Starting Pitchers
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1935 1937 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 15   A BOS 6 L 36   30 22 6 17 10 .567 3      237.33 223 14 85 76 62 125 .439  2.88    25.7 .857   35.67 1 Lefty Grove
2 Tommy Bridges 9   a-inj DET 2 R 29   38 26 5 23 11 .605 4      289.67 287 21 141 117 114 171 .426  3.64    25.5 .671   31.31 2 Tommy Bridges
3 Wes Ferrell   BOS 6 R 28   38 28 3 20 15 .526 3      298.00 326 11 158 138 115 104 .236  4.17    24.7 .650   29.85 3 Wes Ferrell
4 Johnny Allen   CLE 5 R 30   31 19 4 18 9 .581 4      228.67 225 5 102 88 93 153 .481  3.46    22.5 .726   28.74 4 Johnny Allen
5   Red Ruffing BBW         NY 1 R 32       33 25 3 20 12 .606 1        271.00 274 22 133 116 90 102 .280  3.85    20.3 .615   23.86 5   Red Ruffing
6 Vern Kennedy T6   a-rep CHI 3 R 29   34 20 1 20 9 .588 5      273.33 282 13 167 141 145 98 .230  4.64    19.5 .574   22.15 6 Vern Kennedy
7 Harry Kelley   R PHI 8 R 30   27 20 1 13 10 .481 4      215.67 227 21 102 92 66 70 .239  3.84    17.9 .663   21.85 7 Harry Kelley
8 Monte Pearson   a NY 1 R 26   31 15 1 18 7 .581 6      217.33 189 13 98 91 134 115 .356  3.77    17.8 .574   20.22 8 Monte Pearson
9 Bobo Newsom   WAS 4 R 28   38 24 4 17 15 .447 6      279.33 288 11 156 134 144 151 .350  4.32    17.6 .463   17.95 9 Bobo Newsom
10 Schoolboy Rowe   DET 2 R 26   35 19 4 18 10 .514 7      237.67 256 15 132 122 62 112 .352  4.62    16.9 .483   17.61 10 Schoolboy Rowe
                                   
11 John Whitehead   CHI 3 R 27   32 15 1 13 13 .406 6      229.00 247 9 131 113 98 69 .200  4.44    15.7 .491   16.49 11 John Whitehead
12 Ivy Andrews   STL 7 R 29   25 11 0 7 12 .280 6      170.00 192 15 95 91 42 30 .128  4.82    12.9 .516   13.89 12 Ivy Andrews
13 Sugar Cain   STL/CHI 7/3 R 29   29 15 1 14 10 .483 5      201.00 234 17 116 106 78 47 .151  4.75    13.4 .462   13.65 13 Sugar Cain
14 Jimmie DeShong   WAS 4 R 26   31 16 2 18 9 .581 4      218.00 251 10 131 112 91 58 .170  4.62    13.4 .432   13.20 14 Jimmie DeShong
15   Pete Appleton           WAS 4 R 32       20 12 1 10 8 .500 2        146.67 148 6 74 63 64 46 .217  3.87    11.2 .560   12.56 15   Pete Appleton
16 Chief Hogsett   STL 7 L 32   29 10 0 12 14 .414 3      191.33 238 14 125 110 75 65 .208  5.17    12.6 .434   12.44 16 Chief Hogsett
17 Earl Whitehill   WAS 4 L 36   28 14 0 14 11 .500 3      212.33 252 17 124 115 89 63 .185  4.87    12.0 .429   11.78 17 Earl Whitehill
18 Eldon Auker   DET 2 R 25   31 14 2 13 16 .419 2      209.00 248 9 129 106 79 62 .190  4.56    12.2 .394   11.48 18 Eldon Auker
19 Johnny Broaca   NY 1 R 26   27 12 1 12 7 .444 8      188.67 214 12 99 87 62 78 .283  4.15    11.0 .407   10.52 19 Johnny Broaca
20 Lefty Gomez Vet   a NY 1 L 27   30 10 0 13 7 .433 10      188.00 184 6 104 92 122 105 .343  4.40    10.3 .343    9.04 20 Lefty Gomez
                                   
