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1968 National League Starting Pitching

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Team & League Starting Pitching*

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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
ATL 3.37 163 163 65 59 39 3 20 81 81 .500 4 12 44 11 105 64% 57 88 12 138 50 26 47 3.1 3.3 6.6
CHC 3.75 163 163 67 62 34 11 25 84 78 .519 10 16 46 12 98 60% 55 89 20 173 68 86 45 3.8 3.7 6.7
CIN 4.13 163 163 51 55 57 9 13 83 79 .512 9 34 24 12 76 47% 52 93 18 250 99 65 29 4.2 3.8 5.9
HOU 3.63 162 162 57 71 34 3 36 72 90 .444 3 13 50 10 112 69% 57 89 17 174 60 56 51 3.2 3.3 7.0
LAD 3.14 162 162 54 74 34 2 35 76 86 .469 8 15 38 20 107 66% 57 94 19 177 62 85 34 2.9 2.6 6.8
NYM 3.06 163 163 66 72 25 4 38 73 89 .451 5 12 45 17 116 71% 59 95 24 163 47 16 54 2.9 2.9 7.1
PHI 3.80 162 162 59 70 33 4 27 76 86 .469 10 15 42 11 104 64% 55 89 15 182 58 72 45 3.4 3.4 6.7
PIT 3.26 163 163 59 60 44 2 29 80 82 .494 7 19 42 17 108 66% 56 90 19 148 56 57 53 3.5 3.2 6.7
SFG 3.25 163 163 72 61 30 9 32 88 74 .543 4 21 77 19 107 66% 59 96 14 134 47 99 30 3.7 3.7 7.3
STL 2.91 162 162 78 52 32 10 31 97 65 .599 5 17 63 27 117 72% 60 97 10 145 46 17 52 3.6 3.5 7.3
LgAvg 3.43 163 163 63 64 36 6 29 81 81 .500 7 17 47 16 105 65% 57 97 10 168 59 58 44 3.4 3.3 6.8
3.43 1626 1626 628 636 362 57 286 810 810 .500 65 174 471 156 1050 65% 57 97 10 1684 593 579 440 3.4 3.3 6.8

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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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 *Gerry Arrigo 27 CIN 205.1 36 31 11 10 10 1 5 14 17 .452 0 9 5 1 18 58% 55 89 23 25 5 18 3 4.0 3.3 6.5
2 Jack Billingham 25 LAD 70.2 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 77 15 2 0 0 0.9 0.0 8.0
3 *Wade Blasingame 24 HOU 36.0 22 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 40 43 36 11 5 1 1 5.0 4.5 4.2
4 Steve Blass 26 PIT 220.1 33 31 18 6 7 1 2 21 10 .677 0 4 12 7 22 71% 60 90 21 14 6 13 8 4.7 5.0 7.0
5 Bobby Bolin 29 SFG 176.2 34 19 8 5 6 1 3 12 6 .667 1 1 6 3 14 74% 64 91 33 18 5 10 5 3.3 3.5 7.2
6 Nelson Briles 24 STL 243.2 33 33 19 11 3 3 5 20 13 .606 0 2 13 4 24 73% 57 82 10 10 2 2 8 4.3 4.4 7.4
7 Jim Britton 24 ATL 90.0 34 9 2 4 3 0 1 4 5 .444 0 0 2 2 3 33% 50 82 25 15 4 3 1 3.6 4.3 4.8
8 Jim Bunning 36 PIT 160.0 27 26 4 14 8 0 6 9 17 .346 3 1 3 1 13 50% 50 84 19 17 6 7 11 3.2 2.9 6.0
9 John Buzhardt 31 HOU 83.2 39 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 3 75% 55 73 37 10 4 2 1 6.8 2.7 6.5
10 Don Cardwell 32 NYM 179.2 29 25 7 13 5 0 5 10 14 .417 1 2 5 1 15 60% 55 80 26 26 5 1 10 2.6 2.8 6.7
11 *Steve Carlton 23 STL 231.2 34 33 13 10 10 3 5 19 14 .576 1 7 10 5 19 58% 57 94 11 18 6 5 9 3.6 2.8 6.9
12 Clay Carroll 27 TOT 144.0 68 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 8 4 1 0 0.9 1.0 9.0
13 Clay Carroll 27 CIN 121.2 58 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 77 6 2 1 0 0.9 1.0 9.0
