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1959 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
CHC 4.44 155 155 48 58 49 12 15 74 80 .481 8 26 30 10 72 46% 49 88 18 217 72 76 40 4.3 4.1 6.1
CIN 4.79 154 154 52 65 37 9 15 74 80 .481 5 20 44 6 69 45% 48 86 16 197 78 51 52 5.1 4.6 6.1
LAD 4.29 156 156 60 48 48 5 12 88 68 .564 10 28 43 14 74 47% 54 100 21 232 91 68 45 4.5 4.4 6.2
MLN 3.97 157 157 75 57 25 12 19 86 70 .551 5 13 69 18 89 57% 54 92 13 144 58 80 33 4.7 4.8 7.0
PHI 4.68 155 155 54 71 30 5 16 64 90 .416 5 17 54 8 73 47% 50 84 9 131 62 54 62 3.9 4.0 6.5
PIT 4.39 155 155 51 67 37 6 21 78 76 .506 10 22 48 6 83 54% 52 107 19 156 62 44 62 4.2 4.0 6.6
SFG 3.98 154 154 65 54 35 12 23 83 71 .539 6 21 52 11 87 56% 55 93 20 154 57 93 21 4.6 4.5 6.8
STL 4.71 154 154 47 58 49 4 24 71 83 .461 10 32 36 8 85 55% 50 89 4 199 81 64 38 4.2 3.9 6.3
LgAvg 4.40 155 155 57 60 39 8 18 77 77 .500 7 22 47 10 79 51% 51 107 4 179 70 66 44 4.4 4.3 6.5
4.40 1240 1240 452 478 310 65 145 618 618 .500 59 179 376 81 632 51% 51 107 4 1430 561 530 353 4.4 4.3 6.5

* 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 Bob Anderson 23 CHC 235.1 37 36 12 13 11 4 5 19 17 .528 1 5 7 1 19 53% 49.5 80 18 32 8 20 6 4.2 4.1 6.5
2 Johnny Antonelli* 29 SFG 282.0 40 38 19 10 9 4 4 24 14 .632 3 4 17 4 23 61% 57.6 89 21 21 9 20 3 4.7 4.7 7.4
3 Jim Bailey* 24 CIN 11.2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 1 0 0 1 3.0 2.3 7.7
4 Bob Blaylock 24 STL 9.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 2 1 0 1 12.4 0.0 5.0
5 Gary Blaylock 27 STL 100.0 26 12 3 4 5 0 1 6 6 .500 2 2 3 0 6 50% 48.6 69 31 21 7 6 3 3.7 4.1 5.9
6 Marshall Bridges* 28 STL 76.0 27 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 .750 0 0 1 0 2 50% 51.0 70 24 8 1 0 2 4.6 5.7 6.8
7 Ernie Broglio 23 STL 181.1 35 25 7 9 9 0 4 10 15 .400 2 6 6 3 13 52% 51.2 89 21 16 11 12 5 3.9 3.6 6.1
8 Jim Brosnan 29 TOT 116.1 46 10 4 3 3 1 0 5 5 .500 0 2 1 1 4 40% 45.7 84 24 18 6 4 4 4.9 4.5 5.1
9 Jim Brosnan 29 STL 33.0 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 24.0 24 24 5 2 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.3
10 Jim Brosnan 29 CIN 83.1 26 9 4 3 2 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 4 44% 48.1 84 26 13 4 3 4 4.4 4.6 5.7
11 Bob Buhl 30 MLN 198.0 31 25 15 8 2 1 2 15 10 .600 1 1 12 4 16 64% 57.1 85 13 16 6 12 5 5.1 4.9 7.5
12 Lew Burdette 32 MLN 289.2 41 39 21 15 3 5 5 22 17 .564 2 0 20 4 21 54% 50.9 85 16 17 12 23 3 5.1 5.2 7.4
13 John Buzhardt 22 CHC 101.1 31 10 3 3 4 1 0 6 4 .600 0 2 1 1 4 40% 45.4 87 20 17 7 2 4 5.0 5.0 5.6
14 Don Cardwell 23 PHI 153.0 25 22 9 9 4 1 1 10 11 .476 1 1 5 1 10 45% 51.2 78 16 17 9 7 9 3.9 4.5 6.4
15 Art Ceccarelli* 29 CHC 102.0 18 15 5 5 5 1 1 8 6 .571 1 4 4 2 7 47% 49.9 82 18 13 8 9 4 4.7 3.5 6.6
16 Tom Cheney 24 STL 11.2 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 38.0 40 36 9 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 1.0
17 Gene Conley 28 PHI 180.0 25 22 12 7 3 1 3 13 9 .591 1 1 12 3 15 68% 57.2 84 12 7 3 10 5 5.6 5.5 7.6
18 Roger Craig 29 LAD 152.2 29 17 9 5 3 1 3 11 6 .647 0 3 7 4 11 65% 59.9 84 28 9 6 10 3 4.2 3.7 7.0
19 Bennie Daniels 27 PIT 100.2 34 12 3 6 3 1 1 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 3 25% 44.6 74 23 29 12 4 7 3.6 3.9 4.5
20 Moe Drabowsky 23 CHC 141.2 31 23 5 10 8 1 2 8 15 .348 3 2 3 1 11 48% 46.7 81 24 23 7 9 11 4.0 4.3 5.6
21 Dick Drott 22 CHC 27.1 8 6 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 .500 0 2 1 1 1 17% 46.7 74 29 13 3 3 3 4.2 3.5 3.8
22 Don Drysdale 22 LAD 270.2 44 36 16 11 9 0 1 21 15 .583 1 4 15 4 20 56% 58.9 100 22 17 4 19 4 3.9 3.9 7.1
23 Carl Erskine 32 LAD 23.1 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.7 38 27 7 6 2 1 3.3 2.6 2.2
24 Eddie Fisher 22 SFG 40.0 17 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 0 3 0 0 2 40% 40.4 69 20 6 5 2 1 3.3 0.8 4.7
25 Bob Friend 28 PIT 234.2 35 35 8 19 8 0 6 14 21 .400 4 4 7 2 19 54% 48.6 82 20 21 11 15 9 3.9 3.6 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 Bob Gibson 23 STL 75.2 13 9 2 5 2 0 1 4 5 .444 0 1 2 1 5 56% 52.7 70 28 11 4 1 4 2.8 2.9 7.6
27 Ruben Gomez 31 PHI 72.1 20 12 2 7 3 0 1 5 7 .417 0 2 2 1 4 33% 41.2 81 20 7 4 1 8 3.9 4.0 4.8
28 Fred Green* 25 PIT 37.1 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 10 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 5.7
29 Harvey Haddix* 33 PIT 224.1 31 29 12 12 5 2 6 15 13 .536 1 3 14 2 19 66% 59.2 107 26 7 2 5 13 4.0 4.1 7.7
30 Dick Hall 28 PIT 8.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 65.0 65 65 2 0 0 1 3.1 1.3 8.0
31 Dave Hillman 31 CHC 191.0 39 24 5 10 9 0 3 9 15 .375 3 2 4 1 12 50% 51.7 84 30 27 15 10 8 3.9 3.8 6.6
32 Glen Hobbie 23 CHC 234.0 46 33 16 12 5 5 4 17 16 .515 0 6 10 3 17 52% 52.5 88 20 33 7 19 1 4.7 4.6 6.4
33 Jay Hook 22 CIN 79.0 17 15 5 5 5 1 1 9 6 .600 0 2 4 0 5 33% 47.1 79 22 15 5 7 5 4.9 4.7 5.0
34 Tom Hughes 24 STL 4.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 3 2 0 2 1.5 2.3 2.0
35 Al Jackson* 23 PIT 18.0 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0% 31.3 37 28 2 1 0 3 10.3 15.0 2.8
36 Larry Jackson 28 STL 256.0 40 37 14 12 11 0 6 19 18 .514 3 9 12 3 27 73% 53.9 85 14 28 5 20 6 4.3 4.1 6.9
37 Joey Jay 23 MLN 136.1 34 19 5 9 5 1 5 7 12 .368 0 4 4 1 11 58% 49.9 75 19 26 8 7 10 3.9 4.3 5.7
38 Ben Johnson 28 CHC 16.2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.0 44 44 5 1 1 1 5.6 2.0 5.0
39 Sam Jones 33 SFG 270.2 50 35 17 13 5 2 7 20 15 .571 0 6 16 4 23 66% 57.9 93 25 15 4 26 2 4.4 4.6 7.1
40 Ed Keegan 19 PHI 9.0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19.7 27 9 5 3 1 2 2.0 3.0 3.0
41 Alex Kellner* 34 STL 37.0 12 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 2 50% 51.2 59 46 5 1 3 0 4.6 2.5 4.7
42 Ron Kline 27 PIT 186.0 33 29 10 13 6 1 2 15 14 .517 1 5 7 0 13 45% 48.8 84 21 17 6 6 12 4.3 3.9 6.1
43 Sandy Koufax* 23 LAD 153.1 35 23 8 6 9 1 2 15 8 .652 2 8 6 1 9 39% 54.3 81 30 36 9 10 8 5.7 4.6 6.0
44 Vern Law 29 PIT 266.0 34 33 18 9 6 2 4 24 9 .727 1 3 20 2 25 76% 58.5 84 19 10 6 11 8 4.6 4.6 8.0
45 Brooks Lawrence 34 CIN 128.1 43 14 3 7 4 1 2 6 8 .429 1 1 3 0 7 50% 43.7 71 21 17 10 6 3 4.6 4.2 5.6
46 Bob Mabe 29 CIN 29.2 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 10 7 0 1 9.0 0.0 1.0
47 Mike McCormick* 20 SFG 225.2 47 31 10 14 7 3 7 16 15 .516 2 4 7 3 18 58% 53.6 89 24 32 17 19 5 4.6 4.6 6.5
48 Lindy McDaniel 23 STL 132.0 62 7 1 4 2 0 1 2 5 .286 0 2 1 0 2 29% 46.1 67 32 12 5 3 3 3.2 2.1 5.6
49 Danny McDevitt* 26 LAD 145.0 39 22 9 8 5 2 1 13 9 .591 0 3 6 2 8 36% 49.0 82 23 28 10 13 5 4.5 5.4 5.5
50 Jack Meyer 27 PHI 93.2 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 8 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 5.0
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
51 Bob Miller 20 STL 70.2 11 10 4 3 3 0 2 5 5 .500 0 1 3 0 8 80% 54.0 74 29 10 4 2 4 4.5 3.3 6.9
52 Stu Miller 31 SFG 167.2 59 9 1 3 5 0 2 3 6 .333 0 1 2 0 4 44% 54.2 83 31 17 5 6 2 4.6 4.1 6.5
53 Vinegar Bend Mizell* 28 STL 201.1 31 30 12 10 8 1 3 16 14 .533 2 5 8 1 15 50% 49.6 84 4 30 18 10 6 5.3 5.1 6.6
54 Seth Morehead* 24 TOT 28.2 14 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.0 51 23 9 3 1 3 6.2 4.2 2.9
55 Seth Morehead* 24 PHI 10.0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.7 51 29 1 1 0 3 6.3 6.0 3.3
56 Seth Morehead* 24 CHC 18.2 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28.0 33 23 8 2 1 0 6.0 1.5 2.2
57 Don Newcombe 33 CIN 222.0 30 29 13 8 8 1 2 17 12 .586 2 5 17 2 17 59% 56.6 77 16 11 3 1 11 6.0 5.2 7.6
58 Joe Nuxhall* 30 CIN 131.2 28 21 7 9 5 1 1 10 11 .476 1 3 6 1 7 33% 47.1 86 26 23 6 7 10 5.6 4.4 5.7
59 Jim O'Toole* 22 CIN 129.1 28 19 5 8 6 0 2 9 10 .474 0 4 3 1 8 42% 45.7 83 27 22 7 5 8 5.9 5.4 6.0
60 Jim Owens 25 PHI 221.1 31 30 12 12 6 0 4 12 18 .400 1 4 11 1 19 63% 55.6 79 23 13 7 9 12 3.4 3.2 7.3
61 Orlando Pena 25 CIN 136.0 46 8 3 5 0 1 1 3 5 .375 0 0 1 0 3 38% 43.1 82 23 27 14 4 1 4.0 3.6 6.0
62 Taylor Phillips* 26 TOT 79.2 39 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 1 0 1 20% 40.2 51 32 20 8 2 2 3.3 4.5 4.6
63 Taylor Phillips* 26 CHC 16.2 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.5 45 38 6 2 1 1 2.5 5.0 5.3
