Starting Pitchers
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1932 1934 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 Earl Whitehill 9   WAS 1 L 33   37 19 2 22 8 .595 7      269.00 267 9 110 98 99 96 .262  3.28    22.6 .611   26.97 1 Earl Whitehill
2 Tommy Bridges   DET 5 R 26   28 17 2 13 12 .464 3      219.67 177 7 92 70 100 112 .404  2.87    20.1 .718   26.00 2 Tommy Bridges
3 Mel Harder   CLE 4 R 23 CL   31 14 2 12 16 .387 3      228.00 224 9 102 77 57 77 .274  3.04    19.5 .629   23.61 3 Mel Harder
4 Monte Pearson   R CLE 4 R 23   16 10 0 10 5 .625 1      127.67 108 5 43 35 53 53 .329  2.47    14.5 .906   21.07 4 Monte Pearson
5   Bump Hadley           STL 8 R 28       36 19 2 13 19 .361 4        282.00 274 14 138 125 131 138 .341  3.99    18.5 .514   20.25 5   Bump Hadley
6 General Crowder 7   a WAS 1 R 34 CL   35 17 0 20 11 .571 4      259.00 259 12 116 110 68 90 .275  3.82    18.1 .517   19.87 6 General Crowder
7 Firpo Marberry   DET 5 R 34   32 15 1 14 11 .438 7      230.00 228 13 98 87 58 83 .290  3.40    17.2 .538   19.26 7 Firpo Marberry
8 Oral Hildebrand   a CLE 4 R 26   31 15 6 15 10 .484 6      215.00 202 8 105 87 84 88 .308  3.64    16.7 .539   18.72 8 Oral Hildebrand
9 Lefty Gomez Vet   A NY 2 L 24   30 14 4 16 8 .533 6      227.00 209 15 96 76 100 157 .508  3.01    16.1 .537   18.01 9 Lefty Gomez
10 Lefty Grove BBW 5   a PHI 3 L 33 CL   28 21 2 18 6 .643 4      231.00 249 12 108 94 69 97 .305  3.66    14.4 .514   15.76 10 Lefty Grove
                                   
11 Lefty Stewart   WAS 1 L 32   31 11 1 15 6 .484 10      229.67 226 19 114 96 58 69 .243  3.76    14.4 .465   14.99 11 Lefty Stewart
12 Sad Sam Jones   CHI 6 R 40   25 11 2 10 11 .400 4      172.33 175 11 71 64 61 60 .254  3.34    13.1 .524   14.48 12 Sad Sam Jones
13 Monte Weaver   WAS 1 R 27   21 12 1 10 5 .476 6      147.33 140 3 53 51 50 44 .232  3.12    11.9 .567   13.68 13 Monte Weaver
14 Gordon Rhodes   BOS 7 R 25   29 14 0 11 14 .379 4      220.33 221 13 113 94 92 81 .259  3.84    13.1 .452   13.45 14 Gordon Rhodes
15   Wes Ferrell       a   CLE 4 R 25       26 16 1 11 12 .423 3        198.00 221 8 108 94 70 41 .141  4.27    12.1 .465   12.60 15   Wes Ferrell
16 Clint Brown   CLE 4 R 29   23 10 2 10 11 .435 2      158.67 176 9 75 63 26 40 .198  3.57    11.4 .496   12.26 16 Clint Brown
17 George Blaeholder   STL 8 R 29   36 14 3 13 19 .361 4      252.67 281 24 147 134 69 61 .174  4.77    13.0 .361   11.93 17 George Blaeholder
18 Vic Sorrell   DET 5 R 32   28 13 1 9 14 .321 5      209.00 213 16 105 91 70 65 .230  3.92    11.9 .425   11.84 18 Vic Sorrell
19 George Pipgras   NY/BOS 2/7 R 33   21 12 2 10 8 .476 3      158.00 164 6 71 64 54 68 .312  3.65    10.3 .490   11.01 19 George Pipgras
20 Bob Weiland   BOS 7 L 27   27 12 0 8 14 .296 5      194.67 175 17 95 84 91 86 .323  3.88    10.3 .381    9.71 20 Bob Weiland
                                   
21 Red Ruffing BBW   NY 2 R 29   28 18 0 8 14 .286 6      218.33 216 7 114 98 91 109 .355  4.04    10.4 .371    9.67 21 Red Ruffing
22 Sugar Cain   R PHI 3 R 26   32 16 1 13 11 .406 8      206.33 226 16 119 90 121 39 .112  3.93    10.6 .331    9.31 22 Sugar Cain
23 Johnny Allen   NY 2 R 27   24 10 1 15 7 .625 2      181.67 167 9 95 89 87 118 .465  4.41     9.2 .383    8.69 23 Johnny Allen
24 Hank Johnson   BOS 7 R 27   21 7 0 8 6 .381 7      147.33 146 12 78 65 69 59 .274  3.97     8.7 .414    8.55 24 Hank Johnson
25   Ed Durham           CHI 6 R 24       21 6 0 9 6 .429 6        134.33 130 11 68 63 42 58 .337  4.22     8.2 .390    7.82 25   Ed Durham
26 Russ Van Atta   R NY 2 L 27   22 10 2 12 4 .545 6      154.00 158 8 79 73 60 75 .344  4.27     8.2 .373    7.65 26 Russ Van Atta
27 Lloyd Brown   STL/BOS 8/7 L 28   27 9 2 9 12 .333 6      183.00 209 5 108 91 68 41 .148  4.48     8.7 .322    7.54 27 Lloyd Brown
28 Carl Fischer   DET 5 L 27   22 9 0 6 14 .273 2      145.00 149 4 77 62 65 70 .327  3.85     7.9 .359    7.23 28 Carl Fischer
29 Ted Lyons BBW   CHI 6 R 32   27 14 2 6 18 .222 3      198.00 229 7 129 98 67 63 .213  4.45     8.1 .300    6.77 29 Ted Lyons
30 Schoolboy Rowe   R DET 5 R 23   15 8 1 6 4 .400 5      109.33 116 7 57 48 28 68 .472  3.95     6.2 .413    6.08 30 Schoolboy Rowe
                                   