14 Tony Cloninger 27 TOT 110.1 25 18 4 4 10 1 1 10 8 .556 1 5 2 2 6 33% 50 86 18 19 9 6 3 5.4 4.7 5.3
15 Tony Cloninger 27 ATL 19.0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 1 1 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.3
16 Tony Cloninger 27 CIN 91.1 17 17 4 3 10 1 1 10 7 .588 1 5 2 2 6 35% 51 86 18 18 8 5 3 5.6 5.0 5.4
17 *Danny Coombs 26 HOU 46.2 40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 46 54 38 24 9 2 0 3.2 4.5 4.7
18 *Mike Cuellar 31 HOU 170.2 28 24 8 10 6 0 6 10 14 .417 1 3 11 2 17 71% 60 85 23 14 3 1 9 3.4 3.1 6.9
19 George Culver 24 CIN 226.1 42 35 9 16 10 1 3 15 20 .429 1 5 5 2 16 46% 51 85 27 40 17 17 3 3.5 3.0 6.1
20 Larry Dierker 21 HOU 233.2 32 32 12 15 5 2 9 16 16 .500 1 4 10 1 22 69% 56 87 20 19 3 14 8 3.2 3.3 7.3
21 Don Drysdale 31 LAD 239.0 31 31 14 12 5 0 7 15 16 .484 1 2 12 8 25 81% 63 89 25 17 6 21 4 2.8 2.5 7.7
22 Dock Ellis 23 PIT 104.0 26 10 5 3 2 0 3 5 5 .500 0 0 2 0 9 90% 58 75 31 12 5 3 2 4.0 4.0 7.0
23 *Darcy Fast 21 CHC 10.0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 47 47 6 1 0 1 4.0 9.0 3.3
24 Alan Foster 21 LAD 15.2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 58 65 48 1 0 0 1 2.1 1.8 5.2
25 Danny Frisella 22 NYM 50.2 19 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 49 67 24 3 2 0 4 2.6 3.6 5.6
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 *Woodie Fryman 28 PHI 213.2 34 32 12 14 6 1 5 14 18 .438 2 1 10 5 20 63% 57 89 24 25 8 13 7 3.6 4.2 6.6
27 Bob Gibson 32 STL 304.2 34 34 22 9 3 1 9 24 10 .706 0 3 28 13 32 94% 76 97 53 0 0 5 8 3.0 2.9 9.0
28 Dave Giusti 28 HOU 251.0 37 34 11 14 9 0 7 13 21 .382 0 1 12 2 24 71% 59 86 27 13 5 15 9 2.6 3.5 7.2
29 Mudcat Grant 32 LAD 94.2 37 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 1 0 2 50% 56 69 46 7 4 3 1 3.1 3.1 6.3
30 Bill Hands 28 CHC 258.2 38 34 16 9 9 4 6 23 11 .676 3 6 11 4 24 71% 60 89 29 26 12 22 8 4.1 3.5 7.3
31 *Bill Henry 40 TOT 21.2 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 5 3 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.3
32 *Bill Henry 40 SFG 5.0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 5 3 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.3
33 Ron Herbel 30 SFG 42.2 28 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 35 41 28 5 0 0 2 3.5 3.6 2.7
34 *Ken Holtzman 22 CHC 215.0 34 32 11 14 7 1 5 15 17 .469 5 2 6 3 19 59% 54 88 26 29 10 17 6 3.5 3.7 6.6
35 Dick Hughes 30 STL 64.0 25 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 0 0 0 2 40% 44 65 19 10 4 0 3 4.8 4.5 3.7
36 *Al Jackson 32 NYM 92.2 25 9 2 6 1 1 3 2 7 .222 1 0 0 0 5 56% 50 62 34 16 7 2 6 3.0 3.4 6.3
37 *Grant Jackson 25 PHI 61.0 33 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 1 1 0 2 33% 50 78 34 9 0 2 3 4.9 5.8 4.8
38 Larry Jackson 37 PHI 243.2 34 34 13 17 4 0 11 15 19 .441 3 0 12 2 25 74% 57 85 29 25 8 16 9 3.1 3.3 7.2
39 Jeff James 26 PHI 116.0 29 13 4 4 5 1 3 6 7 .462 1 3 1 1 10 77% 55 81 28 22 7 3 7 3.3 3.3 6.3
40 Pat Jarvis 27 ATL 256.0 34 34 16 12 6 0 4 20 14 .588 1 1 14 1 23 68% 62 88 26 15 11 3 10 3.5 3.1 7.5
