Starting Pitchers
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1902 1904 Chronology Home SP Index Guide
All- Other Starter Game Stats Starter Share of Pitching Results  Win Shares 
Rank Name HOF MVP CY Star Rookie Team Stdg Throws Age Pos GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA   WS  WS/G WSQ Rank Name
1 Cy Young BBW   BOS 1 R 36 CL   35 34 7 26 8 .743 1      321.67 277 6 108 74 35 166 .532  2.07    31.0 .886   40.89 1 Cy Young
2 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 2 L 27   40 33 3 22 15 .550 3      325.67 307 5 124 86 63 171 .462  2.38    27.1 .678   31.27 2 Eddie Plank
3 Rube Waddell Vet   PHI 2 L 26   38 34 4 21 16 .553 1      320.33 271 3 108 87 84 299 .842  2.44    26.4 .695   30.84 3 Rube Waddell
4 Bill Dinneen   BOS 1 R 27 CL   34 32 6 21 12 .618 1      287.67 245 6 94 72 63 142 .461  2.25    25.3 .744   30.59 4 Bill Dinneen
5   Willie Sudhoff           STL 6 R 28       35 30 5 19 14 .543 2        282.67 252 4 96 71 54 100 .327  2.26    24.0 .686   27.86 5   Willie Sudhoff
6 Wild Bill Donovan   DET 5 R 26   34 34 4 17 16 .500 1      303.00 244 3 103 77 94 185 .547  2.29    21.0 .618   23.13 6 Wild Bill Donovan
T7 Jack Chesbro Vet   NY 4 R 29   36 33 1 21 14 .583 1      309.33 286 7 133 95 71 140 .392  2.76    21.2 .589   22.80 T7 Jack Chesbro
T7 Doc White   CHI 7 L 24   36 29 3 17 16 .472 3      296.00 255 4 117 70 68 112 .347  2.13    21.2 .589   22.80 T7 Doc White
9 Long Tom Hughes   BOS 1 R 24   31 25 5 20 6 .645 5      237.67 225 5 92 68 58 109 .385  2.57    19.9 .642   22.35 9 Long Tom Hughes
10 Addie Joss Vet   CLE 3 R 23   31 31 3 18 13 .581 0      279.67 229 3 103 68 36 118 .445  2.19    19.3 .623   21.35 10 Addie Joss
                               
11 Earl Moore   CLE 3 R 23   27 27 3 19 8 .704 0      240.00 190 0 85 47 60 143 .572  1.76    17.8 .659   20.26 11 Earl Moore
12 George Mullin   DET 5 R 22 CL   36 31 6 17 14 .472 5      301.67 267 4 120 75 100 160 .436  2.24    19.4 .539   19.96 12 George Mullin
13 Chief Bender Vet   R PHI 2 R 19   33 29 2 16 13 .485 4      259.33 230 6 110 88 62 122 .418  3.05    17.5 .530   17.86 13 Chief Bender
14 Jack Powell   STL 6 R 28 CL   34 33 4 14 19 .412 1      291.33 280 10 125 94 55 161 .481  2.90    17.4 .512   17.45 14 Jack Powell
15   Ed Siever           STL 6 L 26       27 24 1 12 14 .444 1        238.00 230 6 96 66 37 84 .315  2.50    15.4 .570   16.30 15   Ed Siever
16 Clark Griffith Other   NY 4 R 33   24 22 2 13 11 .542 0      209.00 197 3 90 63 32 68 .297  2.71    14.6 .608   15.96 16 Clark Griffith
17 Roy Patterson   CHI 7 R 26   30 26 2 14 15 .467 1      276.33 259 5 112 83 65 84 .259  2.70    15.6 .520   15.77 17 Roy Patterson
18 Highball Wilson   WAS 8 R 24   28 25 1 7 18 .250 3      234.67 260 7 119 86 42 54 .179  3.30    14.4 .514   14.47 18 Highball Wilson
19 Bill Bernhard   CLE 3 R 32   19 18 3 14 5 .737 0      162.00 148 1 61 38 21 59 .349  2.11    11.9 .626   13.20 19 Bill Bernhard
20 Frank Kitson   DET 5 L 33   28 28 2 13 15 .464 0      246.33 265 8 107 71 36 98 .326  2.59    12.9 .461   12.27 20 Frank Kitson
                               
