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1952 National League Starting Pitching

1951 NL  / 1953 NL  / 1952 AL  / 1952 MLB  Starting Pitching

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
BRO 3.89 155 155 58 45 52 10 11 96 57 .627 4 29 45 11 72 46% 52 91 21 145 51 59 57 5.1 4.7 6.0
BSN 4.20 155 155 55 76 24 7 26 64 89 .418 3 17 63 11 84 54% 52 101 15 101 35 62 49 3.6 3.4 7.0
CHC 4.07 155 155 60 66 29 6 27 77 77 .500 4 14 59 15 89 57% 53 93 14 116 43 54 62 4.1 4.3 6.7
CIN 4.28 154 154 54 63 37 8 18 69 85 .448 5 16 56 11 80 52% 50 83 14 97 38 61 51 4.0 4.1 6.7
NYG 4.15 154 154 61 49 44 14 12 92 62 .597 3 20 49 11 67 44% 50 85 11 188 61 72 50 4.8 4.8 6.0
PHI 3.58 154 154 74 54 26 8 25 87 67 .565 6 10 80 16 103 67% 57 93 19 73 32 57 53 4.3 4.3 7.4
PIT 5.12 155 155 32 93 30 5 24 42 112 .273 5 8 43 4 65 42% 46 85 -6 94 43 61 54 3.3 3.3 6.4
STL 4.09 154 154 60 54 40 8 18 88 66 .571 3 15 49 10 88 57% 53 86 15 110 51 39 59 4.5 4.4 6.4
LgAvg 4.17 155 155 57 63 35 8 20 77 77 .500 4 16 56 11 81 52% 51 101 -6 116 44 58 54 4.2 4.2 6.6
4.17 1236 1236 454 500 282 66 161 615 615 .500 33 129 444 89 648 52% 51 101 -6 924 354 465 435 4.2 4.2 6.6

* 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 Bill Bell 18 PIT 15.2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 0 0 0 1 0.0 6.0
2 Vern Bickford 31 BSN 161.1 26 22 7 12 3 1 5 7 15 .318 1 1 7 1 14 64% 50.9 73 17 11 4 6 7 2.4 2.9 7.1
3 Joe Black 28 BRO 142.1 56 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 57.0 78 36 12 4 1 1 5.5 6.9 7.0
4 Ewell Blackwell 29 CIN 102.0 23 17 3 11 3 1 2 4 13 .235 0 1 3 0 5 29% 43.8 72 19 8 5 4 7 3.0 3.0 5.6
5 Roger Bowman* 24 NYG 3.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 5 1 0 1 10.1 13.5 2.3
6 Cloyd Boyer 24 STL 110.1 23 14 6 6 2 3 0 6 8 .429 0 0 4 2 5 36% 49.1 86 27 10 3 3 4 4.5 5.2 6.4
7 Ralph Branca 26 BRO 61.0 16 7 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 2 0 2 29% 46.3 74 25 4 2 2 3 5.8 6.2 5.4
8 Al Brazle* 38 STL 109.1 46 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 3 1 4 67% 62.2 81 29 6 4 2 3 3.8 4.4 7.9
9 Harry Brecheen* 37 STL 100.1 25 13 5 4 4 0 1 7 6 .538 1 1 4 1 7 54% 53.8 82 24 4 2 1 10 4.7 4.2 6.1
10 Lew Burdette 25 BSN 137.0 45 9 2 5 2 0 3 2 7 .222 0 1 5 0 5 56% 47.3 69 22 17 6 5 3 3.2 3.2 6.4
11 Bud Byerly 31 CIN 24.2 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 38.5 60 17 4 2 1 0 0.9 1.0 4.5
12 Don Carlsen 25 PIT 10.0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 2 1 0 1 0.0 5.0
13 Cliff Chambers* 30 STL 98.1 26 13 4 4 5 0 0 9 4 .692 1 0 2 1 6 46% 46.0 80 26 8 5 4 5 4.3 5.7 5.2
14 Bubba Church 27 TOT 158.1 31 23 5 9 9 0 2 8 15 .348 0 6 5 1 11 48% 46.8 74 26 13 5 10 9 4.2 3.0 6.3
15 Bubba Church 27 PHI 5.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 2 2 0 1 6.0 12.0 2.0
16 Bubba Church 27 CIN 153.1 29 22 5 9 8 0 2 8 14 .364 0 6 5 1 11 50% 47.7 74 26 11 3 10 8 4.1 2.7 6.5
17 Mike Clark 30 STL 25.1 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 0 0% 36.0 43 27 5 2 1 1 6.4 3.6 2.1
18 Dave Cole 21 BSN 44.2 22 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 47.7 60 41 9 4 1 1 5.5 0.0 4.3
