Starting Pitchers
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1911 1913 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 Walter Johnson BBW 3   WAS 2 R 24   37 34 7 27 10 .730 0      329.00 231 2 79 51 68 270 .903  1.40    38.5 1.041   55.82 1 Walter Johnson
2 Smoky Joe Wood 5   BOS 1 R 22   38 35 10 33 5 .868 0      329.00 255 2 99 70 78 247 .742  1.91    37.9 .997   53.80 2 Smoky Joe Wood
3 Ed Walsh Vet 2   CHI 4 R 31 CL   41 32 6 23 15 .561 3      331.00 280 5 105 79 79 214 .596  2.15    29.2 .712   35.03 3 Ed Walsh
4 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 3 L 36   30 24 5 21 6 .700 3      239.33 216 1 83 59 76 101 .346  2.22    21.1 .703   25.15 4 Eddie Plank
5   Buck O'Brien         R BOS 1 R 30       34 25 2 18 13 .529 3        267.00 230 3 104 77 87 111 .350  2.60    21.8 .641   24.81 5   Buck O'Brien
6 Vean Gregg   CLE 5 L 27   34 26 1 20 12 .588 2      262.67 234 4 96 76 87 178 .555  2.60    20.9 .615   23.29 6 Vean Gregg
7 Bob Groom   WAS 2 R 27   40 28 2 24 11 .600 5      307.33 279 3 129 89 91 174 .470  2.61    21.9 .548   23.03 7 Bob Groom
8 Ray Collins   BOS 1 L 24   24 17 4 13 8 .542 3      190.33 183 4 62 53 40 78 .350  2.51    18.3 .763   22.71 8 Ray Collins
9 Fred Blanding   CLE 5 R 24   31 23 1 15 14 .484 2      239.00 236 4 107 78 72 68 .221  2.94    17.2 .555   18.21 9 Fred Blanding
10 Hugh Bedient   R BOS 1 R 22   28 19 0 14 9 .500 5      196.33 175 5 79 64 47 104 .468  2.93    16.1 .575   17.35 10 Hugh Bedient
                                   
11 Jean Dubuc   DET 6 R 23 CL   26 23 2 16 9 .615 1      217.67 189 2 92 67 95 84 .296  2.77    13.8 .531   14.29 11 Jean Dubuc
12 Ed Willett   DET 6 R 28   31 28 1 15 14 .484 2      266.33 263 3 135 97 79 83 .243  3.28    13.5 .435   12.66 12 Ed Willett
13 George Baumgardner   R STL 7 R 20   26 18 2 11 12 .423 3      206.33 210 1 95 77 75 96 .337  3.36    12.6 .485   12.47 13 George Baumgardner
14 Jack Coombs   PHI 3 R 29 CL   32 23 1 18 10 .563 4      240.00 208 5 110 88 86 110 .374  3.30    13.2 .413   12.05 14 Jack Coombs
15   Russ Ford           NY 8 R 29       35 30 0 13 21 .371 1        288.67 314 10 163 114 78 111 .283  3.55    13.5 .386   11.92 15   Russ Ford
16 Sea Lion Hall   BOS 1 R 26   20 9 2 9 8 .450 3      147.67 138 2 66 49 54 64 .333  2.99    11.2 .560   11.91 16 Sea Lion Hall
17 Jack Powell   STL 7 R 37   27 19 0 9 17 .333 1      220.00 232 5 109 76 49 63 .224  3.11    12.3 .456   11.80 17 Jack Powell
18 Jack Warhop   NY 8 R 27 CL   22 16 0 6 16 .273 0      200.33 199 2 93 64 46 85 .347  2.88    11.2 .509   11.36 18 Jack Warhop
19 Earl Hamilton   STL 7 L 20   26 17 1 10 13 .385 3      204.33 187 2 96 73 70 114 .444  3.22    11.5 .442   10.87 19 Earl Hamilton
20 Joe Benz   CHI 4 R 26   31 11 3 11 15 .355 5      209.00 201 4 94 67 61 84 .321  2.89    12.1 .390   10.74 20 Joe Benz
                                   
21 Chief Bender Vet   PHI 3 R 28   19 12 1 11 5 .579 3      147.00 145 1 54 45 28 77 .445  2.76    10.2 .537   10.62 21 Chief Bender
22 Long Tom Hughes   WAS 2 R 33   26 11 1 10 9 .385 7      181.00 186 7 91 59 72 100 .388  2.93    10.8 .415    9.89 22 Long Tom Hughes
23 Eddie Cicotte   BOS/CHI 1/4 R 28   24 15 1 10 9 .417 5      183.67 200 3 89 70 48 83 .335  3.43    10.4 .433    9.73 23 Eddie Cicotte
24 George McConnell   R NY 8 R 34   20 19 0 8 12 .400 0      168.00 164 3 89 51 49 87 .408  2.73     9.6 .480    9.45 24 George McConnell
25   George Mullin           DET 6 R 31       29 22 2 12 16 .414 1        223.00 211 3 111 88 91 87 .288  3.55    10.4 .359    8.85 25   George Mullin
26 Carl Cashion   WAS 2 R 21   17 13 1 9 6 .529 2      142.67 126 3 70 50 86 70 .330  3.15     8.2 .482    8.09 26 Carl Cashion
27 Byron Houck   R PHI 3 R 20   17 12 0 8 6 .471 3      140.33 115 1 61 46 57 58 .337  2.95     7.3 .429    6.80 27 Byron Houck
28 Doc White   CHI 4 L 33   19 9 1 6 8 .316 5      134.00 134 1 63 48 37 44 .257  3.22     7.1 .374    6.17 28 Doc White
29 George Kahler   CLE 5 R 22   32 17 3 12 19 .375 1      221.00 236 1 121 91 109 93 .270  3.71     7.9 .247    5.58 29 George Kahler
30 Bill Steen   R CLE 5 R 24   16 6 1 8 6 .500 2      112.67 128 2 59 47 35 48 .294  3.75     6.2 .388    5.49 30 Bill Steen
                                   
