Starting Pitchers
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1934 1936 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 Wes Ferrell 2   BOS 4 R 27   38 31 3 25 11 .658 2      316.33 327 16 142 119 106 106 .245  3.39    30.2 .795   40.19 1 Wes Ferrell
2 Lefty Grove BBW 14   a BOS 4 L 35   30 23 2 18 11 .600 1      261.00 263 6 102 80 63 117 .359  2.76    26.5 .883   37.16 2 Lefty Grove
3 Mel Harder T22   a CLE 3 R 25   35 17 4 20 11 .571 4      276.67 303 6 117 102 50 88 .249  3.32    24.6 .703   30.78 3 Mel Harder
4 Ted Lyons BBW 13   CHI 5 R 34   22 19 3 15 7 .682 0      184.33 190 15 78 63 53 53 .218  3.08    18.3 .832   24.91 4 Ted Lyons
5   Tommy Bridges   T11   a   DET 1 R 28       34 23 4 21 9 .618 4        273.67 274 20 127 105 113 163 .421  3.45    19.3 .568   21.71 5   Tommy Bridges
6 Red Ruffing BBW   NY 2 R 31   29 19 2 16 10 .552 3      220.00 201 17 87 76 74 80 .291  3.11    17.9 .617   20.98 6 Red Ruffing
7 Ivy Andrews   STL 7 R 28 MR   20 10 0 10 5 .500 5      146.00 156 7 61 55 28 25 .136  3.39    15.4 .770   20.17 7 Ivy Andrews
8 John Whitehead 19   R CHI 5 R 26   27 18 1 13 13 .481 1      221.00 208 17 101 92 101 71 .230  3.75    16.9 .626   19.95 8 John Whitehead
9 Vern Kennedy   R CHI 5 R 28   25 16 2 11 10 .440 4      197.00 188 16 95 78 89 58 .209  3.56    16.1 .644   19.28 9 Vern Kennedy
10 Willis Hudlin   CLE 3 R 29 CL   29 14 3 15 10 .517 4      222.33 244 8 105 93 57 43 .143  3.76    16.7 .576   18.91 10 Willis Hudlin
                               
11 Lefty Gomez Vet   A NY 2 L 26   30 15 2 12 14 .400 4      241.33 216 18 102 86 83 135 .452  3.21    15.6 .520   16.79 11 Lefty Gomez
12 Schoolboy Rowe   a DET 1 R 25   34 21 6 16 13 .471 5      253.33 256 11 120 112 63 128 .401  3.98    14.7 .432   14.42 12 Schoolboy Rowe
13 Johnny Marcum T20   PHI 8 R 25   27 19 2 15 11 .556 1      209.33 225 7 112 97 71 88 .297  4.17    13.0 .481   13.46 13 Johnny Marcum
14 Johnny Allen 18   NY 2 R 29   23 12 2 13 6 .565 4      167.00 149 11 76 67 58 113 .546  3.61    11.9 .517   12.77 14 Johnny Allen
15   Johnny Broaca           NY 2 R 25       27 14 2 14 6 .519 7        196.67 192 15 93 77 78 78 .289  3.52    12.4 .459   12.54 15   Johnny Broaca
16 Fritz Ostermueller   BOS 4 L 27   19 10 0 7 8 .368 4      132.67 127 0 62 56 73 39 .195  3.80    11.0 .579   12.49 16 Fritz Ostermueller
17 Earl Whitehill   WAS 6 L 35   34 19 1 14 13 .412 7      279.33 318 16 149 133 105 102 .241  4.29    12.6 .371   11.45 17 Earl Whitehill
18 Eldon Auker T22   DET 1 R 24   25 13 2 15 7 .600 3      175.67 192 13 80 78 50 56 .231  4.00    11.3 .452   11.34 18 Eldon Auker
19 Thornton Lee   CLE 3 L 28   20 8 1 5 9 .250 6      154.33 150 5 73 67 58 66 .317  3.91    10.4 .520   11.19 19 Thornton Lee
20 Les Tietje   CHI 5 R 23   21 9 1 8 10 .381 3      143.67 155 14 70 66 68 58 .260  4.13    10.3 .490   10.76 20 Les Tietje
                               
21 General Crowder   DET 1 R 36   32 16 2 16 10 .500 6      238.00 267 16 126 113 66 57 .171  4.27    11.7 .366   10.56 21 General Crowder
22 Bobo Newsom   STL/WAS 7/6 R 27   29 18 2 11 16 .379 2      232.67 266 11 131 116 99 83 .227  4.49     9.8 .338    8.50 22 Bobo Newsom
23 Vito Tamulis   R NY 2 L 23   19 9 3 8 4 .421 7      138.33 143 5 62 61 46 52 .275  3.97     8.5 .447    8.48 23 Vito Tamulis
24 Sad Sam Jones   CHI 5 R 42   19 7 0 8 7 .421 4      131.67 155 8 75 61 50 36 .176  4.17     8.4 .442    8.33 24 Sad Sam Jones
25   Jack Knott           STL 7 R 28 CL     19 7 2 6 4 .316 9        124.00 150 4 79 62 39 28 .148  4.50     7.6 .400    7.17 25   Jack Knott
26 George Blaeholder   STL/PHI 7/8 R 31   24 10 1 7 10 .292 7      160.33 184 10 84 71 52 21 .089  3.99     8.1 .338    7.03 26 George Blaeholder
27 Sugar Cain   PHI/STL 8/7 R 28   29 8 0 9 13 .310 7      168.67 205 8 115 101 104 63 .204  5.39     8.6 .297    6.99 27 Sugar Cain
28 Oral Hildebrand   CLE 3 R 28 CL   20 8 0 6 8 .300 6      142.00 146 10 77 67 57 37 .182  4.25     7.5 .375    6.85 28 Oral Hildebrand
29 Johnny Welch   BOS 4 R 28   19 10 1 8 9 .421 2      126.67 138 3 73 64 48 38 .204  4.55     7.3 .384    6.75 29 Johnny Welch
30 Whitey Wilshere   R PHI 8 L 22   18 7 3 7 8 .389 3      116.00 114 5 57 53 62 58 .330  4.11     6.9 .383    6.37 30 Whitey Wilshere
                               
