Starting Pitchers
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1926 1928 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 Ted Lyons BBW 3   CHI 5 R 26   34 30 2 22 12 .647 0      296.00 275 7 125 100 66 50 .147  3.04    25.7 .756   35.55 1 Ted Lyons
2 Tommy Thomas   CHI 5 R 27   36 24 3 18 16 .500 2      302.00 265 16 109 102 94 106 .295  3.04    25.5 .708   34.14 2 Tommy Thomas
3 Waite Hoyt Vet   NY 1 R 27   32 23 3 22 6 .688 4      247.33 234 10 88 73 52 83 .290  2.66    21.9 .684   28.82 3 Waite Hoyt
4 Bump Hadley   R WAS 3 R 22   27 13 0 14 6 .519 7      193.00 172 2 71 61 83 59 .231  2.84    17.8 .659   22.99 4 Bump Hadley
5   Lefty Grove BBW         PHI 2 L 27 CL     28 14 1 17 8 .607 3        215.67 209 5 95 78 62 141 .520  3.25    16.4 .586   19.98 5   Lefty Grove
6 Jack Quinn   PHI 2 R 43   26 11 3 14 9 .538 3      187.33 200 7 75 66 32 40 .172  3.17    15.6 .600   19.23 6 Jack Quinn
7 Urban Shocker   NY 1 R 36   27 13 2 17 6 .630 4      189.67 198 8 82 59 35 31 .133  2.80    15.7 .581   19.04 7 Urban Shocker
8 Herb Pennock BBW   NY 1 L 33   26 18 1 17 8 .654 1      199.00 211 5 85 67 42 51 .202  3.03    15.1 .581   18.31 8 Herb Pennock
9 Jake Miller   CLE 6 L 29   23 11 0 10 7 .435 6      165.33 167 4 69 57 39 47 .228  3.10    13.6 .591   16.64 9 Jake Miller
10 Earl Whitehill   DET 4 L 27   31 17 3 14 13 .452 4      217.33 218 4 106 85 95 87 .278  3.52    14.7 .474   16.10 10 Earl Whitehill
                               
11 Hod Lisenbee T15   R WAS 3 R 28   34 17 4 16 8 .471 10      230.33 225 5 113 95 76 100 .332  3.71    13.9 .409   14.14 11 Hod Lisenbee
12 Dutch Ruether   NY 1 L 33   26 12 3 13 6 .500 7      181.33 195 7 84 67 51 44 .179  3.33    12.3 .473   13.46 12 Dutch Ruether
13 Garland Buckeye   CLE 6 L 29   25 13 2 9 14 .360 2      179.00 202 5 95 77 63 32 .121  3.87    11.7 .468   12.74 13 Garland Buckeye
14 Willis Hudlin T22   R CLE 6 R 21   30 18 1 14 12 .467 4      224.33 253 3 119 107 77 48 .145  4.29    12.2 .407   12.38 14 Willis Hudlin
15   Lefty Stewart         R STL 7 L 26       19 11 0 8 10 .421 1        136.67 161 6 70 63 33 40 .206  4.15     9.7 .511   11.03 15   Lefty Stewart
16 Joe Shaute   CLE 6 L 27   28 14 0 8 16 .286 4      199.67 218 9 115 90 61 55 .197  4.06    10.9 .389   10.82 16 Joe Shaute
17 Howard Ehmke   PHI 2 R 33   27 10 1 11 10 .407 6      186.33 197 13 100 86 63 66 .254  4.15    10.7 .396   10.71 17 Howard Ehmke
18 Milt Gaston   STL 7 R 31   30 21 0 13 15 .433 2      228.33 245 17 155 122 88 67 .201  4.81    11.0 .367   10.60 18 Milt Gaston
19 Elam Vangilder   STL 7 R 31 MR   23 12 3 10 10 .435 3      158.33 183 8 98 81 80 44 .167  4.60     9.7 .422   10.03 19 Elam Vangilder
20 Sam Gibson   DET 4 R 27   26 11 0 11 10 .423 5      171.33 183 8 100 68 80 70 .266  3.57    10.0 .385    9.87 20 Sam Gibson
                               
21 Rube Walberg   PHI 2 L 30 CL   33 14 0 14 10 .424 9      216.00 229 15 129 99 84 112 .358  4.13    10.8 .327    9.83 21 Rube Walberg
22 Slim Harriss T25   BOS 8 R 30   27 11 1 10 16 .370 1      181.33 209 6 101 83 56 59 .223  4.12    10.0 .370    9.68 22 Slim Harriss
23 Eddie Rommell   PHI 2 R 29   17 8 2 11 2 .647 4      117.67 110 4 46 39 31 27 .191  2.98     8.3 .488    9.23 23 Eddie Rommell
24 Sad Sam Jones   STL 7 R 34   26 11 0 8 14 .308 4      181.00 200 12 113 87 99 68 .227  4.33     8.8 .338    8.14 24 Sad Sam Jones
25   Sloppy Thurston           WAS 3 R 28       28 13 2 13 12 .464 3        198.33 246 16 115 99 60 34 .111  4.49     8.9 .318    7.99 25   Sloppy Thurston
26 Lil Stoner   DET 4 R 28 CL   24 13 0 9 10 .375 5      188.33 221 8 104 85 62 54 .191  4.06     8.4 .350    7.91 26 Lil Stoner
27 Ownie Carroll   R DET 4 R 24   15 8 0 7 6 .467 2      122.67 128 2 65 54 55 30 .164  3.96     6.9 .460    7.45 27 Ownie Carroll
28 Ken Holloway   DET 4 R 29 CL   23 11 1 9 10 .391 4      163.00 188 9 91 73 57 31 .127  4.03     7.9 .343    7.36 28 Ken Holloway
29 Rip Collins   DET 4 R 31   25 10 1 12 7 .480 6      165.67 195 5 107 86 56 35 .139  4.67     7.5 .300    6.54 29 Rip Collins
30 George Pipgras   R NY 1 R 27   21 9 1 10 3 .476 8      144.67 132 2 73 69 70 65 .322  4.29     6.8 .324    6.16 30 George Pipgras
                               
