Starting Pitchers
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1925 1927 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 George Uhle   CLE 2 R 27   36 32 3 26 10 .722 0      304.33 287 7 109 95 110 150 .378  2.81    30.0 .833   43.13 1 George Uhle
2 Ted Lyons BBW   CHI 5 R 25   31 24 3 17 13 .548 1      260.00 242 4 97 84 99 49 .144  2.91    21.9 .706   28.99 2 Ted Lyons
3 Lefty Grove BBW 8   PHI 3 L 26 CL   33 20 1 12 12 .364 9      228.67 198 5 86 63 89 179 .624  2.48    21.0 .636   26.38 3 Lefty Grove
4 Tom Zachary T23   STL 7 L 30   31 18 3 14 12 .452 5      238.67 252 14 121 95 92 51 .148  3.58    17.6 .568   20.89 4 Tom Zachary
5   Eddie Rommell           PHI 3 R 28       26 12 3 9 10 .346 7        193.00 188 10 76 63 46 42 .179  2.94    16.5 .635   20.71 5   Eddie Rommell
6 Urban Shocker   NY 1 R 35   32 18 0 18 11 .563 3      242.33 250 15 102 90 63 56 .179  3.34    17.3 .541   20.04 6 Urban Shocker
7 Dutch Levsen   R CLE 2 R 28   31 18 2 16 11 .516 4      226.33 224 10 103 83 77 47 .156  3.30    16.7 .539   19.31 7 Dutch Levsen
8 Stan Coveleski Vet   WAS 4 R 36   34 11 3 14 11 .412 9      242.00 269 1 111 84 82 50 .142  3.12    15.5 .456   16.49 8 Stan Coveleski
9 Howard Ehmke   BOS/PHI 8/3 R 32   32 17 2 14 14 .438 4      241.00 237 4 123 105 94 90 .272  3.92    14.8 .463   15.86 9 Howard Ehmke
T10 Herb Pennock BBW 3   NY 1 L 32   33 19 1 21 10 .636 2      256.00 285 11 128 107 39 72 .222  3.76    14.9 .452   15.78 T10 Herb Pennock
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T10 Walter Johnson BBW   WAS 4 R 38   33 22 2 15 16 .455 2      260.67 259 13 120 105 73 125 .377  3.63    14.9 .452   15.78 T10 Walter Johnson
12 Red Faber Vet   CHI 5 R 37   25 13 1 15 7 .600 3      181.67 197 3 77 66 54 63 .251  3.27    12.8 .512   14.43 12 Red Faber
13 Sherry Smith   CLE 2 L 35   24 16 1 10 10 .417 4      181.33 206 8 78 77 30 24 .102  3.82    11.8 .492   13.04 13 Sherry Smith
14 Joe Shaute   CLE 2 L 26   25 15 1 12 9 .480 4      180.00 182 9 81 74 56 41 .172  3.70    11.6 .464   12.45 14 Joe Shaute
15   Ted Blankenship           CHI 5 R 25       26 15 1 12 10 .462 4        200.33 210 13 94 82 60 66 .244  3.68    11.5 .442   12.04 15   Ted Blankenship
16 Earl Whitehill   DET 6 L 26   34 13 0 14 13 .412 7      246.33 268 7 135 114 77 106 .307  4.17    12.5 .368   11.94 16 Earl Whitehill
17 Milt Gaston   STL 7 R 30   28 14 1 10 16 .357 2      205.00 218 12 110 97 103 44 .137  4.26    11.5 .411   11.61 17 Milt Gaston
18 Sam Gibson   R DET 6 R 26   24 16 2 11 9 .458 4      179.33 181 6 86 72 70 50 .199  3.61    10.8 .450   11.41 18 Sam Gibson
19 Jack Quinn   PHI 3 R 42   21 8 3 9 9 .429 3      137.67 162 4 66 53 29 46 .241  3.46     9.9 .471   10.70 19 Jack Quinn
20 Tommy Thomas   R CHI 5 R 26   32 13 2 12 12 .375 8      214.33 190 5 98 94 91 115 .409  3.95    11.2 .350   10.44 20 Tommy Thomas
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21 Rube Walberg   PHI 3 L 29 MR   19 5 2 9 9 .474 1      109.00 121 4 50 37 42 50 .307  3.06     8.1 .426    8.33 21 Rube Walberg
22 Dutch Ruether   WAS/NY 4/1 L 32   28 10 0 14 9 .500 5      205.33 246 5 114 105 84 56 .170  4.60     8.8 .314    7.77 22 Dutch Ruether
23 Slim Harriss   PHI/BOS 3/8 R 29   28 8 1 8 15 .286 5      163.00 189 0 95 77 53 45 .186  4.25     8.0 .286    6.74 23 Slim Harriss
24 Hal Wiltse   R BOS 8 L 22   29 9 1 7 15 .241 7      185.67 193 6 109 89 92 57 .200  4.31     7.8 .269    6.37 24 Hal Wiltse
25   Elam Vangilder           STL 7 R 30 MR     19 8 1 6 9 .316 4        121.33 132 6 78 67 61 21 .109  4.97     6.7 .353    6.27 25   Elam Vangilder
26 Jim Joe Edwards   CHI 5 L 31   16 8 3 4 6 .250 6      107.33 100 3 45 38 39 31 .223  3.19     5.7 .356    5.36 26 Jim Joe Edwards
27 Sam Gray   PHI 3 R 28 MR   18 5 0 7 9 .389 2      100.00 113 7 54 43 33 48 .329  3.87     5.7 .317    5.06 27 Sam Gray