19 Gene Conley 21 BSN 12.2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.3 30 23 3 1 1 2 2.7 2.1 3.9
20 Bill Connelly 27 NYG 31.2 11 4 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50.2 65 39 9 6 4 0 6.8 9.0 5.1
21 Al Corwin 25 NYG 67.2 21 7 3 1 3 1 0 6 1 .857 1 1 1 0 3 43% 50.6 56 44 15 4 5 0 5.2 4.4 5.4
22 Murry Dickson 35 PIT 277.2 43 34 12 21 1 1 7 12 22 .353 1 0 21 2 19 56% 51.7 85 7 9 4 20 4 4.0 4.2 7.7
23 Dick Donovan 24 BSN 13.0 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 43 21 3 1 0 1 1.0 3.0 2.0
24 Karl Drews 32 PHI 228.2 33 30 13 15 2 0 8 14 16 .467 1 0 15 5 23 77% 57.9 88 26 9 2 14 11 3.2 3.5 7.5
25 Carl Erskine 25 BRO 206.2 33 26 13 5 8 2 3 19 7 .731 1 5 10 4 17 65% 58.6 91 24 8 3 10 5 4.9 4.3 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
26 Harry Fisher 26 PIT 18.1 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 36.3 54 22 4 1 2 1 3.3 0.0 3.2
27 Howie Fox 31 PHI 62.0 13 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 6 .455 2 1 2 0 5 45% 45.0 64 20 11 5 4 6 4.8 3.6 5.2
28 Bob Friend 21 PIT 185.0 35 23 5 15 3 0 4 6 17 .261 0 0 6 1 10 43% 46.2 79 23 9 4 7 7 3.3 3.2 6.5
29 Hal Gregg 30 NYG 36.1 16 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 1 0 0 0% 46.8 55 41 12 2 2 2 5.9 3.6 5.3
30 Warren Hacker 27 CHC 185.0 33 20 13 7 0 1 4 13 7 .650 0 0 12 5 16 80% 62.8 84 17 5 1 7 6 4.0 4.9 7.6
31 Harvey Haddix* 26 STL 42.0 7 6 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 .500 0 1 3 0 4 67% 59.8 68 42 2 2 1 3 6.4 6.4 6.8
32 Jack Harshman* 24 NYG 6.1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.5 30 25 4 1 0 2 2.0 3.0 3.2
33 Joe Hatten* 35 CHC 50.1 13 8 2 4 2 0 2 2 6 .250 0 1 2 0 4 50% 42.5 62 18 10 3 0 6 3.1 2.2 5.8
34 Jim Hearn 31 NYG 223.2 37 34 14 7 13 3 2 24 10 .706 0 8 11 1 16 47% 50.2 78 19 22 4 19 9 5.2 5.3 6.3
35 Ken Heintzelman* 36 PHI 42.2 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53.0 53 53 3 3 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.0
36 Frank Hiller 31 CIN 124.1 28 15 5 5 5 0 1 8 7 .533 2 0 6 1 7 47% 48.5 80 14 7 7 5 7 5.4 7.1 6.2
37 Cal Hogue 24 PIT 83.2 19 12 1 8 3 0 2 2 10 .167 1 1 3 0 5 42% 45.2 72 -6 5 2 6 2 3.0 2.5 6.3
38 Larry Jansen 31 NYG 167.1 34 27 10 11 6 2 3 13 14 .481 0 3 8 1 12 44% 48.1 81 23 21 6 11 10 4.4 4.2 5.8
39 Virgil Jester 24 BSN 73.0 19 8 3 4 1 0 3 3 5 .375 1 0 4 1 6 75% 50.8 83 15 3 2 2 6 3.2 4.1 7.3
40 Ernie Johnson 28 BSN 92.0 29 10 4 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 2 1 3 30% 49.2 78 23 18 4 5 3 6.2 7.0 5.5
41 Sheldon Jones 30 BSN 70.0 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 5 2 0 1 3.0 0.0 5.0
42 Niles Jordan* 26 CIN 6.1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 2 1 1 0 2.0 3.0 5.3
43 Bob Kelly 24 CHC 125.1 31 15 4 6 5 0 2 7 8 .467 1 3 3 2 6 40% 50.1 84 22 13 4 6 5 4.2 4.8 5.8
44 Monty Kennedy* 30 NYG 83.1 31 6 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 .500 1 1 2 1 2 33% 45.7 80 24 14 7 2 2 5.0 4.5 5.0
45 Ron Kline 20 PIT 78.2 27 11 0 6 5 0 1 3 8 .273 2 0 0 0 2 18% 39.5 57 6 16 9 4 6 3.1 3.9 4.7
46 Johnny Klippstein 24 CHC 202.2 41 25 5 14 6 1 3 9 16 .360 0 4 7 2 11 44% 46.4 87 14 21 8 12 5 3.5 2.9 6.1
