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 Billy Taylor   STL 1 R 29   29 29 2 25 4 .862 0      252.00 213 2 93 47 38 148 .590  1.68    34.5 1.190   48.87 1 Billy Taylor
2 Bill Sweeney   BAL 4 R   60 58 4 39 20 .650 1      532.33 516 13 291 153 73 370 .628  2.59    43.9 .732   48.76 2 Bill Sweeney
3 Jim McCormick   CIN 3 R 27   24 24 7 21 3 .875 0      210.00 151 3 57 36 14 161 .976  1.54    28.4 1.183   40.12 3 Jim McCormick
4 One Arm Daily   CHI-PIT/WAS 6/7 R 27   58 56 5 28 28 .483 2      500.67 446 11 268 135 72 483 .932  2.43    35.7 .616   36.37 4 One Arm Daily
5   Charlie Sweeney           STL 1 R 21       32 31 2 24 6 .750 2        268.33 205 2 111 54 13 190 .872  1.81    28.0 .875   34.01 5   Charlie Sweeney
6 Dupee Shaw   BOS 5 L 25   38 35 5 21 15 .553 2      313.00 225 1 127 61 37 306 1.168  1.75    28.4 .747   31.88 6 Dupee Shaw
7 Dick Burns   CIN 3 L 20 CF   40 34 1 23 15 .575 2      329.67 298 7 179 90 47 167 .484  2.46    27.6 .690   29.77 7 Dick Burns
8 Al Atkinson   R BAL/CHI-PIT 4/6 R 23   24 24 1 9 15 .375 0      209.67 187 5 117 61 33 154 .700  2.62    23.0 .958   29.24 8 Al Atkinson
9 George Bradley   CIN 3 R 31   38 36 3 24 14 .632 0      333.33 341 7 198 100 22 164 .452  2.70    26.0 .684   27.93 9 George Bradley
10 Bill Wise   R WAS 7 U 23   41 34 4 23 16 .561 2      339.00 356 5 204 114 56 249 .604  3.03    20.8 .507   19.24 10 Bill Wise
                                 
11 James Burke   R BOS 5 U   36 34 0 18 15 .500 3      316.33 320 10 197 100 30 251 .717  2.85    19.9 .553   19.21 11 James Burke
12 Henry Boyle   R STL 1 R 23 LF   16 16 2 14 2 .875 0      141.33 111 3 59 27 9 83 .692  1.72    14.7 .919   18.30 12 Henry Boyle
13 Perry Werden   R STL 1 R 18   16 12 1 12 1 .750 3      141.33 113 1 61 31 22 51 .378  1.97    14.0 .875   17.01 13 Perry Werden
14 Charlie Hodnett   R STL 1 U 23   14 12 1 12 2 .857 0      121.00 121 0 56 27 16 41 .299  2.01    11.9 .850   14.25 14 Charlie Hodnett
15   Charlie Geggus         R WAS 7 U 22       21 19 0 10 9 .476 2        172.00 139 2 97 48 37 151 .858  2.51    11.5 .548   11.05 15   Charlie Geggus
16 Tommy Bond   BOS 5 R 28   21 19 0 12 9 .571 0      183.33 179 3 116 61 14 124 .642  2.99    11.3 .538   10.76 16 Tommy Bond
17 Tom Lee   R BAL 4 U 22   14 12 0 5 8 .357 1      119.00 118 1 86 45 28 79 .541  3.40     6.8 .486    6.15 17 Tom Lee
18 Alex Voss   R WAS/KC 7/11 R 26   26 24 0 5 19 .192 2      217.33 255 4 165 90 36 116 .399  3.73     7.5 .288    5.23 18 Alex Voss
19 Abner Powell   R WAS 7 R 23   17 14 1 5 12 .294 0      131.33 132 3 105 50 19 76 .503  3.43     5.2 .306    3.73 19 Abner Powell
20 John Murphy   R ALT/WIL 10/12 U 26   16 15 0 4 12 .250 0      144.33 174 6 114 58 10 66 .359  3.62     5.0 .313    3.63 20 John Murphy
                                 
21 Jersey Bakely   PHI/WIL/KC 8/12/11 R 20   45 43 1 16 29 .356 0      391.67 440 0 331 187 80 224 .431  4.30     5.8 .129    2.70 21 Jersey Bakely
22 Jim Brown   R ALT/STP 10/1 U 23   17 11 1 2 13 .118 2      110.00 142 1 114 59 50 59 .307  4.83     2.7 .159    1.40 22 Jim Brown
23 Peek-A-Boo Veach   R KC 11 U 22   12 12 0 3 9 .250 0      104.00 95 1 57 28 10 62 .590  2.42     1.7 .142    0.83 23 Peek-A-Boo Veach
