Starting Pitchers
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1967 1969 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 Denny McLain 1 1 a DET 1 R 24   41 28 6 31 6 .756 4      336.00 241 31 86 73 63 280 .921  1.96    33.1 .807   49.78 1 Denny McLain
2 Luis Tiant T5 A CLE 3 R 27   32 19 9 21 8 .656 3      253.00 143 15 51 44 70 256 1.202  1.57    27.9 .872   43.60 2 Luis Tiant
3 Dave McNally T5 BAL 2 L 25   35 18 5 22 10 .629 3      273.00 175 24 67 59 55 202 .878  1.95    25.6 .731   36.64 3 Dave McNally
4 Stan Bahnsen R-1 NY 5 R 23   34 10 1 17 11 .500 6      261.33 211 12 70 59 67 156 .561  2.03    22.4 .659   30.43 4 Stan Bahnsen
5   Sam McDowell       a   CLE 3 L 25       37 11 3 15 14 .405 8        267.00 180 13 78 54 109 281 .972  1.82    22.6 .611   29.56 5   Sam McDowell
6 Mel Stottlemyre 10 a NY 5 R 26   36 19 6 21 12 .583 3      278.67 243 21 86 76 65 140 .455  2.45    21.7 .603   28.20 6 Mel Stottlemyre
7 Dean Chance MIN 7 R 27   39 15 6 16 16 .410 7      285.67 222 15 96 82 62 230 .810  2.58    19.2 .492   22.55 7 Dean Chance
8 Blue Moon Odom a OAK 6 R 23   31 9 4 16 10 .516 5      229.33 177 9 72 61 96 141 .516  2.39    16.4 .529   19.96 8 Blue Moon Odom
9 Tommy John a CHI T8 L 25   25 5 1 10 5 .400 10      177.33 135 10 45 39 49 117 .636  1.98    14.9 .596   19.25 9 Tommy John
10 Jim Hardin BAL 2 R 24   35 16 2 18 13 .514 4      244.00 188 20 79 68 70 160 .620  2.51    15.9 .454   17.94 10 Jim Hardin
                               
11 Jim Nash OAK 6 R 23   33 12 6 13 13 .394 7      224.33 181 18 63 58 53 168 .718  2.33    15.1 .458   17.10 11 Jim Nash
12 Tom Phoebus BAL 2 R 26   36 9 3 15 15 .417 6      240.67 186 10 81 70 105 193 .663  2.62    14.9 .414   16.04 12 Tom Phoebus
13 Jose Santiago a-inj BOS 4 R 27   18 7 2 9 4 .500 5      124.00 96 9 34 31 42 86 .623  2.25    11.4 .633   15.18 13 Jose Santiago
14 Earl Wilson DET 1 R 33   33 10 3 13 12 .394 8      220.33 188 20 77 71 65 165 .652  2.90    13.2 .400   13.97 14 Earl Wilson
15   Joe Horlen           CHI T8 R 30       35 4 1 12 14 .343 9        223.67 197 16 75 59 70 102 .382  2.37    13.3 .380   13.72 15   Joe Horlen
16 Ray Culp BOS 4 R 26   30 11 6 16 6 .533 8      208.33 162 18 79 70 77 183 .766  3.02    12.5 .417   13.50 16 Ray Culp
17 George Brunet CAL T8 L 33   36 8 5 13 16 .361 7      239.33 186 23 80 75 65 131 .522  2.82    13.1 .364   13.23 17 George Brunet
18 Fritz Peterson NY 5 L 26   27 6 2 11 10 .407 6      192.00 169 11 65 56 25 104 .536  2.63    11.9 .441   13.22 18 Fritz Peterson
19 Jim Kaat MIN 7 L 29   29 9 2 14 12 .483 3      205.00 191 16 78 68 40 127 .550  2.99    11.9 .410   12.76 19 Jim Kaat
20 Jim Perry MIN 7 R 32   18 3 2 7 6 .389 5      120.33 104 7 34 32 22 62 .492  2.39     9.8 .544   12.10 20 Jim Perry
                               
21 Stan Williams CLE 3 R 31 CL   24 6 2 11 11 .458 2      165.33 135 13 55 46 40 129 .737  2.50    10.6 .442   11.79 21 Stan Williams
