Starting Pitchers
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1884 1886 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 Mickey Welch Vet   NY 2 R 25   55 55 7 44 11 .800 0      488.67 369 4 169 90 130 256 .513  1.66    54.0 .982   72.35 1 Mickey Welch
2 John Clarkson Vet   CHI 1 R 23   70 68 10 53 16 .757 1      623.00 497 21 255 128 97 308 .519  1.85    58.4 .834   72.12 2 John Clarkson
3 Tim Keefe Vet   NY 2 R 28   46 45 7 32 13 .696 1      398.00 297 6 154 70 103 230 .575  1.58    42.0 .913   54.26 3 Tim Keefe
4 Ed Daily   R PHI 3 R 22   50 49 4 26 23 .520 1      440.00 370 12 212 108 90 140 .304  2.21    33.6 .672   37.24 4 Ed Daily
5   Old Hoss Radbourn Vet         PRO 4 R 30       49 49 2 28 21 .571 0        445.67 423 4 209 109 83 154 .304  2.20    31.7 .647   34.47 5   Old Hoss Radbourn
6 Charlie Ferguson   PHI 3 R 22   45 45 5 25 19 .556 1      395.33 337 5 192 98 79 192 .462  2.23    30.0 .667   33.12 6 Charlie Ferguson
7 Jim McCormick   PRO/CHI 4/1 R 28   28 28 3 21 7 .750 0      252.00 221 9 129 68 60 96 .342  2.43    19.6 .700   22.17 7 Jim McCormick
8 Dupee Shaw   PRO 4 L 26   49 47 6 23 26 .469 0      399.67 343 7 209 114 99 194 .439  2.57    22.6 .461   20.75 8 Dupee Shaw
9 Henry Boyle   STL 8 R 24 LF   39 39 1 15 24 .385 0      356.67 337 2 201 109 97 129 .297  2.75    20.9 .536   20.69 9 Henry Boyle
10 Charlie Buffinton   BOS 5 R 24   50 49 6 22 27 .440 1      431.00 422 10 236 138 111 240 .450  2.88    22.7 .454   20.68 10 Charlie Buffinton
                           
11 Jim Whitney   BOS 5 R 27   50 50 2 18 32 .360 0      438.00 499 14 284 145 37 198 .369  2.98    18.5 .370   15.22 11 Jim Whitney
12 Lady Baldwin   R DET 6 L 26   20 19 1 11 9 .550 0      176.00 134 2 82 36 27 132 .820  1.84    11.4 .570   11.64 12 Lady Baldwin
13 Stump Wiedman   DET 6 R 24   38 37 3 14 24 .368 0      330.00 343 7 198 115 63 149 .367  3.14    13.7 .361   11.12 13 Stump Wiedman
14 Charlie Getzein   DET 6 R 21   37 37 1 12 25 .324 0      330.00 360 8 222 111 92 110 .243  3.03    12.5 .338    9.82 14 Charlie Getzein
15   Pud Galvin Vet         BUF 7 R 28       32 31 3 13 19 .406 0        280.67 352 8 202 127 37 92 .237  4.07    10.7 .334    8.37 15   Pud Galvin
16 Charlie Sweeney   STL 8 R 22   35 32 2 11 21 .314 3      275.00 276 6 175 120 50 84 .258  3.93    11.0 .314    8.34 16 Charlie Sweeney
17 John Kirby   R STL 8 R 20   14 14 0 5 8 .357 1      129.33 118 0 66 51 44 46 .284  3.55     6.4 .457    5.85 17 John Kirby
18 Dan Casey   R DET 6 L 22   12 12 1 4 8 .333 0      104.00 105 1 61 38 35 79 .564  3.29     4.0 .333    3.12 18 Dan Casey
19 Billy Serad   BUF 7 R 22   29 27 0 7 21 .241 1      238.33 295 5 192 109 79 89 .238  4.12     4.9 .169    2.72 19 Billy Serad
20 Pete Conway   R BUF 7 R 18   27 26 1 10 17 .370 0      210.00 256 10 173 109 44 94 .313  4.67     4.1 .152    2.16 20 Pete Conway
                           
21 Pete Wood   R BUF 7 R 28   22 21 0 8 14 .364 0      192.00 227 8 164 95 64 37 .127  4.45     3.6 .164    1.97 21 Pete Wood
League Average Age  24.5
League Average per 30 Starts 30 29.4 2.4 15.1 14.5 .504 0.4
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 189.8 4.3 109.2 60.2 43.9 88.0 .377  2.71
League Average Win Shares per Game .547
Average Win Shares per Team  54.54
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   10.0%   81 78 8 38 43 .469 0        679.67 582 10 352 188 161 405 .545  2.49   38.0 .469 Throws Left  
Throws Right   90.0%     716 702 57 364 342 .508 10      6,253.67 5999 139 3433 1900 1360 2644 .359  2.73   398.3 .556 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 55.8%   446 435 34 204 233 .457 9    3,862.67 3716 87 2183 1234 881 1660 .361  2.88   222.2 .498 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 37.9%   302 296 29 170 131 .563 1    2,625.00 2442 58 1393 745 557 1235 .412  2.55   182.4 .604 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 6.3%   49 49 2 28 21 .571 0      445.67 423 4 209 109 83 154 .304  2.20   31.7 .647 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     18.1%     145 141 7 64 79 .441 2      1,251.33 1210 33 758 437 304 528 .349  3.14   63.1 .435 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   10.0%   30 28.9 3.0 14.1 15.9 .469 .0        200.00 171.3 2.9 103.6 55.3 47.4 119.2 .545  2.49   11.2 .469 Throws Left  
Throws Right   90.0%     30 29.4 2.4 15.3 14.3 .508 .4        200.00 191.9 4.4 109.8 60.8 43.5 84.6 .359  2.73   12.7 .556 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 55.8%   30 29.3 2.3 13.7 15.7 .457 .6      200.00 192.4 4.5 113.0 63.9 45.6 86.0 .361  2.88   11.5 .498 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 37.9%   30 29.4 2.9 16.9 13.0 .563 .1      200.00 186.1 4.4 106.1 56.8 42.4 94.1 .412  2.55   13.9 .604 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 6.3%   30 30.0 1.2 17.1 12.9 .571 .0      200.00 189.8 1.8 93.8 48.9 37.2 69.1 .304  2.20   14.2 .647 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     18.1%     30 29.2 1.4 13.2 16.3 .441 .5        200.00 193.4 5.3 121.2 69.8 48.6 84.4 .349  3.14   10.1 .435 Rookie