Starting Pitchers
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1919 1921 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 Stan Coveleski Vet   CLE 1 R 30   37 26 3 23 14 .622 0      309.33 282 6 110 87 64 132 .382  2.53    29.0 .784   38.07 1 Stan Coveleski
2 Jim Bagby   CLE 1 R 30   38 30 3 25 10 .658 3      311.33 325 6 116 104 68 71 .181  3.01    27.4 .721   34.49 2 Jim Bagby
3 Bob Shawkey   NY 3 R 29   31 20 5 18 13 .581 0      248.00 229 10 81 68 73 114 .377  2.47    23.6 .761   30.52 3 Bob Shawkey
4 Red Faber Vet   CHI 2 R 31   39 28 2 23 13 .590 3      318.00 331 7 136 106 89 108 .257  3.00    24.5 .628   28.78 4 Red Faber
5   Eddie Cicotte           CHI 2 R 36       35 28 4 21 10 .600 4        302.00 313 6 128 110 77 87 .223  3.28    22.4 .640   26.57 5   Eddie Cicotte
6 Carl Mays   NY 3 R 28 CL   37 26 6 23 11 .622 3      291.00 296 13 124 105 77 83 .223  3.25    21.2 .573   23.79 6 Carl Mays
7 Urban Shocker   STL 4 R 29 CL   28 22 5 18 9 .643 1      229.67 210 10 93 72 67 100 .361  2.82    19.1 .682   23.38 7 Urban Shocker
8 Dickie Kerr   CHI 2 L 26 CL   27 19 3 17 8 .630 2      206.67 209 4 92 71 58 58 .217  3.09    16.9 .626   19.82 8 Dickie Kerr
9 Lefty Williams   CHI 2 L 27   38 25 0 21 14 .553 3      297.00 300 15 147 126 89 130 .334  3.82    18.9 .497   19.75 9 Lefty Williams
10 Dixie Davis   STL 4 R 29   31 22 0 17 12 .548 2      246.33 236 10 113 93 136 76 .204  3.40    16.5 .532   17.84 10 Dixie Davis
                       
11 Howard Ehmke   DET 7 R 26 CL   33 23 2 15 17 .455 1      261.33 240 8 126 94 118 101 .282  3.24    16.7 .506   17.61 11 Howard Ehmke
12 Jack Quinn   NY 3 R 36 CL   32 17 2 17 10 .531 5      240.00 254 8 103 86 45 93 .311  3.23    16.2 .506   17.08 12 Jack Quinn
13 Herb Pennock BBW   BOS 5 L 26   31 19 4 14 12 .452 5      232.00 236 9 104 95 54 66 .228  3.69    15.6 .503   16.40 13 Herb Pennock
14 Elmer Myers   CLE/BOS 1/5 R 26   17 11 1 10 4 .588 3      141.33 138 1 55 41 38 37 .210  2.61    11.8 .694   14.57 14 Elmer Myers
15   Sad Sam Jones           BOS 5 R 27       33 21 3 13 14 .394 6        263.00 279 10 130 110 77 79 .222  3.76    14.6 .442   14.39 15   Sad Sam Jones
16 Hooks Dauss   DET 7 R 30   32 18 0 12 18 .375 2      253.67 278 11 144 96 82 77 .214  3.41    14.1 .441   13.88 16 Hooks Dauss
17 Ray Caldwell   CLE 1 R 32   33 20 0 20 10 .606 3      236.33 282 9 131 98 63 79 .229  3.73    14.0 .424   13.51 17 Ray Caldwell
18 Harry Harper   BOS 5 L 25   22 11 1 5 14 .227 3      151.67 145 7 61 44 55 63 .315  2.61    10.0 .455   10.00 18 Harry Harper
19 Scott Perry   PHI 8 R 29   34 20 1 8 24 .235 2      242.00 284 13 140 98 59 72 .210  3.64    11.2 .329    9.52 19 Scott Perry
20 Rollie Naylor   PHI 8 R 28   36 19 0 8 23 .222 5      239.67 291 7 142 93 84 86 .229  3.49    11.1 .308    9.13 20 Rollie Naylor
                       