28 Waite Hoyt Vet   NY 1 R 26 CL   28 12 1 12 11 .429 5      184.33 203 4 104 88 55 59 .229  4.30     6.2 .221    4.59 28 Waite Hoyt
29 Paul Zahniser   BOS 8 R 29   24 7 1 6 16 .250 2      161.00 199 5 98 88 62 32 .123  4.92     5.7 .238    4.38 29 Paul Zahniser
30 Garland Buckeye   CLE 2 L 28   18 5 1 4 8 .222 6      111.67 116 2 64 46 46 16 .099  3.71     5.1 .283    4.27 30 Garland Buckeye
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31 Ernie Wingard   STL 7 L 25 CL   16 7 0 4 6 .250 6      103.67 121 8 59 46 53 13 .075  3.99     4.8 .300    4.14 31 Ernie Wingard
32 Ed Wells   DET 6 L 26   26 9 4 10 8 .385 8      151.00 170 6 93 75 65 44 .187  4.47     4.9 .188    3.35 32 Ed Wells
33 Ted Wingfield   BOS 8 R 26 CL   20 9 1 6 13 .300 1      129.33 166 9 88 67 35 19 .095  4.66     3.4 .170    2.21 33 Ted Wingfield
34 Red Ruffing BBW   BOS 8 R 22   22 6 0 5 13 .227 4      129.33 135 4 82 69 55 35 .184  4.80     2.1 .095    1.02 34 Red Ruffing
T35   Sad Sam Jones           NY 1 R 33 CL     23 6 1 7 7 .304 9        125.33 149 6 88 74 65 54 .252  5.31     0.2 .009    0.03 T35   Sad Sam Jones
T35 Lil Stoner   DET 6 R 27   22 7 0 5 9 .227 8      134.33 160 10 105 86 52 51 .241  5.76     0.2 .009    0.03 T35 Lil Stoner
37 Joe Giard   STL 7 L 27   15 2 0 3 9 .200 3       66.67 94 5 68 58 53 14 .095  7.83     -   .000     -   37 Joe Giard
League Average Age 29.3
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.3 1.6 12.4 12.4 .414 5.2
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 212.1 7.5 101.2 85.2 70.9 62.9 .222  3.83
League Average Win Shares per Game .403
Average Win Shares per Team  48.51
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   35.7%   347 156 18 138 136 .398 73      2,371.33 2552 93 1231 1024 857 754 .221  3.89   134.6 .388 Throws Left  
Throws Right   64.3%     615 301 34 260 261 .423 94      4,336.00 4560 158 2164 1832 1522 1357 .223  3.80   253.5 .412 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 5.0%   51 15 1 12 28 .235 11      315.00 328 10 191 158 147 92 .194  4.51   9.9 .194 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 54.8%   532 254 29 215 222 .404 95    3,646.67 3822 136 1843 1535 1324 1236 .240  3.79   215.8 .406 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 22.1%   210 100 12 90 83 .429 37    1,500.00 1619 61 807 688 577 419 .191  4.13   80.2 .381 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   18.1%     169 88 10 81 64 .479 24      1,245.67 1343 44 554 475 331 364 .217  3.43   82.2 .486 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     12.0%     116 56 7 46 47 .397 23        805.67 788 27 396 338 330 269 .241  3.78   46.5 .401 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   35.7%   30 13.5 1.6 11.9 11.8 .398 6.3        200.00 215.2 7.8 103.8 86.4 72.3 63.6 .221  3.89   11.4 .388 Throws Left  
Throws Right   64.3%     30 14.7 1.7 12.7 12.7 .423 4.6        200.00 210.3 7.3 99.8 84.5 70.2 62.6 .223  3.80   11.7 .412 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 5.0%   30 8.8 0.6 7.1 16.5 .235 6.4      200.00 208.3 6.3 121.3 100.3 93.3 58.4 .194  4.51   6.3 .194 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 54.8%   30 14.3 1.6 12.1 12.5 .404 5.4      200.00 209.6 7.5 101.1 84.2 72.6 67.8 .240  3.79   11.8 .406 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 22.1%   30 14.3 1.7 12.9 11.9 .429 5.2      200.00 215.9 8.1 107.6 91.7 76.9 55.9 .191  4.13   10.7 .381 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   18.1%     30 15.6 1.8 14.4 11.4 .479 4.2        200.00 215.6 7.1 88.9 76.3 53.1 58.4 .217  3.43   13.2 .486 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     12.0%     30 14.5 1.8 11.9 12.2 .397 5.9        200.00 195.6 6.7 98.3 83.9 81.9 66.8 .241  3.78   11.5 .401 Rookie