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1954 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 4.81 154 154 64 47 43 16 10 92 62 .597 10 18 39 8 70 45% 50 93 15 192 74 59 50 5.1 5.3 6.1
CHC 4.97 154 154 51 69 34 6 20 64 90 .416 5 12 41 4 77 50% 49 86 16 150 59 45 69 4.5 4.2 6.4
CIN 4.95 154 154 52 55 47 11 13 74 80 .481 8 25 34 8 66 43% 46 97 17 179 67 40 70 4.8 4.7 6.0
MLN 3.61 154 154 66 49 39 9 18 89 65 .578 5 24 63 13 90 58% 54 91 23 146 54 52 58 4.4 4.1 6.7
NYG 3.57 154 154 69 33 52 9 6 97 57 .630 7 35 45 17 80 52% 54 90 18 202 64 56 49 4.8 4.4 6.3
PHI 3.99 154 153 58 73 22 9 28 74 79 .484 5 11 78 13 84 55% 53 96 17 108 45 70 47 4.3 4.1 7.3
PIT 5.49 154 154 39 94 21 9 21 53 101 .344 2 10 37 4 60 39% 44 83 5 95 37 41 63 3.7 3.9 6.0
STL 5.13 154 153 50 50 53 9 14 72 81 .471 9 21 40 10 73 48% 50 91 13 178 72 50 48 5.2 5.3 6.3
LgAvg 4.56 154 154 56 59 39 10 16 77 77 .500 6 20 47 10 75 49% 50 97 5 156 59 52 57 4.6 4.5 6.4
4.56 1232 1230 449 470 311 78 130 615 615 .500 51 156 377 77 600 49% 50 97 5 1250 472 413 454 4.6 4.5 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 Johnny Antonelli* 24 NYG 258.2 39 37 21 7 9 1 2 26 11 .703 2 6 18 6 23 62% 59.6 90 24 22 7 21 6 5.0 5.2 6.9
2 Fred Baczewski* 28 CIN 130.0 29 22 6 6 10 2 1 9 13 .409 2 5 4 1 8 36% 45.1 68 24 22 8 4 14 5.0 4.5 5.5
3 Ralph Beard 25 STL 58.0 13 10 0 4 6 0 2 2 8 .200 0 2 0 0 4 40% 46.7 83 27 10 3 1 5 3.0 3.1 4.9
4 Bob Buhl 25 MLN 110.1 31 14 2 5 7 0 2 5 9 .357 1 4 2 1 5 36% 44.1 79 23 16 7 2 10 4.1 3.3 5.4
5 Lew Burdette 27 MLN 238.0 38 32 14 13 5 1 5 16 16 .500 1 5 13 4 22 69% 56.0 90 25 22 7 15 9 3.5 3.2 7.1
6 Bubba Church 29 CHC 14.2 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 36.3 65 21 6 3 0 3 7.6 8.2 3.6
7 Dave Cole 23 CHC 84.0 18 14 3 8 3 0 1 3 11 .214 1 1 2 1 5 36% 42.9 77 22 15 12 6 7 4.0 4.9 5.0
8 Jackie Collum* 27 CIN 79.0 36 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 1 0 1 50% 50.5 63 38 14 6 0 1 5.3 6.0 7.5
9 Gene Conley 23 MLN 194.1 28 27 13 9 5 2 4 17 10 .630 1 2 12 2 18 67% 56.3 87 24 18 8 5 7 4.2 4.5 7.0
10 Ray Crone 22 MLN 49.0 19 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 75.5 77 74 0 0 0 2 1.7 2.0 9.5
11 Bob Darnell 23 BRO 14.1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 4 1 0 1 6.0 13.5 2.0
12 Jim Davis* 29 CHC 127.2 46 12 5 5 2 0 2 5 7 .417 1 1 2 0 8 67% 49.6 76 27 12 1 7 3 4.7 3.6 6.0
13 Murry Dickson 37 PHI 226.1 40 31 9 19 3 1 8 11 20 .355 0 2 12 4 17 55% 48.0 78 20 10 3 17 8 3.6 3.6 6.8
14 Karl Drews 34 TOT 76.0 30 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 2 22% 80 24 17 8 3 3 6.4 8.8 4.7
15 Karl Drews 34 CIN 60.0 22 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 2 22% 41.1 80 24 12 6 3 3 6.4 8.8 4.7
16 Carl Erskine 27 BRO 260.1 38 37 18 15 4 5 3 20 17 .541 2 1 12 2 16 43% 52.8 89 23 20 6 18 5 4.4 4.3 7.0