22 Sonny Siebert CLE 3 R 31   30 8 4 12 10 .400 8      205.67 145 12 76 68 87 146 .629  2.98    11.2 .373   11.45 22 Sonny Siebert
23 Dick Ellsworth BOS 4 L 28   28 10 1 15 7 .536 6      185.67 189 16 72 65 34 102 .457  3.15    10.3 .368   10.46 23 Dick Ellsworth
24 Gary Bell a-rep BOS 4 R 31   27 9 3 10 10 .370 7      182.00 165 7 76 63 64 90 .393  3.12     9.5 .352    9.43 24 Gary Bell
25   Camilo Pascual           WAS 10 R 34       31 8 4 13 12 .419 6        201.00 181 11 72 60 59 111 .463  2.69     9.3 .300    8.53 25   Camilo Pascual
26 Chuck Dobson OAK 6 R 24   34 11 3 12 14 .353 8      224.33 196 20 91 75 80 166 .601  3.01     9.2 .271    8.01 26 Chuck Dobson
27 Tom Murphy R CAL T8 R 22   15 3 0 5 6 .333 4       99.33 67 5 30 24 28 56 .589  2.17     6.7 .447    7.49 27 Tom Murphy
28 Mickey Lolich DET 1 L 27   32 8 4 13 9 .406 10      203.00 168 12 81 75 60 181 .794  3.33     8.6 .269    7.46 28 Mickey Lolich
29 Jim Merritt MIN 7 L 24   34 11 1 11 16 .324 7      230.33 202 20 101 85 51 172 .680  3.32     8.7 .256    7.37 29 Jim Merritt
30 Catfish Hunter BBW OAK 6 R 22   34 11 2 13 13 .382 8      231.33 210 29 99 87 68 170 .612  3.38     7.8 .229    6.25 30 Catfish Hunter
                               
T31 Dave Boswell MIN 7 R 23   28 7 2 10 13 .357 5      178.00 141 18 77 68 80 138 .624  3.44     7.2 .257    6.11 T31 Dave Boswell
T31 Jack Fisher CHI T8 R 29   28 2 0 8 12 .286 8      168.67 164 13 62 55 44 77 .370  2.93     7.2 .257    6.11 T31 Jack Fisher
33 Joe Coleman WAS 10 R 21   33 12 2 12 16 .364 5      223.00 212 19 98 81 51 139 .529  3.27     6.8 .206    5.17 33 Joe Coleman
34 Jim Hannan WAS 10 R 28   22 4 1 10 6 .455 6      134.33 139 4 46 40 44 72 .393  2.68     5.9 .268    5.11 34 Jim Hannan
35   Steve Barber           NY 5 L 29       19 3 1 6 5 .316 8        127.00 124 6 58 41 62 85 .457  2.91     5.0 .263    4.29 35   Steve Barber
36 Lew Krausse OAK 6 R 25   25 2 0 8 10 .320 7      165.67 132 15 65 61 55 89 .476  3.31     5.4 .216    4.20 36 Lew Krausse
37 Jim McGlothlin CAL T8 R 24   32 8 0 10 15 .313 7      198.00 180 17 83 78 54 128 .547  3.55     5.3 .166    3.61 37 Jim McGlothlin
T38 Dave Leonhard R BAL 2 R 27   18 5 2 6 7 .333 5      106.00 83 9 44 42 55 48 .348  3.57     2.3 .128    1.38 T38 Dave Leonhard
T38 Barry Moore WAS 10 L 25   18 0 0 4 6 .222 8      101.33 100 7 47 37 35 46 .341  3.29     2.3 .128    1.38 T38 Barry Moore
40 Rickey Clark CAL T8 R 22   17 0 0 1 11 .059 5       88.67 66 4 46 33 49 58 .504  3.35     2.0 .118    1.15 40 Rickey Clark
                               
41 Joe Sparma DET 1 R 26   31 7 1 9 10 .290 12      173.00 162 13 80 74 72 103 .440  3.85     2.3 .074    1.05 41 Joe Sparma
42 Gene Brabender BAL 2 R 26   15 3 2 5 6 .333 4       83.00 82 6 37 32 26 49 .454  3.47     1.7 .113    0.96 42 Gene Brabender
43 Gary Peters CHI T8 L 31   25 6 1 4 13 .160 8      153.00 134 7 71 65 58 101 .526  3.82     1.1 .044    0.39 43 Gary Peters
44 Steve Hargan CLE 3 R 25   27 4 2 7 14 .259 6      150.00 128 11 72 67 73 75 .373  4.02     1.1 .041    0.37 44 Steve Hargan