31 Ed Linke   WAS 6 R 23   22 10 0 9 6 .409 7      146.00 167 6 82 72 61 41 .180  4.44     6.8 .309    5.64 31 Ed Linke
32 Roy Mahaffey   PHI 8 R 32   17 5 0 5 4 .294 8      109.33 123 10 56 51 34 29 .185  4.20     6.0 .353    5.32 32 Roy Mahaffey
33 Bump Hadley   WAS 6 R 30   32 13 0 10 15 .313 7      226.00 262 17 140 123 101 77 .212  4.90     7.4 .231    5.31 33 Bump Hadley
34 Ray Phelps   CHI 5 R 31   17 4 0 4 7 .235 6      112.00 108 9 67 57 47 33 .213  4.58     5.4 .318    4.54 34 Ray Phelps
35   Monte Pearson           CLE 3 R 25       24 10 1 6 12 .250 6        160.67 170 8 103 89 90 80 .308  4.99     5.4 .225    3.82 35   Monte Pearson
36 Dick Coffman   STL 7 R 28 MR   18 5 0 4 8 .222 6       88.33 115 7 60 52 27 20 .141  5.30     3.4 .189    2.21 36 Dick Coffman
37 Jim Walkup   R STL 7 R 25 MR   20 4 1 5 9 .250 6      106.33 141 11 82 72 63 31 .152  6.09     2.2 .110    1.09 37 Jim Walkup
38 Gordon Rhodes   BOS 4 R 27   19 1 0 2 9 .105 8      111.33 156 11 82 69 44 36 .180  5.58     0.9 .047    0.29 38 Gordon Rhodes
39 Russ Van Atta   STL 7 L 29 MR   17 1 0 3 12 .176 2       92.33 117 9 74 65 42 42 .264  6.34     0.2 .012    0.03 39 Russ Van Atta
T40 Fay Thomas   STL 7 R 30 MR   19 4 0 2 12 .105 5       86.00 107 10 69 56 50 35 .223  5.86     -   .000     -   T40 Fay Thomas
                               
T40 Bill Dietrich   PHI 8 R 25 MR   15 8 1 3 9 .200 3      106.67 123 5 88 76 58 37 .204  6.41     -   .000     -   T40 Bill Dietrich
League Average Age 28.3
League Average per 30 Starts 30 14.9 1.8 12.7 11.6 .423 5.7
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 213.8 11.7 103.8 90.4 74.5 72.3 .251  4.07
League Average Win Shares per Game .449
Average Win Shares per Team  55.90
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   19.2%   187 92 12 74 79 .396 34      1,415.33 1448 64 681 601 532 611 .309  3.82   91.7 .490 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.8%     810 403 48 348 307 .430 155      5,779.67 6243 357 3053 2652 2149 1990 .237  4.13   355.5 .439 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 10.3%   105 48 9 47 35 .448 23      719.67 771 43 351 330 287 265 .250  4.13   43.8 .417 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 62.0%   617 308 40 260 245 .421 112    4,467.33 4742 244 2350 2039 1699 1696 .263  4.11   280.1 .454 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 15.6%   160 74 6 59 65 .369 36    1,098.00 1175 88 581 497 411 328 .207  4.07   63.1 .395 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   12.1%     115 65 5 56 41 .487 18        910.00 1003 46 452 387 284 312 .242  3.83   59.2 .515 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     10.9%     109 54 10 44 44 .404 21        778.67 794 54 397 356 361 270 .234  4.11   50.6 .464 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   19.2%   30 14.8 1.9 11.9 12.7 .396 5.4        200.00 204.6 9.0 96.2 84.9 75.2 86.3 .309  3.82   13.0 .490 Throws Left  
Throws Right   80.8%     30 14.9 1.8 12.9 11.4 .430 5.7        200.00 216.0 12.4 105.6 91.8 74.4 68.9 .237  4.13   12.3 .439 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 10.3%   30 13.7 2.6 13.4 10.0 .448 6.6      200.00 214.3 11.9 97.5 91.7 79.8 73.6 .250  4.13   12.2 .417 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 62.0%   30 15.0 1.9 12.6 11.9 .421 5.5      200.00 212.3 10.9 105.2 91.3 76.1 75.9 .263  4.11   12.5 .454 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 15.6%   30 13.9 1.1 11.1 12.2 .369 6.7      200.00 214.0 16.0 105.8 90.5 74.9 59.7 .207  4.07   11.5 .395 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   12.1%     30 17.0 1.3 14.6 10.7 .487 4.7        200.00 220.4 10.1 99.3 85.1 62.4 68.6 .242  3.83   13.0 .515 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     10.9%     30 14.9 2.8 12.1 12.1 .404 5.8        200.00 203.9 13.9 102.0 91.4 92.7 69.3 .234  4.11   13.0 .464 Rookie