Starting Pitchers
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1931 1933 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 T14   PHI 2 L 32 CL   30 27 4 22 8 .733 0      258.00 235 12 91 85 66 169 .561  2.97    25.9 .863   37.26 1 Lefty Grove
2 General Crowder T27   WAS 3 R 33   39 21 3 21 13 .538 5      304.00 299 17 127 113 68 97 .264  3.35    27.5 .705   35.76 2 General Crowder
3 Wes Ferrell T19   CLE 4 R 24   34 26 3 22 11 .647 1      273.00 282 15 129 109 100 98 .257  3.59    25.0 .735   33.19 3 Wes Ferrell
4 Red Ruffing BBW   NY 1 R 28   29 22 3 17 6 .586 6      251.33 214 16 101 88 113 183 .560  3.15    21.5 .741   28.66 4 Red Ruffing
5   Clint Brown           CLE 4 R 28       32 21 1 15 12 .469 5        256.33 288 14 138 114 49 59 .175  4.00    19.9 .622   24.30 5   Clint Brown
6 Mel Harder   CLE 4 R 22   32 17 1 15 11 .469 6      236.33 253 8 115 97 63 84 .266  3.69    19.5 .609   23.57 6 Mel Harder
7 Monte Weaver 18   R WAS 3 R 26   30 13 1 20 8 .667 2      208.67 206 9 106 88 93 78 .261  3.80    17.6 .587   20.88 7 Monte Weaver
8 Lefty Gomez Vet 5   NY 1 L 23   31 21 1 23 5 .742 3      257.33 259 21 131 117 96 170 .479  4.09    16.5 .532   18.64 8 Lefty Gomez
9 Tommy Bridges   DET 5 R 25   26 10 4 12 10 .462 4      181.67 156 13 85 67 107 101 .384  3.32    14.0 .538   15.90 9 Tommy Bridges
10 Johnny Allen T14   R NY 1 R 26 CL   21 13 3 13 4 .619 4      152.67 129 8 66 59 53 79 .434  3.48    13.0 .619   15.84 10 Johnny Allen
                                       
11 Ted Lyons BBW T19   CHI 7 R 31   26 19 1 10 14 .385 2      221.33 230 9 94 74 68 55 .185  3.01    13.5 .519   15.06 11 Ted Lyons
12 George Earnshaw   PHI 2 R 32   33 21 1 18 12 .545 3      237.00 248 26 139 123 92 110 .324  4.67    14.5 .439   14.88 12 George Earnshaw
13 Vic Sorrell   DET 5 R 31   31 13 1 13 14 .419 4      229.33 227 11 122 103 77 83 .273  4.04    13.5 .435   13.79 13 Vic Sorrell
14 Earl Whitehill   DET 5 L 32   31 17 3 15 12 .484 4      240.67 252 17 136 123 92 78 .227  4.60    13.3 .429   13.49 14 Earl Whitehill
15   George Pipgras           NY 1 R 32       27 14 2 15 7 .556 5        210.00 220 14 108 96 82 108 .358  4.11    12.6 .467   13.33 15   George Pipgras
16 Lefty Stewart   STL 6 L 31   32 18 2 14 16 .438 2      241.00 254 21 140 128 89 80 .233  4.78    13.0 .406   12.83 16 Lefty Stewart
17 Tony Freitas   R PHI 2 L 24   18 10 1 11 3 .611 4      137.00 135 11 63 59 45 27 .150  3.88    10.7 .594   12.77 17 Tony Freitas
18 George Blaeholder   STL 6 R 28   36 16 1 14 13 .389 9      247.67 292 19 154 130 72 77 .212  4.72    13.3 .369   12.51 18 George Blaeholder
19 Tommy Thomas   CHI/WAS 7/3 R 32   17 8 1 7 9 .412 1      127.67 136 8 60 58 47 40 .219  4.09     9.8 .576   11.52 19 Tommy Thomas
20 Rube Walberg   PHI 2 L 35   34 19 3 17 10 .500 7      253.00 288 15 152 136 93 80 .210  4.84    12.0 .353   11.04 20 Rube Walberg
                                       
21 Willis Hudlin   CLE 4 R 26   21 12 0 11 7 .524 3      158.33 175 9 96 85 47 57 .257  4.83     8.3 .395    8.08 21 Willis Hudlin
22 Ivy Andrews   R NY/BOS 1/8 R 25   20 9 0 8 6 .400 6      136.33 138 4 77 60 52 26 .137  3.96     8.1 .405    7.98 22 Ivy Andrews
23 Ed Durham   BOS 8 R 23   22 4 0 4 12 .182 6      143.67 163 11 82 66 40 45 .222  4.13     7.7 .350    7.05 23 Ed Durham
24 Danny MacFayden   BOS/NY 8/1 R 27   26 15 0 8 15 .308 3      194.00 220 14 117 92 69 62 .215  4.27     7.6 .292    6.36 24 Danny MacFayden
25   Oral Hildebrand         R CLE 4 R 25       15 7 0 6 6 .400 3        101.33 102 7 56 45 49 41 .272  4.00     6.3 .420    6.32 25   Oral Hildebrand
26 Roy Mahaffey   PHI 2 R 29   28 13 0 11 10 .393 7      200.67 218 24 125 116 83 100 .332  5.20     7.5 .268    6.01 26 Roy Mahaffey
27 Dick Coffman   STL/WAS 6/3 R 25   15 5 1 5 8 .333 2      101.00 110 3 53 47 41 27 .179  4.19     6.0 .400    5.88 27 Dick Coffman
28 Sad Sam Jones   CHI 7 R 39   28 10 0 8 15 .286 5      195.00 214 8 122 93 72 63 .220  4.29     7.0 .250    5.42 28 Sad Sam Jones
29 Chief Hogsett   DET 5 L 28 CL   15 7 0 5 6 .333 4      109.00 138 6 66 49 40 38 .213  4.05     5.6 .373    5.30 29 Chief Hogsett
30 Firpo Marberry   WAS 3 R 33 CL   15 8 1 7 3 .467 5      116.00 116 9 67 57 34 35 .233  4.42     5.3 .353    4.88 30 Firpo Marberry
                                       
