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1959 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 4.01 155 155 61 60 34 8 21 74 80 .481 9 19 45 12 91 59% 55 111 7 112 44 27 81 3.5 3.5 6.8
BOS 4.52 154 154 50 63 41 6 15 75 79 .487 5 25 38 8 72 47% 49 86 13 199 72 31 50 4.8 4.4 6.0
CHW 3.77 156 156 69 52 35 11 14 94 60 .610 7 22 44 13 85 54% 54 100 12 192 55 64 39 4.3 4.0 6.5
CLE 4.19 154 154 66 52 36 19 16 89 65 .578 8 17 58 6 75 49% 53 86 14 136 57 59 61 4.9 4.7 6.8
DET 4.75 154 154 70 56 28 17 15 76 78 .494 7 17 53 9 78 51% 52 87 17 126 55 79 38 4.7 5.0 6.6
KCA 4.94 154 154 53 68 33 9 27 66 88 .429 7 18 44 8 78 51% 49 87 17 206 65 65 49 4.5 4.6 6.1
NYY 4.17 155 155 56 59 40 7 21 79 75 .513 9 17 38 11 88 57% 52 106 11 158 64 33 69 4.4 4.6 6.2
WSH 4.55 154 154 53 76 25 11 20 63 91 .409 5 17 46 10 75 49% 50 90 16 140 36 59 43 4.1 4.1 6.5
LgAvg 4.36 155 155 60 61 34 11 19 77 77 .500 7 19 46 10 80 52% 52 111 7 159 56 52 54 4.4 4.4 6.4
4.36 1236 1236 478 486 272 88 149 616 616 .500 57 152 366 77 642 52% 52 111 7 1269 448 417 430 4.4 4.4 6.4

* 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 George Bamberger 35 BAL 8.1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 3 1 0 1 7.9 4.5 6.3
2 Frank Baumann* 25 BOS 95.2 26 10 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 0 4 40% 48.1 78 24 18 3 2 6 4.9 4.1 5.4
3 Gary Bell 22 CLE 234.0 44 28 13 10 5 3 2 16 12 .571 3 1 12 1 14 50% 53.2 83 28 18 10 13 4 4.8 5.0 7.2
4 Gary Blaylock 27 NYY 25.2 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 6 1 0 0 2.0 4.5 1.3
5 Ted Bowsfield* 24 BOS 9.0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30.0 37 23 5 2 0 1 7.0 9.0 1.0
6 Tom Brewer 27 BOS 215.1 36 32 10 12 10 1 4 17 15 .531 1 6 11 3 17 53% 50.9 86 19 21 9 9 6 4.9 3.9 6.6
7 John Briggs 25 CLE 12.2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 58.0 58 58 0 0 0 1 4.0 2.6 8.0
8 Jim Bronstad 23 NYY 29.1 16 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 51.3 54 49 5 2 2 1 3.0 2.8 5.9
9 Hal Brown 34 BAL 164.0 31 21 10 8 3 3 1 11 10 .524 3 1 2 0 11 52% 52.0 76 7 15 4 4 12 3.4 3.5 6.8
10 Bob Bruce 26 DET 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 0 0 0 1 4.0 1.0
11 Jim Bunning 27 DET 249.2 40 35 17 12 6 6 4 17 18 .486 2 3 14 1 18 51% 56.0 86 20 16 5 21 4 5.0 5.4 7.0
12 Jerry Casale 25 BOS 179.2 31 26 12 8 6 2 1 17 9 .654 1 4 9 3 12 46% 50.8 83 21 30 13 4 10 5.3 5.1 6.4
13 Al Cicotte 29 CLE 44.0 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 9 1 0 1 9.0 0.0 2.7
14 Tex Clevenger 26 WSH 117.1 50 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 .429 0 0 2 2 5 71% 56.3 81 33 26 5 2 1 3.9 5.3 7.0
15 Jim Coates 26 NYY 100.1 37 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .750 1 1 2 0 3 75% 60.8 76 39 1 1 1 2 5.8 5.3 7.9
16 Rip Coleman* 27 TOT 85.0 32 11 2 6 3 0 2 4 7 .364 1 1 2 0 5 45% 74 31 20 7 4 5 3.6 2.5 4.7
17 Rip Coleman* 27 KCA 81.0 29 11 2 6 3 0 2 4 7 .364 1 1 2 0 5 45% 47.4 74 31 20 7 4 5 3.6 2.5 4.7
