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1961 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 5.13 156 156 44 66 46 11 18 64 90 .416 17 18 34 6 70 45% 48 89 11 202 91 81 37 4.4 4.4 6.1
CIN 4.24 154 154 76 50 28 13 13 93 61 .604 4 25 46 9 86 56% 53 92 12 144 39 50 51 4.7 4.4 6.7
LAD 4.53 154 154 63 48 43 9 10 89 65 .578 12 26 40 8 75 49% 53 97 20 194 63 86 28 4.8 4.9 6.3
MLN 4.23 155 155 62 56 37 11 23 83 71 .539 9 17 57 8 80 52% 51 90 13 152 71 56 45 4.6 4.6 6.8
PHI 5.14 155 155 32 87 36 5 24 47 107 .305 3 17 29 7 59 38% 46 95 17 175 54 52 60 3.7 3.3 5.8
PIT 4.38 154 154 54 62 38 7 21 75 79 .487 11 18 34 9 83 54% 50 89 10 172 74 32 71 4.6 4.6 6.2
SFG 4.23 155 155 56 48 51 9 14 85 69 .552 12 22 39 8 79 51% 52 94 13 222 73 61 51 5.0 4.8 6.2
STL 4.31 155 155 60 58 37 19 23 80 74 .519 11 18 49 9 81 52% 52 86 10 162 55 39 58 4.6 4.5 6.8
LgAvg 4.52 155 155 56 59 40 11 18 77 77 .500 10 20 41 8 77 50% 51 97 10 178 65 57 50 4.6 4.5 6.4
4.52 1238 1238 447 475 316 84 146 616 616 .500 79 161 328 64 613 50% 51 97 10 1423 520 457 401 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 Bob Anderson 25 CHC 152.0 57 12 3 7 2 1 2 4 8 .333 1 1 1 0 6 50% 43.5 64 21 21 13 7 3 3.9 3.7 5.7
2 Bobby Bolin 22 SFG 48.0 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 19 3 0 1 8.0 5.4 4.0
3 Jim Brewer* 23 CHC 86.2 36 11 1 6 4 0 1 4 7 .364 2 2 0 0 2 18% 39.2 53 23 23 11 4 6 5.3 5.3 4.7
4 Ernie Broglio 25 STL 174.2 29 26 9 11 6 6 4 14 12 .538 1 2 7 2 9 35% 50.5 80 24 18 7 6 11 4.6 5.0 6.6
5 Paul Brown 20 PHI 10.0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 1 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 4.0
6 Bob Buhl 32 MLN 188.1 32 28 9 10 9 3 6 14 13 .519 1 9 9 1 14 50% 48.9 79 24 15 5 8 8 5.1 4.3 6.5
7 Lew Burdette 34 MLN 272.1 40 36 16 11 9 2 2 21 15 .583 2 2 14 3 17 47% 49.7 83 19 20 8 14 4 4.8 5.3 7.2
8 John Buzhardt 24 PHI 202.1 41 27 6 16 5 2 8 10 17 .370 0 4 6 1 12 44% 48.3 76 23 21 4 8 10 4.1 3.0 6.3
9 Don Cardwell 25 CHC 259.1 39 38 15 13 10 3 3 17 21 .447 8 1 13 3 20 53% 53.1 89 23 28 10 23 4 4.6 5.3 6.8
10 Al Cicotte 31 STL 75.0 29 7 0 3 4 0 0 1 6 .143 2 3 0 0 2 29% 39.0 70 10 9 4 2 4 3.6 2.5 4.6
11 Tony Cloninger 20 MLN 84.0 19 10 5 2 3 2 0 7 3 .700 1 0 3 0 3 30% 47.8 59 26 10 6 0 7 7.1 8.1 6.3
12 Roger Craig 31 LAD 112.2 40 14 3 5 6 0 1 7 7 .500 1 5 2 0 4 29% 39.8 76 20 25 9 7 4 5.1 5.2 4.6
13 Jack Curtis* 24 CHC 180.1 31 27 10 13 4 4 5 11 14 .440 2 1 6 0 12 44% 43.6 71 11 32 17 12 8 4.2 4.5 6.4
14 Dick Drott 24 CHC 98.0 35 8 0 3 5 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 48.5 74 31 12 6 4 3 3.3 2.1 5.0
15 Don Drysdale 24 LAD 244.0 40 37 13 10 14 1 3 17 20 .459 4 8 10 3 20 54% 53.4 83 24 25 6 22 4 4.5 4.7 6.5
16 Jim Duffalo 25 SFG 61.2 24 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 2 50% 51.8 69 30 9 3 0 1 6.4 5.8 6.8
17 Dick Ellsworth* 21 CHC 186.2 37 31 9 11 11 2 2 12 19 .387 0 8 7 1 15 48% 48.3 78 20 24 5 14 9 4.1 3.4 5.7
18 Don Ferrarese* 32 PHI 138.2 42 14 3 9 2 0 2 4 10 .286 0 1 3 1 6 43% 47.9 80 21 25 9 3 6 3.3 3.6 6.0
