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1953 National 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
BRO 4.45 155 155 64 31 60 22 8 105 49 .682 7 36 51 9 61 39% 50 88 11 140 45 48 58 6.4 6.2 6.0
CHC 5.39 155 155 49 72 34 7 18 65 89 .422 7 15 38 3 68 44% 47 86 18 208 79 57 61 4.2 4.1 5.9
CIN 5.08 155 155 50 71 34 14 19 68 86 .442 9 16 47 7 62 40% 46 91 9 129 57 42 71 4.7 4.6 6.3
MLN 3.75 157 157 70 54 33 9 20 92 62 .597 0 17 72 14 87 55% 54 99 19 106 34 55 59 4.8 4.8 6.8
NYG 4.82 155 155 52 66 37 10 17 70 84 .455 8 13 46 9 69 45% 48 87 17 194 76 60 50 5.0 5.1 6.0
PHI 4.27 156 156 67 63 26 10 17 83 71 .539 4 14 76 12 77 49% 52 95 11 99 42 103 37 4.7 4.6 7.0
PIT 5.76 154 154 40 87 27 12 12 50 104 .325 3 16 49 4 48 31% 44 81 13 91 43 66 49 4.0 4.1 6.1
STL 4.54 157 157 66 56 35 15 18 83 71 .539 5 19 51 10 76 48% 51 86 15 159 59 60 49 5.0 5.2 6.4
LgAvg 4.75 156 156 57 63 36 12 16 77 77 .500 5 18 54 9 69 44% 49 99 9 141 54 61 54 4.9 4.9 6.3
4.75 1244 1244 458 500 286 99 129 616 616 .500 43 146 430 68 548 44% 49 99 9 1126 435 491 434 4.9 4.9 6.3

* 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 Johnny Antonelli* 23 MLN 175.1 31 26 10 11 5 2 6 15 11 .577 0 2 11 2 14 54% 54.0 87 30 17 4 8 8 5.3 5.0 6.4
2 Fred Baczewski* 27 TOT 148.1 33 18 10 4 4 2 0 10 8 .556 0 1 10 1 8 44% 77 20 12 3 7 5 4.8 5.4 6.9
3 Fred Baczewski* 27 CIN 138.1 24 18 10 4 4 2 0 10 8 .556 0 1 10 1 8 44% 51.9 77 20 6 1 7 5 4.8 5.4 6.9
4 Vern Bickford 32 MLN 58.0 20 9 1 5 3 0 2 4 5 .444 0 2 2 0 3 33% 40.9 65 23 11 5 1 6 5.1 3.0 4.2
5 Joe Black 29 BRO 72.2 34 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 47.0 65 37 14 6 1 2 2.6 4.1 3.7
6 Roger Bowman* 25 PIT 65.1 30 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.5 40 23 2 0 2 0 1.0 0.0 4.2
7 Bob Buhl 24 MLN 154.1 30 18 9 6 3 0 0 11 7 .611 0 2 8 3 10 56% 56.6 99 26 16 3 7 7 4.5 4.3 6.8
8 Lew Burdette 26 MLN 175.0 46 13 7 5 1 1 2 8 5 .615 0 0 6 1 8 62% 53.2 75 28 10 6 10 1 4.6 4.7 7.5
9 Cliff Chambers* 31 STL 79.2 32 8 1 4 3 1 2 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 3 38% 45.2 52 38 19 11 3 4 3.6 2.5 3.9
10 Bubba Church 28 TOT 148.0 38 19 6 6 7 3 3 9 10 .474 1 3 3 0 7 37% 44.7 81 19 19 4 9 5 5.3 5.2 5.8
11 Bubba Church 28 CIN 43.2 11 7 3 1 3 2 1 4 3 .571 0 2 2 0 2 29% 41.6 56 29 3 0 3 2 6.6 6.7 5.6
12 Bubba Church 28 CHC 104.1 27 12 3 5 4 1 2 5 7 .417 1 1 1 0 5 42% 46.5 81 19 16 4 6 3 4.6 4.4 6.0
13 Mike Clark 31 STL 35.2 23 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 48 38 12 1 0 0 5.5 10.3 2.8
14 Jackie Collum* 26 TOT 136.0 37 12 4 8 0 0 3 4 8 .333 0 0 4 1 7 58% 83 26 18 11 3 6 4.5 4.6 7.0
15 Jackie Collum* 26 CIN 124.2 30 12 4 8 0 0 3 4 8 .333 0 0 4 1 7 58% 52.3 83 26 12 6 3 6 4.5 4.6 7.0
16 Bill Connelly 28 NYG 20.1 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 31 23 6 5 1 1 3.7 7.5 3.0
17 Al Corwin 26 NYG 106.2 48 7 2 2 3 0 0 3 4 .429 0 1 2 1 2 29% 45.4 73 29 36 9 4 2 5.4 6.8 5.0
