Starting Pitchers
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1933 1935 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 Gomez Vet 3   A NY 2 L 25   33 25 6 25 3 .758 5      275.33 216 12 82 69 91 150 .489  2.26    30.4 .921   44.96 1 Lefty Gomez
2 Mel Harder 16   a CLE 3 R 24 CL   29 17 6 16 10 .552 3      230.00 226 6 89 69 71 82 .276  2.70    22.1 .762   29.73 2 Mel Harder
3 Tommy Bridges   a DET 1 R 27   35 23 3 22 11 .629 2      271.00 247 16 117 112 103 150 .429  3.72    20.6 .589   24.37 3 Tommy Bridges
4 Schoolboy Rowe 4   DET 1 R 24   30 20 3 19 7 .633 4      224.33 226 9 96 90 72 127 .426  3.61    19.3 .643   23.85 4 Schoolboy Rowe
5   Wes Ferrell   8       BOS 4 R 26       23 17 3 13 5 .565 5        174.00 200 4 84 70 46 64 .260  3.62    15.3 .665   19.23 5   Wes Ferrell
6 Bobo Newsom   R STL 6 R 26 CL   32 15 2 13 16 .406 3      230.67 235 13 122 103 120 119 .335  4.02    16.7 .522   18.60 6 Bobo Newsom
7 George Earnshaw   CHI 8 R 34   30 16 2 14 10 .467 6      223.33 234 28 122 109 99 95 .285  4.39    14.8 .493   16.02 7 George Earnshaw
8 Monte Pearson   CLE 3 R 24   33 19 0 16 12 .485 5      244.33 248 14 140 124 129 133 .353  4.57    14.1 .427   14.20 8 Monte Pearson
9 Fritz Ostermueller   R BOS 4 L 26   23 9 0 6 13 .261 4      175.67 185 7 88 72 87 60 .221  3.69    12.5 .543   14.20 9 Fritz Ostermueller
10 Johnny Marcum   R PHI 5 R 24   31 17 2 13 9 .419 9      216.33 241 12 122 107 79 86 .269  4.45    13.8 .445   14.19 10 Johnny Marcum
                               
11 Earl Whitehill   WAS 7 L 34   31 15 0 14 11 .452 6      234.00 268 10 129 118 94 96 .265  4.54    13.7 .442   14.04 11 Earl Whitehill
12 Eldon Auker   DET 1 R 23 MR   18 10 2 9 3 .500 6      130.33 142 5 51 43 28 47 .276  2.97    11.3 .628   13.80 12 Eldon Auker
13 Bill Dietrich   R PHI 5 R 24   23 14 4 10 10 .435 3      172.67 166 10 90 82 88 64 .252  4.27    12.2 .530   13.69 13 Bill Dietrich
14 Bobby Burke   WAS 7 L 27 MR   15 7 1 6 6 .400 3      123.67 117 2 51 45 49 29 .175  3.27    10.5 .700   13.54 14 Bobby Burke
15   Willis Hudlin           CLE 3 R 28 CL     26 15 1 14 7 .538 5        182.00 190 8 95 91 61 57 .227  4.50    12.6 .485   13.52 15   Willis Hudlin
16 Red Ruffing BBW   a NY 2 R 30   31 19 5 18 10 .581 3      234.33 219 17 127 108 92 134 .431  4.15    13.3 .429   13.43 16 Red Ruffing
17 Johnny Murphy   R NY 2 R 25 CL   20 10 0 11 7 .550 2      159.00 146 10 67 61 65 56 .265  3.45    11.3 .565   13.09 17 Johnny Murphy
18 George Blaeholder   STL 6 R 30   33 14 1 12 17 .364 4      222.00 266 15 128 108 63 57 .173  4.38    12.9 .391   12.43 18 George Blaeholder
19 Bump Hadley   STL 6 R 29   32 7 2 10 14 .313 8      200.67 201 13 114 98 118 74 .232  4.40    12.7 .397   12.33 19 Bump Hadley
20 Joe Cascarella   R PHI 5 R 27 MR   22 9 2 5 12 .227 5      152.33 166 5 82 73 72 53 .223  4.31    10.1 .459   10.55 20 Joe Cascarella
                               
21 Sugar Cain   PHI 5 R 27   32 15 0 8 16 .250 8      225.00 230 15 124 111 122 64 .182  4.44    11.2 .350   10.21 21 Sugar Cain
22 Ted Lyons BBW   CHI 8 R 33   24 21 0 11 12 .458 1      194.67 227 14 127 101 63 52 .179  4.67    10.1 .421   10.10 22 Ted Lyons
23 Johnny Welch   BOS 4 R 27   22 8 1 10 9 .455 3      144.33 152 7 79 71 59 63 .299  4.43     9.5 .432    9.62 23 Johnny Welch
24 Lefty Stewart   WAS 7 L 33   22 7 1 7 10 .318 5      147.00 181 7 71 65 35 35 .162  3.98     9.2 .418    9.17 24 Lefty Stewart
25   Johnny Broaca         R NY 2 R 24       24 13 1 12 9 .500 3        174.67 198 8 90 78 64 71 .271  4.02     9.0 .375    8.49 25   Johnny Broaca
26 Oral Hildebrand   CLE 3 R 27   28 10 1 11 9 .393 8      188.67 215 14 109 96 97 69 .221  4.58     9.3 .332    8.26 26 Oral Hildebrand
27 Sad Sam Jones   CHI 8 R 41   26 11 1 8 12 .308 6      182.67 217 16 120 104 60 60 .217  5.12     8.2 .315    7.09 27 Sad Sam Jones
28 Dick Coffman   STL 6 R 27   21 6 1 7 10 .333 4      135.00 170 7 93 68 44 49 .229  4.53     7.2 .343    6.50 28 Dick Coffman
29 Monte Weaver   WAS 7 R 28   31 11 0 11 15 .355 5      204.33 255 16 127 109 63 51 .160  4.80     8.0 .258    6.26 29 Monte Weaver
30 Gordon Rhodes   BOS 4 R 26   31 10 0 9 11 .290 11      192.67 229 10 124 105 87 66 .209  4.90     6.9 .223    5.02 30 Gordon Rhodes
                               
