Starting Pitchers
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1895 1897 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 Cy Young BBW   CLE 2 R 29 CL   46 42 5 28 14 .609 4      401.33 462 7 207 144 60 136 .261  3.23    38.2 .830   48.00 1 Cy Young
2 Nig Cuppy   CLE 2 R 26   40 35 1 23 14 .575 3      342.33 371 8 165 119 72 82 .185  3.13    33.8 .845   42.84 2 Nig Cuppy
3 Kid Nichols Vet   BOS 4 R 26   43 37 3 28 13 .651 2      357.00 371 13 202 112 97 98 .209  2.82    31.3 .728   36.82 3 Kid Nichols
4 Frank Dwyer   CIN 3 R 28   34 30 3 23 11 .676 0      283.67 315 8 142 99 59 56 .150  3.14    27.9 .821   34.85 4 Frank Dwyer
5   Clark Griffith Other         CHI 5 R 26       35 35 0 23 11 .657 1        315.00 367 3 187 124 69 80 .183  3.54    27.9 .797   34.35 5   Clark Griffith
6 Bill Hoffer   BAL 1 R 25   35 32 3 25 7 .714 3      309.00 317 1 151 116 95 93 .226  3.38    27.5 .786   33.61 6 Bill Hoffer
7 Frank Killen   PIT 6 L 25   50 44 5 29 18 .580 3      427.00 470 7 241 162 118 132 .224  3.41    29.8 .596   31.72 7 Frank Killen
8 Red Ehret   CIN 3 R 27   33 29 2 17 14 .515 2      274.00 295 5 146 104 73 59 .160  3.42    24.1 .730   28.40 8 Red Ehret
9 Pink Hawley   PIT 6 R 23   43 37 2 19 20 .442 4      362.33 366 2 189 144 150 131 .254  3.58    25.0 .581   26.28 9 Pink Hawley
10 Jouett Meekin   NY 7 R 29   41 34 0 26 13 .634 2      331.67 375 8 203 141 126 109 .218  3.83    23.2 .566   24.06 10 Jouett Meekin
                           
11 Jack Stivetts   BOS 4 R 28   36 31 2 22 13 .611 1      313.00 336 19 208 143 94 68 .158  4.11    21.4 .594   22.75 11 Jack Stivetts
12 Danny Friend   R CHI 5 L 23   33 28 1 17 13 .515 3      282.67 290 11 191 149 135 84 .198  4.74    19.5 .591   20.67 12 Danny Friend
13 Ted Breitenstein   STL 11 L 27   43 37 1 17 26 .395 0      337.33 373 12 234 168 137 113 .222  4.48    20.7 .481   19.80 13 Ted Breitenstein
14 Zeke Wilson   CLE 2 R 26   29 20 1 16 9 .552 4      229.67 254 9 144 102 78 54 .163  4.00    17.9 .617   19.39 14 Zeke Wilson
15   Billy Rhines           CIN 3 R 27       17 11 3 8 5 .471 4        137.67 123 1 50 38 46 31 .183  2.48    14.8 .871   19.04 15   Billy Rhines
16 Frank Foreman   CIN 3 L 33   23 18 1 14 5 .609 4      180.67 203 2 99 74 59 36 .137  3.69    15.5 .674   17.54 16 Frank Foreman
17 Adonis Terry   CHI 5 R 31   28 25 1 14 13 .500 1      230.33 262 6 158 110 86 72 .207  4.30    16.3 .582   17.15 17 Adonis Terry
18 Arlie Pond   R BAL 1 R 24   26 21 2 15 8 .577 3      209.33 227 4 130 81 56 78 .276  3.48    15.5 .596   16.50 18 Arlie Pond
19 Harley Payne   R BRO T9 L 28   28 24 2 12 14 .429 2      226.67 266 4 121 85 54 49 .153  3.37    15.7 .561   16.21 19 Harley Payne
20 Dad Clarke   NY 7 R 31   40 33 1 15 24 .375 1      330.33 406 8 232 156 56 62 .134  4.25    17.6 .440   16.10 20 Dad Clarke
                           
21 George Hemming   BAL 1 R 27   21 20 3 14 6 .667 1      191.33 221 9 107 89 51 31 .114  4.19    13.9 .662   15.59 21 George Hemming
22 Bobby Wallace Vet   CLE 2 R 22   16 13 2 9 6 .563 1      130.00 149 2 67 48 44 41 .212  3.32    12.3 .769   14.87 22 Bobby Wallace
23 Duke Esper   BAL 1 L 27   18 14 1 12 5 .667 1      150.33 162 3 77 60 38 18 .090  3.59    12.6 .700   14.54 23 Duke Esper
24 Win Mercer   WAS T9 R 22   45 38 2 24 18 .533 3      363.67 453 10 264 167 116 93 .163  4.13    17.1 .380   14.53 24 Win Mercer
25   Dan Daub           BRO T9 R 28       24 18 0 10 11 .417 3        203.33 230 4 108 81 57 48 .167  3.59    13.7 .571   14.27 25   Dan Daub
26 Jim Sullivan   BOS 4 R 27   26 21 1 11 12 .423 3      212.67 253 11 140 95 64 31 .098  4.02    13.8 .531   13.86 26 Jim Sullivan
27 Jack B. Taylor   PHI 8 R 23   41 35 1 20 20 .488 1      348.67 446 17 274 186 109 94 .169  4.80    15.5 .378   13.14 27 Jack B. Taylor
28 Buttons Briggs   R CHI 5 R 20   21 19 0 12 7 .571 2      181.00 188 6 120 87 101 78 .270  4.33    12.1 .576   12.66 28 Buttons Briggs
29 Al Orth   PHI 8 R 23   23 19 0 13 10 .565 0      191.00 238 10 125 94 45 22 .078  4.43    12.0 .522   11.95 29 Al Orth
30 Sadie McMahon   BAL 1 R 28   22 19 0 11 9 .500 2      175.67 195 4 109 68 55 33 .132  3.48    11.3 .514   11.17 30 Sadie McMahon
                           
31 Bill Hart   STL 11 R 30   41 37 0 12 28 .293 1      333.67 408 11 269 190 140 65 .119  5.12    13.8 .337   11.04 31 Bill Hart
32 Brickyard Kennedy   BRO T9 R 28   38 28 1 17 20 .447 1      295.67 323 12 204 145 126 74 .165  4.41    12.6 .332   10.00 32 Brickyard Kennedy
33 Bill Hill   R LOU 12 L 21 CL   39 32 0 9 27 .231 3      309.67 342 14 222 148 150 101 .205  4.30    12.3 .315    9.52 33 Bill Hill
34 Doc McJames   R WAS T9 R 22   33 29 0 12 20 .364 1      270.33 299 2 201 128 130 99 .231  4.26    10.3 .312    7.93 34 Doc McJames
35   Mike Sullivan           NY 7 R 29       22 18 0 7 13 .318 2        177.67 180 3 126 92 68 40 .161  4.66     8.9 .405    7.81 35   Mike Sullivan
36 Chauncey Fisher   CIN 3 R 24 CL   15 13 2 8 5 .533 2      128.33 160 7 89 63 29 20 .106  4.42     7.8 .520    7.76 36 Chauncey Fisher
37 Chick Fraser   R LOU 12 R 25   38 36 0 12 25 .316 1      336.33 381 9 272 182 160 88 .163  4.87    10.4 .274    7.50 37 Chick Fraser
38 Silver King   WAS T9 R 28   16 12 0 7 6 .438 3      129.67 160 3 95 59 38 31 .157  4.10     6.0 .375    5.07 38 Silver King
39 Ad Gumbert   BRO/PHI T9/8 R 27   14 9 1 5 7 .357 2      103.33 127 2 69 50 32 17 .107  4.35     5.4 .386    4.62 39 Ad Gumbert
40 Red Donahue   R STL 11 R 23   32 28 0 7 24 .219 1      267.00 376 6 235 172 98 70 .148  5.80     6.9 .216    4.42 40 Red Donahue
                           
41 Kid Carsey   PHI 8 R 25   21 18 1 9 11 .429 1      172.33 251 4 151 108 66 33 .104  5.64     5.6 .267    3.99 41 Kid Carsey
42 Ed Doheny   R NY 7 L 22   15 9 0 6 7 .400 2      103.67 107 3 75 52 56 37 .227  4.51     5.0 .333    3.98 42 Ed Doheny
43 Jim Hughey   R PIT 6 R 27   14 11 0 4 8 .286 2      124.00 137 2 86 69 54 38 .199  5.01     4.5 .321    3.52 43 Jim Hughey
44 Bert Cunningham   LOU 12 R 30   20 17 0 7 13 .350 0      171.00 219 5 152 97 67 33 .115  5.11     4.5 .225    2.94 44 Bert Cunningham
45   Bert Abbey           BRO T9 R 26       18 12 0 7 7 .389 4        145.67 186 6 120 83 43 33 .144  5.13     3.9 .217    2.50 45   Bert Abbey
46 Harry Keener   R PHI 8 R 26   13 11 0 3 10 .231 0      105.67 134 5 95 69 36 26 .153  5.88     3.0 .231    1.99 46 Harry Keener
47 Les German   WAS T9 R 27   20 14 0 1 17 .050 2      147.33 212 5 154 103 65 18 .065  6.29     0.9 .045    0.26 47 Les German
League Average Age  26.1
League Average per 30 Starts 30 25.3 1.2 14.5 13.5 .482 2.0
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 228.8 5.5 130.5 90.9 66.2 51.7 .175  4.09
League Average Win Shares per Game .526
Average Win Shares per Team  59.98
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   18.0%   249 206 11 116 115 .466 18      2,018.00 2213 56 1260 898 747 570 .193  4.00   131.1 .527 Throws Left  
Throws Right   82.0%     1120 947 43 544 502 .486 74      9,332.00 10773 257 6146 4258 3011 2365 .172  4.11   588.6 .526 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 27.8%   382 321 12 171 185 .448 26    3,147.67 3641 94 2182 1519 1219 948 .195  4.34   171.3 .448 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 61.2%   835 702 39 427 349 .511 59    6,956.33 7847 187 4314 3010 2131 1719 .172  3.89   480.7 .576 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 11.0%   152 130 3 62 83 .408 7    1,246.00 1498 32 910 627 408 268 .141  4.53   67.7 .445 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     21.3%     292 248 5 109 163 .373 20      2,416.33 2747 66 1748 1222 1030 748 .198  4.55   115.2 .395 Rookie    
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
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   18.0%   30 24.8 1.3 14.0 13.9 .466 2.1        200.00 219.3 5.6 124.9 89.0 74.0 56.5 .193  4.00   13.0 .527 Throws Left  
Throws Right   82.0%     30 25.4 1.2 14.6 13.4 .486 2.0        200.00 230.9 5.5 131.7 91.3 64.5 50.7 .172  4.11   12.6 .526 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 27.8%   30 25.2 0.9 13.4 14.5 .448 2.1      200.00 231.3 6.0 138.6 96.5 77.5 60.2 .195  4.34   10.9 .448 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 61.2%   30 25.2 1.4 15.3 12.5 .511 2.2      200.00 225.6 5.4 124.0 86.5 61.3 49.4 .172  3.89   13.8 .576 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 11.0%   30 25.7 0.6 12.2 16.4 .408 1.4      200.00 240.4 5.1 146.1 100.6 65.5 43.0 .141  4.53   10.9 .445 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                               Age 35 & over  
Rookie     21.3%     30 25.5 0.5 11.2 16.7 .373 2.1        200.00 227.4 5.5 144.7 101.1 85.3 61.9 .198  4.55   9.5 .395 Rookie