31 Willis Hudlin   CLE 4 R 27   17 6 0 5 11 .294 1      112.67 122 5 62 48 44 30 .181  3.83     6.3 .371    5.86 31 Willis Hudlin
32 Rube Walberg   PHI 3 L 36 CL   20 10 1 6 10 .300 4      145.33 157 6 93 73 69 48 .212  4.52     6.2 .310    5.27 32 Rube Walberg
33 Milt Gaston   CHI 6 R 37   25 7 1 8 12 .320 5      162.00 160 9 94 80 57 39 .180  4.44     6.3 .252    4.83 33 Milt Gaston
34 Ed Wells   STL 8 L 33   22 10 0 4 11 .182 7      161.67 194 11 98 83 51 37 .151  4.62     6.0 .273    4.79 34 Ed Wells
35   Roy Mahaffey           PHI 3 R 30       23 9 0 11 8 .478 4        155.33 166 2 100 89 65 53 .229  5.16     5.9 .257    4.57 35   Roy Mahaffey
36 Ivy Andrews   BOS 7 R 26   17 5 0 4 11 .235 2      104.33 113 7 70 55 45 25 .158  4.74     3.7 .218    2.64 36 Ivy Andrews
37 Paul Gregory   CHI 6 R 25   17 5 0 4 11 .235 2       97.33 114 9 67 49 40 15 .097  4.53     2.0 .118    1.05 37 Paul Gregory
38 George Earnshaw   PHI 3 R 33   18 4 0 4 10 .222 4      110.67 146 8 87 72 52 37 .187  5.86     0.5 .028    0.13 38 George Earnshaw
39 Vic Frasier   CHI/DET 6/5 R 28   15 4 0 6 4 .400 5       97.67 108 8 66 62 49 24 .153  5.71     -   .000     -   39 Vic Frasier
League Average Age 29.1
League Average per 30 Starts 30 13.8 1.4 12.3 12.3 .411 5.4
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 204.6 10.8 102.7 87.4 74.6 74.1 .266  3.93
League Average Win Shares per Game .429
Average Win Shares per Team  52.79
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   27.3%   266 125 14 116 93 .436 57      1,940.33 1993 106 978 830 730 776 .285  3.85   114.8 .431 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.7%     718 328 31 288 311 .401 119      5,113.00 5222 275 2643 2252 1900 1838 .258  3.96   307.5 .428 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 11.6%   113 52 7 53 39 .469 21      826.33 787 47 366 299 280 413 .387  3.26   64.5 .571 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   499 228 23 194 221 .389 84    3,536.00 3595 193 1861 1584 1452 1296 .257  4.03   202.8 .406 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 31.0%   302 145 11 133 111 .440 58    2,211.33 2341 115 1136 982 711 758 .248  4.00   129.4 .428 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   7.0%     70 28 4 24 33 .343 13        479.67 492 26 258 217 187 147 .216  4.07   25.6 .366 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     8.6%     85 44 4 41 24 .482 20        597.33 608 36 298 246 262 235 .270  3.71   39.5 .465 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   27.3%   30 14.1 1.6 13.1 10.5 .436 6.4        200.00 205.4 10.9 100.8 85.6 75.2 80.0 .285  3.85   11.8 .431 Throws Left  
Throws Right   72.7%     30 13.7 1.3 12.0 13.0 .401 5.0        200.00 204.3 10.8 103.4 88.1 74.3 71.9 .258  3.96   12.0 .428 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 11.6%   30 13.8 1.9 14.1 10.4 .469 5.5      200.00 190.5 11.4 88.6 72.4 67.8 100.0 .387  3.26   15.6 .571 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   30 13.7 1.4 11.7 13.3 .389 5.0      200.00 203.3 10.9 105.3 89.6 82.1 73.3 .257  4.03   11.5 .406 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 31.0%   30 14.4 1.1 13.2 11.0 .440 5.8      200.00 211.7 10.4 102.7 88.8 64.3 68.6 .248  4.00   11.7 .428 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   7.0%     30 12.0 1.7 10.3 14.1 .343 5.6        200.00 205.1 10.8 107.6 90.5 78.0 61.3 .216  4.07   10.7 .366 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     8.6%     30 15.5 1.4 14.5 8.5 .482 7.0        200.00 203.6 12.1 99.8 82.4 87.7 78.7 .270  3.71   13.2 .465 Rookie