17 Art Fowler 31 CIN 227.2 40 29 11 8 10 1 3 15 14 .517 0 7 8 1 17 59% 49.1 74 26 22 8 12 6 4.2 3.9 6.6
18 Bob Friend 23 PIT 170.1 35 20 6 11 3 2 2 7 13 .350 0 3 4 2 9 45% 40.1 82 9 9 1 7 8 4.4 5.3 6.3
19 Ruben Gomez 26 NYG 221.2 37 32 17 7 8 3 0 22 10 .688 1 6 10 4 18 56% 55.2 82 21 27 10 14 8 4.8 4.4 6.7
20 Bill Greason 29 STL 4.0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 38 28 2 2 0 2 6.8 12.0 1.5
21 Bob Greenwood 26 PHI 36.2 11 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 50.8 67 34 4 1 0 4 4.6 3.7 4.5
22 Marv Grissom 36 NYG 122.1 56 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 2 67% 60.3 78 48 7 1 0 2 3.6 2.1 7.1
23 Warren Hacker 29 CHC 158.2 39 18 5 7 6 0 1 8 10 .444 0 1 4 1 8 44% 51.1 81 16 11 4 10 6 4.5 4.6 6.5
24 Harvey Haddix* 28 STL 259.2 43 35 17 11 7 2 3 22 13 .629 3 3 13 3 22 63% 55.1 91 23 16 5 17 4 5.6 5.2 7.1
25 Jim Hearn 33 NYG 130.0 29 18 7 7 4 1 1 8 10 .444 1 2 3 2 9 50% 48.0 78 23 30 14 6 7 5.5 5.8 6.0
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 Hetki 32 PIT 83.0 58 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 10 2 0 1 1.0 1.5 6.0
27 Cal Hogue 26 PIT 11.0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.5 42 31 6 2 1 0 3.5 7.0 4.0
28 Larry Jansen 33 NYG 40.2 13 7 1 1 5 0 0 2 5 .286 0 4 0 0 1 14% 37.1 49 28 4 2 3 4 4.5 4.3 3.7
29 Joey Jay 18 MLN 18.0 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 8 3 0 1 4.0 0.0 2.7
30 Hal Jeffcoat 29 CHC 104.0 43 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 47.3 58 35 15 4 1 2 4.2 4.7 7.0
31 Ernie Johnson 30 MLN 99.1 40 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 2 1 0 2 50% 54.0 73 28 4 0 1 1 6.0 5.9 5.3
32 Dave Jolly 29 MLN 111.1 47 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77.0 77 77 11 4 0 1 0.8 1.0 10.0
33 Gordon Jones 24 STL 81.0 11 10 4 4 2 1 4 4 6 .400 0 1 4 2 9 90% 61.4 83 49 0 0 2 4 3.4 3.6 8.0
34 Howie Judson 28 CIN 93.1 37 8 4 4 0 1 1 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 4 50% 45.9 66 22 14 3 3 4 5.0 4.6 5.7
35 Johnny Klippstein 26 CHC 148.0 36 21 4 9 8 0 1 8 13 .381 2 3 4 0 8 38% 43.1 73 24 28 14 6 10 4.7 3.7 5.5
36 Jim Konstanty 37 PHI 50.1 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 50.0 50 50 5 4 1 0 4.0 0.0 4.0
37 Clem Labine 27 BRO 108.1 47 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 43.0 67 19 19 8 1 1 4.0 3.0 5.8
38 Paul LaPalme* 30 PIT 120.2 33 15 3 9 3 1 2 5 10 .333 1 1 2 0 4 27% 42.5 69 19 11 3 3 9 4.6 4.4 5.6
39 Al Lary 25 CHC 6.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 0 0 0 1 4.5 3.6 6.0
40 Vern Law 24 PIT 161.2 39 18 5 13 0 1 3 5 13 .278 0 1 7 0 7 39% 41.8 80 13 12 4 3 9 3.3 3.2 5.5
41 Brooks Lawrence 29 STL 158.2 35 18 9 2 7 1 0 12 6 .667 0 4 8 0 10 56% 53.4 77 22 12 3 13 1 5.9 5.8 7.3
42 Don Liddle* 29 NYG 126.2 28 19 8 3 8 3 1 11 8 .579 0 6 4 3 8 42% 53.5 85 25 21 7 5 10 4.5 3.1 6.0
