Starting Pitchers
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1927 1929 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 Lefty Grove BBW   PHI 2 L 28 CL   31 24 4 23 8 .742 0      252.33 214 9 85 69 61 172 .625  2.46    26.1 .842   36.52 1 Lefty Grove
2 Tommy Thomas T15   CHI 5 R 28   32 24 3 17 15 .531 0      271.67 273 14 113 96 74 125 .360  3.18    22.7 .709   29.15 2 Tommy Thomas
3 Sad Sam Jones   WAS 4 R 35   27 19 4 17 7 .630 3      220.67 201 5 86 71 78 63 .226  2.90    19.7 .730   25.67 3 Sad Sam Jones
4 Sam Gray   STL 3 R 30   31 21 2 19 12 .613 0      253.67 250 11 119 92 81 97 .293  3.26    20.3 .655   25.05 4 Sam Gray
5   Herb Pennock BBW         NY 1 L 34       24 19 5 17 6 .708 1        199.00 211 5 85 67 42 51 .202  3.03    17.8 .742   23.38 5   Herb Pennock
6 General Crowder   STL 3 R 29   31 19 1 21 5 .677 5      228.33 223 10 103 91 81 92 .303  3.59    19.2 .619   23.04 6 General Crowder
7 Jack Quinn   PHI 2 R 44   28 18 4 18 7 .643 3      209.33 236 3 88 65 32 43 .160  2.79    17.5 .625   21.10 7 Jack Quinn
8 George Pipgras   NY 1 R 28   38 22 4 24 12 .632 2      288.00 300 4 124 106 95 131 .332  3.31    19.2 .505   20.81 8 George Pipgras
9 Ed (W) Morris T15   R BOS 8 R 28 CL   29 20 0 16 13 .552 0      231.33 230 6 106 89 70 89 .297  3.46    17.5 .603   20.72 9 Ed (W) Morris
10 Garland Braxton   WAS 4 L 28 CL   24 15 2 12 8 .500 4      186.00 157 6 68 55 38 76 .390  2.66    15.9 .663   19.74 10 Garland Braxton
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11 Ownie Carroll T20   DET 6 R 25   28 19 2 14 10 .500 4      215.33 201 6 94 79 80 48 .171  3.30    16.6 .593   19.49 11 Ownie Carroll
12 Waite Hoyt Vet 10   NY 1 R 28 CL   31 19 3 21 6 .677 4      250.67 265 15 113 98 54 62 .194  3.52    16.3 .526   18.03 12 Waite Hoyt
13 Bump Hadley   WAS 4 R 23   31 16 3 12 13 .387 6      227.00 230 4 104 90 99 79 .240  3.57    15.5 .500   16.71 13 Bump Hadley
14 Rube Walberg   PHI 2 L 31   30 15 3 14 11 .467 5      209.00 206 18 102 84 59 101 .381  3.62    13.9 .463   14.42 14 Rube Walberg
15   Red Ruffing BBW         BOS 8 R 24       34 25 1 10 23 .294 1        270.33 284 8 138 121 90 105 .281  4.03    14.1 .415   13.85 15   Red Ruffing
16 Red Faber Vet   CHI 5 R 39   27 16 2 13 9 .481 5      201.33 223 11 98 84 68 43 .148  3.76    12.9 .478   13.60 16 Red Faber
17 Joe Shaute   CLE 7 L 28   31 21 1 12 17 .387 2      244.67 286 9 142 111 68 77 .218  4.08    13.1 .423   12.99 17 Joe Shaute
18 Jack Ogden   R STL 3 R 30   31 18 1 13 15 .419 3      230.00 247 23 118 110 75 67 .208  4.30    12.5 .403   12.10 18 Jack Ogden
19 Jack Russell   BOS 8 R 22   26 10 2 10 14 .385 2      185.33 216 6 94 80 38 24 .094  3.88    11.3 .435   11.37 19 Jack Russell
20 Howard Ehmke   PHI 2 R 34   18 5 1 9 6 .500 3      133.33 126 6 59 50 40 31 .187  3.38     9.6 .533   10.69 20 Howard Ehmke
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21 George Uhle   CLE 7 R 29   28 18 2 11 16 .393 1      208.33 249 8 120 96 45 73 .248  4.15    10.9 .389   10.37 21 George Uhle
22 Ted Lyons BBW T22   CHI 5 R 27 CL   27 21 0 13 14 .481 0      219.33 253 9 125 100 66 50 .157  4.10    10.5 .389    9.99 22 Ted Lyons
23 Hank Johnson   NY 1 R 22   22 10 1 12 9 .545 1      162.33 144 10 74 64 82 93 .412  3.55     9.3 .423    9.22 23 Hank Johnson
24 Grady Adkins   R CHI 5 R 31   27 14 0 7 16 .259 4      194.67 209 12 100 88 79 45 .156  4.07     8.4 .311    7.14 24 Grady Adkins
25   Jake Miller           CLE 7 L 30       24 8 0 8 9 .333 7        156.67 205 6 89 77 43 37 .149  4.42     7.4 .308    6.26 25   Jake Miller
26 George Earnshaw   R PHI 2 R 28   22 7 3 7 7 .318 8      138.33 127 6 74 61 89 96 .444  3.97     6.9 .314    5.90 26 George Earnshaw
27 Earl Whitehill   DET 6 L 28   30 12 1 10 16 .333 4      194.00 213 8 131 94 79 91 .312  4.36     6.8 .227    4.94 27 Earl Whitehill
28 Danny MacFayden   BOS 8 R 23   28 9 0 9 14 .321 5      181.67 200 12 114 95 73 56 .205  4.71     6.6 .236    4.89 28 Danny MacFayden
