Starting Pitchers
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1929 1931 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 1 L 30 CL   32 22 2 23 3 .719 6      250.67 242 6 91 74 49 170 .584  2.66    28.4 .888   40.30 1 Lefty Grove
2 Wes Ferrell   CLE 4 R 22   35 25 1 23 11 .657 1      282.33 290 14 134 104 100 138 .354  3.32    27.2 .777   36.10 2 Wes Ferrell
3 Lefty Stewart   STL 6 L 29   33 23 1 19 11 .576 3      261.67 274 21 118 104 68 75 .219  3.58    24.9 .755   32.58 3 Lefty Stewart
4 Ted Lyons BBW   CHI 7 R 29   36 29 1 21 14 .583 1      291.33 326 12 158 124 56 68 .178  3.83    22.8 .633   27.32 4 Ted Lyons
5   General Crowder           STL/WAS 6/2 R 31       35 25 1 18 16 .514 1        270.67 265 16 128 116 92 98 .275  3.86    20.5 .586   23.63 5   General Crowder
6 George Uhle   DET 5 R 31   29 18 1 12 12 .414 5      231.33 236 17 108 95 75 114 .367  3.70    19.1 .659   23.35 6 George Uhle
7 Milt Gaston   BOS 8 R 34   34 21 2 13 19 .382 2      264.33 260 12 132 113 96 97 .272  3.85    18.9 .556   21.22 7 Milt Gaston
8 George Earnshaw   PHI 1 R 30   39 20 3 20 11 .513 8      273.67 278 19 146 133 120 178 .447  4.37    19.4 .497   20.59 8 George Earnshaw
9 Bump Hadley   WAS 2 R 25   34 15 1 14 10 .412 10      237.67 223 6 116 101 95 151 .475  3.82    17.8 .524   19.40 9 Bump Hadley
10 Vic Sorrell   DET 5 R 29   30 14 2 14 10 .467 6      223.67 238 12 112 98 101 91 .268  3.94    16.8 .560   18.93 10 Vic Sorrell
                           
11 Danny MacFayden   BOS 8 R 25   33 18 1 10 14 .303 9      261.00 289 9 139 124 92 70 .184  4.28    15.5 .470   16.00 11 Danny MacFayden
12 Firpo Marberry   WAS 2 R 31   22 9 2 13 2 .591 7      157.00 156 14 75 69 40 36 .184  3.96    12.9 .586   14.87 12 Firpo Marberry
13 Hod Lisenbee   BOS 8 R 31   31 15 0 9 17 .290 5      229.00 241 20 125 112 80 47 .146  4.40    13.9 .448   14.01 13 Hod Lisenbee
14 Sad Sam Jones   WAS 2 R 37   25 14 1 15 7 .600 3      183.00 195 4 95 83 61 60 .234  4.08    12.9 .516   13.95 14 Sad Sam Jones
15   Earl Whitehill           DET 5 L 30       31 16 0 17 12 .548 2        215.33 242 8 135 101 78 103 .322  4.22    13.6 .439   13.57 15   Earl Whitehill
16 Pat Caraway   R CHI 7 L 24   21 9 1 8 9 .381 4      155.00 159 8 77 67 45 70 .343  3.89    11.6 .552   12.98 16 Pat Caraway
17 Rip Collins   STL 6 R 34   20 6 1 9 7 .450 4      148.33 145 10 77 71 55 64 .320  4.31    11.0 .550   12.28 17 Rip Collins
18 Clint Brown   R CLE 4 R 26   31 16 3 11 13 .355 7      205.33 256 13 125 106 49 52 .170  4.65    12.5 .403   11.95 18 Clint Brown
19 Bill Shores   PHI 1 R 26   19 7 1 9 4 .474 6      119.00 123 7 57 52 49 39 .227  3.93     9.7 .511   10.44 19 Bill Shores
20 Willis Hudlin   CLE 4 R 24   33 13 1 12 14 .364 7      206.00 247 11 130 108 73 54 .169  4.72    11.5 .348   10.22 20 Willis Hudlin
                           
21 Lloyd Brown   WAS 2 L 25   22 10 1 9 11 .409 2      153.33 174 6 85 77 43 47 .217  4.52     9.4 .427    9.25 21 Lloyd Brown
22 Red Faber Vet   CHI 7 R 41   26 10 0 8 13 .308 5      161.00 172 7 95 73 46 61 .280  4.08     9.7 .373    8.92 22 Red Faber
23 Waite Hoyt Vet   NY/DET 3/5 R 30 CL   27 10 1 10 10 .370 7      175.00 226 13 109 89 55 32 .114  4.58     9.7 .359    8.75 23 Waite Hoyt
24 Ad Liska   WAS 2 R 23   16 7 1 7 6 .438 3      104.67 100 3 51 39 57 24 .153  3.35     7.9 .494    8.36 24 Ad Liska
25   George Blaeholder           STL 6 R 26 CL     23 10 1 10 11 .435 2        154.33 192 16 100 81 36 55 .241  4.72     8.3 .361    7.51 25   George Blaeholder
26 Rube Walberg   PHI 1 L 33   30 12 2 9 11 .300 10      182.00 187 6 112 98 75 91 .347  4.85     8.9 .297    7.30 26 Rube Walberg
27 Dick Coffman   STL 6 R 23   30 12 1 8 17 .267 5      183.33 232 12 122 100 64 48 .162  4.91     8.3 .277    6.58 27 Dick Coffman
28 George Pipgras   NY 3 R 30 CL   30 15 3 14 13 .467 3      195.67 213 9 128 97 62 96 .349  4.46     6.9 .230    4.98 28 George Pipgras
29 Mel Harder   CLE 4 R 20   19 7 0 8 7 .421 4      119.67 153 6 82 62 46 30 .151  4.66     5.7 .300    4.70 29 Mel Harder
30 Roy Mahaffey   R PHI 1 R 27   17 6 0 8 5 .471 4      107.00 126 10 64 56 30 22 .141  4.71     5.4 .318    4.59 30 Roy Mahaffey
                           
31 Herb Pennock BBW   NY 3 L 36   19 11 1 9 7 .474 3      140.00 180 8 89 70 15 42 .215  4.50     5.5 .289    4.45 31 Herb Pennock
32 Jack Russell   BOS 8 R 24   30 15 0 9 20 .300 1      216.67 282 10 149 126 49 33 .100  5.23     6.2 .207    4.25 32 Jack Russell
33 Hank Johnson   NY 3 R 24 MR   15 7 1 6 7 .400 2      101.67 93 6 63 51 65 73 .462  4.51     4.7 .313    3.96 33 Hank Johnson
34 Ed Wells   NY 3 L 30   21 7 0 11 2 .524 8      132.67 162 10 87 76 39 41 .204  5.16     5.1 .243    3.79 34 Ed Wells
35   Red Ruffing BBW         BOS/NY 8/3 R 26       28 13 2 13 7 .464 8        193.00 214 10 115 99 58 113 .415  4.62     5.3 .189    3.47 35   Red Ruffing
36 Roy Sherid   NY 3 R 23 CL   21 8 0 10 10 .476 1      156.33 184 12 100 89 69 54 .213  5.12     4.6 .219    3.24 36 Roy Sherid
37 Tommy Thomas   CHI 7 R 30   27 7 0 5 13 .185 9      157.33 202 9 110 83 41 54 .222  4.75     4.9 .181    3.14 37 Tommy Thomas
38 Dutch Henry   CHI 7 L 28   16 4 0 0 15 .000 1       96.67 136 4 77 49 29 25 .152  4.56     4.1 .256    3.12 38 Dutch Henry
39 Chief Hogsett   R DET 5 L 26   17 4 0 6 7 .353 4      107.00 134 10 76 66 51 46 .249  5.55     3.5 .206    2.39 39 Chief Hogsett
40 Sam Gray   STL 6 R 32   24 7 0 4 14 .167 6      164.33 206 16 124 109 50 51 .199  5.97     3.3 .138    1.85 40 Sam Gray
League Average Age 28.5
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.6 1.1 12.8 11.9 .428 5.3
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 221.0 11.3 112.9 94.9 65.7 75.3 .263  4.27
League Average Win Shares per Game .441
Average Win Shares per Team  58.54
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%   242 118 8 111 88 .459 43      1,694.33 1890 87 947 782 492 710 .298  4.15   115.0 .475 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.3%     819 399 32 343 334 .419 142      5,773.67 6363 335 3269 2763 1962 2103 .253  4.31   353.3 .432 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 20.6%   220 103 6 91 101 .414 28    1,525.67 1740 82 908 746 568 524 .227  4.40   87.7 .399 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 32.1%   339 169 14 144 132 .425 63    2,411.00 2705 136 1342 1137 757 854 .247  4.24   156.0 .460 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 40.8%   432 210 18 187 162 .433 83    3,047.33 3261 185 1687 1436 1007 1272 .298  4.24   196.5 .455 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   6.5%     70 35 2 32 27 .457 11        484.00 547 19 279 226 122 163 .244  4.20   28.1 .401 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     7.9%     86 35 4 33 34 .384 19        574.33 675 41 342 295 175 190 .224  4.62   33.0 .384 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 14.6 1.0 13.8 10.9 .459 5.3        200.00 223.1 10.3 111.8 92.3 58.1 83.8 .298  4.15   13.6 .475 Throws Left  
Throws Right   77.3%     30 14.6 1.2 12.6 12.2 .419 5.2        200.00 220.4 11.6 113.2 95.7 68.0 72.8 .253  4.31   12.2 .432 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 20.6%   30 14.0 0.8 12.4 13.8 .414 3.8      200.00 228.1 10.7 119.0 97.8 74.5 68.7 .227  4.40   11.5 .399 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 32.1%   30 15.0 1.2 12.7 11.7 .425 5.6      200.00 224.4 11.3 111.3 94.3 62.8 70.8 .247  4.24   13.0 .460 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 40.8%   30 14.6 1.3 13.0 11.3 .433 5.7      200.00 214.0 12.1 110.7 94.2 66.1 83.5 .298  4.24   12.9 .455 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   6.5%     30 15.0 0.9 13.7 11.6 .457 4.7        200.00 226.0 7.9 115.3 93.4 50.4 67.4 .244  4.20   11.6 .401 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     7.9%     30 12.2 1.4 11.5 11.9 .384 6.6        200.00 235.1 14.3 119.1 102.7 60.9 66.2 .224  4.62   11.5 .384 Rookie