18 Bud Daley* 26 KCA 216.1 39 29 15 11 3 1 5 15 14 .517 1 1 12 2 19 66% 54.0 83 22 27 6 15 3 4.6 5.0 6.7
19 Jerry Davie 26 DET 36.2 11 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 1 0 1 20% 43.8 66 26 6 0 1 3 4.7 5.1 4.5
20 Ike Delock 29 BOS 134.1 28 17 6 5 6 0 3 8 9 .471 1 3 4 0 10 59% 50.9 72 17 18 3 3 5 5.3 5.3 6.0
21 Art Ditmar 30 NYY 202.0 38 25 12 8 5 2 4 13 12 .520 3 1 7 1 19 76% 59.3 82 17 16 9 7 9 4.9 5.1 7.2
22 Dick Donovan 31 CHW 179.2 31 29 9 10 10 0 4 17 12 .586 3 6 5 1 17 59% 50.6 78 23 35 11 13 9 3.6 3.6 6.0
23 Don Ferrarese* 30 CLE 76.0 15 10 5 3 2 1 2 5 5 .500 0 0 4 0 6 60% 56.0 79 24 10 5 0 8 4.5 5.1 6.9
24 Bill Fischer 28 WSH 187.1 34 29 9 10 10 2 2 15 14 .517 2 8 6 1 15 52% 48.1 85 17 12 2 8 8 4.7 3.5 6.1
25 Jack Fisher 20 BAL 88.2 27 7 1 4 2 0 3 2 5 .286 0 1 1 1 5 71% 56.7 83 28 7 3 3 2 2.5 2.4 6.7
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 Whitey Ford* 30 NYY 204.0 35 29 14 8 7 0 3 18 10 .643 2 3 9 2 19 66% 54.6 106 27 28 6 8 9 4.5 4.8 6.7
27 Paul Foytack 28 DET 240.1 39 37 14 14 9 3 4 16 21 .432 2 5 11 2 18 49% 48.9 86 17 10 7 24 7 4.9 5.3 6.4
28 Mark Freeman 28 TOT 10.2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 59 59 3 2 0 1 1.6 3.0 7.0
29 Mark Freeman 28 NYY 7.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 59.0 59 59 0 0 0 1 1.6 3.0 7.0
30 John Gabler 28 NYY 19.1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 50.0 50 50 3 0 1 0 1.0 1.3 7.7
31 Mike Garcia 35 CLE 72.0 29 8 0 3 5 0 2 5 3 .625 1 1 1 0 2 25% 45.9 77 25 12 7 2 5 5.9 3.2 5.0
32 Ned Garver 33 KCA 201.1 32 30 10 13 7 4 7 14 16 .467 2 4 9 2 16 53% 50.2 81 22 14 3 7 15 4.7 5.0 6.7
33 Mudcat Grant 23 CLE 165.1 38 19 8 6 5 2 1 10 9 .526 0 3 6 1 10 53% 53.6 84 23 12 6 9 7 4.1 4.1 6.6
34 Eli Grba 24 NYY 50.1 19 6 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 3 50% 44.0 59 26 18 7 1 3 4.5 3.1 4.5
35 Hal Griggs 30 WSH 97.2 37 10 2 7 1 0 1 2 8 .200 0 0 2 1 3 30% 43.3 87 16 15 4 1 7 2.6 2.8 5.2
36 Bob Grim 29 KCA 125.1 40 9 4 4 1 1 2 5 4 .556 0 1 3 1 6 67% 51.9 87 26 18 8 1 3 5.9 6.3 6.7
37 Al Grunwald* 29 KCA 11.1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17.0 17 17 7 0 1 0 4.0 0.0 3.7
38 Jack Harshman* 31 TOT 138.0 35 16 5 6 5 2 2 6 10 .375 1 2 5 1 7 44% 49.4 86 25 12 3 4 7 3.5 4.5 5.8
39 Jack Harshman* 31 BAL 47.1 14 8 0 4 4 0 1 1 7 .125 1 2 0 0 3 38% 42.0 63 27 3 1 2 3 2.5 3.2 4.4
40 Jack Harshman* 31 BOS 24.2 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 40.5 56 25 7 1 0 1 2.5 3.4 3.3
41 Jack Harshman* 31 CLE 66.0 13 6 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 .667 0 0 5 1 3 50% 62.2 86 38 2 1 2 3 5.2 5.6 8.3
42 Ray Herbert 29 KCA 183.2 37 26 10 10 6 3 3 13 13 .500 0 3 10 2 10 38% 47.4 85 22 19 7 14 7 4.6 5.0 6.3
43 Billy Hoeft* 27 TOT 67.2 23 8 2 5 1 0 0 2 6 .250 0 1 0 0 2 25% 45.5 69 33 12 7 0 5 3.3 3.5 3.9
44 Billy Hoeft* 27 DET 9.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 48.5 58 39 4 4 0 2 3.0 4.1 4.5
45 Billy Hoeft* 27 BOS 17.2 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 44 35 2 0 0 2 3.7 3.6 3.9
46 Billy Hoeft* 27 BAL 41.0 16 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 48.0 69 33 6 3 0 1 3.1 2.7 3.4
47 Ernie Johnson 35 BAL 50.1 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.0 44 44 8 3 1 0 2.0 9.0 1.0
48 Ken Johnson 26 KCA 11.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 49.0 61 37 0 0 1 1 6.0 2.5 5.5
49 Jim Kaat* 20 WSH 5.0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.5 43 20 3 0 1 1 2.5 1.8 2.0
50 Russ Kemmerer 27 WSH 206.0 37 28 8 17 3 1 3 9 19 .321 0 3 8 0 12 43% 47.2 72 19 11 4 15 6 3.6 3.7 6.8
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 Johnny Kucks 25 TOT 168.0 42 24 7 11 6 0 4 7 17 .292 1 6 6 1 12 50% 47.7 78 27 17 9 11 6 3.4 2.9 5.8
52 Johnny Kucks 25 NYY 16.2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 1 1 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
53 Johnny Kucks 25 KCA 151.1 33 23 7 11 5 0 4 7 16 .304 1 5 6 1 12 52% 47.9 78 27 16 8 11 5 3.4 2.9 5.9
54 Don Larsen 29 NYY 124.2 25 18 6 7 5 1 2 10 8 .556 0 3 3 1 9 50% 49.6 84 28 17 7 2 14 5.9 6.5 5.6
55 Frank Lary 29 DET 223.0 32 32 17 10 5 3 3 18 14 .563 1 3 11 3 18 56% 53.3 84 24 18 5 16 7 4.7 4.8 7.0
56 Barry Latman 23 CHW 156.0 37 21 8 5 8 2 0 14 7 .667 0 3 5 2 9 43% 50.5 86 17 24 5 6 8 5.8 4.6 5.6
57 Bobby Locke 25 CLE 77.2 24 7 1 2 4 1 0 4 3 .571 3 0 0 0 2 29% 45.9 72 32 8 3 2 4 5.0 4.8 6.5
58 Duke Maas 30 NYY 138.0 38 21 9 8 4 4 1 11 10 .524 1 3 3 1 8 38% 46.2 76 26 20 8 3 7 4.8 5.7 5.0
59 Ken McBride 23 CHW 22.2 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 1 1 0 0 1 50% 50.5 56 45 9 4 0 1 3.0 2.8 5.7
60 Cal McLish 33 CLE 235.1 35 32 19 8 5 6 2 20 12 .625 1 5 13 0 18 56% 52.1 81 14 17 4 12 13 5.0 4.9 7.3
61 Herb Moford 30 BOS 8.2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.5 39 20 2 0 1 1 4.5 4.5 2.3
62 Bill Monbouquette 22 BOS 151.2 34 17 5 6 6 1 1 10 7 .588 0 6 4 0 7 41% 49.2 66 25 9 3 3 3 4.4 3.9 6.3
63 Ray Moore 33 CHW 89.2 29 8 1 5 2 1 2 3 5 .375 0 2 0 0 4 50% 49.6 73 21 20 5 2 5 2.5 2.0 6.1
64 Tom Morgan 29 DET 92.2 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 9 6 0 1 4.0 6.0 5.3
65 Don Mossi* 30 DET 228.0 34 30 17 8 5 3 4 19 11 .633 1 5 15 3 20 67% 56.6 87 22 8 2 13 9 4.5 4.5 7.3
66 Ray Narleski 30 DET 104.1 42 10 2 6 2 1 0 2 8 .200 1 1 1 0 2 20% 42.5 75 24 20 8 4 3 4.5 3.6 5.1
67 Billy O'Dell* 26 BAL 199.1 38 24 8 9 7 1 6 12 11 .522 2 4 6 2 16 67% 57.2 82 20 17 4 6 6 3.1 3.1 7.2
68 Milt Pappas 20 BAL 209.1 33 27 14 9 4 2 4 16 11 .593 0 3 15 4 18 67% 57.4 89 21 11 8 4 16 4.3 4.2 7.4
69 Camilo Pascual 25 WSH 238.2 32 30 17 10 3 4 5 18 12 .600 2 2 17 6 20 67% 61.8 90 33 12 7 11 6 4.8 5.1 7.8
70 Jim Perry 23 CLE 153.0 44 13 6 6 1 0 4 7 6 .538 0 1 8 2 10 77% 58.7 83 22 11 8 8 3 4.7 4.6 7.8
71 Billy Pierce* 32 CHW 224.0 34 33 14 15 4 1 3 16 16 .500 0 4 12 2 18 55% 53.4 100 12 9 4 13 4 3.3 2.8 6.8
72 Arnie Portocarrero 27 BAL 90.0 27 14 2 7 5 1 0 3 11 .214 2 1 1 0 3 21% 41.5 72 21 17 10 1 9 3.6 3.4 4.6
73 Jim Proctor 23 DET 2.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 2 0 0 1 5.0 0.7
74 Pedro Ramos 24 WSH 233.2 37 35 12 18 5 4 5 14 21 .400 1 3 11 0 15 43% 50.3 77 25 20 4 17 8 4.0 4.2 6.6
75 Howie Reed 22 KCA 20.2 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 40.7 47 29 3 3 0 2 3.0 2.0 3.8
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 John Romonosky 29 WSH 38.1 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 41.0 51 31 1 1 0 1 7.4 7.4 5.5
77 Al Schroll 27 BOS 46.0 14 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 1 0 2 40% 46.8 76 30 11 8 3 2 3.2 2.5 6.0
78 Herb Score* 26 CLE 160.2 30 25 9 11 5 4 1 14 11 .560 0 4 9 1 8 32% 52.2 83 27 20 5 10 10 5.0 4.9 6.3
79 Bobby Shantz* 33 NYY 94.2 33 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 2 2 3 75% 59.5 82 35 12 9 2 1 3.7 2.9 7.3
80 Bob Shaw 26 CHW 230.2 47 26 15 6 5 2 1 16 9 .640 1 2 8 3 15 58% 55.9 81 26 25 3 12 5 4.3 4.4 7.2
81 Bob Smith* 31 CLE 29.1 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41.3 47 34 7 4 1 1 4.9 1.4 4.6
82 Chuck Stobbs* 29 WSH 90.2 41 7 1 5 1 0 2 1 6 .143 0 0 0 0 4 57% 44.6 52 32 7 1 2 4 3.3 3.2 5.5
83 Jake Striker* 25 CLE 6.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 51.0 51 51 2 0 0 1 9.0 9.0 6.7
84 Tom Sturdivant 29 TOT 97.0 43 6 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 2 0 0 1 17% 40.1 54 22 17 8 2 4 3.1 1.8 4.4
85 Tom Sturdivant 29 NYY 25.1 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 42.3 54 22 1 1 0 3 2.0 2.8 4.8
86 Tom Sturdivant 29 KCA 71.2 36 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.0 44 33 16 7 2 1 4.2 0.8 4.1
87 Frank Sullivan 29 BOS 177.2 30 26 9 11 6 1 2 10 16 .385 2 2 5 2 14 54% 51.2 83 25 20 7 5 7 4.2 5.1 6.4
88 Ralph Terry 23 TOT 173.2 33 23 5 11 7 0 6 10 13 .435 3 2 7 1 12 52% 51.1 84 24 14 9 5 12 4.0 3.9 6.4
89 Ralph Terry 23 KCA 46.1 9 7 2 4 1 0 1 3 4 .429 1 0 2 0 3 43% 47.3 69 24 5 5 3 3 5.4 5.4 6.1
90 Ralph Terry 23 NYY 127.1 24 16 3 7 6 0 5 7 9 .438 2 2 5 1 9 56% 52.8 84 31 9 4 2 9 3.5 3.2 6.5
91 John Tsitouris 23 KCA 83.1 24 10 2 3 5 0 2 3 7 .300 1 1 0 0 5 50% 46.4 64 30 19 1 6 4 4.8 5.6 5.3
92 Bob Turley 28 NYY 154.1 33 22 7 10 5 0 1 11 11 .500 0 0 7 3 10 45% 51.2 93 11 17 6 4 9 3.8 3.8 6.2
93 Vito Valentinetti 30 WSH 10.2 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 4 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.0
94 Jerry Walker 20 BAL 182.0 30 22 10 9 3 0 2 12 10 .545 1 2 7 2 13 59% 56.2 111 22 15 3 2 17 3.9 3.9 7.3
95 Hoyt Wilhelm 36 BAL 226.0 32 27 15 9 3 1 4 15 12 .556 0 3 13 3 21 78% 62.4 88 19 5 2 4 14 3.5 3.4 7.8
96 Ted Wills* 25 BOS 56.1 9 8 2 6 0 0 3 2 6 .250 0 0 2 0 5 63% 43.8 64 13 9 4 0 5 3.0 3.0 6.7
97 Earl Wilson 24 BOS 23.2 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.8 56 22 12 3 1 1 9.8 7.4 2.8
98 Hal Woodeshick* 26 WSH 61.0 31 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.3 41 29 11 3 1 1 1.7 2.3 2.7
99 Early Wynn 39 CHW 255.2 37 37 22 10 5 5 3 27 10 .730 2 4 14 5 21 57% 56.9 92 19 28 11 18 7 5.3 5.2 6.9


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