Starting Pitchers
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1905 1907 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 Three Finger Brown Vet   CHI 1 R 29 CL   32 27 9 25 6 .781 1      264.33 189 1 53 30 58 137 .555  1.02    32.4 1.013   46.54 1 Three Finger Brown
2 Jack Taylor   STL/CHI 7/1 R 32   33 32 3 20 12 .606 1      299.00 246 4 91 66 85 60 .181  1.99    26.0 .788   32.94 2 Jack Taylor
3 Vic Willis Vet   PIT 3 R 30   36 32 6 22 13 .611 1      305.33 280 0 80 59 72 118 .335  1.74    26.7 .742   32.82 3 Vic Willis
4 Jack Pfeister   R CHI 1 L 28   29 20 4 19 8 .655 2      243.67 168 3 61 41 61 149 .651  1.51    23.6 .814   30.39 4 Jack Pfeister
5   Jake Weimer           CIN 6 L 32       39 31 6 19 14 .487 6        298.33 258 0 103 73 97 138 .389  2.20    24.4 .626   27.55 5   Jake Weimer
6 Joe McGinnity Vet   NY 2 R 35   37 32 3 25 11 .676 1      313.00 291 1 117 78 65 97 .272  2.24    21.4 .578   23.22 6 Joe McGinnity
7 Ed Reulbach   CHI 1 R 23 CL   24 20 6 18 4 .750 2      189.67 112 2 44 35 80 82 .427  1.66    18.5 .771   23.18 7 Ed Reulbach
8 Bob Ewing   CIN 6 R 33   32 26 2 13 13 .406 6      284.00 245 4 97 75 59 143 .470  2.38    20.1 .628   22.73 8 Bob Ewing
9 Sam Leever   PIT 3 R 34   31 25 6 21 6 .677 4      244.33 218 3 79 63 45 71 .270  2.32    19.6 .632   22.24 9 Sam Leever
10 Vive Lindaman   R BOS 8 R 28   36 32 2 12 23 .333 1      297.67 293 4 128 80 87 111 .292  2.42    19.0 .528   19.70 10 Vive Lindaman
                           
11 Tully Sparks   PHI 4 R 31 CL   37 29 6 18 16 .486 3      300.33 231 4 96 72 59 108 .372  2.16    18.8 .508   19.12 11 Tully Sparks
12 Carl Lundgren   CHI 1 R 26   24 21 5 17 6 .708 1      198.00 153 3 60 49 85 98 .412  2.23    16.1 .671   18.82 12 Carl Lundgren
13 Irv Young   BOS 8 L 28   41 37 4 16 24 .390 1      351.67 343 7 154 114 81 148 .349  2.92    19.1 .466   18.61 13 Irv Young
14 Lefty Leifield   PIT 3 L 22   31 24 8 15 13 .484 3      237.00 198 3 83 49 63 103 .395  1.86    16.9 .545   17.81 14 Lefty Leifield
15   Big Jeff Pfeffer           BOS 8 R 24       36 33 4 13 22 .361 1        302.33 270 4 138 99 114 158 .411  2.95    17.6 .489   17.56 15   Big Jeff Pfeffer
16 Dummy Taylor   NY 2 R 31   27 13 2 17 7 .630 3      199.33 174 4 76 49 53 85 .374  2.21    14.3 .530   14.86 16 Dummy Taylor
17 Christy Mathewson BBW   NY 2 R 27   35 22 6 21 12 .600 2      257.00 252 3 96 85 74 123 .377  2.98    15.2 .434   14.29 17 Christy Mathewson
18 Hooks Wiltse   NY 2 L 25 CL   26 21 4 12 11 .462 3      210.33 191 3 78 53 49 105 .438  2.27    13.6 .523   14.04 18 Hooks Wiltse
19 Deacon Phillippe   PIT 3 R 34   24 19 3 13 9 .542 2      190.00 188 3 68 52 23 78 .370  2.46    13.0 .542   13.66 19 Deacon Phillippe
20 Chick Fraser   CIN 6 R 35   28 25 2 9 18 .321 1      226.67 212 1 88 67 77 56 .194  2.66    13.5 .482   13.38 20 Chick Fraser
                           
21 Orval Overall   CIN/CHI 6/1 R 25   24 19 2 14 8 .583 2      202.33 172 2 85 61 87 114 .440  2.71    12.7 .529   13.18 21 Orval Overall
22 Bill Duggleby   PHI 4 R 32   30 22 5 12 17 .400 1      240.33 207 4 78 60 57 71 .269  2.25    12.7 .423   11.79 22 Bill Duggleby
23 Johnny Lush   PHI 4 L 20   35 24 5 18 15 .514 2      274.33 248 2 125 72 116 147 .404  2.36    13.1 .374   11.43 23 Johnny Lush
24 Fred Beebe   R CHI/STL 1/7 R 25   25 20 1 13 10 .520 2      202.00 149 2 81 66 87 149 .631  2.94    11.1 .444   10.56 24 Fred Beebe
25   Buster Brown           STL 7 R 24       27 21 0 8 15 .296 4        221.67 193 2 91 65 104 101 .340  2.64    11.2 .415   10.30 25   Buster Brown
26 Red Ames   NY 2 R 23   25 15 1 11 10 .440 4      184.00 150 1 71 54 84 141 .603  2.64    10.1 .404    9.16 26 Red Ames
27 Bob Wicker   CHI/CIN 1/6 R 28   25 19 0 8 13 .320 4      205.33 203 3 97 64 60 87 .331  2.81     9.0 .360    7.71 27 Bob Wicker
28 Carl Druhot   R CIN/STL 6/7 L 23   16 13 1 6 9 .375 1      144.33 133 1 67 46 49 54 .297  2.87     7.3 .456    7.04 28 Carl Druhot
29 Elmer Stricklett   BRO 5 R 29 CL   35 28 5 14 17 .400 4      272.67 255 2 120 82 72 82 .251  2.71     9.3 .266    6.85 29 Elmer Stricklett
30 Doc Scanlan   BRO 5 R 25   33 28 6 17 13 .515 3      271.67 217 5 121 96 120 113 .335  3.18     8.5 .258    6.16 30 Doc Scanlan
                           
31 Ed Karger   R PIT/STL 3/7 L 23   22 17 0 5 16 .227 1      187.00 186 0 82 56 43 70 .306  2.70     7.4 .336    6.12 31 Ed Karger
32 Lew Richie   R PHI 4 R 22   22 14 3 9 10 .409 3      169.33 140 2 71 45 65 54 .263  2.39     7.3 .332    6.00 32 Lew Richie
33 Harry McIntire   BRO 5 R 27 CL   31 25 4 11 19 .355 1      250.00 230 2 111 82 81 110 .354  2.95     7.5 .242    5.27 33 Harry McIntire
34 Gus Dorner   CIN/BOS 6/8 R 29   33 30 0 7 25 .212 1      278.00 270 5 152 109 104 106 .283  3.53     6.8 .206    4.40 34 Gus Dorner
35   Jim Pastorius         R BRO 5 L 24       24 16 3 9 12 .375 3        194.33 207 4 102 78 63 53 .196  3.61     3.7 .154    2.07 35   Jim Pastorius
36 Mal Eason   BRO 5 R 27   26 18 3 9 17 .346 0      201.00 188 1 97 73 66 57 .224  3.27     3.8 .146    2.07 36 Mal Eason
37 Togie Pittinger   PHI 4 R 34   16 9 2 7 9 .438 0      116.67 115 2 56 44 45 39 .244  3.39     2.5 .156    1.41 37 Togie Pittinger
League Average Age  28.0
League Average per 30 Starts 30 23.7 3.6 14.4 13.3 .481 2.3
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 176.2 2.2 77.0 55.3 60.9 84.2 .355  2.49
League Average Win Shares per Game .491
Average Win Shares per Team  66.73
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   24.2%   263 203 35 119 122 .452 22      2,141.00 1932 23 855 582 622 967 .379  2.45   129.1 .491 Throws Left  
Throws Right   75.8%     824 656 97 404 361 .490 59      6,686.00 5843 74 2542 1860 2068 2749 .347  2.50   404.7 .491 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 24.0%   262 197 31 112 126 .427 24    2,104.00 1837 21 874 599 781 963 .368  2.56   113.1 .432 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 41.9%   455 367 55 215 212 .473 28    3,705.67 3273 46 1494 1085 1172 1689 .380  2.64   207.7 .457 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 28.1%   305 238 41 162 116 .531 27    2,477.67 2162 28 824 613 595 911 .330  2.23   178.1 .584 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   6.1%     65 57 5 34 29 .523 2        539.67 503 2 205 145 142 153 .237  2.42   34.9 .537 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     16.2%     174 132 14 73 88 .420 13      1,438.33 1276 16 592 412 455 640 .370  2.58   79.4 .456 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   24.2%   30 23.2 4.0 13.6 13.9 .452 2.5        200.00 180.5 2.1 79.9 54.4 58.1 90.3 .379  2.45   12.1 .491 Throws Left  
Throws Right   75.8%     30 23.9 3.5 14.7 13.1 .490 2.2        200.00 174.8 2.2 76.0 55.6 61.9 82.2 .347  2.50   12.1 .491 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 24.0%   30 22.6 3.5 12.8 14.4 .427 2.8      200.00 174.6 2.0 83.1 56.9 74.2 91.5 .368  2.56   10.8 .432 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 41.9%   30 24.2 3.6 14.2 14.0 .473 1.8      200.00 176.6 2.5 80.6 58.6 63.3 91.2 .380  2.64   11.2 .457 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 28.1%   30 23.4 4.0 15.9 11.4 .531 2.7      200.00 174.5 2.3 66.5 49.5 48.0 73.5 .330  2.23   14.4 .584 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   6.1%     30 26.3 2.3 15.7 13.4 .523 .9        200.00 186.4 0.7 76.0 53.7 52.6 56.7 .237  2.42   12.9 .537 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     16.2%     30 22.8 2.4 12.6 15.2 .420 2.2        200.00 177.4 2.2 82.3 57.3 63.3 89.0 .370  2.58   11.0 .456 Rookie