Starting Pitchers
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          National League 1889
         
         
             
1888 1890 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 John Clarkson Vet   BOS 2 R 27   72 68 8 49 19 .681 4     618.00 587 16 279 187 202 283 .359  2.72    59.8 .831   76.31 1 John Clarkson
2 Charlie Buffinton   PHI 4 R 28   43 37 2 25 16 .581 2     372.00 382 10 192 134 118 150 .300  3.24    32.1 .747   38.84 2 Charlie Buffinton
3 Mickey Welch Vet   NY 1 R 29 CL   41 39 3 27 12 .659 2     367.00 333 14 192 123 146 122 .255  3.02    29.1 .710   34.33 3 Mickey Welch
4 Henry Boyle   IND 7 R 28   45 38 2 20 23 .444 2     376.67 420 14 223 164 94 96 .187  3.92    27.3 .607   29.78 4 Henry Boyle
5 Ben Sanders   PHI 4 R 24   39 34 1 18 18 .462 3     339.67 394 9 211 134 93 119 .244  3.55    24.6 .631   27.36 5 Ben Sanders
6 Tim Keefe Vet   NY 1 R 32   45 38 3 28 13 .622 4     360.33 307 9 210 133 149 207 .454  3.32    25.8 .573   27.36 6 Tim Keefe
7 Jersey Bakely   CLE 6 R 25   34 33 2 12 21 .353 1     300.33 292 9 167 99 105 104 .262  2.97    21.8 .641   24.44 7 Jersey Bakely
8 Ed Beatin   CLE 6 L 22   36 35 3 20 15 .556 1     317.67 316 12 179 126 141 126 .276  3.57    22.2 .617   24.41 8 Ed Beatin
9 Old Hoss Radbourn Vet   BOS 2 R 34   31 28 1 19 11 .613 1     273.00 278 14 149 111 71 98 .281  3.66    20.8 .671   23.86 9 Old Hoss Radbourn
10 Darby O'Brien   CLE 6 R 22   41 39 1 22 17 .537 2     346.67 345 9 216 160 167 122 .238  4.15    22.2 .541   22.87 10 Darby O'Brien
                           
11 Harry Staley   PIT 5 R 22   47 46 1 21 26 .447 0     416.00 429 11 252 162 115 157 .289  3.50    22.0 .468   21.08 11 Harry Staley
12 Charlie Getzein   IND 7 R 25   44 36 0 18 22 .409 4     347.00 393 27 255 175 99 138 .280  4.54    19.4 .441   18.04 12 Charlie Getzein
13 Bill Hutchison   R CHI 3 R 29   36 33 3 16 17 .444 3     316.00 304 11 205 124 116 135 .321  3.53    17.4 .483   16.94 13 Bill Hutchison
14 Frank Dwyer   R CHI 3 R 21   30 27 0 15 13 .500 2     271.67 302 14 174 108 71 62 .166  3.58    15.7 .523   15.90 14 Frank Dwyer
15 John Tener   CHI 3 R 25   30 28 1 14 13 .467 3     276.67 291 15 185 112 101 101 .258  3.64    15.3 .510   15.30 15 John Tener
16 Ad Gumbert   R CHI 3 R 20   28 25 2 14 13 .500 1     240.33 252 16 144 97 74 89 .273  3.63    14.8 .529   15.07 16 Ad Gumbert
17 Pud Galvin Vet   PIT 5 R 32   40 38 4 23 16 .575 1     339.00 390 19 232 157 78 77 .165  4.17    16.2 .405   14.44 17 Pud Galvin
18 Cannonball Crane   NY 1 R 27   25 23 0 13 9 .520 3     222.00 213 10 155 91 131 125 .363  3.69    13.2 .528   13.43 18 Cannonball Crane
19 Henry Gruber   CLE 6 R 25   23 23 0 6 16 .261 1     201.00 194 6 123 81 92 73 .255  3.63    12.1 .526   12.29 19 Henry Gruber
20 Dan Casey   PHI 4 L 26   20 15 1 6 10 .300 4     152.67 170 4 92 64 72 65 .269  3.77    10.2 .510   10.20 20 Dan Casey
                           
21 Alex Ferson   R WAS 8 R 22   34 28 1 16 17 .471 1     284.33 315 9 196 123 104 84 .200  3.89    11.0 .324    8.76 21 Alex Ferson
22 George Haddock   R WAS 8 R 22   31 30 0 11 19 .355 1     272.33 295 10 200 127 121 104 .250  4.20     9.6 .310    7.48 22 George Haddock
23 Amos Rusie Vet   R IND 7 R 18   22 19 1 10 10 .455 2     201.33 220 11 162 119 104 98 .302  5.32     8.3 .377    7.14 23 Amos Rusie
24 Kid Madden   BOS 2 L 21   19 18 1 9 10 .474 0     172.00 187 7 127 84 69 62 .242  4.40     7.8 .411    7.00 24 Kid Madden
25 Hank O'Day   WAS/NY 8/1 R 26   23 19 0 11 11 .478 1     186.00 200 9 139 89 92 51 .175  4.31     7.7 .335    6.24 25 Hank O'Day
26 Ed Morris   PIT 5 L 26   21 18 0 6 13 .286 2     170.00 196 4 107 78 48 40 .164  4.13     6.9 .329    5.54 26 Ed Morris
27 Kid Gleason   PHI 4 R 22   21 15 0 7 13 .333 1     187.33 221 7 162 116 89 58 .187  5.57     5.3 .252    3.73 27 Kid Gleason
28 George Keefe   WAS 8 L 22   27 24 0 7 18 .259 2     224.33 259 6 178 128 139 88 .221  5.14     5.1 .189    3.10 28 George Keefe
29 Gus Krock   CHI/IND/WAS 3/7/8 R 23   17 14 0 7 9 .412 1     140.67 199 13 131 87 50 43 .173  5.57     2.8 .165    1.59 29 Gus Krock
30 Egyptian Healy   WAS/CHI 8/3 R 22   17 15 0 2 15 .118 0     145.00 184 6 144 92 55 70 .293  5.71     1.4 .082    0.56 30 Egyptian Healy
                           
31 Bill Sowders   BOS/PIT 2/5 R 24 CL   15 12 0 5 7 .333 3      85.67 135 4 82 61 47 40 .220  6.41     0.5 .033    0.13 31 Bill Sowders
League Average Age  25.4
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.9 1.2 14.4 13.9 .478 1.7
League Average per 200 Innings   200.00 211.3 7.9 128.2 85.6 74.0 74.8 .262  3.85
League Average Win Shares per Game .510
Average Win Shares per Team  63.55
Copyright © 2009 by Andre Lower
Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia