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1954 American League Starting Pitching

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Team & League Starting Pitching*

Tm R/G G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
BAL 4.34 154 154 48 84 22 2 29 54 100 .351 4 12 58 6 90 58% 52 86 7 103 41 57 60 3.1 3.0 6.9
BOS 4.67 156 156 51 66 39 8 17 69 85 .448 8 17 41 9 71 46% 49 85 -2 201 79 36 56 4.4 4.6 6.2
CHW 3.36 155 155 74 46 35 14 21 94 60 .610 7 15 60 21 99 64% 56 109 10 149 34 62 43 4.7 4.7 7.1
CLE 3.23 156 156 93 36 27 6 14 111 43 .721 4 21 77 12 109 70% 57 90 17 140 38 70 52 4.8 4.9 7.2
DET 4.28 155 155 54 74 27 6 20 68 86 .442 6 14 58 13 77 50% 51 101 16 140 56 64 41 3.8 3.8 6.6
NYY 3.63 155 155 76 38 41 12 12 103 51 .669 3 23 51 15 83 54% 53 90 21 126 40 40 74 5.4 5.0 6.6
PHA 5.61 156 156 39 87 30 8 19 51 103 .331 8 11 49 3 66 42% 44 88 3 118 61 62 43 3.5 3.5 6.2
WSH 4.39 155 155 54 76 25 7 24 66 88 .429 7 16 69 10 77 50% 50 88 18 107 39 25 71 4.1 4.2 6.9
LgAvg 4.19 155 155 61 63 31 8 20 77 77 .500 6 16 58 11 84 54% 52 109 -2 136 49 52 55 4.2 4.2 6.7
4.19 1242 1242 489 507 246 63 156 616 616 .500 47 129 463 89 672 54% 52 109 -2 1084 388 416 440 4.2 4.2 6.7

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Starting Pitching

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Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1 Al Aber* 26 DET 124.2 32 18 5 10 3 1 2 6 12 .333 1 2 4 0 7 39% 48.7 101 22 22 10 9 3 3.5 3.6 5.6
2 Vern Bickford 33 BAL 4.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 0 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 4.0
3 Charlie Bishop 30 PHA 96.0 20 12 4 6 2 1 1 6 6 .500 0 0 4 0 4 33% 45.5 79 19 11 3 8 2 3.9 3.7 6.6
4 Ralph Branca 28 TOT 58.0 22 8 2 0 6 0 0 5 3 .625 0 4 0 0 2 25% 42.1 66 29 15 4 2 3 4.0 4.5 3.7
5 Ralph Branca 28 DET 45.1 17 5 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .600 0 2 0 0 1 20% 37.2 50 29 12 4 2 1 4.4 6.2 3.7
6 Ralph Branca 28 NYY 12.2 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 50.3 66 36 3 0 0 2 3.1 1.6 3.6
7 Tom Brewer 22 BOS 162.2 33 23 10 9 4 4 3 12 10 .545 1 3 7 0 10 43% 48.7 75 14 31 16 6 9 5.8 5.5 6.2
8 Hal Brown 29 BOS 118.0 40 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 .000 1 0 1 0 1 20% 43.2 79 24 8 5 1 3 3.6 2.0 5.7
9 Harry Byrd 29 NYY 132.1 25 21 9 7 5 2 3 14 7 .667 0 3 5 1 11 52% 52.2 78 30 11 2 3 11 5.6 5.5 6.0
10 Tommy Byrne* 34 NYY 40.0 5 5 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 .600 0 0 4 1 4 80% 58.6 76 30 0 0 2 1 5.9 6.2 8.0
11 Bob Chakales 26 TOT 99.2 41 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 53 19 16 7 3 3 5.3 4.2 5.3
12 Bob Chakales 26 BAL 89.1 38 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 40.2 53 19 11 6 3 3 5.3 4.2 5.3
13 Tex Clevenger 21 BOS 67.2 23 8 1 4 3 1 1 1 7 .125 0 1 1 0 2 25% 45.2 71 21 14 5 1 6 3.3 3.4 4.5
14 Joe Coleman 31 BAL 221.1 33 32 13 16 3 1 4 14 18 .438 1 0 15 4 18 56% 55.0 86 10 22 10 16 8 3.0 3.1 6.9
15 Sandy Consuegra 33 CHW 154.0 39 17 8 3 6 2 1 10 7 .588 3 0 3 2 11 65% 54.2 76 29 19 5 11 3 4.5 5.3 6.8
16 Art Ditmar 25 PHA 39.1 14 5 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 .400 2 0 0 0 1 20% 36.6 57 15 6 4 1 2 5.7 7.1 3.9
17 Sonny Dixon 29 TOT 137.0 54 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 2 33% 73 23 14 11 5 0 3.4 4.5 5.8
18 Sonny Dixon 29 PHA 107.1 38 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 2 33% 41.7 73 23 8 8 5 0 3.4 4.5 5.8
19 Fritz Dorish 32 CHW 109.0 37 6 4 2 0 0 2 4 2 .667 0 0 2 1 6 100% 64.2 81 45 8 2 2 2 4.6 5.1 7.9
20 Bob Feller 35 CLE 140.0 19 19 13 3 3 1 1 16 3 .842 0 3 9 1 14 74% 56.0 89 23 13 2 0 18 5.5 5.5 7.4
21 Whitey Ford* 25 NYY 210.2 34 28 14 6 8 1 2 16 12 .571 1 3 11 3 17 61% 57.4 90 27 17 7 13 7 4.7 4.5 6.8
22 Mike Fornieles 22 CHW 42.0 15 6 0 1 5 0 0 4 2 .667 0 3 0 0 2 33% 48.7 66 37 11 0 0 4 6.4 1.8 4.4
23 Marion Fricano 30 PHA 151.2 37 20 4 11 5 0 2 7 13 .350 2 4 4 0 9 45% 41.9 69 12 13 4 8 5 4.0 3.7 5.4
24 Mike Garcia 30 CLE 258.2 45 34 19 8 7 1 3 21 12 .636 1 5 13 5 24 71% 57.9 90 27 20 5 22 6 3.6 3.9 7.1
25 Ned Garver 28 DET 246.1 35 32 14 11 7 1 4 17 15 .531 1 4 16 3 21 66% 56.9 84 16 10 6 12 9 4.4 4.3 7.5
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
26 Johnny Gray 26 PHA 105.0 18 16 3 12 1 0 3 4 12 .250 1 0 5 0 7 44% 40.6 73 10 16 8 10 1 3.0 2.8 5.9
27 Ted Gray* 29 DET 72.0 19 10 3 5 2 1 0 5 5 .500 0 2 2 0 3 30% 43.6 65 28 11 7 2 6 4.0 4.2 5.3
28 Bob Grim 24 NYY 199.0 37 20 12 6 2 2 1 14 6 .700 0 2 8 1 12 60% 54.0 80 31 21 5 6 7 5.8 5.6 7.5
29 Steve Gromek 34 DET 252.2 36 32 16 16 0 0 8 16 16 .500 0 0 17 4 24 75% 57.8 80 25 5 3 12 8 3.6 3.8 7.7
30 Jack Harshman* 26 CHW 177.0 35 21 13 5 3 2 3 16 5 .762 0 2 9 4 15 71% 59.5 109 26 26 7 9 6 4.5 4.8 7.2
31 Bill Henry* 26 BOS 95.2 24 13 3 6 4 0 1 5 8 .385 1 2 3 1 5 38% 44.2 77 -2 16 10 3 7 4.6 5.0 6.1
32 Ray Herbert 24 DET 84.1 42 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28.0 30 22 15 3 2 1 4.3 2.8 2.8
33 Tom Herrin 24 BOS 28.1 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 9 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
34 Billy Hoeft* 22 DET 175.0 34 25 6 14 5 2 2 8 16 .333 2 2 10 4 8 32% 49.7 87 23 19 8 9 9 3.3 3.7 6.3
35 Dave Hoskins 28 CLE 26.2 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 12 3 0 1 13.0 18.0 3.7
36 Art Houtteman 26 CLE 188.0 32 25 14 5 6 1 2 18 6 .750 1 5 11 1 17 68% 51.9 82 17 23 5 6 10 5.4 5.3 6.7
37 Sid Hudson 39 BOS 71.1 33 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 1 20% 39.2 63 30 14 6 0 4 3.4 1.8 4.7
38 Don Johnson 27 CHW 144.0 46 16 6 4 6 2 1 10 6 .625 1 2 3 3 7 44% 52.8 87 23 14 2 8 6 4.1 3.9 6.1
39 Bob Keegan 33 CHW 209.2 31 27 16 9 2 3 4 17 10 .630 0 2 14 2 19 70% 53.2 79 27 14 5 7 10 5.0 5.1 7.7
40 Alex Kellner* 29 PHA 173.2 27 27 6 17 4 1 3 7 19 .269 0 2 8 1 10 37% 42.4 88 7 18 7 8 9 3.1 3.1 6.4
41 Russ Kemmerer 22 BOS 75.1 19 9 3 3 3 0 1 5 4 .556 0 1 2 1 5 56% 49.0 84 25 13 3 2 4 3.7 3.8 5.9
42 Gus Keriazakos 22 WSH 59.2 22 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 3 100% 53.7 61 45 8 5 0 2 4.0 4.5 8.7
43 Leo Kiely* 24 BOS 131.0 28 19 5 8 6 1 3 7 12 .368 1 3 4 1 8 42% 44.4 73 26 20 5 3 7 4.2 4.7 5.9
44 Ellis Kinder 39 BOS 107.0 48 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 45.5 49 42 10 4 0 2 7.0 7.1 6.8
45 Dave Koslo* 34 BAL 14.1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 8.0
46 Lou Kretlow 33 BAL 166.2 32 20 6 10 4 0 3 7 13 .350 1 2 5 0 13 65% 50.7 77 19 19 6 5 9 3.2 2.7 7.1
47 Bob Kuzava* 31 TOT 63.4 24 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 3 43% 44.2 58 33 6 3 2 4 3.1 1.4 5.0
48 Bob Kuzava* 31 NYY 39.2 20 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.7 48 36 4 3 2 1 3.9 1.6 3.7
49 Bob Kuzava* 31 BAL 23.2 4 4 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 3 75% 46.8 58 33 2 0 0 3 2.5 1.2 5.9
50 Don Larsen 24 BAL 201.2 29 28 3 20 5 0 5 5 23 .179 0 2 12 1 11 39% 47.6 77 7 11 1 10 14 2.6 3.0 6.9
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
51 Bob Lemon 33 CLE 258.1 36 33 22 7 4 1 3 26 7 .788 1 3 21 2 24 73% 57.2 84 20 14 4 18 7 5.7 5.8 7.7
52 Eddie Lopat* 36 NYY 170.0 26 23 12 4 7 4 2 18 5 .783 1 5 7 0 11 48% 50.3 77 21 16 6 0 20 4.7 4.1 7.1
53 Dick Marlowe 25 DET 84.0 38 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 57 33 15 7 1 0 2.5 3.5 6.3
54 Connie Marrero 43 WSH 66.1 22 8 1 4 3 0 0 3 5 .375 1 2 1 0 1 13% 41.9 76 31 5 2 2 5 4.2 3.8 5.2
55 Morrie Martin* 31 TOT 122.2 48 8 3 3 2 0 2 4 4 .500 1 1 3 0 6 75% 57.3 76 20 18 4 2 4 2.9 3.1 7.0
56 Morrie Martin* 31 PHA 52.2 13 6 1 3 2 0 2 2 4 .333 1 1 2 0 4 67% 51.0 69 20 3 2 0 4 2.2 2.2 6.4
57 Morrie Martin* 31 CHW 70.0 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 100% 76.0 76 76 15 2 2 0 5.1 5.1 8.7
58 Mickey McDermott* 25 WSH 196.1 30 26 7 15 4 0 6 9 17 .346 4 1 11 1 15 58% 51.7 82 18 16 9 3 11 3.7 3.5 7.3
59 Jim McDonald 27 NYY 71.0 16 10 4 1 5 0 1 8 1 .889 0 2 3 1 6 60% 54.8 84 33 10 4 2 7 6.4 5.9 6.1
60 Bill Miller* 26 NYY 5.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 2 2 1 0 2.0 4.5 2.7
61 Bob Miller* 18 DET 69.2 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 6 0 1 0 3.0 13.5 2.7
62 Tom Morgan 24 NYY 143.0 32 17 8 4 5 0 2 10 7 .588 0 4 7 4 10 59% 54.2 79 29 16 5 4 8 5.1 4.6 6.4
63 Don Mossi* 25 CLE 93.0 40 5 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 .600 0 1 2 0 4 80% 65.0 84 49 9 0 4 1 2.7 1.7 6.8
64 Ray Narleski 25 CLE 89.0 42 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 1 0 1 50% 46.0 57 35 9 3 1 1 2.5 0.0 5.3
65 Hal Newhouser* 33 CLE 46.2 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 9 2 0 1 3.0 5.4 4.7
66 Willard Nixon 26 BOS 199.2 31 30 11 12 7 1 3 15 14 .517 2 3 8 2 16 53% 52.1 80 7 29 13 6 7 4.0 4.0 6.6
67 Billy O'Dell* 21 BAL 16.1 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 53.0 78 28 2 2 0 2 1.1 2.3 4.7
68 Bill Oster* 21 PHA 15.2 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 2 2 0 0 2.0 3.0
69 Mel Parnell* 32 BOS 92.1 19 15 3 7 5 1 2 6 9 .400 1 1 4 1 6 40% 48.6 78 20 14 3 5 4 4.3 4.1 5.9