45   Frank Bertaina           WAS 10 L 24       23 1 0 7 13 .304 3        124.33 127 15 71 61 64 79 .414  4.42     0.4 .017    0.09 45   Frank Bertaina
T46 Sammy Ellis CAL T8 R 27   24 3 0 8 9 .333 7      128.67 129 19 70 63 43 75 .436  4.41     -   .000     -   T46 Sammy Ellis
T46 Cisco Carlos R CHI T8 R 27   21 0 0 4 14 .190 3      108.33 109 10 59 48 33 48 .338  3.99     -   .000     -   T46 Cisco Carlos
T46 Jim Lonborg BOS 4 R 26   17 4 1 6 8 .353 3      106.00 85 11 53 51 50 67 .496  4.33     -   .000     -   T46 Jim Lonborg
T46 Bob Priddy CHI T8 R 28   18 2 0 3 9 .167 6       80.00 87 9 42 39 34 44 .364  4.39     -   .000     -   T46 Bob Priddy
T46 Phil Ortega WAS 10 R 28   16 1 1 4 9 .250 3       79.00 85 11 53 50 40 32 .256  5.70     -   .000     -   T46 Phil Ortega
League Average Age 26.5
League Average per 30 Starts 30 8.4 2.5 12.1 11.4 .402 6.5
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 167.3 14.9 73.5 63.8 62.2 133.8 .583  2.87
League Average Win Shares per Game .357
Average Win Shares per Team  49.47
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   26.7%   368 96 26 145 136 .394 87      2,478.33 2080 180 914 780 707 1728 .620  2.83   136.4 .371 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.3%     1018 292 89 412 391 .405 215      6,729.00 5622 507 2469 2159 2156 4432 .570  2.89   358.3 .352 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 31.0%   424 139 29 176 170 .415 78    2,892.33 2399 237 1066 911 874 2011 .614  2.84   157.0 .370 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   703 187 61 286 253 .407 164    4,604.33 3868 334 1701 1489 1459 3112 .584  2.91   246.6 .351 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 18.6%   259 62 25 95 104 .367 60    1,710.67 1435 116 616 539 530 1037 .528  2.84   91.1 .352 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     6.3%     88 18 3 32 38 .364 18        575.00 470 36 203 173 183 308 .472  2.71   31.4 .357 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   26.7%   30 7.8 2.1 11.8 11.1 .394 7.1        200.00 167.9 14.5 73.8 62.9 57.1 139.4 .620  2.83   11.0 .371 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.3%     30 8.6 2.6 12.1 11.5 .405 6.4        200.00 167.1 15.1 73.4 64.2 64.1 131.7 .570  2.89   10.6 .352 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 31.0%   30 9.8 2.1 12.5 12.0 .415 5.5      200.00 165.9 16.4 73.7 63.0 60.4 139.1 .614  2.84   10.9 .370 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 50.4%   30 8.0 2.6 12.2 10.8 .407 7.0      200.00 168.0 14.5 73.9 64.7 63.4 135.2 .584  2.91   10.7 .351 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 18.6%   30 7.2 2.9 11.0 12.0 .367 7.0      200.00 167.8 13.6 72.0 63.0 62.0 121.2 .528  2.84   10.7 .352 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     6.3%     30 6.1 1.0 10.9 13.0 .364 6.1        200.00 163.5 12.5 70.6 60.2 63.7 107.1 .472  2.71   10.9 .357 Rookie