18 Al Dark 31 NYG 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 0 1 4.0 1.0
19 Murry Dickson 36 PIT 200.2 45 26 8 15 3 0 4 9 17 .346 1 1 10 1 13 50% 44.8 76 13 9 5 15 5 3.2 5.1 6.3
20 Karl Drews 33 PHI 185.1 47 27 9 9 9 0 1 14 13 .519 1 6 6 0 12 44% 47.1 74 22 13 5 18 8 4.9 4.5 6.0
21 Don Elston 24 CHC 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 0 1 4.0 3.0
22 Eddie Erautt 28 TOT 40.4 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 7 5 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.3
23 Eddie Erautt 28 STL 35.2 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 5 4 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.3
24 Carl Erskine 26 BRO 246.2 39 33 19 6 8 6 1 26 7 .788 0 7 16 4 15 45% 56.4 88 15 12 4 13 3 7.0 6.8 7.0
25 Roy Face 25 PIT 119.0 41 13 3 6 4 0 0 4 9 .308 1 3 2 0 4 31% 41.9 71 15 7 3 6 3 3.9 4.4 5.3
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 Jack Faszholz 26 STL 11.2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 0 0 0 1 6.0 11.3 5.0
27 Bob Friend 22 PIT 170.2 32 24 8 10 6 3 3 11 13 .458 0 5 8 0 11 46% 46.8 81 19 11 8 10 4 4.9 4.5 6.5
28 Ruben Gomez 25 NYG 204.0 29 26 13 11 2 1 3 14 12 .538 1 0 13 3 16 62% 56.2 87 26 15 5 14 3 4.0 4.1 7.3
29 Marv Grissom 35 NYG 84.1 21 7 4 1 2 2 1 5 2 .714 0 1 3 0 3 43% 49.7 70 30 9 6 4 2 7.2 8.3 6.6
30 Warren Hacker 28 CHC 221.2 39 32 11 17 4 1 7 14 18 .438 1 2 9 0 18 56% 49.7 77 18 23 5 17 11 4.7 4.4 6.4
31 Harvey Haddix* 27 STL 253.0 36 33 20 9 4 3 3 22 11 .667 1 3 19 6 21 64% 58.0 86 20 16 2 14 9 6.1 5.6 7.5
32 Bob Hall 29 PIT 152.0 37 17 3 11 3 1 1 4 13 .235 0 2 6 1 4 24% 43.1 78 22 8 6 8 5 3.7 3.0 6.1
33 Andy Hansen 28 PHI 51.1 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 7 4 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
34 Jim Hearn 32 NYG 196.2 36 32 9 11 12 2 1 15 17 .469 5 3 6 0 13 41% 46.4 78 19 34 15 11 11 5.3 5.3 5.9
35 Johnny Hetki 31 PIT 118.1 54 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 39 35 7 4 2 0 4.5 0.9 5.0
36 Frank Hiller 32 NYG 33.2 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 6 3 1 0 5.0 5.4 5.0
37 Cal Hogue 25 PIT 19.0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 2 0 1 50% 51.0 56 46 0 0 0 1 5.3 4.5 8.5
38 Larry Jansen 32 NYG 184.2 36 26 9 15 2 3 6 10 15 .400 0 1 6 0 13 50% 47.1 77 23 16 8 6 10 4.8 4.7 5.9
39 Joey Jay 17 MLN 10.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 100% 71.0 71 71 0 0 0 1 4.5 4.5 7.0
40 Ernie Johnson 29 MLN 81.0 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 7 3 1 0 1.0 0.0 4.0
41 Sheldon Jones 31 CHC 38.1 22 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 49 21 9 3 1 1 3.4 4.5 3.8
42 Howie Judson 27 CIN 38.2 10 6 0 1 5 0 0 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 1 17% 37.8 53 25 4 0 1 4 6.7 7.9 5.6
43 Bob Kelly 25 TOT 83.1 42 5 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 .400 2 2 0 0 1 20% 53 32 14 6 2 3 6.4 4.7 4.6
