Starting Pitchers
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          American League 1913
         
         
             
1912 1914 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 1   WAS 2 R 25   36 29 11 29 7 .806 0     317.33 213 8 51 40 35 223 .899  1.13    45.3 1.258   73.35 1 Walter Johnson
2 Reb Russell T14   R CHI 5 L 24 CL   36 26 8 19 15 .528 2     283.33 223 2 80 60 71 109 .371  1.91    27.3 .758   34.31 2 Reb Russell
3 Eddie Cicotte   CHI 5 R 29   30 18 3 16 12 .533 2     241.33 202 2 70 42 66 109 .407  1.57    23.6 .787   30.21 3 Eddie Cicotte
4 Cy Falkenberg   CLE 3 R 32   36 23 6 23 10 .639 3     269.33 232 2 80 66 86 162 .509  2.21    24.6 .683   29.35 4 Cy Falkenberg
5 Jim Scott T14   CHI 5 R 25   38 27 4 19 16 .500 3     290.67 235 2 89 61 80 147 .467  1.89    24.9 .655   29.09 5 Jim Scott
6 Joe Boehling   R WAS 2 L 22 CL   25 18 3 15 7 .600 3     205.33 172 3 73 47 72 96 .393  2.06    18.6 .744   23.16 6 Joe Boehling
7 Willie Mitchell   CLE 3 L 23   22 14 4 10 7 .455 5     185.33 131 1 48 38 75 120 .583  1.85    17.5 .795   22.53 7 Willie Mitchell
8 Vean Gregg   CLE 3 L 28 CL   34 23 3 18 13 .529 3     263.33 238 2 98 66 114 153 .435  2.26    20.0 .588   22.14 8 Vean Gregg
9 Ray Collins   BOS 4 L 25   30 19 3 19 8 .633 3     246.67 242 3 88 72 37 88 .315  2.63    19.1 .637   22.00 9 Ray Collins
10 Fred Blanding   CLE 3 R 25   22 14 3 11 9 .500 2     172.00 187 5 66 49 58 50 .204  2.56    13.6 .618   15.43 10 Fred Blanding
                               
11 Dutch (H) Leonard   R BOS 4 L 21   28 14 3 11 13 .393 4     224.67 212 0 94 60 81 125 .427  2.40    14.5 .518   15.06 11 Dutch (H) Leonard
12 Bob Groom   WAS 2 R 28   36 17 4 16 15 .444 5     262.33 256 8 117 94 80 155 .461  3.22    14.6 .406   13.42 12 Bob Groom
13 Russ Ford   NY 7 R 30   28 15 1 9 18 .321 1     224.67 231 9 102 66 55 68 .238  2.64    12.9 .461   12.64 13 Russ Ford
14 Chief Bender Vet T22   PHI 1 R 29 CL   21 16 2 15 5 .714 1     175.67 154 1 59 43 44 100 .505  2.20    11.4 .543   12.12 14 Chief Bender
15 Eddie Plank Vet   PHI 1 L 37 CL   30 18 7 14 10 .467 6     219.00 190 3 76 63 51 136 .564  2.59    12.8 .427   12.07 15 Eddie Plank
16 Ray Caldwell   NY 7 R 25   16 15 2 9 7 .563 0     139.67 111 4 48 37 51 74 .457  2.38    10.3 .644   11.93 16 Ray Caldwell
17 Hugh Bedient   BOS 4 R 23 CL   28 15 1 12 13 .429 3     223.33 219 1 89 69 58 105 .379  2.78    12.4 .443   11.91 17 Hugh Bedient
18 Smoky Joe Wood   BOS 4 R 23   18 12 1 10 4 .556 4     135.00 111 0 50 34 57 114 .679  2.27    10.6 .589   11.74 18 Smoky Joe Wood
19 Hooks Dauss   R DET 6 R 23   29 22 2 13 11 .448 5     216.67 181 4 97 65 79 103 .396  2.70    12.1 .417   11.28 19 Hooks Dauss
20 Earl Hamilton   STL 8 L 21   24 19 3 13 10 .542 1     201.33 182 3 88 53 77 94 .363  2.37    11.3 .471   11.19 20 Earl Hamilton
                               