21 Eric Erickson   WAS 6 R 25   27 12 0 9 13 .333 5      201.67 202 11 120 81 109 76 .244  3.61     9.7 .359    8.62 21 Eric Erickson
22 Walter Johnson BBW   WAS 6 R 32 CL   15 12 4 7 8 .467 0      121.67 110 3 48 39 22 72 .545  2.88     7.8 .520    8.34 22 Walter Johnson
23 Rip Collins   R NY 3 R 24   18 10 2 9 8 .500 1      126.67 110 6 56 47 48 50 .316  3.34     8.0 .444    7.90 23 Rip Collins
24 Carl Weilman   STL 4 L 30   24 13 1 9 13 .375 2      173.67 190 6 95 83 57 43 .174  4.30     8.6 .358    7.63 24 Carl Weilman
25   Doc Ayers           DET 7 R 30 MR     23 8 3 7 12 .304 4        161.33 158 5 84 67 46 83 .407  3.74     8.4 .365    7.52 25   Doc Ayers
26 Jim Shaw   WAS 6 R 26   32 17 0 11 15 .344 6      221.33 256 12 113 98 80 83 .247  3.98     9.3 .291    7.44 26 Jim Shaw
27 Slim Harriss   R PHI 8 R 23   25 11 1 9 14 .360 2      173.33 196 3 95 72 54 54 .216  3.74     8.4 .336    7.22 27 Slim Harriss
28 Dutch (H) Leonard   DET 7 L 28   27 10 3 10 16 .370 1      188.67 191 9 106 91 61 76 .302  4.34     8.2 .304    6.70 28 Dutch (H) Leonard
29 Joe Bush   BOS 5 R 27   32 18 0 14 15 .438 3      238.00 286 3 138 115 91 83 .220  4.35     8.0 .250    5.93 29 Joe Bush
30 Tom Zachary   WAS 6 L 24   31 19 3 13 16 .419 2      224.67 259 7 124 99 64 44 .136  3.97     7.9 .255    5.91 30 Tom Zachary
                       
31 Allen Sothoron   STL 4 R 27   26 12 1 8 14 .308 4      198.00 227 5 128 98 87 70 .223  4.45     6.8 .262    5.16 31 Allen Sothoron
32 Red Oldham   DET 7 L 26   22 10 1 7 12 .318 3      173.67 205 4 101 77 67 51 .188  3.99     5.9 .268    4.53 32 Red Oldham
33 Guy Morton   CLE 1 R 27   17 6 1 6 6 .353 5      108.33 109 1 63 53 43 60 .395  4.40     4.6 .271    3.55 33 Guy Morton
34 Hank Thormahlen   NY 3 L 23   15 6 0 6 6 .400 3       98.00 125 2 56 46 28 24 .157  4.22     3.5 .233    2.50 34 Hank Thormahlen
35   George Mogridge           NY 3 L 31       15 7 0 5 8 .333 2        100.33 111 3 63 48 28 25 .180  4.31     2.4 .160    1.42 35   George Mogridge
36 Henry Courtney   R WAS 6 L 21   24 10 1 7 9 .292 8      148.67 177 5 102 83 67 32 .131  5.02     0.3 .013    0.05 36 Henry Courtney
League Average Age 28.1
League Average per 30 Starts 30 17.9 1.9 13.7 13.1 .457 3.2
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 210.2 6.6 98.2 78.0 63.2 68.7 .251  3.51
League Average Win Shares per Game .455
Average Win Shares per Team  57.83
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   26.5%   276 149 17 114 128 .413 34      1,995.00 2148 71 1051 863 628 612 .220  3.89   98.2 .356 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.5%     741 457 49 351 317 .474 73      5,683.33 5922 184 2717 2131 1797 2026 .262  3.37   364.4 .492 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 10.6%   113 56 7 44 53 .389 16      771.33 867 23 433 347 261 204 .181  4.05   28.1 .249 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.1%   581 343 37 252 266 .434 63    4,379.33 4569 162 2177 1723 1523 1564 .257  3.54   259.7 .447 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 25.5%   256 162 16 131 106 .512 19    1,985.67 2067 56 927 728 519 690 .267  3.30   136.2 .532 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   6.8%     67 45 6 38 20 .567 9        542.00 567 14 231 196 122 180 .261  3.25   38.6 .576 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     6.2%     67 31 4 25 31 .373 11        448.67 483 14 253 202 169 136 .209  4.05   16.7 .249 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   26.5%   30 16.2 1.8 12.4 13.9 .413 3.7        200.00 215.3 7.1 105.4 86.5 63.0 61.4 .220  3.89   9.8 .356 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.5%     30 18.5 2.0 14.2 12.8 .474 3.0        200.00 208.4 6.5 95.6 75.0 63.2 71.3 .262  3.37   12.9 .492 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 10.6%   30 14.9 1.9 11.7 14.1 .389 4.2      200.00 224.8 6.0 112.3 90.0 67.7 52.9 .181  4.05   7.3 .249 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.1%   30 17.7 1.9 13.0 13.7 .434 3.3      200.00 208.7 7.4 99.4 78.7 69.6 71.4 .257  3.54   11.8 .447 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 25.5%   30 19.0 1.9 15.4 12.4 .512 2.2      200.00 208.2 5.6 93.4 73.3 52.3 69.5 .267  3.30   13.7 .532 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   6.8%     30 20.1 2.7 17.0 9.0 .567 4.0        200.00 209.2 5.2 85.2 72.3 45.0 66.4 .261  3.25   14.2 .576 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     6.2%     30 13.9 1.8 11.2 13.9 .373 4.9        200.00 215.3 6.2 112.8 90.0 75.3 60.6 .209  4.05   7.4 .249 Rookie