43 Royce Lint* 33 STL 70.1 30 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 1 1 2 50% 49.8 71 37 16 8 0 3 6.3 5.8 4.6
44 Dick Littlefield* 28 PIT 155.0 23 21 9 11 1 3 2 10 11 .476 1 1 7 1 9 43% 50.7 83 30 10 6 5 7 3.7 4.6 7.0
45 Billy Loes 24 BRO 147.2 28 21 10 3 8 4 0 14 7 .667 3 3 6 0 8 38% 48.7 73 21 22 7 7 6 6.0 6.5 6.0
46 Memo Luna* 24 STL 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 2 0 0 1 6.0 0.7
47 Sal Maglie 37 NYG 218.1 34 32 14 6 12 1 2 23 9 .719 2 10 9 1 19 59% 53.5 87 18 21 3 7 7 4.4 3.7 6.7
48 Windy McCall* 28 NYG 61.0 33 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42.8 55 35 19 9 0 3 3.6 3.5 2.8
49 Russ Meyer 30 BRO 180.1 36 28 11 6 11 4 3 19 9 .679 2 6 6 2 13 46% 49.6 78 16 27 9 11 8 5.4 6.0 5.9
50 Bob Miller 28 PHI 150.0 30 16 3 8 5 2 2 7 9 .438 3 1 5 0 5 31% 43.7 64 20 17 10 4 8 5.1 4.6 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
51 Stu Miller 26 STL 46.2 19 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 1 25% 37.2 41 29 13 5 2 1 6.6 6.3 5.3
52 Bob Milliken 27 BRO 62.2 24 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 45.3 53 33 5 3 2 1 3.6 1.7 5.0
53 Paul Minner* 30 CHC 218.0 32 29 11 10 8 2 4 13 16 .448 1 2 12 0 14 48% 50.2 75 19 14 7 5 12 5.2 5.6 7.4
54 Ramon Monzant 21 NYG 7.2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 9 2 0 1 9.0 6.8 3.7
55 Ron Mrozinski* 23 PHI 48.0 15 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 1 0 2 50% 48.0 62 35 6 0 0 4 3.9 3.6 6.5
56 Don Newcombe 28 BRO 144.1 29 25 9 8 8 2 2 16 9 .640 0 3 6 0 11 44% 47.4 69 22 22 9 7 10 5.4 5.1 5.5
57 Chet Nichols* 23 MLN 122.1 35 20 7 8 5 0 0 10 10 .500 0 2 5 1 8 40% 46.9 82 26 29 9 7 9 4.6 4.2 5.1
58 Joe Nuxhall* 25 CIN 166.2 35 14 7 4 3 2 1 9 5 .643 1 0 5 1 6 43% 47.3 79 27 21 8 4 4 6.0 6.0 7.0
59 George O'Donnell 25 PIT 87.1 21 10 2 8 0 0 2 2 8 .200 0 0 3 0 4 40% 40.4 58 24 5 3 3 4 2.1 2.9 5.7
60 Erv Palica 26 BRO 67.2 25 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 2 67% 46.7 55 32 10 3 1 0 4.5 3.9 5.2
61 Jim Pearce 29 CIN 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 76.0 76 76 0 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 9.0
62 Paul Penson 22 PHI 16.0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42.3 52 35 3 1 0 3 6.2 5.8 5.0
63 Laurin Pepper 23 PIT 50.2 14 8 1 5 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 0 0 0 1 13% 35.4 62 5 8 5 1 4 3.5 5.1 4.1
64 Harry Perkowski* 31 CIN 95.2 28 12 2 6 4 1 3 5 7 .417 1 2 3 1 5 42% 44.8 97 19 15 7 1 8 3.9 3.1 6.2
65 Mario Picone 27 TOT 24.0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 31 1 0 0 1 2.0 4.5 4.3
66 Mario Picone 27 CIN 10.1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 1 0 0 1 2.0 4.5 4.3
67 Bud Podbielan 30 CIN 131.0 27 24 7 10 7 1 1 13 11 .542 1 4 4 0 8 33% 42.5 78 23 23 8 3 15 5.1 5.3 5.3
68 Johnny Podres* 21 BRO 151.2 29 21 10 7 4 1 1 12 9 .571 1 2 6 2 12 57% 50.3 82 15 18 6 10 7 5.5 6.2 6.4
