Starting Pitchers
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1885 1887 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 Lady Baldwin   DET 2 L 27   56 55 7 42 13 .750 1      487.00 371 11 194 121 100 323 .686  2.24    52.0 .929   68.06 1 Lady Baldwin
2 John Clarkson Vet   CHI 1 R 24   55 50 3 36 17 .655 2      466.67 419 19 248 125 86 313 .620  2.41    41.3 .751   48.61 2 John Clarkson
3 Charlie Ferguson   PHI 4 R 23   45 43 4 30 9 .667 6      385.33 309 11 141 85 67 206 .548  1.99    37.9 .842   47.24 3 Charlie Ferguson
4 Tim Keefe Vet   NY 3 R 29   64 62 2 42 20 .656 2      540.00 478 9 250 152 100 291 .503  2.53    38.0 .594   39.77 4 Tim Keefe
5   Jim McCormick           CHI 1 R 29       42 38 2 31 11 .738 0        347.67 341 18 165 109 100 172 .390  2.82    31.9 .760   37.76 5   Jim McCormick
6 Charlie Getzein   DET 2 R 22   43 42 1 30 11 .698 2      386.67 388 6 203 130 85 172 .364  3.03    32.0 .744   37.50 6 Charlie Getzein
7 Dan Casey   PHI 4 L 23   44 39 4 24 18 .545 2      369.00 326 8 169 99 104 193 .449  2.41    29.4 .668   32.64 7 Dan Casey
8 Jocko Flynn   R CHI 1 R 22   29 28 2 22 6 .759 1      247.00 199 9 122 62 61 140 .538  2.26    23.2 .800   28.19 8 Jocko Flynn
9 Old Hoss Radbourn Vet   BOS 5 R 31   58 57 3 27 31 .466 0      509.33 521 18 300 170 111 218 .345  3.00    28.4 .490   26.99 9 Old Hoss Radbourn
10 Mickey Welch Vet   NY 3 R 26   59 56 1 33 22 .559 4      500.00 514 13 279 166 163 272 .402  2.99    28.3 .480   26.62 10 Mickey Welch
                                 
11 Bill Stemmeyer   R BOS 5 R 21   41 41 0 22 18 .537 1      348.67 300 11 218 117 144 239 .538  3.02    19.2 .468   17.85 11 Bill Stemmeyer
12 Ed Daily   PHI 4 R 23 RF   23 22 1 13 9 .565 1      204.00 197 7 115 69 55 89 .353  3.04    13.8 .600   14.52 12 Ed Daily
13 Henry Boyle   STL 6 R 25   24 23 2 8 15 .333 1      206.67 180 5 104 40 45 99 .440  1.74    13.6 .567   13.91 13 Henry Boyle
14 Jim Whitney   KC 7 R 28   44 42 3 12 32 .273 0      386.00 457 9 287 193 54 164 .321  4.50    16.5 .375   13.72 14 Jim Whitney
15   Stump Wiedman           KC 7 R 25       51 48 1 12 36 .235 3        427.67 549 11 323 214 112 168 .254  4.50    17.1 .335   13.45 15   Stump Wiedman
16 Egyptian Healy   STL 6 R 19   41 39 3 16 23 .390 2      347.00 309 5 209 111 116 209 .492  2.88    15.9 .388   13.45 16 Egyptian Healy
17 Dupee Shaw   WAS 8 L 27   44 43 1 13 31 .295 0      382.33 381 12 222 142 90 175 .372  3.34    14.5 .330   11.31 17 Dupee Shaw
18 John Kirby   STL 6 R 21   41 38 1 11 26 .268 4      325.00 329 9 222 119 134 129 .279  3.30    11.3 .276    8.06 18 John Kirby
19 Pete Conway   KC/DET 7/2 R 19 CF   31 30 0 11 20 .355 0      261.00 316 7 230 143 83 112 .281  4.93     9.3 .300    6.92 19 Pete Conway
20 Bob Barr   WAS 8 R 30   22 21 1 3 18 .136 1      190.67 216 7 150 91 54 80 .296  4.30     4.0 .182    2.32 20 Bob Barr
                                 
21 Charlie Buffinton   BOS 5 R 25   17 16 0 7 10 .412 0      147.67 199 4 126 75 38 46 .194  4.57     3.4 .200    2.07 21 Charlie Buffinton
22 Tony Madigan   R WAS 8 R 17   14 13 0 1 13 .071 0      115.67 159 3 113 65 44 29 .143  5.06     0.6 .043    0.17 22 Tony Madigan
League Average Age  24.9
League Average per 30 Starts 30 28.6 1.4 15.1 13.8 .502 1.1
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 196.8 5.6 115.8 68.5 51.3 101.3 .408  3.08
League Average Win Shares per Game .542
Average Win Shares per Team  60.20
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   16.3%   144 137 12 79 62 .549 3      1,238.33 1078 31 585 362 294 691 .504  2.63   95.9 .666 Throws Left  
Throws Right   83.7%     744 709 30 367 347 .493 30      6,342.67 6380 181 3805 2236 1652 3148 .392  3.17   385.7 .518 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 45.7%   407 385 19 216 170 .531 21    3,456.00 3251 95 1990 1125 979 1831 .433  2.93   233.9 .575 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 45.2%   401 383 19 200 190 .499 11    3,425.00 3470 92 1950 1212 802 1710 .400  3.18   215.3 .537 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 9.1%   80 78 4 30 49 .375 1      700.00 737 25 450 261 165 298 .330  3.36   32.4 .405 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     9.4%     84 82 2 45 37 .536 2        711.33 658 23 453 244 249 408 .450  3.09   43.0 .512 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   16.3%   30 28.5 2.5 16.5 12.9 .549 .6        200.00 174.1 5.0 94.5 58.5 47.5 111.6 .504  2.63   15.5 .666 Throws Left  
Throws Right   83.7%     30 28.6 1.2 14.8 14.0 .493 1.2        200.00 201.2 5.7 120.0 70.5 52.1 99.3 .392  3.17   12.2 .518 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 45.7%   30 28.4 1.4 15.9 12.5 .531 1.6      200.00 188.1 5.5 115.2 65.1 56.7 106.0 .433  2.93   13.5 .575 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 45.2%   30 28.7 1.4 15.0 14.2 .499 .8      200.00 202.6 5.4 113.9 70.8 46.8 99.9 .400  3.18   12.6 .537 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 9.1%   30 29.3 1.5 11.3 18.4 .375 .3      200.00 210.6 7.1 128.6 74.6 47.1 85.1 .330  3.36   9.3 .405 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     9.4%     30 29.3 0.7 16.1 13.2 .536 .7        200.00 185.0 6.5 127.4 68.6 70.0 114.7 .450  3.09   12.1 .512 Rookie