21 Roy Mitchell   STL 8 R 28   27 21 4 11 15 .407 1     231.33 250 6 105 77 44 56 .190  3.00    11.0 .407   10.13 21 Roy Mitchell
22 Jean Dubuc   DET 6 R 24   28 22 1 15 12 .536 1     225.00 211 1 103 72 84 68 .231  2.88    11.1 .396   10.09 22 Jean Dubuc
23 Walt Leverenz   R STL 8 L 25   27 13 2 6 17 .222 4     196.00 154 3 78 56 86 84 .350  2.57    10.4 .385    9.32 23 Walt Leverenz
24 Ed Willett   DET 6 R 29   30 19 0 12 13 .400 5     232.67 228 0 113 80 86 57 .182  3.09    10.6 .353    9.09 24 Ed Willett
25 Ray Fisher   NY 7 R 25   31 14 1 12 15 .387 4     219.67 218 3 101 78 63 82 .292  3.20    10.6 .342    8.95 25 Ray Fisher
26 George Baumgardner   STL 8 R 21   31 23 2 10 19 .323 2     238.33 251 6 112 83 79 73 .221  3.13    10.2 .329    8.44 26 George Baumgardner
27 Boardwalk Brown   PHI 1 R 26   35 11 3 16 8 .457 11     218.67 186 6 90 72 81 65 .243  2.96    10.5 .300    8.30 27 Boardwalk Brown
28 Carl Weilman   R STL 8 L 23   28 17 2 8 18 .286 2     225.67 235 2 109 85 54 71 .246  3.39     7.8 .279    5.94 28 Carl Weilman
29 Joe Engel   WAS 2 L 20   23 6 2 7 9 .304 7     137.67 104 2 63 47 71 59 .337  3.07     6.9 .300    5.45 29 Joe Engel
30 Joe Benz   CHI 5 R 27   17 7 1 4 10 .235 3     115.67 112 1 49 35 45 61 .389  2.72     6.2 .365    5.40 30 Joe Benz
                               
31 Bob Shawkey   R PHI 1 R 22   15 8 1 5 5 .333 5     105.00 87 2 39 27 47 49 .366  2.31     5.9 .393    5.34 31 Bob Shawkey
32 Earl Moseley   R BOS 4 R 28   15 7 3 7 4 .467 4     101.67 88 1 47 35 41 52 .403  3.10     5.4 .360    4.68 32 Earl Moseley
33 Marc Hall   R DET 6 R 25   21 8 1 8 9 .381 4     144.67 145 1 69 53 69 60 .280  3.30     5.5 .262    4.06 33 Marc Hall
34 Ray Keating   R NY 7 R 21   21 9 2 6 12 .286 3     136.67 133 3 70 49 46 75 .419  3.23     5.1 .243    3.63 34 Ray Keating
35 George Kahler   CLE 3 R 23   15 5 0 5 9 .333 1      98.00 98 1 51 34 27 36 .288  3.12     4.1 .273    3.09 35 George Kahler
36 George McConnell   NY 7 R 35 CL   20 8 0 4 14 .200 2     145.00 131 2 73 52 48 58 .324  3.23     4.5 .225    3.08 36 George McConnell
37 Al Schulz   R NY 7 L 24   22 9 0 6 13 .273 3     156.33 160 3 85 65 56 62 .287  3.74     4.3 .195    2.74 37 Al Schulz
38 Buck O'Brien   BOS/CHI 4/5 R 31   15 6 0 4 9 .267 2      97.00 111 0 49 40 42 53 .346  3.71     3.0 .200    1.94 38 Buck O'Brien
39 Joe Bush   R PHI 1 R 20 CL   15 5 1 8 5 .533 2     130.67 130 2 63 55 43 53 .306  3.79     2.6 .173    1.56 39 Joe Bush
40 Byron Houck   PHI 1 R 21 MR   19 4 1 6 4 .316 9     124.67 104 2 63 57 87 50 .262  4.11     2.7 .142    1.47 40 Byron Houck
                               
41 George Mullin   DET/WAS 6/2 R 32   16 7 0 3 11 .188 2     104.00 115 2 59 45 41 29 .186  3.89     2.0 .125    1.02 41 George Mullin
League Average Age 25.7
League Average per 30 Starts 30 17.4 2.9 13.4 12.7 .447 3.9
League Average per 200 Innings   200.00 182.0 2.8 80.0 58.9 65.1 90.9 .368  2.65
League Average Win Shares per Game .480
Average Win Shares per Team  62.23
Copyright © 2009 by Andre Lower
Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia