Starting Pitchers
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1923 1925 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 1 R 36   38 20 6 23 7 .605 8      277.67 233 10 97 84 78 159 .511  2.72    27.9 .734   35.55 1 Walter Johnson
2 Herb Pennock BBW 4   NY 2 L 30 CL   34 25 4 20 9 .588 5      273.67 296 13 102 88 58 89 .251  2.89    24.5 .721   30.94 2 Herb Pennock
3 Howard Ehmke T15   BOS 7 R 30 CL   36 26 4 17 16 .472 3      288.33 294 8 126 110 71 109 .299  3.43    21.7 .603   25.06 3 Howard Ehmke
4 Eddie Rommell   PHI 5 R 26   34 20 3 17 14 .500 3      262.33 281 7 125 109 89 64 .173  3.74    20.6 .606   23.85 4 Eddie Rommell
5   Joe Bush           NY 2 R 31       31 19 3 16 11 .516 4        230.00 231 9 102 87 97 80 .244  3.40    18.0 .581   20.41 5   Joe Bush
6 Tom Zachary   WAS 1 L 28   27 13 1 14 9 .519 4      186.00 183 5 70 58 52 43 .183  2.81    17.1 .633   20.24 6 Tom Zachary
7 Urban Shocker   STL 4 R 33   33 17 4 14 13 .424 6      235.67 251 10 121 108 48 86 .288  4.12    18.1 .548   19.93 7 Urban Shocker
8 Stan Baumgartner   PHI 5 L 29 CL   16 12 1 9 5 .563 2      127.33 131 3 48 39 48 30 .168  2.76    13.9 .869   19.27 8 Stan Baumgartner
9 Sloppy Thurston   CHI 8 R 25   36 28 1 20 13 .556 3      289.00 331 17 149 122 62 37 .094  3.80    17.7 .492   18.47 9 Sloppy Thurston
10 Sherry Smith   CLE 6 L 33   27 20 2 10 14 .370 3      221.67 240 4 102 74 38 29 .104  3.00    16.0 .593   18.33 10 Sherry Smith
                               
11 Joe Shaute   CLE 6 L 24   34 21 2 17 15 .500 2      260.00 290 8 127 108 77 55 .150  3.74    17.0 .500   17.88 11 Joe Shaute
12 Ernie Wingard   R STL 4 L 23   26 14 0 11 12 .423 3      179.33 191 6 89 71 68 20 .077  3.56    14.7 .565   16.44 12 Ernie Wingard
13 Earl Whitehill T17   R DET 3 L 24   32 16 2 17 7 .531 8      226.67 250 8 121 96 75 62 .191  3.81    15.6 .488   16.21 13 Earl Whitehill
14 Rip Collins   DET 3 R 28   30 11 1 14 7 .467 9      208.00 191 6 97 75 63 72 .283  3.25    15.2 .507   16.10 14 Rip Collins
15   Alex Ferguson           BOS 7 R 27       32 15 0 12 16 .375 4        223.33 236 6 103 88 101 76 .226  3.55    15.1 .472   15.43 15   Alex Ferguson
16 George Mogridge   WAS 1 L 35   30 13 2 16 11 .533 3      213.00 217 2 97 89 62 45 .161  3.76    14.1 .470   14.38 16 George Mogridge
17 Jack Quinn   BOS 7 R 40 CL   25 13 2 9 13 .360 3      185.00 193 9 92 67 42 59 .251  3.26    12.8 .512   13.62 17 Jack Quinn
18 Sad Sam Jones   NY 2 R 31 CL   21 8 3 7 5 .333 9      151.00 150 6 65 55 62 44 .208  3.28    11.8 .562   13.16 18 Sad Sam Jones
19 Curly Ogden   PHI/WAS 5/1 R 23   17 9 3 9 6 .529 2      109.67 86 4 38 34 52 25 .181  2.79    10.8 .635   12.80 19 Curly Ogden
20 Bob Shawkey   NY 2 R 33   25 10 1 14 7 .560 4      184.33 190 10 92 83 63 100 .395  4.05    12.2 .488   12.68 20 Bob Shawkey
                               
21 Waite Hoyt Vet   NY 2 R 24 CL   32 14 2 15 11 .469 6      213.67 263 8 106 97 58 64 .199  4.09    10.7 .334    9.20 21 Waite Hoyt
22 Lil Stoner   DET 3 R 25   25 10 1 10 8 .400 7      182.00 224 10 109 92 52 59 .214  4.55     9.8 .392    9.13 22 Lil Stoner
23 Stan Coveleski Vet   CLE 6 R 34   33 18 2 13 15 .394 5      232.67 280 6 138 106 71 56 .160  4.10    10.7 .324    9.06 23 Stan Coveleski
24 Red Faber Vet   CHI 8 R 35   20 9 0 9 10 .450 1      155.33 168 5 76 67 54 46 .207  3.88     8.7 .435    8.53 24 Red Faber
25   Fred Heimach           PHI 5 L 23       26 10 0 11 11 .423 4        162.67 205 2 101 87 48 48 .190  4.81     7.9 .304    6.48 25   Fred Heimach
26 Sam Gray   R PHI 5 R 26   19 8 2 7 7 .368 5      111.00 127 4 71 47 66 39 .202  3.81     6.8 .358    6.05 26 Sam Gray
27 Dave Danforth   STL 4 L 34 CL   27 12 1 12 11 .444 4      183.67 200 14 107 96 56 50 .195  4.70     7.6 .281    5.99 27 Dave Danforth
28 Dixie Davis   STL 4 R 33   24 11 5 10 13 .417 1      144.67 151 9 81 72 70 42 .190  4.48     6.9 .288    5.51 28 Dixie Davis
29 George Uhle   CLE 6 R 25   25 15 0 8 14 .320 3      184.00 229 6 126 98 67 54 .182  4.79     5.4 .216    3.73 29 George Uhle
30 Curt Fullerton   BOS 7 R 25   20 9 0 6 12 .300 2      128.33 138 1 77 62 60 25 .126  4.35     5.0 .250    3.72 30 Curt Fullerton
                               
31 Ed Wells   R DET 3 L 24 CL   15 5 0 5 7 .333 3       82.33 107 2 48 37 30 21 .153  4.04     4.1 .273    3.19 31 Ed Wells
32 Ted Lyons BBW   R CHI 8 R 23 CL   22 12 0 11 10 .500 1      166.33 220 6 109 92 51 39 .144  4.98     3.8 .173    2.35 32 Ted Lyons
33 Denny Burns   R PHI 5 R 26 MR   16 7 0 5 7 .313 4      106.00 134 3 72 62 51 20 .108  5.26     1.2 .075    0.49 33 Denny Burns
34 Elam Vangilder   STL 4 R 28 MR   18 5 0 3 8 .167 7       92.67 117 7 74 60 36 38 .248  5.83     0.6 .033    0.16 34 Elam Vangilder
35   Bill Piercy           BOS 7 R 28       18 3 0 5 7 .278 6        110.67 147 4 82 77 61 16 .077  6.26     0.2 .011    0.03 35   Bill Piercy
36 Mike Cvengros   CHI 8 L 22   15 2 0 2 9 .133 4       75.33 89 3 57 53 47 28 .206  6.33     -   .000     -   36 Mike Cvengros
League Average Age 28.7
League Average per 30 Starts 30 15.3 1.9 13.4 11.8 .445 4.8
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 218.0 7.2 102.0 85.5 65.6 57.9 .204  3.85
League Average Win Shares per Game .452
Average Win Shares per Team  53.03
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   32.9%   309 163 15 144 120 .466 45      2,191.67 2399 70 1069 896 659 520 .170  3.68   152.5 .494 Throws Left  
Throws Right   67.1%     630 317 43 274 250 .435 106      4,471.67 4865 171 2328 1954 1525 1409 .221  3.93   271.7 .431 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 22.7%   219 103 9 98 88 .447 33    1,476.00 1701 47 796 675 506 362 .164  4.12   84.6 .386 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 33.4%   316 156 10 130 127 .411 59    2,210.67 2469 79 1203 989 808 573 .175  4.03   128.6 .407 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 31.6%   291 166 29 133 114 .457 44    2,145.67 2283 89 1036 879 634 685 .235  3.69   147.5 .507 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   12.3%     113 55 10 57 41 .504 15        831.00 811 26 362 307 236 309 .295  3.32   63.5 .562 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     13.5%     130 62 4 56 50 .431 24        871.67 1029 29 510 405 341 201 .147  4.18   46.2 .355 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   32.9%   30 15.8 1.5 14.0 11.7 .466 4.3        200.00 218.9 6.4 97.6 81.8 60.1 47.5 .170  3.68   13.9 .494 Throws Left  
Throws Right   67.1%     30 15.1 2.0 13.0 11.9 .435 5.1        200.00 217.6 7.6 104.1 87.4 68.2 63.0 .221  3.93   12.1 .431 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 22.7%   30 14.1 1.2 13.4 12.1 .447 4.5      200.00 230.5 6.4 107.9 91.5 68.6 49.1 .164  4.12   11.5 .386 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 33.4%   30 14.8 0.9 12.3 12.1 .411 5.6      200.00 223.4 7.1 108.8 89.5 73.1 51.8 .175  4.03   11.6 .407 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 31.6%   30 17.1 3.0 13.7 11.8 .457 4.5      200.00 212.8 8.3 96.6 81.9 59.1 63.8 .235  3.69   13.7 .507 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   12.3%     30 14.6 2.7 15.1 10.9 .504 4.0        200.00 195.2 6.3 87.1 73.9 56.8 74.4 .295  3.32   15.3 .562 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     13.5%     30 14.3 0.9 12.9 11.5 .431 5.6        200.00 236.1 6.7 117.0 92.9 78.2 46.1 .147  4.18   10.6 .355 Rookie