149	126	92	202	.490	3.53		16.9	.331
1996	24	Fernando Valenzuela	SD	35	11.66	7.9%			155	3	1	50	57	.323	48			887.67	954	89	472	414	241	506	.423	4.20		39.8	.257
1997	41	Mark Gardner	SF	35	7.21	4.9%			96	4	1	30	38	.313	28			536.67	561	72	292	266	185	368	.493	4.46		20.1	.209
1998	27	Mark Portugal	PHI	35	10.72	6.1%			134	7	2	46	37	.343	51			796.67	859	110	441	417	265	515	.458	4.71		27.5	.205
1999	1	Randy Johnson	ARI	35	40.07	6.2%			135	14	2	49	51	.363	35			855.33	838	98	437	402	269	673	.608	4.23		48.7	.360
2000	1	Randy Johnson	ARI	36	39.26	10.8%			237	16	4	94	68	.397	75			1,489.00	1518	201	740	685	391	1228	.643	4.14		94.5	.399
2001	1	Randy Johnson	ARI	37	36.72	12.2%			249	12	8	107	76	.430	66			1,600.00	1457	162	654	598	436	1371	.724	3.36		120.3	.483
2002	1	Randy Johnson	ARI	38	47.21	10.1%			210	19	8	107	54	.510	49			1,357.33	1211	131	500	440	346	1199	.770	2.92		115.2	.549
2003	5	Kevin Brown	LA	38	27.67	11.3%			234	6	4	97	77	.415	60			1,460.67	1467	144	679	628	422	1095	.580	3.87		83.2	.356
2004	1	Randy Johnson	ARI	40	33.60	12.3%			262	7	4	100	85	.382	77			1,630.00	1530	179	756	698	480	1217	.605	3.85		98.3	.375
2005	1	Roger Clemens	HOU	42	37.72	9.9%			212	10	2	82	75	.387	55			1,332.33	1307	136	593	557	363	900	.539	3.76		81.3	.383
2006	7	John Smoltz	ATL	39	19.62	14.1%			295	11	4	123	89	.417	83			1,773.00	1852	205	906	831	518	1174	.495	4.22		95.4	.323
2007	9	John Smoltz	ATL	40	18.13	10.3%			217	3	1	81	68	.373	68			1,291.33	1375	163	659	632	357	830	.479	4.40		58.1	.268
2008	11	Derek Lowe	LA	35	19.72	8.4%			176	3	0	65	55	.369	56			1,036.67	1063	117	509	466	258	710	.537	4.05		55.3	.314
2009	43	Derek Lowe	ATL	36	5.64	5.9%			126	1	0	48	48	.381	30			696.33	804	94	419	395	231	434	.419	5.11		16.0	.127
2010	12	R.A. Dickey	NY	35	16.73	9.7%			208	7	3	77	81	.370	50			1,284.00	1266	124	586	528	356	851	.525	3.70		64.2	.309
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia