Starting Pitchers
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1904 1906 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 Christy Mathewson BBW   NY 1 R 26 CL   37 32 8 28 8 .757 1      320.67 239 4 80 45 61 195 .650  1.26    34.8 .941   48.83 1 Christy Mathewson
2 Ed Reulbach   R CHI 3 R 22   29 28 5 16 13 .552 0      276.00 197 1 67 44 69 144 .541  1.43    27.1 .934   37.88 2 Ed Reulbach
3 Irv Young   R BOS 7 L 27   42 41 7 20 21 .476 1      375.00 334 6 145 121 70 155 .384  2.90    28.7 .683   34.31 3 Irv Young
4 Deacon Phillippe   PIT 2 R 33   33 25 5 17 13 .515 3      264.67 223 0 90 65 46 126 .468  2.21    24.1 .730   29.78 4 Deacon Phillippe
5   Jake Weimer           CHI 3 L 31       30 26 2 17 11 .567 2        242.00 205 1 81 61 77 103 .365  2.27    20.0 .667   23.63 5   Jake Weimer
6 Three Finger Brown Vet   CHI 3 R 28   24 24 4 15 9 .625 0      230.00 202 3 82 55 41 82 .337  2.15    18.2 .758   22.92 6 Three Finger Brown
7 Bob Ewing   CIN 5 R 32   34 30 4 17 11 .500 6      294.33 268 5 118 82 75 155 .452  2.51    20.4 .600   22.86 7 Bob Ewing
8 Tully Sparks   PHI 4 R 30   26 20 3 13 10 .500 3      234.00 196 2 77 57 66 88 .336  2.19    18.1 .696   21.84 8 Tully Sparks
9 Bill Duggleby   PHI 4 R 31   36 27 1 17 16 .472 3      283.67 265 10 114 77 81 74 .214  2.44    19.5 .542   20.76 9 Bill Duggleby
10 Bob Wicker   CHI 3 R 27   22 17 4 13 6 .591 3      178.00 139 3 46 40 47 86 .462  2.02    16.5 .750   20.67 10 Bob Wicker
                           
11 Sam Leever   PIT 2 R 33   29 20 3 19 5 .655 5      218.67 189 3 89 66 51 77 .321  2.72    17.2 .593   19.16 11 Sam Leever
12 Chick Fraser   BOS 7 R 34   37 35 2 14 21 .378 2      328.33 314 8 171 120 146 128 .278  3.29    18.6 .503   19.08 12 Chick Fraser
13 Joe McGinnity Vet   NY 1 R 34 CL   38 26 2 21 14 .553 3      297.00 268 6 121 95 66 116 .347  2.88    17.8 .468   17.61 13 Joe McGinnity
14 Charlie Case   PIT 2 R 25   24 18 3 10 11 .417 3      196.33 183 2 73 56 60 52 .214  2.57    15.1 .629   17.32 14 Charlie Case
15   Carl Lundgren           CHI 3 R 25       19 16 3 13 5 .684 1        157.67 123 3 54 39 49 64 .372  2.23    13.7 .721   16.83 15   Carl Lundgren
16 Red Ames   NY 1 R 22   31 21 2 21 8 .677 2      253.67 212 2 109 77 101 191 .610  2.73    16.1 .519   16.78 16 Red Ames
17 Vic Willis Vet   BOS 7 R 29   41 36 4 12 29 .293 0      342.00 340 7 174 122 107 149 .333  3.21    17.1 .417   15.97 17 Vic Willis
18 Orval Overall   R CIN 5 R 24   39 32 2 17 22 .436 0      309.67 282 4 142 98 143 168 .395  2.85    16.7 .428   15.80 18 Orval Overall
19 Togie Pittinger   PHI 4 R 33 CL   37 29 4 20 12 .541 5      310.33 286 3 143 107 96 125 .327  3.10    16.2 .438   15.51 19 Togie Pittinger
20 Buttons Briggs   CHI 3 R 29   20 13 5 8 8 .400 4      168.00 141 1 58 40 52 68 .352  2.14    12.1 .605   13.61 20 Buttons Briggs
                           
21 Hooks Wiltse   NY 1 L 24 CL   19 18 1 13 6 .684 0      160.33 129 4 57 44 50 98 .547  2.47    11.8 .621   13.45 21 Hooks Wiltse
22 Dummy Taylor   NY 1 R 30   28 17 4 16 9 .571 3      202.33 190 5 81 60 48 86 .361  2.67    12.6 .450   12.23 22 Dummy Taylor
23 Kid Nichols Vet   STL/PHI 6/4 R 35   23 20 1 11 11 .478 1      186.67 190 2 93 65 45 65 .277  3.13    11.3 .491   11.45 23 Kid Nichols
24 Charlie Chech   R CIN 5 R 27   25 20 1 12 11 .480 2      223.33 250 3 116 72 64 66 .210  2.90    11.0 .440   10.55 24 Charlie Chech
25   Jack Taylor           STL 6 R 31       34 34 3 14 20 .412 0        300.33 294 10 151 115 83 99 .263  3.45    12.0 .353   10.31 25   Jack Taylor
26 Doc Scanlan   BRO 8 R 24   28 22 2 14 10 .500 4      235.00 207 4 112 76 98 127 .416  2.91    11.1 .396   10.10 26 Doc Scanlan
27 Mike Lynch   PIT 2 R 25 CL   22 13 0 12 7 .545 3      173.00 160 3 86 73 90 89 .356  3.80     8.9 .405    8.19 27 Mike Lynch
28 Patsy Flaherty   PIT 2 L 29   20 15 0 10 9 .500 1      166.67 175 2 77 65 44 39 .178  3.51     8.6 .430    8.16 28 Patsy Flaherty
29 Buster Brown   R STL 6 R 23   21 17 3 8 11 .381 2      173.00 167 5 77 57 60 55 .242  2.97     8.0 .381    7.14 29 Buster Brown
30 Jake Thielman   R STL 6 R 26   29 26 0 14 15 .483 0      233.67 256 4 133 91 60 84 .266  3.50     8.7 .300    6.89 30 Jake Thielman
                           
31 Frank Corridon   PHI 4 R 24   26 18 1 9 12 .346 5      188.00 180 2 97 73 51 70 .303  3.49     7.5 .288    5.82 31 Frank Corridon
32 Tom Walker   CIN 5 R 23   19 12 1 9 7 .474 3      134.00 158 3 63 48 41 26 .131  3.22     6.5 .342    5.50 32 Tom Walker
33 Harry McIntire   R BRO 8 R 26   35 29 1 8 24 .229 3      294.00 324 6 179 121 96 129 .307  3.70     7.7 .220    5.22 33 Harry McIntire
34 Elmer Stricklett   R BRO 8 R 28   28 25 1 9 18 .321 1      223.67 244 0 135 83 67 73 .235  3.34     6.5 .232    4.53 34 Elmer Stricklett
35   Chappie McFarland           STL 6 R 30       28 22 3 8 18 .286 2        241.00 271 3 140 102 63 82 .246  3.81     6.0 .214    4.01 35   Chappie McFarland
36 Wish Egan   R STL 6 R 24   19 18 0 6 13 .316 0      160.00 177 2 87 64 36 27 .127  3.60     4.4 .232    3.07 36 Wish Egan
37 Jack Harper   CIN 5 R 27   23 15 1 8 13 .348 2      170.67 180 2 111 73 66 67 .272  3.85     3.8 .165    2.23 37 Jack Harper
38 Mal Eason   BRO 8 R 26   27 20 3 5 21 .185 1      207.00 230 5 128 99 72 64 .212  4.30     3.9 .144    2.14 38 Mal Eason
39 Oscar Jones   BRO 8 R 26   20 14 0 6 14 .300 0      149.33 169 5 104 77 48 57 .263  4.64     1.5 .075    0.59 39 Oscar Jones
40 Kaiser Wilhelm   BOS 7 R 31   28 23 0 2 23 .071 3      225.33 267 7 156 113 70 71 .211  4.51     -   .000     -   40 Kaiser Wilhelm
League Average Age  28.2
League Average per 30 Starts 30 24.3 2.6 13.9 13.9 .462 2.2
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 189.2 3.2 90.4 65.1 59.1 81.9 .330  2.93
League Average Win Shares per Game .478
Average Win Shares per Team  67.48
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   10.0%   111 100 10 60 47 .541 4        944.00 843 13 360 291 241 395 .364  2.77   69.1 .623 Throws Left  
Throws Right   90.0%     1019 814 89 462 478 .453 79      8,383.33 7981 138 3857 2747 2515 3425 .326  2.95   470.7 .462 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 20.3%   231 186 17 113 102 .489 16    1,889.67 1709 27 811 581 649 906 .384  2.77   109.2 .473 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 40.7%   458 374 45 203 229 .443 26    3,809.00 3689 59 1781 1272 1094 1519 .318  3.01   216.8 .473 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 36.9%   418 334 36 195 183 .467 40    3,442.00 3236 63 1532 1120 968 1330 .316  2.93   202.5 .484 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   2.0%     23 20 1 11 11 .478 1        186.67 190 2 93 65 45 65 .277  3.13   11.3 .491 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     24.0%     267 236 20 110 148 .412 9      2,268.33 2231 31 1081 751 665 901 .311  2.98   118.8 .445 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   10.0%   30 27.0 2.7 16.2 12.7 .541 1.1        200.00 178.6 2.8 76.3 61.7 51.1 83.7 .364  2.77   14.6 .623 Throws Left  
Throws Right   90.0%     30 24.0 2.6 13.6 14.1 .453 2.3        200.00 190.4 3.3 92.0 65.5 60.0 81.7 .326  2.95   11.2 .462 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 20.3%   30 24.2 2.2 14.7 13.2 .489 2.1      200.00 180.9 2.9 85.8 61.5 68.7 95.9 .384  2.77   11.6 .473 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 40.7%   30 24.5 2.9 13.3 15.0 .443 1.7      200.00 193.7 3.1 93.5 66.8 57.4 79.8 .318  3.01   11.4 .473 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 36.9%   30 24.0 2.6 14.0 13.1 .467 2.9      200.00 188.0 3.7 89.0 65.1 56.2 77.3 .316  2.93   11.8 .484 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   2.0%     30 26.1 1.3 14.3 14.3 .478 1.4        200.00 203.6 2.1 99.6 69.6 48.2 69.6 .277  3.13   12.1 .491 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     24.0%     30 26.5 2.2 12.4 16.6 .412 1.0        200.00 196.7 2.7 95.3 66.2 58.6 79.4 .311  2.98   10.5 .445 Rookie