41 *Larry Jaster 24 STL 154.1 31 21 7 12 2 1 7 9 12 .429 1 0 3 1 15 71% 51 90 18 22 9 3 6 2.4 2.8 6.4
42 Fergie Jenkins 25 CHC 308.0 40 40 20 15 5 1 8 21 19 .525 0 4 20 3 30 75% 63 86 20 6 3 26 4 3.4 3.3 7.7
43 Jerry Johnson 24 PHI 80.2 16 11 4 4 3 0 1 5 6 .455 1 2 2 0 6 55% 52 71 32 12 3 5 4 3.0 2.8 6.7
44 Ken Johnson 35 ATL 135.0 31 16 4 6 6 0 2 7 9 .438 0 4 1 0 11 69% 52 82 12 11 3 4 5 2.8 2.3 6.3
45 *Mike Kekich 23 LAD 115.0 25 20 2 10 8 0 3 7 13 .350 2 1 1 1 9 45% 51 94 23 25 12 5 11 2.6 2.3 5.2
46 *Dick Kelley 28 ATL 98.0 31 11 2 4 5 0 0 4 7 .364 0 1 1 1 5 45% 52 79 27 20 2 0 8 2.0 2.4 4.9
47 Cal Koonce 27 NYM 97.0 55 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 53 73 32 14 3 0 0 3.6 2.3 4.3
48 *Jerry Koosman 25 NYM 263.2 35 34 19 12 3 0 6 19 15 .559 1 2 17 7 27 79% 63 95 30 9 2 4 6 3.5 3.4 7.8
49 Bob Lee 30 CIN 65.1 44 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 39 39 22 11 0 0 7.9 4.5 2.7
50 *Denny Lemaster 29 HOU 224.0 33 32 10 15 7 1 9 13 19 .406 1 2 7 2 23 72% 55 85 17 23 8 11 10 3.0 3.0 6.9
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
51 Jim Maloney 28 CIN 207.0 33 32 15 10 7 5 1 19 13 .594 1 5 8 5 14 44% 54 93 21 25 12 10 5 4.5 4.7 6.4
52 Juan Marichal 30 SFG 326.0 38 38 26 9 3 4 4 27 11 .711 0 4 30 5 27 71% 64 87 23 8 1 24 4 4.9 4.8 8.6
53 Jim McAndrew 24 NYM 79.0 12 12 4 7 1 1 5 4 8 .333 0 0 2 1 8 67% 60 84 27 6 0 1 6 1.3 1.5 6.6
54 Al McBean 30 PIT 198.1 36 28 9 11 8 1 5 11 16 .407 0 4 9 2 16 57% 52 80 25 18 6 9 9 3.9 3.7 6.6
55 *Billy McCool 23 CIN 50.2 30 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 1 25% 41 69 27 22 9 2 0 4.2 1.4 3.3
56 *Mike McCormick 29 SFG 198.1 38 28 9 13 6 0 4 11 17 .393 1 4 9 2 15 54% 51 96 18 25 9 15 8 3.4 3.1 6.2
57 Joe Moeller 25 LAD 16.0 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 48 72 35 4 3 0 3 3.0 3.2 5.3
58 Bob Moose 20 PIT 171.1 38 22 8 8 6 0 5 12 10 .545 0 4 3 3 17 77% 59 90 22 16 6 9 8 2.6 1.7 6.5
59 *Mel Nelson 32 STL 52.2 18 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 3 75% 55 72 36 8 5 0 4 4.8 5.4 6.6
60 Joe Niekro 23 CHC 177.0 34 29 13 10 6 4 2 15 14 .517 2 1 2 1 14 48% 46 76 21 31 13 15 9 4.8 4.6 5.9
61 Phil Niekro 29 ATL 257.0 37 34 14 11 9 1 5 16 17 .485 2 1 15 5 26 76% 60 85 27 19 7 6 7 3.1 3.3 7.4
62 Gary Nolan 20 CIN 150.0 23 22 9 4 9 0 3 13 9 .591 5 2 4 2 16 73% 60 85 39 13 9 5 4 4.5 4.3 6.6
63 *Rich Nye 23 CHC 132.2 27 20 6 12 2 1 4 7 13 .350 0 1 6 1 9 45% 49 80 24 16 5 5 11 3.1 2.9 5.9
64 *Claude Osteen 28 LAD 253.2 39 36 12 18 6 1 8 18 18 .500 3 2 5 3 24 67% 53 83 19 47 17 23 5 2.7 2.6 6.8
65 Milt Pappas 29 TOT 184.0 37 30 12 12 6 3 3 17 13 .567 2 3 3 1 15 50% 53 83 25 17 6 11 7 3.0 3.7 5.7
66 Milt Pappas 29 CIN 62.2 15 11 2 5 4 1 0 6 5 .545 1 3 0 0 3 27% 44 68 25 11 6 6 4 3.6 4.1 4.8
67 Milt Pappas 29 ATL 121.1 22 19 10 7 2 2 3 11 8 .579 1 0 3 1 12 63% 58 83 26 6 0 5 3 2.7 3.4 6.2
68 Gaylord Perry 29 SFG 291.0 39 38 16 15 7 1 11 18 20 .474 0 6 19 3 29 76% 61 94 14 18 5 27 4 3.2 3.2 7.6
69 John Purdin 25 LAD 55.2 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 7 3 0 0 9.0 3.0 4.0
70 Mel Queen 26 CIN 18.1 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 25% 42 61 23 4 1 0 4 6.1 1.8 4.1
71 Jim Ray 23 HOU 80.2 41 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 51 78 23 11 3 1 1 3.5 4.5 6.0
72 Frank Reberger 24 CHC 6.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 37 37 2 1 0 1 9.0 15.0 3.3
73 Ron Reed 25 ATL 201.2 35 28 11 10 7 0 5 12 16 .429 0 4 6 1 19 68% 54 85 16 23 8 3 7 3.0 3.2 6.5
74 Archie Reynolds 22 CHC 13.1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 43 43 6 4 0 1 4.0 4.5 3.7
75 Jay Ritchie 31 CIN 56.2 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 36 31 14 4 1 1 2.0 1.8 3.2
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
76 Rich Robertson 23 SFG 9.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 3 3 1 0 12.4 13.5 6.0
77 *Les Rohr 22 NYM 6.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 1 0 0 1 2.0 3.0 3.7
78 Gary Ross 20 CHC 41.0 13 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 1 0 2 40% 54 68 41 14 2 1 4 2.9 4.0 5.4
79 Nolan Ryan 21 NYM 134.0 21 18 6 9 3 0 5 7 11 .389 0 2 3 0 13 72% 61 83 25 20 6 0 8 2.8 2.5 7.0
80 *Ray Sadecki 27 SFG 254.0 38 36 12 18 6 2 10 18 18 .500 2 4 13 6 22 61% 58 93 25 28 13 21 7 3.2 2.9 6.8
81 Al Santorini 20 ATL 3.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 43 43 0 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.0
82 Tom Seaver 23 NYM 277.2 36 35 16 12 7 0 9 17 18 .486 1 3 14 5 31 89% 65 91 24 11 2 4 5 2.5 2.5 7.9
83 Dick Selma 24 NYM 169.2 33 23 9 10 4 1 5 11 12 .478 1 2 4 3 15 65% 56 80 25 25 7 4 8 3.6 3.6 6.8
84 *Chris Short 30 PHI 269.2 42 36 16 13 7 2 6 21 15 .583 1 3 9 2 26 72% 58 89 15 21 7 22 4 3.6 3.4 7.1
85 Bill Singer 24 LAD 256.1 37 36 13 16 7 1 8 18 18 .500 0 7 12 6 24 67% 59 90 28 17 4 19 6 3.4 2.9 7.1
86 Tommie Sisk 26 PIT 96.0 33 11 2 4 5 0 0 3 8 .273 2 2 0 0 4 36% 48 70 32 17 11 5 5 3.9 3.1 5.3
87 *George Stone 21 ATL 75.0 17 10 6 3 1 0 0 7 3 .700 0 1 2 0 6 60% 56 72 40 10 5 1 5 5.0 5.8 6.1
88 Don Sutton 23 LAD 207.2 35 27 10 14 3 0 9 12 15 .444 1 1 7 2 20 74% 60 89 24 23 9 14 3 2.8 2.6 7.1
89 Mike Torrez 21 STL 19.1 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 44 38 7 1 0 1 5.8 9.0 4.8
90 John Tsitouris 32 CIN 12.2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 44 34 2 0 0 2 1.0 0.7 4.2
91 *Bob Veale 32 PIT 245.1 36 33 13 13 7 0 8 18 15 .545 2 3 13 4 26 79% 63 87 29 13 6 11 8 2.7 2.4 7.4
92 *Luke Walker 24 PIT 61.2 39 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 44 46 41 20 5 0 2 3.0 0.8 4.5
93 Ray Washburn 30 STL 215.0 31 30 13 8 9 1 5 18 12 .600 2 4 8 4 22 73% 60 90 31 10 1 2 13 3.8 3.6 7.1
94 Don Wilson 23 HOU 208.2 33 30 13 14 3 0 4 15 15 .500 0 1 9 3 20 67% 59 89 22 17 6 9 12 3.0 3.5 6.8
95 Rick Wise 22 PHI 182.0 30 30 9 15 6 0 1 13 17 .433 1 5 7 1 15 50% 48 88 20 24 11 11 11 2.9 2.7 6.1
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