Starting Pitchers
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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 Silver King   CHI 4 R 22   56 48 4 30 22 .536 4      461.00 420 5 233 138 163 185 .317  2.69    44.5 .795   55.55 1 Silver King
2 Mark Baldwin   CHI 4 R 26   57 54 1 32 24 .561 1      494.33 491 10 318 182 246 208 .282  3.31    41.1 .721   48.87 2 Mark Baldwin
3 Old Hoss Radbourn Vet   BOS 1 R 35   38 36 1 26 11 .684 1      333.00 342 8 178 122 97 78 .178  3.30    32.3 .850   41.70 3 Old Hoss Radbourn
4 Gus Weyhing   BRO 2 R 23   46 38 3 29 15 .630 2      380.00 408 10 244 152 174 172 .296  3.60    31.2 .678   35.98 4 Gus Weyhing
5   Harry Staley           PIT 6 R 23       46 44 3 21 25 .457 0        387.67 392 5 246 139 74 145 .311  3.23    27.1 .589   29.13 5   Harry Staley
6 Ben Sanders   PHI 5 R 25   40 37 2 19 18 .475 3      337.00 401 13 230 141 67 104 .222  3.77    23.3 .583   24.90 6 Ben Sanders
7 Ad Gumbert   BOS 1 R 21   33 27 1 20 11 .606 2      258.33 315 17 176 114 80 75 .190  3.97    20.6 .624   22.79 7 Ad Gumbert
8 John Sowders   BRO 2 L 23   37 28 1 19 16 .514 2      302.33 350 3 228 128 158 89 .175  3.81    21.4 .578   22.79 8 John Sowders
9 Phil Knell   R PHI 5 L 25   31 30 2 20 10 .645 1      273.33 274 10 190 116 158 94 .218  3.82    19.8 .639   22.16 9 Phil Knell
10 Hank O'Day   NY 3 R 27 CL   35 32 1 21 13 .600 1      302.00 327 10 229 141 150 86 .180  4.20    19.8 .566   20.85 10 Hank O'Day
                                 
11 Tim Keefe Vet   NY 3 R 33   30 23 1 17 11 .567 2      229.00 228 6 137 86 85 88 .281  3.38    18.6 .620   20.51 11 Tim Keefe
12 Charlie Buffinton   PHI 5 R 29   33 28 0 18 15 .545 0      273.33 301 8 204 116 122 86 .203  3.82    18.0 .545   18.62 12 Charlie Buffinton
13 John Ewing   NY 3 R 27 CL   31 27 1 17 12 .548 2      254.33 279 6 186 120 99 138 .365  4.25    16.8 .542   17.32 13 John Ewing
14 Bill Daley   R BOS 1 L 22 CL   25 19 2 14 7 .560 4      204.67 214 6 155 82 145 96 .267  3.61    14.9 .596   16.11 14 Bill Daley
15   Cannonball Crane           NY 3 R 28       35 28 0 15 18 .429 2        302.33 296 11 256 156 192 107 .219  4.64    16.5 .471   15.86 15   Cannonball Crane
16 Al Maul   PIT 6 R 24   28 26 2 16 11 .571 1      240.00 251 13 184 101 101 79 .224  3.79    14.4 .514   14.46 16 Al Maul
17 Matt Kilroy   BOS 1 L 24   27 18 0 7 14 .259 6      207.67 256 13 154 98 83 46 .136  4.25    14.2 .526   14.42 17 Matt Kilroy
18 George Van Haltren   BRO 2 L 24 CL,RF   25 23 0 15 10 .600 0      213.00 260 8 181 101 85 46 .133  4.27    13.0 .520   13.13 18 George Van Haltren
19 Henry Gruber   CLE 7 R 26   44 39 1 22 22 .500 0      370.00 448 14 340 176 197 106 .164  4.28    13.7 .311   10.70 19 Henry Gruber
20 Charlie Bartson   R CHI 4 U 25   19 16 0 7 10 .368 2      167.00 197 7 128 79 59 42 .164  4.26     9.9 .521   10.01 20 Charlie Bartson
                                 
