Starting Pitchers
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1907 1909 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 Ed Walsh Vet   CHI 3 R 27 CL   49 42 11 35 14 .714 0      418.67 309 2 101 66 51 243 .675  1.42    39.2 .800   50.82 1 Ed Walsh
2 Addie Joss Vet   CLE 2 R 28   35 29 9 22 11 .629 2      305.67 218 2 72 40 28 122 .496  1.18    31.2 .891   42.70 2 Addie Joss
3 Cy Young BBW   BOS 5 R 41   33 30 3 21 11 .636 1      291.00 224 1 66 41 36 146 .562  1.27    25.6 .776   32.68 3 Cy Young
4 Bob Rhoads   CLE 2 R 28   30 20 1 16 10 .533 4      250.33 212 2 76 49 68 57 .204  1.76    20.8 .693   25.10 4 Bob Rhoads
5   Harry Howell           STL 4 R 31       32 27 2 13 17 .406 2        298.00 256 1 95 62 64 108 .338  1.87    20.9 .653   24.48 5   Harry Howell
6 Jack Powell   STL 4 R 33   32 23 6 16 13 .500 3      253.33 206 1 72 59 47 84 .332  2.10    19.4 .606   21.89 6 Jack Powell
7 Ed Summers   R DET 1 R 23   32 23 5 19 12 .594 1      278.00 250 3 103 51 51 95 .316  1.65    19.3 .603   21.72 7 Ed Summers
8 Wild Bill Donovan   DET 1 R 31   28 25 6 18 7 .643 3      240.00 208 2 77 55 52 139 .535  2.06    18.0 .643   20.92 8 Wild Bill Donovan
9 Walter Johnson BBW   WAS 7 R 20   30 23 6 14 13 .467 3      240.67 182 0 70 44 50 150 .647  1.65    17.9 .597   20.04 9 Walter Johnson
10 Frank Smith   CHI 3 R 28   35 24 3 15 16 .429 4      281.67 202 2 91 63 69 122 .450  2.01    18.6 .531   19.65 10 Frank Smith
                               
11 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 6 L 32   28 21 4 12 14 .429 2      228.67 189 1 72 55 43 126 .543  2.16    17.2 .614   19.54 11 Eddie Plank
12 Rube Waddell Vet   STL 4 L 31 CL   36 25 5 18 13 .500 5      268.33 209 0 87 56 85 218 .741  1.88    18.6 .517   19.38 12 Rube Waddell
13 Rube Vickers   PHI 6 R 30   34 21 6 12 17 .353 5      266.00 222 0 96 65 60 131 .465  2.20    17.4 .512   18.04 13 Rube Vickers
14 Doc White   CHI 3 L 29   37 24 5 18 13 .486 6      285.67 258 3 92 81 67 122 .375  2.55    17.1 .462   16.85 14 Doc White
15   Long Tom Hughes           WAS 7 R 29 CL     31 24 3 15 14 .484 2        245.67 199 3 80 60 68 147 .551  2.20    15.0 .484   15.12 15   Long Tom Hughes
16 Glenn Liebhardt   CLE 2 R 25   26 19 3 12 14 .462 0      225.00 191 2 80 55 70 125 .479  2.20    14.1 .542   15.05 16 Glenn Liebhardt
17 Heinie Berger   CLE 2 R 26   24 16 0 13 8 .542 3      186.33 142 1 56 44 62 94 .461  2.13    13.0 .542   13.87 17 Heinie Berger
18 Charlie Chech   CLE 2 R 30   20 14 4 11 7 .550 2      148.33 122 2 46 29 30 46 .303  1.76    11.5 .575   12.64 18 Charlie Chech
19 Bill Dinneen   STL 4 R 32   16 11 1 10 6 .625 0      135.67 108 2 42 32 43 32 .212  2.12    10.4 .650   12.15 19 Bill Dinneen
20 Chief Bender Vet   PHI 6 R 24   17 14 2 8 9 .471 0      136.00 119 1 47 26 21 83 .593  1.72    10.6 .624   12.13 20 Chief Bender
                               
21 Ed Willett   DET 1 R 24   22 18 2 15 7 .682 0      177.00 167 2 60 45 54 69 .312  2.29    11.1 .505   11.43 21 Ed Willett
22 Jack Coombs   PHI 6 R 25 RF   18 10 4 6 5 .333 7      132.33 112 1 54 29 55 69 .413  1.97     8.9 .494    9.07 22 Jack Coombs
23 Bill Burns   R WAS 7 L 28   19 11 2 6 10 .316 3      152.67 126 3 54 29 17 51 .357  1.71     8.9 .468    8.83 23 Bill Burns
24 Cy Morgan   BOS 5 R 29   26 17 2 13 12 .500 1      195.00 158 7 74 53 86 94 .385  2.45     9.1 .350    7.80 24 Cy Morgan
25   George Mullin           DET 1 R 27       30 26 1 14 13 .467 3        266.00 275 1 130 92 65 111 .326  3.11     9.0 .300    7.14 25   George Mullin
26 Eddie Cicotte   R BOS 5 R 24   24 17 2 10 10 .417 4      171.67 164 0 60 46 49 79 .371  2.41     8.3 .346    7.07 26 Eddie Cicotte
27 Jimmy Dygert   PHI 6 R 23   27 15 5 9 14 .333 4      201.67 155 3 80 64 82 139 .586  2.86     8.5 .315    6.91 27 Jimmy Dygert
28 Charlie Smith   WAS 7 R 28   23 14 1 9 12 .391 2      175.00 159 2 73 47 57 79 .366  2.42     6.8 .296    5.36 28 Charlie Smith
29 Ed Killian   DET 1 L 31   23 15 0 12 9 .522 2      170.67 161 3 74 57 50 44 .209  3.01     5.8 .252    4.22 29 Ed Killian
30 Biff Schlitzer   R PHI 6 R 23   18 11 2 6 8 .333 4      117.33 99 1 50 41 40 51 .367  3.14     5.0 .278    3.82 30 Biff Schlitzer
                               
31 George Winter   BOS/DET 5/1 R 30   23 13 0 4 18 .174 1      187.00 182 3 82 55 40 74 .333  2.65     5.2 .226    3.58 31 George Winter
32 Fred Burchell   BOS 5 L 28   19 9 0 9 7 .474 3      146.00 131 2 68 48 53 76 .413  2.96     4.7 .247    3.39 32 Fred Burchell
33 Rube Manning   R NY 8 R 25   26 19 2 9 15 .346 2      206.00 192 3 96 67 72 95 .360  2.93     4.9 .188    3.08 33 Rube Manning
34 Jack Chesbro Vet   NY 8 R 34   31 20 3 11 20 .355 0      250.33 235 5 115 82 58 108 .369  2.95     5.0 .161    2.91 34 Jack Chesbro
35   Cy Falkenberg           WAS/CLE 7/2 R 27       15 7 1 7 6 .467 2        103.33 100 2 45 32 24 41 .331  2.79     3.2 .213    2.14 35   Cy Falkenberg
36 Joe Lake   R NY 8 R 27   27 19 2 7 20 .259 0      237.33 222 5 138 84 68 104 .359  3.19     3.7 .137    1.99 36 Joe Lake
37 Al Orth   NY 8 R 35   17 8 1 2 12 .118 3      128.33 123 4 57 49 28 20 .132  3.44     2.5 .147    1.39 37 Al Orth
38 Bill Hogg   NY 8 R 26   21 7 0 4 15 .190 2      144.33 147 4 84 48 60 68 .329  2.99     2.1 .100    0.96 38 Bill Hogg
39 Burt Keeley   R WAS 7 R 28   15 12 1 6 8 .400 1      133.00 136 2 68 44 38 53 .305  2.98     1.7 .113    0.83 39 Burt Keeley
League Average Age  28.4
League Average per 30 Starts 30 21.1 3.4 13.9 13.4 .464 2.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 170.8 2.0 72.1 49.4 49.8 92.2 .418  2.22
League Average Win Shares per Game .476
Average Win Shares per Team  61.28
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   15.4%   162 105 16 75 66 .463 21      1,252.00 1074 12 447 326 315 637 .459  2.34   72.3 .446 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.6%     867 618 100 402 394 .464 71      7,026.00 5996 72 2536 1719 1746 3178 .410  2.20   417.9 .482 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 16.2%   170 121 24 81 73 .476 16    1,322.33 1136 10 470 317 347 666 .449  2.16   80.7 .475 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 49.3%   506 349 51 236 223 .466 47    4,090.00 3489 49 1532 1031 1078 1873 .410  2.27   232.0 .458 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 29.5%   303 215 37 137 141 .452 25    2,446.33 2098 20 858 607 572 1110 .416  2.23   149.4 .493 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.0%     50 38 4 23 23 .460 4        419.33 347 5 123 90 64 166 .404  1.93   28.1 .562 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     15.7%     161 112 16 63 83 .391 15      1,296.00 1189 17 569 362 335 528 .346  2.51   51.8 .322 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   15.4%   30 19.4 3.0 13.9 12.2 .463 3.9        200.00 171.6 1.9 71.4 52.1 50.3 101.8 .459  2.34   11.5 .446 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.6%     30 21.4 3.5 13.9 13.6 .464 2.5        200.00 170.7 2.0 72.2 48.9 49.7 90.5 .410  2.20   11.9 .482 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 16.2%   30 21.4 4.2 14.3 12.9 .476 2.8      200.00 171.8 1.5 71.1 47.9 52.5 100.7 .449  2.16   12.2 .475 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 49.3%   30 20.7 3.0 14.0 13.2 .466 2.8      200.00 170.6 2.4 74.9 50.4 52.7 91.6 .410  2.27   11.3 .458 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 29.5%   30 21.3 3.7 13.6 14.0 .452 2.4      200.00 171.5 1.6 70.1 49.6 46.8 90.7 .416  2.23   12.2 .493 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.0%     30 22.8 2.4 13.8 13.8 .460 2.4        200.00 165.5 2.4 58.7 42.9 30.5 79.2 .404  1.93   13.4 .562 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     15.7%     30 20.9 3.0 11.7 15.5 .391 2.8        200.00 183.5 2.6 87.8 55.9 51.7 81.5 .346  2.51   8.0 .322 Rookie