Starting Pitchers
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1922 1924 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 Herb Pennock BBW   NY 1 L 29 CL   27 21 1 18 6 .667 3      221.00 219 10 80 77 61 84 .300  3.14    20.4 .756   26.74 1 Herb Pennock
2 Elam Vangilder   STL 5 R 27   35 20 4 15 15 .429 5      262.33 251 10 119 86 109 67 .186  2.95    22.2 .634   26.65 2 Elam Vangilder
3 Sad Sam Jones   NY 1 R 30 CL   27 18 3 19 6 .704 2      218.33 211 10 94 79 63 64 .234  3.26    20.0 .741   25.95 3 Sad Sam Jones
4 Howard Ehmke T11   BOS 8 R 29 CL   39 28 2 20 17 .513 2      311.33 317 12 153 132 118 114 .262  3.82    21.7 .556   24.39 4 Howard Ehmke
5   Waite Hoyt Vet         NY 1 R 23       28 19 1 14 9 .500 5        215.67 205 8 87 70 60 53 .200  2.92    19.1 .682   23.78 5   Waite Hoyt
6 Joe Bush   NY 1 R 30   30 22 3 16 13 .533 1      252.00 243 6 107 98 107 115 .329  3.50    19.3 .643   23.33 6 Joe Bush
7 George Uhle T8   CLE 3 R 24 CL   44 30 1 25 16 .568 3      344.00 358 8 160 143 94 105 .232  3.74    21.6 .491   22.82 7 George Uhle
8 Urban Shocker 14   STL 5 R 32 CL   35 24 3 20 12 .571 3      265.67 280 12 119 105 48 103 .314  3.56    19.4 .554   21.77 8 Urban Shocker
9 Hooks Dauss   DET 2 R 33 CL   39 22 4 20 12 .513 7      295.33 311 9 131 118 70 99 .260  3.60    20.1 .515   21.75 9 Hooks Dauss
10 Bob Shawkey   NY 1 R 32   31 17 1 16 11 .516 4      250.67 223 15 110 97 98 123 .383  3.48    18.0 .581   20.68 10 Bob Shawkey
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11 Eddie Rommell   PHI 6 R 25 CL   31 18 3 14 16 .452 1      235.67 254 12 113 87 74 65 .198  3.32    17.1 .552   19.15 11 Eddie Rommell
12 Dave Danforth   STL 5 L 33   29 16 0 15 12 .517 2      198.67 192 3 95 84 77 82 .305  3.81    15.4 .531   16.92 12 Dave Danforth
13 Red Faber Vet   CHI 7 R 34   31 15 2 14 10 .452 7      232.33 231 6 110 84 63 93 .316  3.25    15.1 .487   15.89 13 Red Faber
14 Stan Coveleski Vet   CLE 3 R 33   31 16 5 13 14 .419 4      223.33 247 7 97 69 40 54 .188  2.78    14.9 .481   15.58 14 Stan Coveleski
15   Walter Johnson BBW T20       WAS 4 R 35 CL     34 18 3 16 10 .471 8        249.00 250 8 106 96 69 127 .398  3.47    14.9 .438   14.87 15   Walter Johnson
16 George Mogridge   WAS 4 L 34   30 17 3 13 12 .433 5      207.33 221 10 85 68 54 62 .225  2.95    14.0 .467   14.42 16 George Mogridge
17 Charlie Robertson   CHI 7 R 27   34 17 1 13 15 .382 6      239.67 245 8 116 101 94 86 .254  3.79    13.5 .397   12.82 17 Charlie Robertson
18 Syl Johnson   DET 2 R 22   18 7 0 8 6 .444 4      125.00 125 8 54 51 35 63 .394  3.67    10.4 .578   11.92 18 Syl Johnson
19 Bill Piercy   BOS 8 R 27   24 11 0 8 13 .333 3      177.33 182 4 92 60 63 48 .196  3.05    11.4 .475   11.84 19 Bill Piercy
20 Fred Heimach   PHI 6 L 22 MR   19 10 0 6 10 .316 3      135.00 138 9 66 54 41 40 .223  3.60    10.0 .526   10.93 20 Fred Heimach
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21 Herm Pillette   DET 2 R 27   36 14 0 11 17 .306 8      230.00 258 5 127 98 75 58 .174  3.83    12.1 .336   10.57 21 Herm Pillette
22 Jack Quinn   BOS 8 R 39 CL   28 16 1 11 15 .393 2      212.00 270 5 112 95 44 62 .197  4.03    11.0 .393   10.40 22 Jack Quinn
23 Rollie Naylor   PHI 6 R 31   20 9 2 11 7 .550 2      123.00 133 5 58 48 48 24 .133  3.51     9.8 .490   10.34 23 Rollie Naylor
24 Joe Shaute   R CLE 3 L 23   16 7 0 8 6 .500 2      120.33 117 3 60 40 35 44 .289  2.99     8.5 .531    9.34 24 Joe Shaute
25   Sherry Smith           CLE 3 L 32       16 10 1 8 6 .500 2        109.00 110 2 54 37 32 20 .141  3.06     8.0 .500    8.53 25   Sherry Smith
26 Alex Ferguson   BOS 8 R 26   27 11 0 8 13 .296 6      175.33 205 4 105 81 58 68 .259  4.16     7.8 .289    6.32 26 Alex Ferguson
27 Ken Holloway   R DET 2 R 25   24 7 0 7 9 .292 8      149.67 182 10 89 68 59 40 .166  4.09     7.3 .304    6.07 27 Ken Holloway
28 Jim Joe Edwards   CLE 3 L 28   21 7 1 10 7 .476 4      141.00 160 4 75 57 54 54 .252  3.64     6.9 .329    5.97 28 Jim Joe Edwards
