Starting Pitchers
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1887 1889 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 Charlie Buffinton   PHI 3 R 27   46 43 6 28 17 .609 1      400.33 324 6 139 85 59 199 .520  1.91    43.9 .954   58.25 1 Charlie Buffinton
2 Tim Keefe Vet   NY 1 R 31   51 48 8 35 12 .686 4      434.33 316 5 140 84 91 333 .818  1.74    35.5 .696   40.23 2 Tim Keefe
3 Ben Sanders   R PHI 3 R 23   29 28 8 19 9 .655 1      269.33 235 3 98 57 32 118 .442  1.90    29.4 1.014   40.21 3 Ben Sanders
4 Ed Morris   PIT 6 L 25   55 54 5 29 23 .527 3      480.00 470 7 216 123 74 135 .248  2.31    33.9 .616   36.15 4 Ed Morris
5   Mickey Welch Vet         NY 1 R 28       47 47 5 26 19 .553 2        425.33 328 12 156 91 108 167 .383  1.93    31.7 .674   35.36 5   Mickey Welch
6 John Clarkson Vet   BOS 4 R 26   54 53 3 33 20 .611 1      483.33 448 17 239 148 119 223 .393  2.76    32.0 .593   33.46 6 John Clarkson
7 Pud Galvin Vet   PIT 6 R 31   50 49 6 23 25 .460 2      437.33 446 9 190 128 53 107 .214  2.63    29.6 .592   30.94 7 Pud Galvin
8 Gus Krock   R CHI 2 R 22   39 39 4 25 14 .641 0      339.67 295 20 143 92 45 161 .474  2.44    25.6 .656   28.17 8 Gus Krock
9 Pete Conway   DET 5 R 21   45 43 4 30 14 .667 1      391.00 315 11 170 98 57 176 .473  2.26    25.3 .562   25.77 9 Pete Conway
10 Bill Sowders   R BOS 4 R 23   35 34 2 19 15 .543 1      314.00 275 3 154 72 72 131 .378  2.06    21.2 .606   22.41 10 Bill Sowders
                           
11 Hank O'Day   WAS 8 R 25   46 46 3 16 29 .348 1      403.00 359 19 208 139 117 186 .391  3.10    20.4 .443   18.45 11 Hank O'Day
12 Dan Casey   PHI 3 L 25   33 31 2 14 18 .424 1      285.67 298 6 156 100 48 108 .312  3.15    18.1 .548   18.21 12 Dan Casey
13 Jim Whitney   WAS 8 R 30   39 37 2 18 21 .462 0      325.00 317 7 184 110 54 79 .213  3.05    17.2 .441   15.52 13 Jim Whitney
14 Charlie Getzein   DET 5 R 24   46 45 2 19 25 .413 2      404.00 411 13 225 137 54 202 .434  3.05    17.2 .374   14.29 14 Charlie Getzein
15   Mark Baldwin           CHI 2 R 24       30 27 2 13 15 .433 2        251.00 241 13 137 77 99 157 .462  2.76    14.5 .483   13.69 15   Mark Baldwin
16 Kid Gleason   R PHI 3 R 21   23 23 0 7 16 .304 0      197.00 196 11 111 62 52 88 .355  2.83    12.8 .557   12.97 16 Kid Gleason
17 Harry Staley   R PIT 6 R 21   24 24 2 12 12 .500 0      204.67 183 6 103 61 52 88 .374  2.68    12.3 .513   11.96 17 Harry Staley
18 Henry Gruber   DET 5 R 24   25 25 3 10 13 .400 2      234.00 191 8 118 59 40 69 .299  2.27    12.0 .480   11.29 18 Henry Gruber
19 Cannonball Titcomb   NY 1 L 21   23 22 4 14 8 .609 1      197.00 149 4 91 49 46 129 .662  2.24    11.5 .500   11.05 19 Cannonball Titcomb
20 Old Hoss Radbourn Vet   BOS 4 R 33   24 24 1 7 16 .292 1      207.00 187 8 110 66 45 64 .276  2.87    11.1 .463   10.25 20 Old Hoss Radbourn
                           
21 Henry Boyle   IND 7 R 27   37 36 3 15 22 .405 0      323.00 315 11 179 117 58 98 .263  3.26    12.8 .346   10.23 21 Henry Boyle
22 Kid Madden   BOS 4 L 20   18 17 1 7 11 .389 0      159.33 137 6 73 52 23 51 .319  2.94     9.3 .517    9.08 22 Kid Madden
23 George Van Haltren   CHI 2 L 22 LF   24 24 4 13 11 .542 0      227.67 244 14 138 89 56 129 .430  3.52     9.2 .383    7.74 23 George Van Haltren
24 Bill Burdick   R IND 7 R 28   20 20 0 10 10 .500 0      176.00 168 12 88 55 43 55 .261  2.81     8.6 .430    7.66 24 Bill Burdick
25   George Keefe         R WAS 8 L 21       13 13 1 6 7 .462 0        114.00 87 2 55 36 43 52 .400  2.84     7.3 .562    7.43 25   George Keefe
26 Egyptian Healy   IND 7 R 21   37 36 1 12 24 .324 1      321.33 347 13 199 139 87 124 .286  3.89     9.8 .265    6.85 26 Egyptian Healy
27 John Tener   R CHI 2 R 24   12 11 1 7 5 .583 0      102.00 90 6 59 31 25 39 .339  2.74     6.1 .508    5.91 27 John Tener
28 Wild Bill Widner   R WAS 8 R 21   13 13 0 5 7 .385 1      115.00 111 7 69 36 22 33 .248  2.82     5.8 .446    5.26 28 Wild Bill Widner
29 Ed Beatin   R DET 5 L 21   12 12 1 5 7 .417 0      107.00 111 6 60 34 16 44 .346  2.86     4.7 .392    4.00 29 Ed Beatin
30 Lev Shreve   IND 7 R 19   35 34 1 11 24 .314 0      297.67 352 23 208 153 93 101 .227  4.63     5.4 .154    2.88 30 Lev Shreve
League Average Age  24.9
League Average per 30 Starts 30 29.2 2.6 14.9 14.3 .495 0.8
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 184.2 6.7 97.8 59.8 41.3 84.5 .375  2.69
League Average Win Shares per Game .542
Average Win Shares per Team  66.78
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   18.1%   178 173 18 88 85 .494 5      1,570.67 1496 45 789 483 306 648 .360  2.77   94.0 .528 Throws Left  
Throws Right   81.9%     807 785 67 400 384 .496 23      7,055.33 6450 243 3427 2097 1477 2998 .378  2.68   440.2 .545 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 49.1%   483 470 41 234 237 .484 12    4,245.67 3970 169 2211 1334 914 1892 .387  2.83   239.4 .496 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 34.4%   338 330 27 171 158 .506 9    2,976.67 2710 90 1381 858 626 1171 .351  2.59   201.4 .596 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 16.4%   164 158 17 83 74 .506 7    1,403.67 1266 29 624 388 243 583 .386  2.49   93.4 .570 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     22.4%     220 217 19 115 102 .523 3      1,938.67 1751 76 940 536 402 809 .376  2.49   133.8 .608 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   18.1%   30 29.2 3.0 14.8 14.3 .494 .9        200.00 190.5 5.7 100.5 61.5 39.0 82.5 .360  2.77   12.0 .528 Throws Left  
Throws Right   81.9%     30 29.2 2.5 14.9 14.3 .496 .8        200.00 182.8 6.9 97.1 59.4 41.9 85.0 .378  2.68   12.5 .545 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 49.1%   30 29.2 2.5 14.5 14.7 .484 .8      200.00 187.0 8.0 104.2 62.8 43.1 89.1 .387  2.83   11.3 .496 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 34.4%   30 29.3 2.4 15.2 14.0 .506 .8      200.00 182.1 6.0 92.8 57.6 42.1 78.7 .351  2.59   13.5 .596 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 16.4%   30 28.9 3.1 15.2 13.5 .506 1.3      200.00 180.4 4.1 88.9 55.3 34.6 83.1 .386  2.49   13.3 .570 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     22.4%     30 29.6 2.6 15.7 13.9 .523 .4        200.00 180.6 7.8 97.0 55.3 41.5 83.5 .376  2.49   13.8 .608 Rookie