24 Bob Black   R KC 11 R 21   15 13 0 4 9 .267 2      120.33 124 1 77 43 17 91 .645  3.22     1.6 .107    0.68 24 Bob Black
25   Sam Weaver           PHI 8 R 28       17 14 0 5 10 .294 2        136.00 206 3 146 87 11 40 .184  5.76     1.1 .065    0.36 25   Sam Weaver
26 Ernie Hickman   R KC 11 U 28   17 15 0 4 13 .235 0      137.33 172 5 146 69 36 68 .327  4.52     0.7 .041    0.18 26 Ernie Hickman
League Average Age  24.3
League Average per 30 Starts 30 27.5 1.7 15.7 13.1 .523 1.2
League Average per 200 Innings    200.00 193.5 3.3 119.6 62.3 27.8 133.0 .601  2.80
League Average Win Shares per Game .593
Average Win Shares per Team  52.21
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   10.9%   78 69 6 44 30 .564 4        642.67 523 8 306 151 84 473 .779  2.11   56.0 .718 Throws Left  
Throws Right 62.7%   438 413 29 243 181 .555 14    3,769.00 3619 61 2195 1162 473 2475 .605  2.77   280.7 .641 Throws Right  
Sources: Throws Unknown   26.4%     188 164 6 81 97 .431 10      1,563.00 1637 31 1071 548 273 1026 .537  3.16   81.0 .431 Throws Unknown
Age 24 & under 45.5%   324 287 15 162 146 .500 16    2,698.67 2581 32 1654 864 437 1677 .556  2.88   175.3 .541 Age 24 & under
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 25-29 35.0%   246 231 19 125 113 .508 8    2,094.00 2021 38 1232 644 268 1512 .661  2.77   152.6 .620 Age 25-29  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 30-34 5.5%   38 36 3 24 14 .632 0      333.33 341 7 198 100 22 164 .452  2.70   26.0 .684 Age 30-34  
baseball-reference.com Age 35 & over 0.0%                           Age 35 & over  
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age Unknown   14.0%     96 92 4 57 35 .594 4        848.67 836 23 488 253 103 621 .661  2.68   63.8 .665 Age Unknown  
Rookie     42.6%     302 267 11 130 155 .430 17      2,524.33 2559 48 1655 850 409 1597 .538  3.03   147.0 .487 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   10.9%   30 26.5 2.3 16.9 11.5 .564 1.6        200.00 162.8 2.5 95.2 47.0 26.1 147.2 .779  2.11   17.4 .718 Throws Left  
Throws Right 62.7%   30 28.3 2.0 16.6 12.4 .555 1.0      200.00 192.0 3.2 116.5 61.7 25.1 131.3 .605  2.77   14.9 .641 Throws Right  
Throws Unknown   26.4%     30 26.2 1.0 12.9 15.5 .431 1.6        200.00 209.5 4.0 137.0 70.1 34.9 131.3 .537  3.16   10.4 .431 Throws Unknown
Age 24 & under 45.5%   30 26.6 1.4 15.0 13.5 .500 1.5      200.00 191.3 2.4 122.6 64.0 32.4 124.3 .556  2.88   13.0 .541 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 35.0%   30 28.2 2.3 15.2 13.8 .508 1.0      200.00 193.0 3.6 117.7 61.5 25.6 144.4 .661  2.77   14.6 .620 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 5.5%   30 28.4 2.4 18.9 11.1 .632 .0      200.00 204.6 4.2 118.8 60.0 13.2 98.4 .452  2.70   15.6 .684 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over 0.0%                         Age 35 & over  
Age Unknown   14.0%     30 28.8 1.3 17.8 10.9 .594 1.3        200.00 197.0 5.4 115.0 59.6 24.3 146.3 .661  2.68   15.0 .665 Age Unknown  
Rookie     42.6%     30 26.5 1.1 12.9 15.4 .430 1.7        200.00 202.7 3.8 131.1 67.3 32.4 126.5 .538  3.03   14.6 .487 Rookie