21 Pud Galvin Vet   PIT 6 R 33   25 23 1 11 13 .440 1      213.67 271 3 189 103 48 34 .107  4.34     9.8 .392    8.59 21 Pud Galvin
22 Jersey Bakely   CLE 7 R 26   38 32 0 12 25 .316 1      310.00 391 12 292 154 140 64 .121  4.47     9.9 .261    7.08 22 Jersey Bakely
23 Darby O'Brien   CLE 7 R 23   25 22 0 8 16 .320 1      206.33 229 9 171 78 93 54 .168  3.40     8.6 .344    7.06 23 Darby O'Brien
24 Willie McGill   R CLE 7 L 16   20 19 0 10 9 .500 1      170.67 206 5 136 78 89 76 .258  4.11     7.7 .385    6.69 24 Willie McGill
25   Con Murphy         R BRO 2 R 26 CL     14 11 0 4 8 .286 2        118.33 143 2 114 63 70 25 .117  4.79     6.0 .429    5.50 25   Con Murphy
26 Ed Morris   PIT 6 L 27   15 15 1 8 7 .533 0      134.33 166 5 108 73 33 23 .116  4.89     5.5 .367    4.66 26 Ed Morris
27 Bill Husted   R PHI 5 U 23   17 12 0 5 10 .294 2      126.00 145 2 103 68 65 32 .152  4.86     5.4 .318    4.26 27 Bill Husted
28 Bert Cunningham   PHI/BUF 5/8 R 24   36 35 2 12 23 .333 1      309.67 372 8 284 194 195 108 .190  5.64     6.5 .181    3.87 28 Bert Cunningham
29 George Haddock   BUF 8 R 23   34 31 0 8 26 .235 0      287.33 362 15 303 184 147 122 .240  5.76     4.0 .118    1.92 29 George Haddock
30 Larry Twitchell   BUF 8 R 26 RF   12 12 0 5 7 .417 0      101.00 108 3 75 51 70 28 .157  4.54     2.6 .217    1.69 30 Larry Twitchell
                                 
31 George Keefe   BUF 8 L 23   22 22 0 6 16 .273 0      186.33 266 10 218 135 131 52 .131  6.52     1.7 .077    0.66 31 George Keefe
32 John Tener   PIT 6 R 26   14 13 0 3 11 .214 0      117.00 160 6 147 95 70 30 .130  7.31     -   .000     -   32 John Tener
League Average Age  25.3
League Average per 30 Starts 30 26.4 0.9 14.5 14.1 .483 1.4
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 224.1 6.4 153.2 91.0 89.1 65.7 .210  4.10
League Average Win Shares per Game .510
Average Win Shares per Team  62.35
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   20.5%   202 174 6 99 89 .490 14      1,692.33 1992 60 1370 811 882 522 .182  4.31   98.2 .486 Throws Left  
Throws Right 76.0%   750 666 24 366 357 .488 27    6,285.67 6935 194 4736 2806 2680 2122 .221  4.02   385.3 .514 Throws Right  
Sources: Throws Unknown   3.6%     36 28 0 12 20 .333 4        293.00 342 9 231 147 124 74 .159  4.52   15.3 .425 Throws Unknown
Age 24 & under 47.9%   477 412 18 220 231 .461 26    3,941.00 4446 129 3016 1790 1783 1377 .221  4.09   235.2 .493 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 42.7%   418 374 9 203 200 .486 15    3,554.33 3982 117 2817 1663 1673 1141 .202  4.21   202.9 .485 Age 25-29  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 5.4%   55 46 2 28 24 .509 3      442.67 499 9 326 189 133 122 .193  3.84   28.4 .516 Age 30-34  
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over   3.9%     38 36 1 26 11 .684 1        333.00 342 8 178 122 97 78 .178  3.30   32.3 .850 Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Rookie     12.8%     126 107 4 60 54 .476 12      1,060.00 1179 32 826 486 586 365 .207  4.13   63.7 .506 Rookie    
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   20.5%   30 25.8 0.9 14.7 13.2 .490 2.1        200.00 235.4 7.1 161.9 95.8 104.2 61.7 .182  4.31   11.6 .486 Throws Left  
Throws Right 76.0%   30 26.6 1.0 14.6 14.3 .488 1.1      200.00 220.7 6.2 150.7 89.3 85.3 67.5 .221  4.02   12.3 .514 Throws Right  
Throws Unknown   3.6%     30 23.3 0.0 10.0 16.7 .333 3.3        200.00 233.4 6.1 157.7 100.3 84.6 50.5 .159  4.52   10.4 .425 Throws Unknown
Age 24 & under 47.9%   30 25.9 1.1 13.8 14.5 .461 1.6      200.00 225.6 6.5 153.1 90.8 90.5 69.9 .221  4.09   11.9 .493 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 42.7%   30 26.8 0.6 14.6 14.4 .486 1.1      200.00 224.1 6.6 158.5 93.6 94.1 64.2 .202  4.21   11.4 .485 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 5.4%   30 25.1 1.1 15.3 13.1 .509 1.6      200.00 225.5 4.1 147.3 85.4 60.1 55.1 .193  3.84   12.8 .516 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   3.9%     30 28.4 0.8 20.5 8.7 .684 .8        200.00 205.4 4.8 106.9 73.3 58.3 46.8 .178  3.30   19.4 .850 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     12.8%     30 25.5 1.0 14.3 12.9 .476 2.9        200.00 222.5 6.0 155.8 91.7 110.6 68.9 .207  4.13   12.0 .506 Rookie