Starting Pitchers
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1903 1905 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 Joe McGinnity Vet   NY 1 R 33 CL   44 38 9 33 8 .750 3      381.00 287 7 96 68 80 134 .365  1.61    37.4 .850   49.11 1 Joe McGinnity
2 Christy Mathewson BBW   NY 1 R 25   46 33 4 32 12 .696 2      360.33 300 7 118 81 76 208 .553  2.02    32.0 .696   38.01 2 Christy Mathewson
3 Jake Weimer   CHI 2 L 30   37 31 5 20 14 .541 3      307.00 229 1 96 65 97 177 .543  1.91    27.8 .751   34.32 3 Jake Weimer
4 Kid Nichols Vet   STL 5 R 34   35 35 3 21 13 .600 1      313.33 265 3 96 70 49 132 .420  2.01    26.2 .749   32.28 4 Kid Nichols
5   Noodles Hahn           CIN 3 L 25       34 33 2 15 18 .441 1        294.00 255 3 101 67 35 97 .334  2.05    24.5 .721   29.62 5   Noodles Hahn
6 Jack Taylor   STL 5 R 30   39 39 2 20 19 .513 0      344.67 291 5 130 85 80 101 .272  2.22    24.9 .638   28.34 6 Jack Taylor
7 Jack Harper   CIN 3 R 26   35 31 6 23 9 .657 3      293.67 262 2 113 75 85 125 .360  2.30    23.5 .671   27.42 7 Jack Harper
8 Buttons Briggs   CHI 2 R 28 CL   30 28 3 18 11 .600 1      262.00 238 3 95 60 73 106 .341  2.06    21.3 .710   25.56 8 Buttons Briggs
9 Dummy Taylor   NY 1 R 29   36 29 5 21 14 .583 1      292.67 228 6 99 76 74 136 .450  2.34    21.5 .597   23.66 9 Dummy Taylor
10 Three Finger Brown Vet   CHI 2 R 27   23 21 4 13 10 .565 0      201.00 147 1 70 42 47 77 .397  1.88    17.9 .778   22.49 10 Three Finger Brown
                                 
11 Patsy Flaherty   PIT 4 L 28   28 28 5 19 9 .679 0      239.33 208 3 81 54 58 53 .199  2.03    18.9 .675   22.12 11 Patsy Flaherty
12 Sam Leever   PIT 4 R 32   32 26 1 17 11 .531 4      246.33 218 2 83 59 53 61 .225  2.16    19.5 .609   21.68 12 Sam Leever
13 Tom Walker   R CIN 3 R 22   24 22 2 15 8 .625 1      217.00 196 2 76 54 53 64 .257  2.24    17.2 .717   20.74 13 Tom Walker
14 Togie Pittinger   BOS 7 R 32   37 35 5 15 21 .405 1      331.33 294 1 147 98 142 144 .330  2.66    18.6 .503   18.78 14 Togie Pittinger
15   Vic Willis Vet         BOS 7 R 28       43 39 2 18 25 .419 0        350.00 357 7 182 111 109 196 .421  2.85    19.1 .444   18.13 15   Vic Willis
16 Carl Lundgren   CHI 2 R 24   27 25 2 16 9 .593 2      227.33 191 2 91 66 72 100 .380  2.61    16.2 .600   17.87 16 Carl Lundgren
17 Mike O'Neill   STL 5 L 26   24 23 1 10 14 .417 0      216.00 225 1 84 50 49 67 .245  2.08    15.0 .625   16.89 17 Mike O'Neill
18 Bob Wicker   CHI 2 R 26   27 23 4 17 8 .630 2      218.00 191 6 85 65 55 94 .382  2.68    15.6 .578   16.89 18 Bob Wicker
19 Bob Ewing   CIN 3 R 31   24 22 0 10 13 .417 1      204.67 191 3 82 56 56 96 .389  2.46    14.5 .604   16.05 19 Bob Ewing
20 Oscar Jones   BRO 6 R 25   41 38 0 16 25 .390 0      357.67 367 7 168 109 87 91 .200  2.74    17.2 .420   15.87 20 Oscar Jones
                                 
21 Win Kellum   R CIN 3 L 28 CL   24 22 1 13 9 .542 2      199.33 183 1 87 58 41 62 .277  2.62    13.2 .550   13.94 21 Win Kellum
22 Mike Lynch   R PIT 4 R 24   24 24 1 14 10 .583 0      211.33 190 1 84 64 86 90 .326  2.73    13.1 .546   13.78 22 Mike Lynch
23 John Cronin   BRO 6 R 30   34 33 4 11 22 .324 1      285.67 264 9 123 86 73 102 .303  2.71    13.4 .394   11.98 23 John Cronin
24 Ned Garvin   BRO 6 R 30   22 16 2 5 15 .227 2      178.00 138 6 79 33 76 84 .393  1.67    10.6 .482   10.48 24 Ned Garvin
25   Frank Corridon         R CHI/PHI 2/8 R 23       21 20 1 10 9 .476 2        183.00 166 4 70 53 61 73 .322  2.61     9.1 .433    8.53 25   Frank Corridon
26 Charlie Case   R PIT 4 R 24   17 14 3 10 5 .588 2      137.33 126 0 55 45 30 48 .308  2.95     8.3 .488    8.26 26 Charlie Case
27 Kaiser Wilhelm   BOS 7 R 30   36 30 3 14 19 .389 3      277.67 305 8 145 114 71 70 .186  3.70     9.9 .275    7.39 27 Kaiser Wilhelm
28 Hooks Wiltse   R NY 1 L 23 CL   16 14 2 13 3 .813 0      134.67 123 7 54 43 50 86 .497  2.87     7.5 .469    7.31 28 Hooks Wiltse
29 Chappie McFarland   STL 5 R 29   31 28 1 14 17 .452 0      266.67 262 7 147 95 55 109 .344  3.21     8.9 .287    6.79 29 Chappie McFarland
30 Doc Scanlan   R PIT/BRO 4/6 R 23   15 12 3 7 8 .467 0      119.33 109 0 54 34 56 47 .285  2.56     6.6 .440    6.24 30 Doc Scanlan
                                 
31 Jack Sutthoff   CIN/PHI 3/8 R 31   28 25 0 9 18 .321 1      242.00 244 3 133 86 108 70 .199  3.20     7.4 .264    5.42 31 Jack Sutthoff
32 Deacon Phillippe   PIT 4 R 32   19 17 3 9 10 .474 0      159.33 175 1 78 57 25 78 .390  3.22     5.8 .305    4.56 32 Deacon Phillippe
33 Ed Poole   BRO 6 R 29   23 19 1 7 14 .304 2      171.33 171 4 83 64 71 64 .264  3.36     5.2 .226    3.52 33 Ed Poole
34 Roscoe Miller   PIT 4 R 27   17 11 2 7 7 .412 3      127.00 126 4 63 47 37 33 .202  3.33     4.6 .271    3.41 34 Roscoe Miller
35   Chick Fraser           PHI 8 R 33       36 32 2 12 23 .333 1        281.33 267 5 153 102 93 118 .328  3.26     5.6 .156    3.15 35   Chick Fraser
36 Tully Sparks   PHI 8 R 29   25 19 3 7 15 .280 3      197.00 204 1 107 58 42 66 .268  2.65     4.5 .180    2.72 36 Tully Sparks
37 Fred Mitchell   PHI/BRO 8/6 R 26   21 19 1 6 12 .286 3      174.67 206 3 99 69 48 45 .177  3.56     3.8 .181    2.30 37 Fred Mitchell
38 Bill Duggleby   PHI 8 R 30   27 22 2 11 12 .407 4      206.33 244 3 127 87 49 51 .174  3.79     3.2 .119    1.57 38 Bill Duggleby
39 Ed McNichol   R BOS 7 R 25   15 12 1 2 12 .133 1      115.00 113 3 66 55 70 37 .202  4.30     2.0 .133    1.04 39 Ed McNichol
40 John McPherson   R PHI 8 R 35   12 11 1 1 11 .083 0      115.33 117 1 74 47 41 29 .184  3.67     1.1 .092    0.47 40 John McPherson
                                 
41 Tom Fisher   R BOS 7 R 23   21 19 2 6 15 .286 0      177.00 213 4 136 84 68 69 .246  4.27     0.9 .043    0.27 41 Tom Fisher
42 Joe Corbett   STL 5 R 28   14 12 0 5 8 .357 1      108.67 110 2 75 53 51 68 .422  4.39     0.7 .050    0.22 42 Joe Corbett
League Average Age  28.2
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.5 2.7 14.5 14.0 .483 1.5
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 185.0 3.1 86.1 58.5 56.2 77.3 .320  2.63
League Average Win Shares per Game .493
Average Win Shares per Team  71.78
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   14.2%   163 151 16 90 67 .552 6      1,390.33 1223 16 503 337 330 542 .349  2.18   106.9 .656 Throws Left  
Throws Right   85.8%     1001 879 88 472 478 .472 51      8,335.00 7773 133 3682 2508 2402 3216 .316  2.71   467.3 .467 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 14.3%   165 150 16 91 67 .552 7    1,407.00 1314 20 620 443 476 577 .322  2.83   78.9 .479 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 45.9%   537 468 46 263 249 .490 25    4,444.33 4153 71 1923 1289 1163 1734 .326  2.61   269.4 .502 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 38.7%   450 401 41 207 218 .460 25    3,758.67 3412 57 1568 1066 1052 1418 .318  2.55   224.8 .500 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   1.1%     12 11 1 1 11 .083          115.33 117 1 74 47 41 29 .184  3.67   1.1 .092 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     16.4%     189 170 17 91 90 .481 8      1,609.33 1536 23 756 537 556 605 .289  3.00   79.0 .418 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   14.2%   30 27.8 2.9 16.6 12.3 .552 1.1        200.00 175.9 2.3 72.4 48.5 47.5 78.0 .349  2.18   15.4 .656 Throws Left  
Throws Right   85.8%     30 26.3 2.6 14.1 14.3 .472 1.6        200.00 186.5 3.2 88.4 60.2 57.6 77.2 .316  2.71   11.2 .467 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 14.3%   30 27.3 2.9 16.5 12.2 .552 1.3      200.00 186.8 2.8 88.1 63.0 67.7 82.0 .322  2.83   11.2 .479 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 45.9%   30 26.1 2.6 14.7 13.9 .490 1.4      200.00 186.9 3.2 86.5 58.0 52.3 78.0 .326  2.61   12.1 .502 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 38.7%   30 26.7 2.7 13.8 14.5 .460 1.7      200.00 181.6 3.0 83.4 56.7 56.0 75.5 .318  2.55   12.0 .500 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   1.1%     30 27.5 2.5 2.5 27.5 .083 .0        200.00 202.9 1.7 128.3 81.5 71.1 50.3 .184  3.67   1.9 .092 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.4%     30 27.0 2.7 14.4 14.3 .481 1.3        200.00 190.9 2.9 94.0 66.7 69.1 75.2 .289  3.00   9.8 .418 Rookie