19 Eddie Fisher 24 SFG 33.2 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 2 0 0 1 19.0 18.0 0.0
20 Larry Foss 25 PIT 15.1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 43.3 55 21 2 1 0 2 4.5 5.4 5.1
21 Earl Francis 25 PIT 102.2 23 15 2 7 6 0 4 3 12 .200 3 2 0 0 8 53% 45.9 74 19 15 9 2 8 3.9 3.0 5.6
22 Bob Friend 30 PIT 236.0 41 35 13 18 4 1 7 16 19 .457 0 3 10 1 20 57% 48.7 81 16 23 8 17 5 3.7 3.9 6.3
23 Joe Gibbon* 26 PIT 195.1 30 29 13 10 6 1 2 15 14 .517 3 4 7 3 17 59% 54.9 89 21 24 8 0 15 5.0 4.9 6.7
24 Bob Gibson 25 STL 211.1 35 27 13 11 3 3 5 15 12 .556 0 2 10 2 17 63% 55.7 86 24 12 3 9 10 4.1 3.7 7.2
25 Dallas Green 26 PHI 128.0 42 10 1 3 6 0 1 3 7 .300 1 1 1 1 3 30% 44.3 78 24 15 8 1 8 4.6 4.2 5.5
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
26 Harvey Haddix* 35 PIT 156.0 29 22 7 6 9 1 0 12 10 .545 3 1 5 2 10 45% 49.7 85 14 30 6 2 13 5.5 6.1 6.3
27 Bob Hendley* 22 MLN 97.0 19 13 4 7 2 0 5 6 7 .462 1 1 3 0 9 69% 51.2 74 30 17 11 7 5 4.3 3.7 6.4
28 Glen Hobbie 25 CHC 198.2 36 29 6 13 10 1 4 13 16 .448 4 4 7 2 13 45% 48.8 81 12 21 14 17 4 4.9 4.5 6.5
29 Jay Hook 24 CIN 62.2 22 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 1 20% 35.0 53 22 6 1 1 4 4.4 4.0 3.9
30 Ken Hunt 22 CIN 136.1 29 22 9 10 3 1 4 11 11 .500 1 3 4 0 12 55% 50.7 74 23 13 5 6 9 4.4 4.1 5.7
31 Al Jackson* 25 PIT 23.2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 53.5 59 48 0 0 1 1 5.6 7.9 9.0
32 Larry Jackson 30 STL 211.0 33 28 14 10 4 3 3 16 12 .571 1 2 12 3 15 54% 54.9 85 21 25 12 8 8 4.8 4.9 7.4
33 Joey Jay 25 CIN 247.1 34 34 21 10 3 4 1 23 11 .676 0 3 14 4 19 56% 55.8 92 14 17 2 11 12 4.6 4.2 7.3
34 Ken Johnson 28 CIN 83.0 15 11 6 2 3 0 0 9 2 .818 0 4 3 1 7 64% 57.5 83 43 6 0 5 3 4.9 4.3 7.0
35 Sam Jones 35 SFG 128.1 37 17 6 7 4 1 1 9 8 .529 2 2 2 0 7 41% 46.4 75 14 39 13 4 9 4.7 4.9 5.2
36 Sherman Jones 26 CIN 55.0 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 52.5 68 37 11 4 2 0 3.5 5.3 6.0
37 Sandy Koufax* 25 LAD 255.2 42 35 17 13 5 0 4 22 13 .629 0 5 15 2 22 63% 58.9 97 20 26 13 23 5 5.0 4.2 7.0
38 Clem Labine 34 PIT 92.2 56 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 13 8 1 0 5.0 6.8 4.0
39 Vern Law 31 PIT 59.1 11 10 3 4 3 1 2 6 4 .600 1 2 1 0 5 50% 44.1 64 10 8 3 1 8 5.5 4.3 5.6
40 Ken Lehman* 33 PHI 63.1 41 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 43 41 3 2 1 0 3.3 0.0 3.0
41 Dick LeMay* 22 SFG 83.1 27 5 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 1 0 3 60% 52.6 74 32 11 2 4 1 4.8 4.5 7.0
42 Billy Loes 31 SFG 114.2 26 18 5 5 8 1 1 8 10 .444 2 2 3 1 8 44% 50.3 80 21 21 6 4 8 4.5 5.2 5.3
43 Art Mahaffey 23 PHI 219.1 36 32 11 18 3 1 3 11 21 .344 0 1 12 3 15 47% 52.5 95 23 15 3 16 7 3.7 3.9 6.4
44 Jim Maloney 21 CIN 94.2 27 11 5 4 2 2 2 6 5 .545 0 1 1 0 5 45% 47.3 79 21 17 3 2 4 5.6 5.7 5.7
45 Juan Marichal 23 SFG 185.0 29 27 12 9 6 3 2 16 11 .593 1 4 9 3 12 44% 53.1 94 13 12 5 14 9 5.2 4.9 6.7
46 Al McBean 23 PIT 74.1 27 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 2 100% 48.5 51 46 12 6 1 1 1.4 1.9 7.5