21 Watty Lee   WAS 8 L 23 RF   20 15 2 7 12 .350 1      159.00 161 5 82 54 38 67 .337  3.06    11.0 .550   11.43 21 Watty Lee
22 Red Donahue   STL/CLE 6/3 R 30   30 28 4 14 16 .467 0      260.00 279 3 116 75 33 94 .301  2.60    12.4 .413   11.17 22 Red Donahue
23 Casey Patten   WAS 8 L 27   34 32 0 11 22 .324 1      292.33 305 11 159 117 78 130 .339  3.60    12.8 .376   11.01 23 Casey Patten
24 Jesse Tannehill   NY 4 L 28   31 22 2 15 15 .484 1      236.00 254 3 121 86 33 104 .362  3.28    12.2 .394   10.73 24 Jesse Tannehill
25   Norwood Gibson         R BOS 1 R 26       21 17 2 12 9 .571 0        172.00 156 2 89 61 61 71 .327  3.19    10.0 .476    9.67 25   Norwood Gibson
26 George Winter   BOS 1 R 25   19 14 0 9 8 .474 2      158.33 162 4 82 54 33 57 .292  3.07     7.8 .411    7.00 26 George Winter
27 Bill Wolfe   R NY 4 R 27   16 12 1 6 8 .375 2      132.67 128 1 59 44 23 43 .285  2.98     7.0 .438    6.49 27 Bill Wolfe
28 Al Orth   WAS 8 R 30 CL   32 30 2 11 21 .344 0      265.00 309 8 165 128 59 83 .226  4.35     8.2 .256    5.82 28 Al Orth
29 Harry Howell   NY 4 R 26   15 13 0 8 6 .533 1      119.33 107 3 61 47 34 48 .340  3.54     5.8 .387    5.06 29 Harry Howell
30 Rube Kisinger   R DET 5 R 26   14 13 2 5 9 .357 0      111.67 111 0 55 37 25 31 .228  2.98     4.4 .314    3.46 30 Rube Kisinger
                               
31 Frank Owen   CHI 7 R 23   20 15 1 7 10 .350 3      146.33 146 1 74 57 38 58 .315  3.51     4.8 .240    3.30 31 Frank Owen
32 Patsy Flaherty   CHI 7 L 27   34 29 2 9 24 .265 1      271.67 313 8 160 113 46 60 .167  3.74     5.1 .150    2.77 32 Patsy Flaherty
33 Weldon Henley   R PHI 2 R 22   21 13 1 10 10 .476 1      156.33 156 3 91 68 56 72 .340  3.91     4.1 .195    2.54 33 Weldon Henley
34 Davey Dunkle   CHI/WAS 7/8 R 30   20 16 0 7 13 .350 0      166.33 179 5 102 77 55 69 .295  4.17     4.0 .200    2.51 34 Davey Dunkle
35   John Deering         R DET/NY 5/4 R 25       15 11 1 7 7 .467 1        107.00 121 3 63 45 37 24 .152  3.79     3.2 .213    2.07 35   John Deering
36 Clarence Wright   CLE/STL 3/6 R 24   20 15 1 6 13 .300 1      151.33 181 3 113 83 68 74 .297  4.94     2.2 .110    1.02 36 Clarence Wright
League Average Age  26.6
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.2 2.6 14.6 14.0 .486 1.4
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 191.8 3.8 88.7 63.0 44.5 87.9 .372  2.84
League Average Win Shares per Game .509
Average Win Shares per Team  63.54
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Throws Left   28.7%   288 246 19 127 149 .441 12      2,385.33 2361 53 1074 750 483 1125 .396  2.83   144.1 .500 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.3%     710 627 69 358 316 .504 36      5,942.33 5624 106 2621 1875 1370 2535 .362  2.84   364.2 .513 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 29.9%   303 255 28 144 133 .475 26    2,462.00 2300 41 1106 764 626 1089 .372  2.79   151.6 .500 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.8%   507 442 40 243 243 .479 21    4,235.33 4031 84 1840 1335 956 1934 .388  2.84   261.7 .516 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 15.5%   153 142 13 72 81 .471 0    1,308.67 1377 28 641 452 236 471 .292  3.11   64.0 .418 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   3.7%     35 34 7 26 8 .743 1        321.67 277 6 108 74 35 166 .532  2.07   31.0 .886 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     11.6%     120 95 9 56 56 .467 8        939.00 902 15 467 343 264 363 .311  3.29   46.2 .385 Rookie    
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Splits per 30 Starts / 200 Innings Splits per 30 Starts / 200 Innings
Pct of Total
Playing Time GS CG Sho W L W/S% ND  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Throws Left   28.7%   30 25.6 2.0 13.2 15.5 .441 1.3        200.00 198.0 4.4 90.1 62.9 40.5 94.3 .396  2.83   12.1 .500 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.3%     30 26.5 2.9 15.1 13.4 .504 1.5        200.00 189.3 3.6 88.2 63.1 46.1 85.3 .362  2.84   12.3 .513 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 29.9%   30 25.2 2.8 14.3 13.2 .475 2.5      200.00 186.8 3.3 89.8 62.1 50.9 88.5 .372  2.79   12.3 .500 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.8%   30 26.2 2.4 14.4 14.4 .479 1.2      200.00 190.4 4.0 86.9 63.0 45.1 91.3 .388  2.84   12.4 .516 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 15.5%   30 27.8 2.5 14.1 15.9 .471 0      200.00 210.4 4.3 98.0 69.1 36.1 72.0 .292  3.11   9.8 .418 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   3.7%     30 29.1 6.0 22.3 6.9 .743 .8        200.00 172.2 3.7 67.1 46.0 21.8 103.2 .532  2.07   19.3 .886 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     11.6%     30 23.8 2.3 14.0 14.0 .467 2.0        200.00 192.1 3.2 99.5 73.1 56.2 77.3 .311  3.29   9.8 .385 Rookie