31 Tom Zachary   STL/WAS 7/3 L 31   26 11 1 8 11 .308 7      170.67 217 6 97 83 55 26 .096  4.38     7.2 .277    6.03 31 Tom Zachary
32 George Uhle   CLE 6 R 28   22 10 1 8 8 .364 6      144.67 176 1 84 71 58 63 .269  4.42     6.8 .309    6.01 32 George Uhle
33 Ted Blankenship   CHI 5 R 26   34 11 3 12 17 .353 5      223.33 258 14 143 124 74 50 .151  5.00     7.1 .209    5.16 33 Ted Blankenship
34 Red Faber Vet   CHI 5 R 38   15 6 0 4 7 .267 4      103.33 121 2 59 50 38 37 .233  4.35     4.7 .313    4.18 34 Red Faber
35   Sarge Connally           CHI 5 R 28 CL     18 11 1 4 12 .222 2        131.33 148 5 78 65 50 42 .212  4.45     4.4 .244    3.46 35   Sarge Connally
36 Danny MacFayden   R BOS 8 R 22   16 6 1 3 7 .188 6      108.33 122 5 65 55 47 30 .178  4.57     4.1 .256    3.30 36 Danny MacFayden
37 Hal Wiltse   BOS 8 L 23   29 13 1 9 17 .310 3      200.33 255 5 135 114 68 43 .133  5.12     3.9 .134    2.27 37 Hal Wiltse
38 Walter Johnson BBW   WAS 3 R 39   15 7 1 5 6 .333 4      100.67 104 6 66 57 24 41 .320  5.10     2.6 .173    1.72 38 Walter Johnson
39 Jack Russell   BOS 8 R 21   15 4 1 3 8 .200 4       94.67 117 5 61 50 22 17 .122  4.75     2.1 .140    1.25 39 Jack Russell
40 Red Ruffing BBW   BOS 8 R 23   18 10 0 4 12 .222 2      139.33 144 5 87 78 81 69 .307  5.04     1.9 .106    0.98 40 Red Ruffing
                               
41 Tony Welzer   BOS 8 R 28   19 8 0 5 9 .263 5      134.00 172 9 89 75 57 43 .188  5.04     1.8 .095    0.88 41 Tony Welzer
42 Del Lundgren   R BOS 8 R 27   17 5 2 5 10 .294 2      105.33 126 7 78 75 70 31 .158  6.41     0.5 .029    0.14 42 Del Lundgren
43 General Crowder   WAS/STL 3/7 R 28   19 6 3 5 11 .263 3      103.67 98 4 74 69 66 35 .213  5.99     0.5 .026    0.13 43 General Crowder
44 Ernie Wingard   STL 7 L 26 MR   17 7 0 2 11 .118 4      117.67 134 5 86 76 57 19 .099  5.81     0.3 .018    0.06 44 Ernie Wingard
League Average Age 28.6
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.9 1.5 12.8 12.2 .425 5.0
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 215.6 8.0 107.0 89.2 69.6 60.6 .212  4.02
League Average Win Shares per Game .395
Average Win Shares per Team  53.29
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   28.8%   311 155 12 129 131 .415 51      2,198.67 2416 76 1166 956 710 697 .223  3.91   126.6 .407 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.2%     766 381 43 329 307 .430 130      5,465.67 5845 231 2934 2464 1959 1625 .208  4.06   299.7 .392 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 14.0%   150 72 4 54 68 .360 28    1,082.67 1191 27 603 519 433 296 .182  4.31   48.9 .326 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 53.7%   575 297 34 248 235 .431 92    4,132.67 4366 163 2146 1808 1433 1305 .225  3.94   235.7 .410 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 24.7%   269 130 11 116 107 .431 46    1,868.00 2081 94 1069 861 674 572 .208  4.15   103.1 .384 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   7.6%     83 37 6 40 28 .482 15        581.00 623 23 282 232 129 149 .198  3.59   38.6 .465 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     16.6%     179 87 9 77 62 .430 40      1,265.33 1319 32 654 579 511 403 .220  4.12   71.9 .402 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   28.8%   30 15.0 1.2 12.4 12.6 .415 5.0        200.00 219.8 6.9 106.1 87.0 64.6 63.4 .223  3.91   11.5 .407 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.2%     30 14.9 1.7 12.9 12.0 .430 5.1        200.00 213.9 8.5 107.4 90.2 71.7 59.5 .208  4.06   10.9 .392 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 14.0%   30 14.4 0.8 10.8 13.6 .360 5.6      200.00 220.0 5.0 111.4 95.9 80.0 54.7 .182  4.31   9.0 .326 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 53.7%   30 15.5 1.8 12.9 12.3 .431 4.8      200.00 211.3 7.9 103.9 87.5 69.4 63.2 .225  3.94   11.4 .410 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 24.7%   30 14.5 1.2 12.9 11.9 .431 5.2      200.00 222.8 10.1 114.5 92.2 72.2 61.2 .208  4.15   11.0 .384 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   7.6%     30 13.4 2.2 14.5 10.1 .482 5.4        200.00 214.5 7.9 97.1 79.9 44.4 51.3 .198  3.59   13.3 .465 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.6%     30 14.6 1.5 12.9 10.4 .430 6.7        200.00 208.5 5.1 103.4 91.5 80.8 63.7 .220  4.12   11.4 .402 Rookie