29 Mike Cvengros   R CHI 7 L 21 CL   26 13 0 10 11 .385 5      184.00 187 6 92 90 87 76 .277  4.40     7.4 .285    5.96 29 Mike Cvengros
30 Dixie Davis   STL 5 R 32   17 5 1 4 6 .235 7      103.00 100 3 59 42 61 36 .224  3.67     5.9 .347    5.24 30 Dixie Davis
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31 Ray Kolp   STL 5 R 28   17 11 1 5 10 .294 2      130.67 140 10 72 58 40 31 .172  3.99     5.8 .341    5.11 31 Ray Kolp
32 Tom Zachary   WAS 4 L 27   29 10 0 9 14 .310 6      194.67 245 7 107 94 55 39 .130  4.35     6.5 .224    4.64 32 Tom Zachary
33 Dixie Leverett   CHI 7 R 29 CL   24 9 0 9 10 .375 5      146.67 163 5 87 67 54 44 .203  4.11     6.1 .254    4.63 33 Dixie Leverett
34 Ted Blankenship   CHI 7 R 22 MR   23 9 1 7 11 .304 5      156.33 165 8 86 76 69 50 .214  4.38     5.9 .257    4.51 34 Ted Blankenship
35   Paul Zahniser         R WAS 4 R 26       21 10 1 7 9 .333 5        144.33 166 7 83 61 65 42 .182  3.80     5.6 .267    4.36 35   Paul Zahniser
36 Slim Harriss   PHI 6 R 26 CL   28 9 0 7 15 .250 6      173.00 192 8 99 82 74 73 .274  4.27     5.8 .207    3.98 36 Slim Harriss
37 Bob Hasty   PHI 6 R 27   36 10 1 11 15 .306 10      218.67 247 11 136 112 64 51 .164  4.61     6.3 .175    3.97 37 Bob Hasty
38 George Murray   BOS 8 R 24 MR   18 5 0 4 10 .222 4      123.67 130 6 81 72 64 29 .149  5.24     0.4 .022    0.09 38 George Murray
39 Curt Fullerton   BOS 8 R 24 MR   15 5 0 1 14 .067 0       94.00 120 8 82 60 56 20 .114  5.74     -   .000     -   39 Curt Fullerton
League Average Age 28.5
League Average per 30 Starts 30 15.4 1.4 12.8 12.5 .426 4.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 210.6 7.7 99.0 81.6 66.7 66.1 .238  3.67
League Average Win Shares per Game .440
Average Win Shares per Team  58.20
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   20.0%   213 111 6 97 84 .455 32      1,511.00 1589 54 714 601 496 501 .240  3.58   97.1 .456 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.0%     845 432 44 354 356 .419 135      6,078.00 6404 238 3044 2496 2036 2007 .238  3.70   368.5 .436 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 19.7%   207 105 3 83 93 .401 31    1,498.00 1545 64 768 656 541 480 .230  3.94   83.3 .402 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.2%   453 213 15 172 201 .380 80    3,151.33 3426 127 1653 1321 1117 964 .212  3.77   176.5 .390 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 32.2%   336 191 28 169 121 .503 46    2,478.67 2502 88 1119 929 761 875 .268  3.37   179.9 .535 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   6.0%     62 34 4 27 25 .435 10        461.00 520 13 218 191 113 189 .299  3.73   25.9 .418 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     8.1%     87 37 1 32 35 .368 20        598.33 652 26 324 259 246 202 .225  3.90   28.8 .331 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   20.0%   30 15.6 0.8 13.7 11.8 .455 4.5        200.00 210.3 7.1 94.5 79.5 65.7 66.3 .240  3.58   12.9 .456 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.0%     30 15.3 1.6 12.6 12.6 .419 4.8        200.00 210.7 7.8 100.2 82.1 67.0 66.0 .238  3.70   12.1 .436 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 19.7%   30 15.2 0.4 12.0 13.5 .401 4.5      200.00 206.3 8.5 102.5 87.6 72.2 64.1 .230  3.94   11.1 .402 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.2%   30 14.1 1.0 11.4 13.3 .380 5.3      200.00 217.4 8.1 104.9 83.8 70.9 61.2 .212  3.77   11.2 .390 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 32.2%   30 17.1 2.5 15.1 10.8 .503 4.1      200.00 201.9 7.1 90.3 75.0 61.4 70.6 .268  3.37   14.5 .535 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   6.0%     30 16.5 1.9 13.1 12.1 .435 4.8        200.00 225.6 5.6 94.6 82.9 49.0 82.0 .299  3.73   11.2 .418 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     8.1%     30 12.8 0.3 11.0 12.1 .368 6.9        200.00 217.9 8.7 108.3 86.6 82.2 67.5 .225  3.90   9.6 .331 Rookie