47 Jim Konstanty 35 PHI 80.0 42 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 2 1 1 50% 62.0 82 42 7 3 0 0 4.0 4.2 8.5
48 Dave Koslo* 32 NYG 166.1 41 17 8 6 3 2 1 9 8 .529 0 1 8 2 9 53% 51.7 76 11 11 8 7 6 5.1 4.3 6.9
49 Clem Labine 25 BRO 77.0 25 9 2 3 4 1 0 6 3 .667 0 4 0 0 2 22% 41.8 65 21 15 7 0 8 5.0 3.4 4.0
50 Joe Landrum 23 BRO 38.0 9 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 2 0 2 40% 46.2 69 23 3 1 1 3 4.7 3.5 5.8
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 Max Lanier* 36 NYG 137.0 37 16 5 9 2 1 3 6 10 .375 0 0 6 1 8 50% 47.6 79 13 23 7 2 9 3.0 3.4 6.0
52 Paul LaPalme* 28 PIT 59.2 31 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.5 48 39 7 0 2 0 5.5 22.5 2.3
53 Ken Lehman* 24 BRO 15.1 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 43.3 56 35 5 1 1 1 4.3 5.3 3.8
54 Billy Loes 22 BRO 187.1 39 21 8 6 7 0 2 11 9 .550 0 3 8 4 12 57% 55.7 86 28 17 5 13 3 5.4 4.8 6.9
55 Turk Lown 28 CHC 156.2 33 19 3 9 7 0 4 7 11 .389 1 2 5 0 9 47% 46.8 72 26 20 8 5 10 3.9 4.1 6.0
56 Sal Maglie 35 NYG 216.0 35 31 17 7 7 3 2 21 10 .677 1 3 12 5 16 52% 55.5 85 18 15 3 17 7 4.8 5.2 6.7
57 Woody Main 30 PIT 153.1 48 11 2 5 4 0 1 3 7 .300 0 3 2 0 6 55% 51.0 68 32 16 9 7 2 2.6 2.0 6.7
58 Russ Meyer 28 PHI 232.1 37 32 13 13 6 2 7 16 16 .500 2 4 14 1 18 56% 53.1 84 23 11 6 13 11 4.6 4.8 7.0
59 Bob Miller 26 PHI 9.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
60 Stu Miller 24 STL 88.0 12 11 5 3 3 0 2 8 3 .727 0 1 6 2 10 91% 65.4 82 41 0 0 6 1 3.2 3.5 7.9
61 Paul Minner* 28 CHC 180.2 28 27 14 9 4 3 4 17 10 .630 1 1 12 2 15 56% 51.1 81 19 14 3 4 15 5.2 5.5 6.7
62 Vinegar Bend Mizell* 21 STL 190.0 30 30 10 8 12 1 2 18 12 .600 0 7 7 2 16 53% 52.9 84 25 13 2 5 11 4.3 4.4 6.3
63 Ray Moore 26 BRO 28.1 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 31 27 6 1 2 0 2.0 0.0 2.2
64 Joe Muir* 29 PIT 35.2 12 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 1 1 0 1 20% 42.0 56 22 3 1 0 4 4.3 1.8 4.7
65 Red Munger 33 TOT 30.2 6 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.6 49 25 1 0 0 5 2.0 1.2 5.9
66 Red Munger 33 STL 4.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 0 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.3
67 Red Munger 33 PIT 26.1 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 49 29 1 0 0 4 2.2 1.5 6.3
68 Ron Necciai 20 PIT 54.2 12 9 1 6 2 0 1 1 8 .111 0 0 0 0 3 33% 38.7 62 13 4 4 4 4 2.8 5.1 5.6
69 Ron Negray 22 BRO 13.0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 44.0 44 44 0 0 1 0 3.8 6.8 5.0
70 Joe Nuxhall* 23 CIN 92.1 37 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 4 .200 0 0 2 0 1 20% 46.8 72 35 4 0 4 1 3.1 2.0 5.7
71 Harry Perkowski* 29 CIN 194.0 33 24 12 8 4 5 2 14 10 .583 1 1 11 1 12 50% 50.0 83 23 15 3 8 10 5.1 5.4 7.2
72 Mario Picone 25 NYG 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 0 0 0 1 3.0 3.9 8.0
73 Bud Podbielan 28 TOT 88.2 27 7 3 4 0 0 3 3 4 .429 0 0 4 1 6 86% 80 23 5 0 1 3 2.8 1.7 7.7
74 Bud Podbielan 28 CIN 86.2 24 7 3 4 0 0 3 3 4 .429 0 0 4 1 6 86% 56.9 80 23 5 0 1 3 2.8 1.7 7.7
75 Howie Pollet* 31 PIT 214.0 31 30 7 16 7 3 6 9 21 .300 1 3 9 1 15 50% 49.5 79 19 10 3 8 13 3.1 3.1 7.1