70 Camilo Pascual 20 WSH 119.1 48 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0% 36.5 48 25 15 5 0 1 3.3 2.5 4.9
71 Billy Pierce* 27 CHW 188.2 36 26 9 10 7 1 3 12 13 .480 2 2 12 4 14 54% 54.0 85 26 28 9 11 8 4.2 4.4 6.8
72 Duane Pillette 31 BAL 179.0 25 25 10 14 1 1 8 10 15 .400 0 1 11 1 18 72% 54.2 80 22 5 2 6 11 3.3 3.4 7.2
73 Bob Porterfield 30 WSH 244.0 32 31 12 15 4 1 6 14 16 .467 0 2 21 2 18 58% 53.5 78 22 12 4 9 11 3.9 4.1 7.8
74 Arnie Portocarrero 22 PHA 248.0 34 33 9 18 6 0 6 11 21 .344 0 2 16 1 19 58% 52.1 80 17 10 5 12 8 3.2 3.2 7.5
75 Allie Reynolds 37 NYY 157.1 36 18 10 2 6 2 0 14 4 .778 1 2 5 4 9 50% 52.6 82 22 7 0 7 5 7.5 6.9 6.5
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
76 Art Schallock* 30 NYY 17.1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 0 0 0 1 1.0 1.1 9.0
77 Carl Scheib 27 PHA 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 3 3 0 1 3.0 0.0 2.0
78 Johnny Schmitz* 33 WSH 185.1 29 23 11 7 5 0 3 12 11 .522 1 4 12 2 15 65% 54.7 82 21 9 2 2 11 4.0 3.6 7.7
79 Bobby Shantz* 28 PHA 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 0 0 0 1 6.8 6.8 5.0
80 Spec Shea 33 WSH 71.1 23 11 1 8 2 0 1 3 8 .273 0 2 1 0 2 18% 35.7 59 21 8 1 3 8 4.5 4.5 4.4
81 Al Sima* 32 TOT 86.1 34 8 1 5 2 0 2 2 6 .250 1 1 1 0 4 50% 42.7 68 19 11 4 1 4 2.5 2.6 4.8
82 Al Sima* 32 CHW 7.0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 3 1 0 1 2.0 0.0 2.0
83 Al Sima* 32 PHA 79.1 29 7 1 4 2 0 2 2 5 .286 1 1 1 0 4 57% 43.0 68 19 8 3 1 3 2.6 2.8 5.2
84 Bunky Stewart* 23 WSH 50.2 29 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 18.5 19 18 10 6 2 0 3.8 2.3 2.2
85 Chuck Stobbs* 24 WSH 182.0 31 24 10 11 3 2 2 12 12 .500 1 2 10 3 12 50% 50.0 85 18 14 0 1 12 4.2 4.7 7.0
86 Dean Stone* 23 WSH 178.2 31 23 11 10 2 4 4 12 11 .522 0 1 10 2 11 48% 53.9 88 24 4 2 3 10 4.7 5.2 7.0
87 Frank Sullivan 24 BOS 206.1 36 26 14 9 3 0 2 14 12 .538 0 2 11 3 16 62% 55.1 85 18 13 2 9 2 4.9 5.4 6.9
88 Bob Trice 27 PHA 119.0 19 18 7 7 4 3 0 7 11 .389 0 1 8 1 5 28% 40.6 76 3 10 5 8 5 4.6 5.0 6.6
89 Virgil Trucks 37 CHW 264.2 40 33 16 11 6 4 7 19 14 .576 1 4 16 5 23 70% 58.2 90 10 11 1 12 3 5.1 5.0 7.7
90 Bob Turley 23 BAL 247.1 35 35 14 15 6 0 6 15 20 .429 1 5 14 0 23 66% 56.5 86 18 14 5 17 8 3.3 2.9 7.1
91 Ozzie Van Brabant 27 PHA 26.2 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.5 29 28 0 0 1 1 1.5 0.0 3.8
92 Dick Weik 26 DET 16.1 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 3 0 0 0 16.0 9.0 4.0
93 Lee Wheat 24 PHA 28.1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 1 100% 52.0 52 52 0 0 0 1 2.7 3.0 6.0
94 Bob Wiesler* 23 NYY 30.1 6 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 2 40% 49.8 65 23 7 3 0 4 4.0 3.0 5.7
95 Early Wynn 34 CLE 270.2 40 36 23 10 3 2 3 25 11 .694 1 3 20 3 25 69% 59.5 84 26 19 11 19 7 4.7 4.7 7.4
96 George Zuverink 29 DET 203.0 35 25 9 13 3 1 3 11 14 .440 2 1 9 2 12 48% 51.2 92 23 20 8 14 4 3.2 3.0 7.3


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