Starting Pitchers
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1878 1880 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 Pud Galvin Vet   R BUF 3 R 22   66 65 6 37 27 .561 2      593.00 585 3 299 150 31 136 .221  2.28    57.5 .871   74.07 1 Pud Galvin
2 Tommy Bond   BOS 2 R 23   64 59 11 43 19 .672 2      555.33 543 8 206 121 24 155 .273  1.96    46.9 .733   55.41 2 Tommy Bond
3 Monte Ward Vet   PRO 1 R 19   60 58 2 42 18 .700 0      546.00 531 5 251 130 33 222 .394  2.14    38.4 .640   42.40 3 Monte Ward
4 Terry Larkin   CHI 4 R 23   58 57 4 31 23 .534 4      513.33 514 5 277 139 30 142 .261  2.44    36.5 .629   39.96 4 Terry Larkin
5   Jim McCormick           CLE 6 R 22       60 59 3 19 40 .317 1        538.33 573 3 303 145 73 194 .300  2.42    30.7 .512   30.31 5   Jim McCormick
6 Will White   CIN 5 R 24   75 75 4 43 31 .573 1      676.00 672 10 402 149 68 231 .312  1.98    32.8 .437   29.94 6 Will White
7 Frank Hankinson   CHI 4 R 23   25 25 2 14 10 .560 1      226.67 244 0 132 63 27 68 .251  2.50    14.7 .588   15.56 7 Frank Hankinson
8 Harry McCormick   R SYR 7 R 23   54 49 5 18 33 .333 3      457.33 517 3 291 152 31 96 .175  2.99    17.4 .322   13.63 8 Harry McCormick
9 Bobby Mathews   PRO 1 R 27   25 15 1 12 6 .480 7      181.33 186 4 82 46 25 86 .408  2.28    11.8 .472   11.19 9 Bobby Mathews
10 Bill McGunnigle   R BUF 3 R 24 RF   13 13 2 9 4 .692 0      116.00 109 0 64 34 15 60 .484  2.64     9.2 .708   10.68 10 Bill McGunnigle
                           
11 George Bradley   TRO 8 R 26   54 53 3 13 40 .241 1      487.00 590 12 361 154 26 133 .216  2.85    10.1 .187    6.03 11 George Bradley
12 Curry Foley   R BOS 2 L 23   16 16 1 7 9 .438 0      142.00 154 1 97 40 13 50 .299  2.54     6.6 .413    5.85 12 Curry Foley
13 Bobby Mitchell   CLE 6 L 23   22 20 0 7 14 .318 1      190.67 231 1 150 70 41 88 .324  3.30     5.6 .255    3.90 13 Bobby Mitchell
14 Blondie Purcell   R SYR/CIN 7/5 R 25 RF   19 17 0 3 16 .158 0      176.00 242 1 160 74 19 28 .107  3.78     2.7 .142    1.40 14 Blondie Purcell
League Average Age  23.0
League Average per 30 Starts 30 28.5 2.2 14.6 14.2 .488 1.2
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 210.8 2.1 113.9 54.3 16.9 62.6 .275  2.44
League Average Win Shares per Game .525
Average Win Shares per Team  40.11
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   6.2%   38 36 1 14 23 .368 1        332.67 385 2 247 110 54 138 .314  2.98   12.2 .321 Throws Left  
Throws Right   93.8%     573 545 43 284 267 .496 22      5,066.33 5306 54 2828 1357 402 1551 .272  2.41   308.6 .539 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 84.2%   513 496 40 270 228 .526 15    4,554.67 4673 39 2472 1193 386 1442 .285  2.36   296.3 .578 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 15.8%   98 85 4 28 62 .286 8      844.33 1018 17 603 274 70 247 .227  2.92   24.6 .251 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 0.0%                           Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     27.5%     168 160 14 74 89 .440 5      1,484.33 1607 8 911 450 109 370 .216  2.73   93.4 .556 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   6.2%   30 28.4 0.8 11.1 18.2 .368 .7        200.00 231.5 1.2 148.5 66.1 32.5 83.0 .314  2.98   7.3 .321 Throws Left  
Throws Right   93.8%     30 28.5 2.3 14.9 14 .496 1.1        200.00 209.5 2.1 111.6 53.6 15.9 61.2 .272  2.41   12.2 .539 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 84.2%   30 29.0 2.3 15.8 13.3 .526 .9      200.00 205.2 1.7 108.5 52.4 16.9 63.3 .285  2.36   13.0 .578 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 15.8%   30 26.0 1.2 8.6 19.0 .286 2.4      200.00 241.1 4.0 142.8 64.9 16.6 58.5 .227  2.92   5.8 .251 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 0.0%                           Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     27.5%     30 28.6 2.5 13.2 15.9 .440 .9        200.00 216.5 1.1 122.7 60.6 14.7 49.9 .216  2.73   12.6 .556 Rookie