Starting Pitchers
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1908 1910 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 3 R 30   33 26 8 23 6 .697 4      264.00 184 2 55 34 35 143 .653  1.16    29.4 .891   40.56 1 Christy Mathewson
2 Three Finger Brown Vet   CHI 2 R 32 CL   34 32 8 26 8 .765 0      296.67 213 1 68 43 46 149 .575  1.30    28.5 .838   38.14 2 Three Finger Brown
3 Howie Camnitz   PIT 1 R 27 CL   30 20 5 18 6 .600 6      249.33 182 1 66 45 60 117 .483  1.62    24.6 .820   32.56 3 Howie Camnitz
4 Orval Overall   CHI 2 R 28 CL   32 23 9 19 11 .594 2      267.00 191 1 62 42 75 192 .722  1.42    24.8 .775   31.91 4 Orval Overall
5   Earl Moore           PHI 5 R 29       34 24 4 16 11 .471 7        287.33 228 7 89 67 104 166 .500  2.10    23.4 .688   28.38 5   Earl Moore
6 Vic Willis Vet   PIT 1 R 33   35 24 4 20 10 .571 5      278.00 233 3 81 69 80 91 .291  2.23    22.1 .631   25.67 6 Vic Willis
7 Ed Reulbach   CHI 2 R 26   32 23 6 19 9 .594 4      254.00 188 1 67 50 79 102 .382  1.77    20.8 .650   24.51 7 Ed Reulbach
8 Hooks Wiltse   NY 3 L 28 CL   30 22 4 19 9 .633 2      248.67 211 8 84 55 47 110 .426  1.99    19.4 .647   22.80 8 Hooks Wiltse
9 Nap Rucker   BRO 6 L 24   33 28 6 13 17 .394 3      294.00 233 6 90 73 96 191 .581  2.23    20.0 .606   22.76 9 Nap Rucker
10 Art Fromme   CIN 4 R 25   34 22 4 18 13 .529 3      270.33 189 2 81 57 98 122 .425  1.90    17.9 .526   18.99 10 Art Fromme
                           
11 Bugs Raymond   NY 3 R 27   31 18 2 15 11 .484 5      245.67 217 6 89 67 79 110 .372  2.45    16.5 .532   17.60 11 Bugs Raymond
12 Lefty Leifield   PIT 1 L 25   27 13 3 16 7 .593 4      187.67 160 4 71 49 50 40 .190  2.35    14.7 .544   15.86 12 Lefty Leifield
13 Nick Maddox   PIT 1 R 22   27 17 4 12 8 .444 7      192.67 164 2 68 47 37 53 .264  2.20    14.6 .541   15.69 13 Nick Maddox
14 George McQuillan   PHI 5 R 24   28 16 4 11 14 .393 3      210.33 172 4 74 50 46 82 .376  2.14    14.6 .521   15.41 14 George McQuillan
15   Frank Corridon           PHI 5 R 28       19 11 3 10 6 .526 3        147.33 127 0 53 34 53 59 .328  2.08    11.8 .621   13.59 15   Frank Corridon
16 George Bell   BRO 6 R 34   30 29 6 15 15 .500 0      248.00 229 5 100 75 71 92 .307  2.72    13.7 .457   13.53 16 George Bell
17 Jack Pfeister   CHI 2 L 31   25 13 5 16 6 .640 3      185.00 168 1 63 50 46 69 .322  2.43    12.5 .500   12.92 17 Jack Pfeister
18 Rube Kroh   CHI 2 L 22   13 10 2 9 4 .692 0      108.67 88 2 23 20 27 46 .400  1.66     9.8 .754   12.44 18 Rube Kroh
19 Lew Moren   PHI 5 R 25   31 19 2 13 12 .419 6      232.33 204 5 93 69 84 99 .344  2.67    12.9 .416   12.16 19 Lew Moren
20 Harry Gaspar   R CIN 4 R 26   29 19 4 17 9 .586 3      218.33 191 0 81 49 48 55 .230  2.02    11.9 .410   11.14 20 Harry Gaspar
                           
21 Al Mattern   R BOS 8 L 26 CL   32 24 2 12 17 .375 3      271.00 276 3 132 86 93 84 .228  2.86    12.2 .381   11.01 21 Al Mattern
22 Red Ames   NY 3 R 26   26 20 2 14 10 .538 2      220.00 196 3 98 66 73 141 .524  2.70    10.3 .396    9.48 22 Red Ames
23 Doc Scanlan   BRO 6 R 28   17 12 2 8 7 .471 2      135.67 120 2 51 44 62 69 .379  2.92     8.4 .494    8.63 23 Doc Scanlan
24 Bob Ewing   CIN 4 R 36   29 14 2 11 11 .379 7      212.33 190 1 91 57 61 84 .335  2.42     8.5 .293    6.73 24 Bob Ewing
25   Jack Rowan           CIN 4 R 22       23 14 0 8 12 .348 3        181.00 148 0 69 56 83 65 .281  2.78     7.7 .335    6.51 25   Jack Rowan
26 Buster Brown   PHI/BOS 5/8 R 27   18 8 2 4 8 .222 6      126.33 110 1 46 44 59 33 .195  3.13     6.5 .361    5.71 26 Buster Brown
27 Kirby White   R BOS 8 R 25   19 11 0 5 13 .263 1      137.33 124 5 68 49 74 49 .247  3.21     5.3 .279    4.09 27 Kirby White
28 Rube Marquard Vet   R NY 3 L 22   21 8 0 3 13 .143 5      149.33 134 2 70 43 63 94 .477  2.59     5.4 .257    4.00 28 Rube Marquard
29 Fred Beebe   STL 7 R 28   34 18 1 13 18 .382 3      258.00 230 4 127 81 93 94 .291  2.83     6.2 .182    3.87 29 Fred Beebe
30 Slim Sallee   STL 7 L 24   27 12 1 10 9 .370 8      203.67 207 3 100 55 55 51 .195  2.43     5.7 .211    3.83 30 Slim Sallee
                           