44 Bob Kelly 25 CIN 66.1 28 5 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 .400 2 2 0 0 1 20% 41.0 53 32 8 4 2 3 6.4 4.7 4.6
45 Clyde King 29 CIN 76.0 35 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 25% 36.8 42 30 6 2 1 1 5.6 5.8 4.3
46 Thornton Kipper 24 PHI 45.2 20 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 35.3 44 21 7 2 2 1 1.7 1.9 4.9
47 Johnny Klippstein 25 CHC 167.2 48 19 8 6 5 1 1 9 9 .500 0 4 5 0 8 42% 46.9 82 22 26 12 11 5 4.6 4.8 5.3
48 Jim Konstanty 36 PHI 170.2 48 19 10 7 2 4 1 12 7 .632 0 3 7 0 7 37% 43.3 71 21 11 2 12 6 5.6 6.3 6.3
49 Dave Koslo* 33 NYG 111.2 37 12 3 8 1 1 3 4 8 .333 0 0 2 0 5 42% 42.6 62 26 17 7 4 6 4.2 3.5 5.4
50 Clem Labine 26 BRO 110.1 37 7 1 2 4 0 1 3 3 .500 2 3 0 0 5 71% 53.4 64 26 8 3 1 5 3.9 2.4 6.2
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 Paul LaPalme* 29 PIT 176.1 35 24 7 15 2 3 1 7 17 .292 0 1 7 1 6 25% 45.7 78 14 9 3 10 11 3.9 4.4 6.5
52 Don Liddle* 28 MLN 128.2 31 15 4 5 6 1 2 8 6 .571 0 2 4 0 7 47% 52.3 78 36 10 2 2 10 4.0 3.9 6.6
53 Johnny Lindell 36 TOT 199.0 32 26 5 17 4 1 4 7 19 .269 0 2 15 1 9 35% 47.5 80 19 16 2 6 11 3.8 3.1 7.0
54 Johnny Lindell 36 PIT 175.2 27 23 4 16 3 1 3 6 17 .261 0 2 13 1 7 30% 47.0 80 19 14 2 5 9 3.8 2.8 6.9
55 Johnny Lindell 36 PHI 23.1 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 2 67% 51.7 66 34 2 0 1 2 4.0 4.7 7.3
56 Billy Loes 23 BRO 162.2 32 25 10 7 8 4 1 18 7 .720 0 6 9 1 8 32% 47.3 79 11 13 5 10 7 6.4 6.0 5.9
57 Turk Lown 29 CHC 148.1 49 12 1 4 7 0 0 4 8 .333 4 2 2 0 3 25% 41.4 68 23 32 16 7 1 4.4 3.9 4.6
58 Bill Macdonald 24 PIT 7.1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 2 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 2.7
59 Sal Maglie 36 NYG 145.1 27 24 8 9 7 1 1 14 10 .583 0 4 9 3 10 42% 49.1 84 17 15 3 7 9 6.3 6.0 5.7
60 Russ Meyer 29 BRO 191.1 34 32 15 4 13 7 0 23 9 .719 1 6 10 2 9 28% 48.8 82 24 28 15 13 13 7.1 6.5 5.9
61 Glenn Mickens 22 BRO 6.1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 34 32 2 0 1 1 9.0 15.8 2.2
62 Bob Miller 27 PHI 157.1 35 20 6 8 6 1 1 11 8 .579 0 2 8 3 7 35% 49.1 87 15 13 6 13 3 4.4 3.9 6.4
63 Stu Miller 25 STL 137.2 40 18 7 7 4 0 0 11 7 .611 0 3 8 2 7 39% 47.4 85 20 20 10 9 4 4.9 5.7 5.9
64 Bob Milliken 26 BRO 117.2 37 10 3 2 5 1 1 7 3 .700 1 3 3 0 5 50% 51.1 76 28 10 2 2 3 5.4 5.8 5.9
65 Paul Minner* 29 CHC 201.0 31 27 10 15 2 2 3 11 16 .407 0 2 9 2 11 41% 47.7 84 27 23 14 5 14 3.6 3.3 7.0
66 Vinegar Bend Mizell* 22 STL 224.1 33 33 13 11 9 2 7 18 14 .563 1 4 10 1 20 61% 55.3 86 27 18 5 14 11 4.3 4.3 6.8
67 Ray Moore 27 BRO 8.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 58.0 58 58 0 0 0 1 1.0 1.1 8.0
68 Joe Nuxhall* 24 CIN 141.2 30 17 7 9 1 3 5 8 9 .471 1 0 5 1 9 53% 47.1 85 18 16 7 4 10 4.2 4.8 6.4
69 Harry Perkowski* 30 CIN 193.0 33 25 10 11 4 4 0 13 12 .520 1 2 7 2 7 28% 45.8 80 15 17 12 8 8 4.7 4.8 6.5
70 Paul Pettit* 21 PIT 28.0 10 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 38.6 53 31 10 8 2 3 6.0 7.9 3.8