29 George Grant   CLE 7 R 25   18 6 1 9 6 .500 3      121.00 150 6 68 59 57 30 .145  4.39     5.5 .306    4.64 29 George Grant
30 George Blaeholder   R STL 3 R 24   26 9 1 9 15 .346 2      183.33 207 21 113 95 52 68 .263  4.66     6.2 .238    4.61 30 George Blaeholder
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31 Ted Blankenship   CHI 5 R 27   22 8 0 9 11 .409 2      151.33 177 9 88 78 78 34 .133  4.64     5.6 .255    4.31 31 Ted Blankenship
32 Willis Hudlin   CLE 7 R 22 CL   26 10 0 8 14 .308 4      182.67 216 7 109 94 77 51 .174  4.63     5.6 .215    3.96 32 Willis Hudlin
33 Vic Sorrell   R DET 6 R 27   23 8 0 8 11 .348 4      151.67 168 8 98 85 77 66 .269  5.04     2.6 .113    1.33 33 Vic Sorrell
34 Haskell Billings   DET 6 R 20   16 3 1 5 10 .313 1       89.67 100 2 66 47 48 37 .250  4.72     2.3 .144    1.33 34 Haskell Billings
35   Lefty Stewart           STL 3 L 27       17 7 1 5 9 .294 3        113.00 146 4 69 63 22 16 .095  5.02     2.2 .129    1.20 35   Lefty Stewart
36 Slim Harriss   BOS 8 R 31   15 4 1 4 11 .267 0       96.33 108 4 60 53 28 27 .199  4.95     2.1 .140    1.20 36 Slim Harriss
37 Tom Zachary   WAS/NY 4/1 L 32   20 8 1 9 11 .450 0      128.00 159 4 86 74 52 21 .100  5.20     2.3 .115    1.19 37 Tom Zachary
38 Sam Gibson   DET 6 R 28   18 5 1 5 8 .278 5      115.00 152 3 80 69 49 28 .139  5.40     1.4 .078    0.60 38 Sam Gibson
39 Milt Gaston   WAS 4 R 32   22 8 3 6 11 .273 5      125.67 154 3 86 77 44 39 .197  5.51     0.8 .036    0.23 39 Milt Gaston
League Average Age 28.5
League Average per 30 Starts 30 16.0 1.9 13.8 12.9 .460 3.3
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 213.4 8.7 102.1 85.6 66.4 68.3 .244  3.85
League Average Win Shares per Game .430
Average Win Shares per Team  54.39
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   22.7%   231 129 18 110 95 .476 26      1,682.67 1797 69 857 694 464 642 .284  3.71   105.7 .457 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.3%     782 411 47 356 340 .455 86      5,737.67 6119 252 2932 2483 1999 1892 .233  3.89   329.6 .421 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 20.3%   209 92 9 75 112 .359 22    1,482.33 1597 70 812 686 559 513 .238  4.17   70.9 .339 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 47.8%   480 275 29 237 192 .494 51    3,580.33 3784 140 1801 1499 1183 1356 .273  3.77   219.0 .456 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 23.6%   242 120 17 106 108 .438 28    1,726.33 1875 92 904 772 543 516 .213  4.02   95.3 .393 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   8.3%     82 53 10 48 23 .585 11        631.33 660 19 272 220 178 149 .178  3.14   50.1 .611 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     15.4%     158 76 5 60 77 .380 21      1,129.33 1188 76 609 528 442 431 .264  4.21   54.1 .342 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   22.7%   30 16.8 2.3 14.3 12.3 .476 3.4        200.00 213.6 8.2 101.9 82.5 55.2 76.3 .284  3.71   12.6 .457 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.3%     30 15.8 1.8 13.7 13.0 .455 3.3        200.00 213.3 8.8 102.2 86.6 69.7 66.0 .233  3.89   11.5 .421 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 20.3%   30 13.2 1.3 10.8 16.1 .359 3.1      200.00 215.5 9.4 109.6 92.6 75.4 69.2 .238  4.17   9.6 .339 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 47.8%   30 17.2 1.8 14.8 12.0 .494 3.2      200.00 211.4 7.8 100.6 83.7 66.1 75.7 .273  3.77   12.2 .456 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 23.6%   30 14.9 2.1 13.1 13.4 .438 3.5      200.00 217.2 10.7 104.7 89.4 62.9 59.8 .213  4.02   11.1 .393 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   8.3%     30 19.4 3.7 17.6 8.4 .585 4.0        200.00 209.1 6.0 86.2 69.7 56.4 47.2 .178  3.14   15.9 .611 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     15.4%     30 14.4 0.9 11.4 14.6 .380 4.0        200.00 210.4 13.5 107.9 93.5 78.3 76.3 .264  4.21   9.6 .342 Rookie