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1955 National League Starting Pitching

1954 NL  / 1956 NL  / 1955 AL  / 1955 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 4.22 154 154 68 37 49 18 13 98 55 .641 10 23 46 9 76 49% 53 92 11 167 55 61 51 5.7 5.6 6.5
CHC 4.63 154 154 48 68 38 6 23 72 81 .471 8 13 47 9 78 51% 50 86 8 143 49 50 53 4.1 4.2 6.5
CIN 4.44 154 154 52 62 40 13 14 75 79 .487 4 28 38 12 65 42% 49 86 22 176 57 80 37 5.0 4.8 6.0
MLN 4.34 154 154 65 51 38 10 18 85 69 .552 7 21 61 5 83 54% 52 90 18 135 47 55 45 4.9 4.6 6.7
NYG 4.37 154 154 55 58 41 3 15 80 74 .519 5 16 52 6 76 49% 51 112 18 160 46 71 47 4.6 4.4 6.2
PHI 4.32 154 154 61 60 33 8 14 77 77 .500 7 19 58 8 78 51% 52 90 18 130 40 68 53 4.5 4.6 6.6
PIT 4.98 154 154 48 82 24 7 19 60 94 .390 4 12 41 5 69 45% 48 118 10 128 40 73 42 3.6 3.6 6.2
STL 4.92 154 154 48 65 41 5 14 68 86 .442 4 21 42 8 65 42% 49 90 18 191 84 55 43 4.2 4.1 6.1
LgAvg 4.53 154 154 56 60 38 9 16 77 77 .500 6 19 48 8 74 48% 50 118 8 154 52 64 46 4.6 4.5 6.3
4.53 1232 1232 445 483 304 70 130 615 615 .500 49 153 385 62 590 48% 50 118 8 1230 418 513 371 4.6 4.5 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 John Andre 32 CHC 45.0 22 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 35.0 49 24 8 4 3 0 7.6 9.0 3.4
2 Johnny Antonelli* 25 NYG 235.1 38 34 14 16 4 1 5 16 18 .471 0 1 14 2 19 56% 55.3 112 18 18 3 21 4 4.2 4.4 6.8
3 Luis Arroyo* 28 STL 159.0 35 24 10 8 6 0 2 11 13 .458 0 4 9 1 13 54% 50.1 78 24 21 9 8 6 4.6 4.6 6.2
4 Don Bessent 24 BRO 63.1 24 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 58.0 72 44 7 2 1 1 6.8 6.8 8.5
5 Joe Black 31 TOT 117.2 38 11 3 2 6 1 0 8 3 .727 2 3 1 0 4 36% 75 32 12 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
6 Joe Black 31 CIN 102.1 32 11 3 2 6 1 0 8 3 .727 2 3 1 0 4 36% 47.1 75 32 10 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
7 Roger Bowman* 27 PIT 16.2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.5 42 35 0 0 0 1 2.5 5.0
8 Bob Buhl 26 MLN 201.2 38 27 12 10 5 1 4 15 12 .556 0 5 11 1 16 59% 53.8 81 25 14 5 13 5 4.6 3.8 6.6
9 Lew Burdette 28 MLN 230.0 42 33 11 7 15 3 4 16 17 .485 3 7 11 2 18 55% 48.2 78 20 29 7 16 6 5.1 4.8 6.5
10 Pete Burnside* 24 NYG 12.2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 47.5 62 33 0 0 0 1 10.7 5.6 6.3
11 Hy Cohen 24 CHC 17.0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 24.0 24 24 3 1 1 0 8.0 2.3 3.0
12 Dave Cole 24 PHI 18.1 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.7 39 29 5 4 1 2 3.7 3.9 4.1
13 Jackie Collum* 28 CIN 134.0 32 17 7 7 3 1 3 9 8 .529 1 2 5 0 9 53% 50.4 77 26 10 8 11 3 6.3 7.4 6.4
14 Gene Conley 24 MLN 158.0 22 21 11 6 4 4 1 14 7 .667 1 2 10 0 8 38% 53.2 90 18 8 3 4 6 5.1 5.1 7.5
15 Roger Craig 25 BRO 90.2 21 10 5 2 3 1 2 7 3 .700 0 1 3 0 6 60% 54.2 76 40 10 6 6 2 6.5 6.2 6.8
16 Ray Crone 23 MLN 140.1 33 15 5 7 3 0 3 6 9 .400 1 1 6 1 9 60% 55.0 86 29 20 11 6 6 3.9 3.8 6.5
17 Jim Davis* 30 CHC 133.2 42 16 2 8 6 1 3 5 11 .313 2 2 0 0 8 50% 48.5 82 16 19 7 10 3 2.7 3.1 5.9
18 Murry Dickson 38 PHI 216.0 36 28 11 10 7 0 3 13 15 .464 1 4 12 4 16 57% 54.4 86 26 14 2 13 11 4.4 4.8 7.0
19 Lino Donoso* 32 PIT 95.0 25 9 3 4 2 0 2 4 5 .444 0 1 3 0 5 56% 49.0 77 24 5 1 5 4 5.0 4.4 7.0
20 Carl Erskine 28 BRO 194.2 31 29 10 8 11 3 3 14 14 .500 2 5 7 2 16 55% 51.7 91 17 17 7 8 5 4.5 4.4 6.6
21 Roy Face 27 PIT 125.2 42 10 4 6 0 0 1 4 6 .400 0 1 4 0 5 50% 52.6 75 18 6 1 7 0 2.8 2.6 7.0
22 Ben Flowers 28 STL 27.1 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 52.8 64 37 5 0 1 1 4.7 3.3 6.8
23 Art Fowler 32 CIN 207.2 46 28 10 10 8 2 3 13 15 .464 0 7 8 3 15 54% 50.9 82 26 29 6 18 6 4.1 4.1 6.2
24 Bob Friend 24 PIT 200.1 44 20 9 8 3 0 3 12 8 .600 1 2 9 2 13 65% 55.2 93 27 15 3 11 6 4.1 3.5 7.0
25 Paul Giel 22 NYG 82.1 34 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.0 47 41 11 4 1 1 3.1 0.0 2.3
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 Ruben Gomez 27 NYG 185.1 33 31 9 9 13 0 0 16 15 .516 1 3 9 3 13 42% 47.7 83 22 17 7 14 10 4.6 3.8 5.9
27 Don Gross* 24 CIN 67.1 17 11 4 3 4 2 1 6 5 .545 0 4 2 1 4 36% 48.9 80 27 12 1 8 1 4.8 3.1 5.4
28 Warren Hacker 30 CHC 213.0 35 30 10 15 5 1 5 14 16 .467 1 2 13 0 15 50% 51.4 81 15 12 7 11 8 3.7 3.5 7.0
29 Harvey Haddix* 29 STL 208.0 37 30 11 15 4 3 3 14 16 .467 1 2 9 2 11 37% 50.4 86 22 16 9 12 4 4.0 4.8 6.6
30 Dick Hall 24 PIT 94.1 15 13 6 6 1 3 4 6 7 .462 0 1 4 0 7 54% 51.9 64 35 5 2 8 3 4.1 2.1 7.1
31 Jim Hearn 34 NYG 226.2 39 33 12 15 6 1 6 15 18 .455 3 4 11 1 20 61% 51.3 85 21 26 11 17 6 4.4 3.9 6.6
32 Dave Hillman 27 CHC 57.2 25 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 38 29 5 0 1 1 9.4 7.5 3.6
33 Larry Jackson 24 STL 177.1 37 25 5 12 8 1 5 7 18 .280 0 4 4 1 11 44% 45.6 77 18 19 7 8 9 3.9 3.6 6.1
34 Joey Jay 19 MLN 19.0 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 0 0 1 0 8.0 12.0 2.0
35 Hal Jeffcoat 30 CHC 100.2 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 23 3 0 1 4.5 6.0 4.0
36 Ernie Johnson 31 MLN 92.0 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.5 56 35 8 3 0 1 4.0 4.5 6.0
37 Gordon Jones 25 STL 57.0 15 9 1 3 5 0 1 2 7 .222 0 2 0 0 2 22% 45.8 79 34 10 3 2 5 4.0 4.5 4.9
38 Sam Jones 29 CHC 241.2 36 34 13 19 2 1 5 14 20 .412 3 0 12 4 17 50% 53.7 86 27 29 17 16 7 3.4 3.7 6.9
39 Nellie King 27 PIT 54.1 17 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 46.8 61 39 5 1 1 2 3.7 4.7 5.7
40 Ron Kline 23 PIT 136.2 36 19 4 13 2 0 2 4 15 .211 0 2 2 1 6 32% 41.9 74 24 9 2 9 4 2.8 2.3 5.4
41 Johnny Klippstein 27 CIN 138.0 39 14 5 8 1 2 1 5 9 .357 0 1 3 2 5 36% 48.3 84 28 11 3 6 5 4.2 5.3 5.8
42 Sandy Koufax* 19 BRO 41.2 12 5 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 2 2 3 60% 61.4 92 41 9 2 3 2 3.3 4.2 6.7
43 Bob Kuzava* 32 PHI 32.1 17 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 0 0 0 1 25% 47.5 62 39 12 2 1 1 5.2 5.1 4.0
44 Clem Labine 28 BRO 144.1 60 8 3 3 2 1 0 3 5 .375 1 1 1 0 2 25% 46.9 65 33 10 4 4 2 3.7 4.0 6.4
45 Tom Lasorda* 27 BRO 4.0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 3 0 0 1 4.5 1.0
46 Vern Law 25 PIT 200.2 43 24 9 9 6 0 1 13 11 .542 1 2 8 1 13 54% 51.2 118 10 18 4 13 4 4.0 4.0 6.6
47 Brooks Lawrence 30 STL 96.0 46 10 2 5 3 0 0 4 6 .400 1 2 2 1 2 20% 43.5 83 24 28 7 3 6 4.5 3.1 4.0
48 Don Liddle* 30 NYG 106.1 33 13 6 3 4 1 0 10 3 .769 0 2 4 0 5 38% 49.9 81 35 14 5 3 7 6.1 6.8 6.1
49 Dick Littlefield* 29 PIT 130.0 35 17 4 9 4 0 1 4 13 .235 0 0 4 1 6 35% 44.4 79 23 16 5 8 5 3.2 5.1 5.0
50 Billy Loes 25 BRO 128.0 22 19 10 2 7 1 0 16 3 .842 2 5 6 0 12 63% 55.8 72 31 14 7 5 10 4.9 4.6 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
51 John Mackinson 31 STL 20.2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 4 1 0 0 9.0 36.0 0.3
52 Sal Maglie 38 NYG 129.2 23 21 8 5 8 0 1 13 8 .619 1 4 6 0 9 43% 48.9 75 27 11 3 8 11 4.7 4.7 5.9
53 Paul Martin 23 PIT 7.0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 8 1 1 0 1.0 0.0
54 Windy McCall* 29 NYG 95.0 42 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 4 0 3 50% 54.5 73 37 18 5 3 2 4.6 4.1 7.0
55 Lindy McDaniel 19 STL 19.0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 1 50% 45.0 54 36 0 0 0 1 4.5 1.4 7.5
56 Jack Meyer 23 PHI 110.1 50 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 2 40% 51.2 76 31 7 2 2 3 3.1 2.9 5.7
57 Russ Meyer 31 BRO 73.0 18 11 5 1 5 4 0 9 2 .818 1 0 2 1 1 9% 45.9 84 11 18 6 1 8 8.2 8.3 5.5
58 Rudy Minarcin 25 CIN 115.2 41 12 3 8 1 0 1 4 8 .333 0 0 3 1 4 33% 45.3 86 22 19 8 6 3 4.8 4.3 5.4
59 Paul Minner* 31 CHC 157.2 22 22 9 9 4 2 5 11 11 .500 1 1 7 1 14 64% 50.7 84 30 11 2 0 14 4.7 5.9 7.2
60 Herb Moford 26 STL 24.0 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 4 1 0 1 3.0 4.5 3.3
61 Ramon Monzant 22 NYG 94.2 28 12 2 7 3 0 3 3 9 .250 0 0 3 0 6 50% 47.4 73 22 9 1 4 5 3.5 2.8 5.4
62 Ron Mrozinski* 24 PHI 34.1 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24.0 24 24 7 3 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.7
63 Ron Negray 25 PHI 71.2 19 10 3 3 4 1 1 6 4 .600 1 1 2 0 6 60% 51.1 72 33 9 4 3 2 4.0 5.1 6.0
64 Don Newcombe 29 BRO 233.2 34 31 19 5 7 4 3 25 6 .806 0 6 17 1 20 65% 56.5 91 12 11 0 14 7 7.2 6.6 7.4
65 Chet Nichols* 24 MLN 144.0 34 21 8 7 6 2 2 12 9 .571 0 3 6 0 9 43% 47.7 79 29 12 2 4 14 5.2 4.8 6.0
66 Joe Nuxhall* 26 CIN 257.0 50 33 15 12 6 3 3 18 15 .545 1 3 14 5 17 52% 52.0 82 24 26 10 18 4 5.7 5.4 6.7
67 Jim Owens 21 PHI 8.2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.5 39 32 2 0 0 1 3.5 0.0 3.5
68 Jim Pearce 30 CIN 3.1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 2 1 0 1 5.0 0.0 2.3
69 Laurin Pepper 24 PIT 20.0 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 13 3 0 1 2.0 0.0
70 Harry Perkowski* 32 CHC 47.2 25 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28.8 40 15 10 4 0 4 3.1 5.4 3.1
71 Bud Podbielan 31 CIN 42.0 17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.5 38 37 2 1 1 0 2.0 3.0 6.2
72 Johnny Podres* 22 BRO 159.1 27 24 9 10 5 2 4 13 11 .542 2 1 5 2 12 50% 51.7 83 25 27 8 10 10 5.8 6.2 6.5
73 Tom Poholsky 25 STL 151.0 30 24 9 11 4 1 2 12 12 .500 1 2 8 2 12 50% 52.6 83 23 18 10 8 6 4.3 3.2 5.8
74 Howie Pollet* 34 CHC 61.0 24 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 1 0 1 1 2 29% 41.4 77 21 5 3 0 5 5.1 5.5 5.2
75 Bob Purkey 25 PIT 67.2 14 10 2 7 1 0 0 2 8 .200 1 0 2 0 3 30% 42.5 77 18 6 6 3 4 2.8 2.5 5.9
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
76 Vic Raschi 36 STL 1.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 1 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 1.7
77 Steve Ridzik 26 TOT 41.0 16 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 2 67% 48.3 57 32 11 3 1 2 2.3 1.6 6.0
78 Steve Ridzik 26 PHI 11.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 1 100% 56.0 56 56 4 2 1 0 2.0 2.6 6.7
79 Steve Ridzik 26 CIN 30.0 13 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44.5 57 32 7 1 0 2 2.5 0.9 5.7
80 Robin Roberts 28 PHI 305.0 41 38 23 14 1 4 5 23 15 .605 1 5 26 1 25 66% 56.4 90 18 5 3 25 4 4.8 4.6 8.0
81 Humberto Robinson 25 MLN 38.0 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 54.0 71 37 5 1 1 1 5.3 9.0 5.0
82 Saul Rogovin 31 PHI 73.0 12 11 5 3 3 0 1 7 4 .636 0 2 5 2 7 64% 55.9 77 33 8 2 3 5 4.4 3.9 6.5
83 Bob Rush 29 CHC 234.0 33 33 13 11 9 1 4 19 14 .576 0 2 14 3 22 67% 55.8 84 8 11 1 8 10 4.4 4.4 7.1
84 Willard Schmidt 27 STL 129.2 20 15 7 6 2 0 1 8 7 .533 1 2 8 1 9 60% 61.7 90 23 7 4 12 0 3.9 4.0 8.1
85 Curt Simmons* 26 PHI 130.0 25 22 7 7 8 1 0 12 10 .545 2 5 3 0 8 36% 45.9 75 23 20 3 7 12 4.5 4.2 5.6
86 Warren Spahn* 34 MLN 245.2 39 32 17 11 4 0 4 20 12 .625 2 3 16 1 22 69% 54.1 84 25 8 4 10 6 4.8 4.6 7.2
87 Karl Spooner* 24 BRO 98.2 29 14 3 5 6 1 0 6 8 .429 2 2 2 1 3 21% 46.3 79 30 22 10 9 3 5.2 5.2 4.7
88 Gerry Staley 34 CIN 119.2 30 18 5 6 7 2 1 10 8 .556 0 5 2 0 5 28% 45.2 75 29 20 6 5 7 4.8 3.7 5.6
89 Max Surkont 33 PIT 166.1 35 22 6 13 3 3 4 8 14 .364 1 2 5 0 9 41% 44.6 65 13 18 9 6 7 4.1 3.8 6.4
90 Jake Thies 29 PIT 3.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 2 2 0 1 3.0 6.0 3.7
91 Corky Valentine 26 CIN 26.2 10 5 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .400 0 3 0 0 1 20% 41.2 61 30 7 1 0 4 5.4 1.8 4.1
92 Ben Wade 32 PIT 28.0 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 2 0 1 0 7.9 9.0 3.7
93 Herm Wehmeier 28 PHI 193.2 31 29 10 12 7 2 2 12 17 .414 0 2 10 1 12 41% 50.2 78 24 16 8 12 11 4.8 5.2 6.5
94 Floyd Wooldridge 26 STL 57.2 18 8 2 3 3 0 0 4 4 .500 0 1 2 0 2 25% 42.4 71 25 11 7 1 3 4.7 5.7 5.7


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