64 Taylor Phillips* 26 PHI 63.0 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 1 33% 39.3 51 32 14 6 1 1 4.0 4.1 4.1
65 Juan Pizarro* 22 MLN 133.2 29 14 6 2 6 0 1 9 5 .643 1 3 6 2 7 50% 57.3 92 29 23 12 6 3 5.5 5.7 6.5
66 Johnny Podres* 26 LAD 195.0 34 29 13 9 7 1 2 16 13 .552 1 5 6 2 16 55% 52.0 87 21 29 12 5 13 4.7 4.7 6.3
67 Bob Purkey 29 CIN 218.0 38 33 11 17 5 2 6 13 20 .394 1 2 9 1 18 55% 47.6 74 21 18 8 15 8 4.2 4.2 6.3
68 Marshall Renfroe* 23 SFG 2.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 2 2 0 1 8.0 12.0 2.0
69 Dick Ricketts 25 STL 55.2 12 9 1 6 2 1 4 3 6 .333 1 0 0 0 5 56% 41.2 52 18 12 8 5 2 3.4 2.9 5.7
70 Robin Roberts 32 PHI 257.1 35 35 15 17 3 3 3 17 18 .486 0 3 19 2 16 46% 51.9 83 15 14 6 12 11 3.6 3.8 7.4
71 Humberto Robinson 29 PHI 73.0 31 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 .500 0 1 1 0 2 50% 49.2 68 23 9 3 1 2 2.8 2.1 7.3
72 Bob Rush 33 MLN 101.1 31 9 2 4 3 0 2 3 5 .375 1 0 1 1 5 56% 49.0 85 26 13 5 5 2 3.9 4.1 5.7
73 Jack Sanford 30 SFG 222.1 36 31 15 11 5 3 2 16 15 .516 1 2 10 0 15 48% 56.2 82 34 17 5 18 6 4.8 4.8 6.9
74 Joe Schaffernoth 21 CHC 7.2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 5 2 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0
75 Willard Schmidt 31 CIN 70.2 36 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.8 49 36 14 7 3 0 5.1 4.0 4.3
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
76 Ray Semproch 28 PHI 111.2 30 18 2 10 6 0 3 2 16 .111 2 3 2 0 6 33% 42.8 74 19 15 4 11 7 3.6 3.2 5.1
77 Larry Sherry 23 LAD 94.1 23 9 2 2 5 0 1 5 4 .556 3 1 1 1 5 56% 55.1 85 33 16 2 3 3 4.9 4.0 6.4
78 Joe Shipley 24 SFG 18.0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 5 1 1 0 3.0 0.0 2.7
79 Chris Short* 21 PHI 14.1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.0 38 34 5 4 0 2 6.9 5.4 5.3
80 Elmer Singleton 41 CHC 43.0 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 73.0 73 73 3 1 0 1 1.0 1.1 7.3
81 Gene Snyder* 28 LAD 26.1 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 51 29 12 8 1 1 4.0 6.3 4.2
82 Warren Spahn* 38 MLN 292.0 40 36 21 12 3 4 3 23 13 .639 0 5 21 4 23 64% 57.5 82 22 17 4 20 5 4.6 4.4 7.8
83 Dean Stone* 28 STL 30.0 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7.0
84 Jim Umbricht 28 PIT 7.0 1 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 7.7 7.0
85 Carl Willey 28 MLN 117.0 26 15 5 7 3 1 1 7 8 .467 0 0 5 2 6 40% 50.0 81 29 15 3 7 5 4.0 4.9 6.4
86 Stan Williams 22 LAD 124.2 35 15 3 3 9 0 2 7 8 .467 2 4 2 0 5 33% 47.1 77 28 29 11 5 7 4.6 4.3 5.4
87 Red Witt 25 PIT 50.2 15 11 0 7 4 0 2 2 9 .182 1 4 0 0 3 27% 41.4 55 19 12 6 2 8 3.2 1.5 3.9
88 Al Worthington 30 SFG 73.1 42 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 2 67% 55.0 63 45 17 1 1 1 5.9 2.8 5.6


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