31 Milt Gaston   CHI 7 R 36   25 7 1 7 16 .280 2      161.00 176 10 97 70 71 44 .178  3.91     6.2 .248    4.78 31 Milt Gaston
32 George Uhle   DET 5 R 33 CL   15 6 1 5 4 .333 6      104.67 110 11 62 52 32 34 .239  4.47     4.9 .327    4.34 32 George Uhle
33 Bump Hadley   CHI/STL 7/6 R 27   35 13 1 14 18 .400 3      232.33 246 22 160 143 158 132 .327  5.54     6.4 .183    4.24 33 Bump Hadley
34 Lloyd Brown   WAS 3 L 27 CL   24 10 2 11 10 .458 3      156.67 190 9 95 83 43 38 .163  4.77     5.6 .233    4.19 34 Lloyd Brown
35   Herb Pennock BBW         NY 1 L 38       21 9 1 9 4 .429 8        141.33 185 8 93 74 36 52 .235  4.71     5.1 .243    3.89 35   Herb Pennock
36 Whit Wyatt   DET 5 R 24 MR   22 10 0 6 11 .273 5      150.00 175 9 100 84 76 55 .219  5.04     5.1 .232    3.80 36 Whit Wyatt
37 Sam Gray   STL 6 R 34 CL   18 7 3 5 11 .278 2      115.67 147 7 80 63 33 45 .250  4.90     4.5 .250    3.48 37 Sam Gray
38 Carl Fischer   WAS/STL 3/6 L 26   18 5 1 5 9 .278 4      113.33 136 12 74 69 53 47 .249  5.48     4.1 .228    3.03 38 Carl Fischer
39 Bob Weiland   BOS 8 L 26   27 7 0 6 15 .222 6      156.67 197 8 110 86 80 51 .184  4.94     4.5 .167    2.85 39 Bob Weiland
40 Jack Russell   BOS/CLE 8/4 R 26   17 7 0 6 11 .353 0      120.67 167 7 81 70 33 23 .115  5.22     3.1 .182    2.05 40 Jack Russell
                                       
41 Bob Kline   BOS 8 R 22 MR   19 4 1 6 11 .316 2      117.33 143 9 86 74 56 23 .116  5.68     0.6 .032    0.17 41 Bob Kline
T42 Vic Frasier   CHI 7 R 27   21 4 0 3 12 .143 6      130.67 149 12 98 80 55 32 .157  5.51     -   .000     -   T42 Vic Frasier
T42 Wally Hebert   STL 6 L 24 MR   15 2 0 1 11 .067 3       68.67 94 3 69 53 31 21 .168  6.95     -   .000     -   T42 Wally Hebert
League Average Age 28.7
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.8 1.5 13.2 12.0 .440 4.8
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 214.5 13.1 111.6 94.9 73.5 76.1 .264  4.27
League Average Win Shares per Game .417
Average Win Shares per Team  55.76
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   27.6%   296 152 18 139 109 .470 48      2,132.67 2363 143 1220 1062 764 851 .272  4.48   116.3 .393 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.4%     775 375 35 332 320 .428 123      5,615.67 5949 363 3103 2616 2085 2096 .261  4.19   329.8 .426 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 17.9%   193 94 7 88 75 .456 30    1,383.33 1504 87 775 659 507 523 .260  4.29   85.1 .441 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.0%   456 209 18 190 186 .417 80    3,209.33 3471 216 1858 1571 1290 1251 .263  4.41   172.4 .378 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 30.2%   314 179 23 152 123 .484 39    2,405.33 2474 162 1226 1075 780 934 .287  4.02   157.8 .503 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   9.9%     108 45 5 41 45 .380 22        750.33 863 41 464 373 272 239 .211  4.47   30.3 .281 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     9.6%     104 52 5 58 27 .558 19        736.00 710 39 368 311 292 251 .250  3.80   55.8 .537 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   27.6%   30 15.4 1.8 14.1 11.0 .470 4.9        200.00 221.6 13.4 114.4 99.6 71.6 79.8 .272  4.48   10.9 .393 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.4%     30 14.5 1.4 12.9 12.4 .428 4.7        200.00 211.9 12.9 110.5 93.2 74.3 74.6 .261  4.19   11.7 .426 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 17.9%   30 14.6 1.1 13.7 11.7 .456 4.6      200.00 217.4 12.6 112.0 95.3 73.3 75.6 .260  4.29   12.3 .441 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.0%   30 13.8 1.2 12.5 12.2 .417 5.3      200.00 216.3 13.5 115.8 97.9 80.4 78.0 .263  4.41   10.7 .378 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 30.2%   30 17.1 2.2 14.5 11.8 .484 3.7      200.00 205.7 13.5 101.9 89.4 64.9 77.7 .287  4.02   13.1 .503 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   9.9%     30 12.5 1.4 11.4 12.5 .380 6.1        200.00 230.0 10.9 123.7 99.4 72.5 63.7 .211  4.47   8.1 .281 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     9.6%     30 15.0 1.4 16.7 7.8 .558 5.5        200.00 192.9 10.6 100.0 84.5 79.3 68.2 .250  3.80   15.2 .537 Rookie