47 Mike McCormick* 22 SFG 250.0 40 35 13 14 8 0 8 19 16 .543 2 4 13 3 24 69% 56.5 88 25 23 7 16 8 4.8 4.0 7.1
48 Bob Miller 22 STL 74.1 34 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 .000 1 1 0 0 1 20% 37.4 62 20 19 3 1 2 2.5 2.8 3.5
49 Vinegar Bend Mizell* 30 PIT 100.0 25 17 6 10 1 1 3 7 10 .412 0 0 2 1 8 47% 42.9 77 22 16 9 1 12 3.5 3.9 5.3
50 Don Nottebart 25 MLN 126.1 38 11 3 5 3 1 2 4 7 .364 0 1 2 0 4 36% 44.8 75 25 17 5 5 5 4.2 5.3 5.1
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 Billy O'Dell* 28 SFG 130.1 46 14 4 3 7 0 0 7 7 .500 2 2 4 1 7 50% 49.4 79 26 28 11 6 4 5.5 6.1 5.4
52 Jim O'Toole* 24 CIN 252.2 39 35 18 9 8 3 3 22 13 .629 2 6 11 3 22 63% 56.4 86 16 23 8 13 8 5.1 5.0 7.2
53 Phil Ortega 21 LAD 13.0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 53.0 64 42 0 0 1 1 2.5 3.6 5.2
54 Jim Owens 27 PHI 106.2 20 17 5 9 3 1 3 7 10 .412 1 2 3 0 8 47% 46.6 69 24 14 8 5 8 3.1 3.2 5.9
55 Ron Perranoski* 25 LAD 91.2 53 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 21 5 1 0 11.6 6.0 4.0
56 Ron Piche 26 MLN 23.1 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 77.0 77 77 5 2 0 1 3.0 2.0 10.0
57 Johnny Podres* 28 LAD 182.2 32 29 16 5 8 5 1 21 8 .724 2 4 6 1 12 41% 52.1 80 27 27 4 13 8 5.5 6.3 6.1
58 Bob Purkey 31 CIN 246.1 36 34 16 12 6 3 3 19 15 .559 1 6 13 1 19 56% 52.8 86 12 11 4 10 11 4.4 3.8 7.2
59 Robin Roberts 34 PHI 117.0 26 18 1 10 7 0 2 3 15 .167 1 4 2 0 5 28% 41.4 68 17 11 2 3 9 4.0 2.5 5.7
60 Ray Sadecki* 20 STL 222.2 31 31 14 10 7 5 2 18 12 .600 1 2 13 0 15 48% 53.4 81 26 22 2 8 12 4.8 4.8 7.2
61 Jack Sanford 32 SFG 217.1 38 33 13 9 11 3 2 19 14 .576 3 4 6 0 16 48% 50.4 82 17 44 13 13 9 4.9 5.0 6.4
62 Bobby Shantz* 35 PIT 89.1 43 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 2 1 4 67% 54.0 73 26 12 6 3 2 6.9 7.2 5.7
63 Larry Sherry 25 LAD 94.2 53 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 16 3 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.0
64 Chris Short* 23 PHI 127.1 39 16 3 8 5 1 1 4 11 .267 0 3 1 0 4 25% 37.1 68 18 36 7 9 5 4.1 4.5 4.4
65 Curt Simmons* 32 STL 195.2 30 29 9 10 10 2 8 15 14 .517 5 6 6 2 20 69% 52.1 78 23 28 14 5 11 5.3 4.5 6.6
66 Warren Spahn* 40 MLN 262.2 38 34 20 10 4 3 2 22 12 .647 0 3 21 4 19 56% 58.1 90 13 10 8 13 6 4.4 4.4 7.6
67 Tom Sturdivant 31 PIT 85.2 13 11 5 2 4 1 1 8 3 .727 1 3 6 1 7 64% 57.9 81 30 2 1 3 3 5.5 4.3 7.6
68 Frank Sullivan 31 PHI 159.1 49 18 2 12 4 0 4 5 13 .278 0 1 1 1 6 33% 45.8 79 18 16 5 6 6 3.2 2.3 5.4
69 Ray Washburn 23 STL 20.1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 66.5 73 60 0 0 0 0 6.5 6.8 8.0
70 Carl Willey 30 MLN 159.2 35 22 4 11 7 0 6 8 14 .364 4 1 4 0 13 59% 51.6 78 22 21 10 9 9 3.6 3.3 6.3
71 Stan Williams 24 LAD 235.1 41 35 14 12 9 3 1 21 14 .600 5 3 6 2 17 49% 53.1 88 24 34 15 19 5 4.5 4.6 6.4
72 Red Witt 27 PIT 15.2 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 1 0 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.3


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