69 Tom Poholsky 24 STL 106.0 25 13 5 5 3 1 2 7 6 .538 2 0 4 0 8 62% 56.4 72 26 3 1 3 6 5.6 6.1 6.7
70 Howie Pollet* 33 CHC 128.1 20 20 8 10 2 3 5 9 11 .450 0 1 4 2 11 55% 50.4 84 27 15 3 2 14 4.6 3.5 6.4
71 Joe Presko 25 STL 71.2 37 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 1 0 1 1 1 17% 44.0 76 28 28 9 2 2 4.7 4.9 5.5
72 Bob Purkey 24 PIT 131.1 36 11 2 7 2 0 1 2 9 .182 0 0 0 0 5 45% 42.1 69 21 7 4 4 5 3.4 4.5 5.5
73 Ken Raffensberger* 36 CIN 10.1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 2 2 0 1 13.0 22.5 2.0
74 Vic Raschi 35 STL 179.0 30 29 8 9 12 3 2 13 16 .448 1 4 6 2 11 38% 48.1 83 13 13 7 3 11 4.6 4.6 6.1
75 Steve Ridzik 25 PHI 80.2 35 6 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 45.2 60 34 12 2 3 1 2.8 2.5 4.5
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 Robin Roberts 27 PHI 336.2 45 38 20 15 3 5 7 21 17 .553 1 3 29 4 23 61% 61.2 96 23 4 2 23 3 4.8 4.2 8.4
77 Preacher Roe* 38 BRO 63.0 15 10 3 4 3 0 0 6 4 .600 2 1 1 0 4 40% 45.2 61 29 16 6 1 9 4.5 5.1 5.5
78 Bob Rush 28 CHC 236.1 33 32 13 15 4 1 6 15 17 .469 0 3 11 0 20 63% 53.8 86 22 18 6 7 11 3.9 2.9 7.3
79 Carl Scheib 27 STL 4.2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 2 0 0 1 4.0 6.0 2.0
80 Curt Simmons* 25 PHI 253.0 34 33 14 15 4 0 7 18 15 .545 1 1 21 3 22 67% 56.5 84 20 18 5 15 11 4.4 4.2 7.6
81 Warren Spahn* 33 MLN 283.1 39 34 20 11 3 4 6 22 12 .647 1 2 23 1 23 68% 57.5 81 27 13 10 16 8 4.4 4.2 8.1
82 Karl Spooner* 23 BRO 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 2 2 100% 90.5 93 88 0 0 1 1 2.3 2.3 9.0
83 Gerry Staley 33 STL 155.2 48 20 4 7 9 1 1 6 14 .300 2 2 3 1 5 25% 39.9 78 13 18 6 7 7 5.6 6.4 5.6
84 Max Surkont 32 PIT 208.1 33 29 8 18 3 1 6 11 18 .379 0 1 11 0 14 48% 47.6 76 16 4 1 5 11 3.7 3.4 6.8
85 Jake Thies 28 PIT 130.1 33 18 3 9 6 1 3 7 11 .389 0 3 3 1 7 39% 48.1 77 18 9 4 8 5 3.7 3.1 5.6
86 Corky Valentine 25 CIN 194.1 36 28 10 10 8 2 2 11 17 .393 2 5 7 3 13 46% 48.4 77 17 20 5 10 10 4.2 4.1 6.5
87 Herm Wehmeier 27 TOT 171.2 37 20 9 11 0 1 4 9 11 .450 0 0 10 2 12 60% 53.0 85 17 26 19 7 7 3.9 4.1 7.2
88 Herm Wehmeier 27 CIN 33.2 12 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45.0 55 40 8 6 0 2 2.7 1.5 6.0
89 Herm Wehmeier 27 PHI 138.0 25 17 9 8 0 1 3 9 8 .529 0 0 10 2 11 65% 54.4 85 17 18 13 7 5 4.1 4.5 7.4
90 Jim Willis 27 CHC 23.0 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 4 1 1 0 1.0 4.0
91 Jim Wilson 32 MLN 127.2 27 19 8 2 9 2 1 16 3 .842 0 6 6 4 9 47% 52.9 91 27 18 4 6 10 6.4 5.7 6.0
92 Pete Wojey 34 BRO 27.2 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 4 2 0 1 6.0 7.2 4.3
93 Al Worthington 25 NYG 18.0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 10 2 0 1 7.0 1.8 4.0
94 Len Yochim* 25 PIT 19.2 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 2 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 1.7


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