71 Bud Podbielan 29 CIN 186.1 36 24 6 14 4 0 3 10 14 .417 1 2 8 1 11 46% 45.8 91 9 15 6 8 8 4.1 3.5 6.6
72 Johnny Podres* 20 BRO 115.0 33 18 5 4 9 1 1 11 7 .611 0 7 3 1 7 39% 48.1 76 21 26 4 4 8 5.9 6.5 4.6
73 Howie Pollet* 32 TOT 124.0 30 18 6 6 6 3 2 7 11 .389 0 3 2 0 7 39% 44.3 73 23 16 4 3 10 4.6 4.7 5.6
74 Howie Pollet* 32 PIT 12.2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.5 32 23 2 1 0 2 11.3 10.8 4.7
75 Howie Pollet* 32 CHC 111.1 25 16 5 6 5 2 2 5 11 .313 0 3 2 0 7 44% 46.4 73 27 14 3 3 8 3.8 4.2 5.7
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
76 Joe Presko 24 STL 161.2 34 25 6 13 6 3 3 9 16 .360 1 0 4 0 7 28% 45.0 82 24 21 9 6 10 5.1 5.4 5.8
77 Ken Raffensberger* 35 CIN 174.0 26 26 7 14 5 0 5 10 16 .385 3 1 9 1 14 54% 48.1 76 24 15 6 4 18 4.1 3.9 6.7
78 Steve Ridzik 24 PHI 124.0 42 12 2 5 5 0 1 4 8 .333 2 1 1 0 3 25% 45.6 69 28 26 9 6 3 3.5 4.4 5.1
79 Robin Roberts 26 PHI 346.2 44 41 23 16 2 2 6 24 16 .600 1 1 33 5 27 66% 60.6 79 24 7 6 34 5 4.7 4.8 8.3
80 Preacher Roe* 37 BRO 157.0 25 24 11 3 10 3 2 16 8 .667 2 4 9 1 10 42% 49.5 79 15 11 5 3 15 6.5 6.7 6.5
81 John Romonosky 23 STL 7.2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 50% 44.0 47 41 0 2 4.5 3.8
82 Bob Rush 27 CHC 166.2 29 28 9 14 5 0 3 13 15 .464 1 1 8 1 14 50% 47.5 86 20 16 7 6 12 3.6 3.8 5.9
83 Willard Schmidt 25 STL 17.2 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 56 34 2 1 1 1 2.5 3.3 5.5
84 Bob Schultz* 29 TOT 30.4 18 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.2 39 24 10 3 1 3 3.3 0.0 2.2
85 Bob Schultz* 29 CHC 11.2 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 35 31 4 1 0 2 5.3 0.0 2.7
86 Bob Schultz* 29 PIT 18.2 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.5 39 24 6 2 1 1 1.5 0.0 1.7
87 Curt Simmons* 24 PHI 238.0 32 30 16 13 1 3 5 17 13 .567 0 1 19 4 18 60% 57.7 95 11 6 4 17 8 5.3 4.5 7.9
88 Duke Simpson 25 CHC 45.0 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 15 5 1 0 1.0 0.0
89 Frank Smith 25 CIN 83.2 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 11 7 0 0 7.9 0.7
90 Warren Spahn* 32 MLN 265.2 35 32 23 7 2 1 3 25 7 .781 0 2 24 5 25 78% 63.6 93 24 9 3 16 7 5.0 5.0 8.1
91 Gerry Staley 32 STL 230.0 40 32 18 9 5 5 2 20 12 .625 0 7 10 1 16 50% 49.8 80 15 8 2 13 6 5.2 5.5 6.9
92 Max Surkont 31 MLN 170.0 28 24 11 5 8 4 0 14 8 .636 0 3 11 2 9 38% 51.0 87 19 12 3 7 8 5.6 6.3 6.7
93 Jim Waugh 19 PIT 90.1 29 11 4 5 2 3 0 5 6 .455 0 1 1 0 1 9% 39.5 64 28 4 1 5 4 4.8 5.5 4.9
94 Herm Wehmeier 26 CIN 81.2 28 10 1 6 3 1 1 2 8 .200 0 3 2 0 1 10% 36.7 66 19 9 1 1 6 4.0 3.3 4.7
95 Jim Willis 26 CHC 43.1 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 2 0 2 67% 60.3 75 45 2 0 0 3 5.0 5.5 8.3
96 Jim Wilson 31 MLN 114.0 20 18 4 9 5 0 5 6 12 .333 0 4 5 0 10 56% 51.4 79 25 10 4 3 11 4.2 3.7 6.1
97 Al Worthington 24 NYG 102.0 20 17 4 7 6 0 2 4 13 .235 2 3 5 2 7 41% 49.1 85 28 17 5 8 5 4.6 4.8 5.7


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