31 Willie Mitchell   CLE 5 L 22   15 8 0 4 8 .267 3      118.67 108 0 64 37 41 68 .456  2.81     6.0 .400    5.39 31 Willie Mitchell
32 Frank Lange   CHI 4 R 28 CL   21 11 2 7 9 .333 5      138.33 138 3 71 50 57 80 .410  3.25     6.6 .314    5.26 32 Frank Lange
33 Joe Lake   STL/DET 7/6 R 31   20 15 0 5 14 .250 1      167.33 198 2 103 64 42 87 .363  3.44     5.3 .265    3.88 33 Joe Lake
34 Boardwalk Brown   R PHI 3 R 25   24 16 3 11 9 .458 4      171.67 176 2 97 70 75 55 .219  3.67     5.3 .221    3.54 34 Boardwalk Brown
35   Ray Caldwell           NY 8 R 24       26 13 3 8 15 .308 3        172.33 184 1 104 86 63 89 .360  4.49     5.3 .204    3.40 35   Ray Caldwell
36 Mack Allison   R STL 7 R 25   20 11 1 6 14 .300 0      138.33 140 3 83 56 40 35 .194  3.64     4.0 .200    2.54 36 Mack Allison
37 Hippo Vaughn   NY/WAS 8/2 L 24   18 9 1 5 9 .278 4      119.67 117 1 67 52 67 79 .429  3.91     3.3 .183    2.01 37 Hippo Vaughn
38 Ralph Works   DET 6 R 23   17 9 1 4 10 .235 3      126.67 149 1 81 60 53 52 .257  4.26     0.2 .012    0.03 38 Ralph Works
League Average Age 26.7
League Average per 30 Starts 30 20.7 2.2 14.2 12.7 .473 3.1
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 190.1 2.8 90.3 65.9 64.1 96.9 .381  2.97
League Average Win Shares per Game .495
Average Win Shares per Team  61.49
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   16.6%   166 110 13 79 64 .476 23      1,269.00 1179 13 531 398 418 662 .415  2.82   88.2 .531 Throws Left  
Throws Right   83.4%     827 575 59 391 358 .473 78      6,428.67 6136 94 2943 2140 2050 3069 .375  3.00   403.7 .488 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 39.8%   394 273 37 197 159 .500 38    3,066.00 2829 32 1336 1002 1056 1618 .416  2.94   210.3 .534 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 35.3%   353 236 18 161 153 .456 39    2,701.00 2635 45 1280 935 830 1219 .352  3.12   154.0 .436 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 19.1%   189 133 12 82 87 .434 20    1,471.33 1403 24 666 466 457 730 .392  2.85   94.2 .498 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.9%     57 43 5 30 23 .526 4        459.33 448 6 192 135 125 164 .286  2.65   33.4 .586 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     18.4%     185 126 9 84 81 .454 20      1,400.67 1338 20 667 488 465 594 .329  3.14   82.9 .448 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   16.6%   30 19.9 2.3 14.3 11.6 .476 4.1        200.00 185.8 2.0 83.7 62.7 65.9 104.3 .415  2.82   13.9 .531 Throws Left  
Throws Right   83.4%     30 20.9 2.1 14.2 13 .473 2.8        200.00 190.9 2.9 91.6 66.6 63.8 95.5 .375  3.00   12.6 .488 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 39.8%   30 20.8 2.8 15.0 12.1 .500 2.9      200.00 184.5 2.1 87.1 65.4 68.9 105.5 .416  2.94   13.7 .534 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 35.3%   30 20.1 1.5 13.7 13.0 .456 3.3      200.00 195.1 3.3 94.8 69.2 61.5 90.3 .352  3.12   11.4 .436 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 19.1%   30 21.1 1.9 13.0 13.8 .434 3.2      200.00 190.7 3.3 90.5 63.3 62.1 99.2 .392  2.85   12.8 .498 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.9%     30 22.6 2.6 15.8 12.1 .526 2.1        200.00 195.1 2.6 83.6 58.8 54.4 71.4 .286  2.65   14.5 .586 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     18.4%     30 20.4 1.5 13.6 13.1 .454 3.3        200.00 191.1 2.9 95.2 69.7 66.4 84.8 .329  3.14   11.8 .448 Rookie