31 Harry Coveleski   PHI 5 L 23   17 8 2 5 10 .294 2      104.33 93 0 44 32 42 48 .356  2.76     4.7 .276    3.61 31 Harry Coveleski
32 Johnny Lush   STL 7 L 23   28 21 2 11 17 .393 0      205.67 200 1 89 72 64 61 .231  3.15     5.3 .189    3.37 32 Johnny Lush
33 Tully Sparks   PHI 5 R 34   16 6 1 4 11 .250 1      100.67 104 3 45 33 26 33 .254  2.95     4.3 .269    3.26 33 Tully Sparks
34 Harry McIntire   BRO 6 R 30   26 20 2 7 16 .269 3      210.67 185 5 105 85 84 78 .290  3.63     4.9 .188    3.11 34 Harry McIntire
35   George Ferguson           BOS 8 R 22       30 19 3 5 23 .167 2        211.00 219 2 113 88 77 81 .274  3.75     5.1 .170    3.07 35   George Ferguson
36 Billy Campbell   CIN 4 L 35   15 7 0 6 7 .400 2      105.67 115 0 46 31 28 26 .182  2.64     3.5 .233    2.47 36 Billy Campbell
37 Kaiser Wilhelm   BRO 6 R 35   17 14 1 3 13 .176 1      148.00 160 3 84 54 54 41 .192  3.28     2.6 .153    1.49 37 Kaiser Wilhelm
38 Bob Harmon   R STL 7 R 21   17 10 0 5 10 .294 2      146.00 142 6 78 60 60 44 .218  3.70     2.4 .141    1.32 38 Bob Harmon
39 Les Backman   R STL 7 R 21   14 8 0 3 11 .214 0      107.67 122 1 58 50 33 29 .187  4.18     1.0 .071    0.39 39 Les Backman
League Average Age  27.2
League Average per 30 Starts 30 19.6 3.4 13.7 12.7 .456 3.6
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 172.9 2.7 75.1 53.8 61.7 83.2 .355  2.42
League Average Win Shares per Game .468
Average Win Shares per Team  59.24
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   26.2%   268 166 27 120 116 .448 32      2,063.67 1885 30 812 566 611 820 .329  2.47   113.2 .422 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.8%     745 497 89 342 312 .459 91      5,856.00 4962 76 2160 1565 1834 2473 .364  2.41   360.7 .484 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 27.0%   278 171 24 95 148 .342 35    2,114.33 1922 29 876 646 683 845 .324  2.75   96.3 .346 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 47.2%   475 307 55 236 177 .497 62    3,756.33 3144 53 1358 954 1231 1642 .375  2.29   247.6 .521 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 19.8%   199 150 34 111 72 .558 16    1,583.00 1316 20 517 389 388 655 .384  2.21   115.4 .580 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   5.9%     61 35 3 20 31 .328 10        466.00 465 4 221 142 143 151 .248  2.74   14.6 .239 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     13.0%     132 80 6 45 73 .341 14      1,029.67 989 17 487 337 371 355 .261  2.95   38.2 .289 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   26.2%   30 18.6 3.0 13.4 13.0 .448 3.6        200.00 182.7 2.9 78.7 54.9 59.2 79.5 .329  2.47   11.0 .422 Throws Left  
Throws Right   73.8%     30 20.0 3.6 13.8 12.6 .459 3.6        200.00 169.5 2.6 73.8 53.4 62.6 84.5 .364  2.41   12.3 .484 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 27.0%   30 18.5 2.6 10.3 16.0 .342 3.7      200.00 181.8 2.7 82.9 61.1 64.6 79.9 .324  2.75   9.1 .346 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 47.2%   30 19.4 3.5 14.9 11.2 .497 3.9      200.00 167.4 2.8 72.3 50.8 65.5 87.4 .375  2.29   13.2 .521 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 19.8%   30 22.6 5.1 16.7 10.9 .558 2.4      200.00 166.3 2.5 65.3 49.1 49.0 82.8 .384  2.21   14.6 .580 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   5.9%     30 17.2 1.5 9.8 15.2 .328 5.0        200.00 199.6 1.7 94.8 60.9 61.4 64.8 .248  2.74   6.3 .239 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     13.0%     30 18.2 1.4 10.2 16.6 .341 3.2        200.00 192.1 3.3 94.6 65.5 72.1 69.0 .261  2.95   7.4 .289 Rookie