21 Mel Harder   a CLE 5 R 26   30 13 0 13 15 .433 2      213.00 281 13 148 124 66 80 .231  5.24    10.2 .340    8.92 21 Mel Harder
22 Ted Lyons BBW   CHI 3 R 35   24 15 1 10 12 .417 2      179.33 223 21 113 102 44 47 .176  5.12     9.4 .392    8.82 22 Ted Lyons
23 Lloyd Brown   CLE 5 L 31   16 12 1 7 9 .438 0      120.00 148 12 69 61 38 29 .156  4.58     7.9 .494    8.32 23 Lloyd Brown
24 Johnny Marcum   BOS 6 R 26   23 9 1 7 11 .304 5      146.33 160 13 87 81 48 46 .221  4.98     8.2 .357    7.34 24 Johnny Marcum
25   Earl Caldwell           STL 7 R 31       25 10 2 7 14 .280 4        155.00 202 14 117 98 67 44 .164  5.69     8.2 .328    7.04 25   Earl Caldwell
26 George Blaeholder   CLE 5 R 32   16 6 1 6 4 .375 6      100.00 111 16 58 54 33 17 .118  4.86     6.9 .431    6.79 26 George Blaeholder
27 Tommy Thomas   STL 7 R 36   21 8 1 9 9 .429 3      144.67 173 23 107 88 61 34 .145  5.47     6.8 .324    5.80 27 Tommy Thomas
28 Buck Ross   R PHI 8 R 21   27 12 1 9 14 .333 4      189.00 239 16 137 122 80 43 .135  5.81     7.2 .267    5.58 28 Buck Ross
29 Herman Fink   R PHI 8 R 24   24 9 0 8 14 .333 2      164.67 197 15 111 99 71 45 .168  5.41     6.9 .288    5.55 29 Herman Fink
30 Oral Hildebrand   CLE 5 R 29 CL   21 9 0 7 10 .333 4      136.33 154 9 92 80 62 50 .231  5.28     6.5 .310    5.43 30 Oral Hildebrand
                                   
31 Bump Hadley   NY 1 R 31   17 8 1 11 3 .647 3      126.33 154 10 78 70 66 50 .227  4.99     5.8 .341    5.08 31 Bump Hadley
32 Fritz Ostermueller   BOS 6 L 28 MR   23 7 1 8 12 .348 3      139.67 171 7 93 82 62 61 .262  5.28     6.0 .261    4.60 32 Fritz Ostermueller
33 Gordon Rhodes   PHI 8 R 28   28 13 1 7 20 .250 1      195.67 245 23 150 130 93 50 .148  5.98     4.8 .171    2.98 33 Gordon Rhodes
34 Joe Cascarella   BOS/WAS 6/4 R 29   17 7 1 7 7 .412 3      114.67 132 4 64 62 48 25 .139  4.87     3.3 .194    2.18 34 Joe Cascarella
35   Bill Dietrich           PHI/CHI 8/3 R 26 MR     15 6 1 4 8 .267 3         88.67 109 7 67 61 42 40 .265  6.19     3.0 .200    2.01 35   Bill Dietrich
36 Jack Knott   STL 7 R 29 CL   23 9 0 6 14 .261 3      144.33 199 10 128 112 71 42 .156  6.98     1.8 .078    0.75 36 Jack Knott
37 Denny Galehouse   R CLE 5 R 24 MR   15 5 0 6 6 .400 3       84.67 110 3 63 59 46 35 .224  6.27     1.1 .073    0.45 37 Denny Galehouse
League Average Age 28.8
League Average per 30 Starts 30 15.4 1.6 13.5 12.1 .450 4.4
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 224.4 13.7 117.6 103.5 81.3 73.8 .241  4.66
League Average Win Shares per Game .445
Average Win Shares per Team  54.64
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%   156 75 8 71 63 .455 22      1,088.67 1216 70 600 536 448 448 .269  4.43   74.5 .478 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.2%     826 430 45 371 334 .449 121      5,855.67 6577 407 3484 3059 2375 2114 .236  4.70   362.6 .439 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 6.5%   66 26 1 23 34 .348 9      438.33 546 34 311 280 197 123 .166  5.75   15.2 .230 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 60.6%   599 298 30 265 238 .442 96    4,177.67 4649 248 2486 2182 1778 1594 .248  4.70   254.7 .425 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 22.1%   214 122 14 104 83 .486 27    1,554.67 1727 120 858 752 592 576 .248  4.35   113.3 .529 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   10.8%     103 59 8 50 42 .485 11        773.67 871 75 429 381 256 269 .239  4.43   53.9 .523 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     9.4%     93 46 2 36 44 .387 13        654.00 773 55 413 372 263 193 .186  5.12   33.1 .356 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 14.4 1.5 13.7 12.1 .455 4.2        200.00 223.4 12.9 110.2 98.5 82.3 82.3 .269  4.43   13.7 .478 Throws Left  
Throws Right   84.2%     30 15.6 1.6 13.5 12.1 .449 4.4        200.00 224.6 13.9 119.0 104.5 81.1 72.2 .236  4.70   12.4 .439 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 6.5%   30 11.8 0.5 10.5 15.5 .348 4.0      200.00 249.1 15.5 141.9 127.8 89.9 56.1 .166  5.75   6.9 .230 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 60.6%   30 14.9 1.5 13.3 11.9 .442 4.8      200.00 222.6 11.9 119.0 104.5 85.1 76.3 .248  4.70   12.1 .425 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 22.1%   30 17.1 2.0 14.6 11.6 .486 3.8      200.00 222.2 15.4 110.4 96.7 76.2 74.1 .248  4.35   14.6 .529 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   10.8%     30 17.2 2.3 14.6 12.2 .485 3.2        200.00 225.2 19.4 110.9 98.5 66.2 69.5 .239  4.43   13.9 .523 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     9.4%     30 14.8 0.6 11.6 14.2 .387 4.2        200.00 236.4 16.8 126.3 113.8 80.4 59.0 .186  5.12   10.1 .356 Rookie