31 Les Tietje   R CHI 8 R 22   22 6 0 4 14 .182 4      145.00 152 19 88 79 74 66 .292  4.90     5.8 .264    4.59 31 Les Tietje
32 Carl Fischer   DET 1 L 28   15 4 1 5 3 .333 7       87.33 96 5 45 42 33 33 .256  4.33     4.8 .320    4.18 32 Carl Fischer
33 Al Benton   R PHI 5 R 23   21 7 0 6 8 .286 7      130.33 117 5 85 71 77 49 .253  4.90     4.9 .233    3.65 33 Al Benton
34 General Crowder   WAS/DET 7/1 R 35   22 7 1 8 7 .364 7      139.33 183 10 102 87 46 58 .253  5.62     4.0 .182    2.63 34 General Crowder
35   Tommy Thomas           WAS 7 R 34       18 7 1 6 7 .333 5        103.00 127 7 69 63 43 31 .182  5.50     2.4 .133    1.35 35   Tommy Thomas
36 Vic Sorrell   DET 1 R 33   19 6 1 6 7 .316 6      109.33 128 13 70 63 38 39 .235  5.19     2.4 .126    1.31 36 Vic Sorrell
37 Firpo Marberry   DET 1 R 35   19 6 1 8 5 .421 6      117.33 141 10 82 71 41 43 .236  5.45     1.8 .095    0.86 37 Firpo Marberry
38 Lloyd Brown   CLE 3 L 29 CL   15 5 0 2 9 .133 4       69.00 84 5 53 39 31 17 .148  5.09     1.4 .093    0.66 38 Lloyd Brown
39 Milt Gaston   CHI 8 R 38   28 10 1 6 19 .214 3      193.00 245 16 146 126 84 48 .146  5.88     0.9 .032    0.25 39 Milt Gaston
League Average Age 28.3
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.2 1.7 12.5 11.7 .415 5.8
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 215.2 12.1 109.2 94.9 80.1 77.5 .263  4.27
League Average Win Shares per Game .421
Average Win Shares per Team  52.15
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   15.8%   154 72 9 65 55 .422 34      1,112.00 1147 48 519 450 420 420 .268  3.64   82.5 .536 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.2%     836 396 48 346 330 .414 160      5,846.67 6339 372 3281 2851 2368 2277 .262  4.39   334.7 .401 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 23.7%   231 123 18 105 82 .455 44    1,668.00 1716 88 851 743 682 725 .302  4.01   112.5 .487 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.0%   456 206 24 188 176 .412 92    3,190.67 3334 169 1656 1435 1348 1224 .261  4.05   211.0 .463 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 21.1%   208 105 11 88 84 .423 36    1,467.67 1650 111 843 735 527 539 .248  4.51   78.8 .379 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   9.3%     95 34 4 30 43 .316 22        632.33 786 52 450 388 231 209 .206  5.52   14.9 .157 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     22.2%     218 100 11 80 98 .367 40      1,556.67 1606 89 834 726 726 624 .268  4.20   96.3 .442 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   15.8%   30 14.0 1.8 12.7 10.7 .422 6.6        200.00 206.3 8.6 93.3 80.9 75.5 75.5 .268  3.64   14.8 .536 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.2%     30 14.2 1.7 12.4 11.8 .414 5.8        200.00 216.8 12.7 112.2 97.5 81.0 77.9 .262  4.39   11.4 .401 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 23.7%   30 16.0 2.3 13.6 10.6 .455 5.8      200.00 205.8 10.6 102.0 89.1 81.8 86.9 .302  4.01   13.5 .487 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 46.0%   30 13.6 1.6 12.4 11.6 .412 6.0      200.00 209.0 10.6 103.8 89.9 84.5 76.7 .261  4.05   13.2 .463 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 21.1%   30 15.1 1.6 12.7 12.1 .423 5.2      200.00 224.8 15.1 114.9 100.2 71.8 73.5 .248  4.51   10.7 .379 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   9.3%     30 10.7 1.3 9.5 13.6 .316 6.9        200.00 248.6 16.4 142.3 122.7 73.1 66.1 .206  5.52   4.7 .157 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     22.2%     30 13.8 1.5 11.0 13.5 .367 5.5        200.00 206.3 11.4 107.2 93.3 93.3 80.2 .268  4.20   12.4 .442 Rookie