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 Lou Possehl 26 PHI 12.2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 1 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 5.7
77 Joe Presko 23 STL 146.2 28 18 5 9 4 1 2 8 10 .444 1 2 5 1 8 44% 48.6 83 23 13 8 4 9 4.1 3.0 6.1
78 Mel Queen 34 PIT 3.1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.5 27 20 4 4 0 2 4.0 0.0 1.7
79 Ken Raffensberger* 34 CIN 247.0 38 33 17 11 5 0 4 21 12 .636 1 1 18 6 22 67% 56.1 83 14 7 0 15 5 3.7 3.8 7.3
80 Willie Ramsdell 36 CHC 67.0 19 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 2 50% 53.8 69 38 5 1 2 2 2.6 0.5 5.4
81 Steve Ridzik 23 PHI 92.2 24 9 2 2 5 0 1 6 3 .667 1 2 2 0 6 67% 57.2 72 46 9 4 2 7 4.2 2.8 7.0
82 Robin Roberts 25 PHI 330.0 39 37 28 7 2 5 6 29 8 .784 0 1 30 3 31 84% 62.3 87 32 2 0 21 4 5.0 5.1 8.8
83 Preacher Roe* 36 BRO 158.2 27 25 10 2 13 2 0 20 5 .800 0 5 8 2 13 52% 53.1 82 27 18 5 2 11 5.5 5.1 6.1
84 Bob Rush 26 CHC 250.1 34 32 17 11 4 1 6 19 13 .594 1 2 17 4 23 72% 60.2 93 25 11 6 15 12 4.5 4.8 7.8
85 Johnny Rutherford 27 BRO 97.1 22 11 5 5 1 0 0 6 5 .545 0 2 4 0 5 45% 48.9 78 24 8 6 4 4 4.1 4.0 6.4
86 Willard Schmidt 24 STL 34.2 18 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 3 100% 53.0 58 45 9 3 1 1 2.8 0.8 6.7
87 Johnny Schmitz* 31 TOT 38.1 13 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 1 0 1 33% 63 37 1 0 0 3 9.7 7.2 4.0
88 Johnny Schmitz* 31 BRO 33.1 10 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 1 0 1 33% 50.3 63 37 1 0 0 3 9.7 7.2 4.0
89 Bob Schultz* 28 CHC 74.0 29 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 3 60% 49.2 63 29 3 3 3 1 2.2 3.0 5.8
90 Curt Simmons* 23 PHI 201.1 28 28 14 8 6 0 1 15 13 .536 0 2 15 6 18 64% 59.5 93 19 5 2 3 9 4.2 4.0 7.2
91 Frank Smith 24 CIN 122.1 53 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 42.0 57 27 8 4 2 0 3.5 4.2 7.8
92 Warren Spahn* 31 BSN 290.0 40 35 14 18 3 2 8 16 19 .457 0 2 19 5 22 63% 58.5 101 22 7 0 19 7 3.7 3.4 7.9
93 George Spencer 25 NYG 60.0 35 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.2 53 27 11 8 3 1 6.1 5.4 1.4
94 Gerry Staley 31 STL 239.2 35 33 17 12 4 2 7 20 13 .606 0 1 15 0 24 73% 54.5 76 16 10 5 10 10 5.3 4.7 7.2
95 Paul Stuffel 25 PHI 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 0 0 0 1 7.0 7.2 5.0
96 Max Surkont 30 BSN 215.0 31 29 12 13 4 1 2 14 14 .500 0 5 12 3 15 52% 53.9 91 21 8 3 9 9 3.4 2.8 7.2
97 Chris Van Cuyk* 25 BRO 97.2 23 16 5 5 6 2 1 10 6 .625 0 3 4 0 5 31% 48.1 78 22 13 6 6 9 6.0 7.5 5.1
98 Ben Wade 29 BRO 180.0 37 24 9 9 6 2 3 12 12 .500 2 3 5 1 11 46% 52.1 89 34 23 7 16 6 4.0 3.6 6.4
99 Jim Waugh 18 PIT 52.1 17 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 0 1 0 3 43% 42.6 63 14 2 0 1 3 3.9 2.3 4.8
100 Herm Wehmeier 25 CIN 190.1 33 26 9 9 8 2 3 10 16 .385 1 6 6 1 15 58% 47.9 77 16 23 11 10 10 4.3 4.1 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
101 Jim Wilson 30 BSN 234.0 33 33 12 14 7 2 5 15 18 .455 1 5 14 0 18 55% 50.2 74 20 14 8 14 9 4.1 3.6 7.1
102 Eddie Yuhas 27 STL 99.1 54 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 35.0 55 15 16 8 1 0 3.0 3.8


1951 NL  / 1953 NL  / 1952 AL  / 1952 MLB  Starting Pitching