39 pitchers had a 1-0 record. The first three are Bill Donovan on April 18, 1901 and on April 30, 1901, Kid Nichols on April 19, 1901 and Gene McCann on April 19, 1901 and on May 2, 1901.
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best MLB record first 50 games to start by a player a season| NAME | REC | GS | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | W% | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | B. Donovan | 1-0 | 1 | 4/18/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | K. Nichols | 1-0 | 1 | 4/19/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | G. McCann | 1-0 | 1 | 4/19/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | J. Taylor | 1-0 | 1 | 4/19/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 4.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | S. Leever | 1-0 | 1 | 4/20/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |||
| 6 | | C. Jones | 1-0 | 1 | 4/20/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 9.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | W. Sudhoff | 1-0 | 1 | 4/21/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | D. White | 1-0 | 1 | 4/22/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | A. Orth | 1-0 | 1 | 4/23/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | J. Harper | 1-0 | 1 | 4/23/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | D. Phillippe | 1-0 | 1 | 4/24/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | R. Patterson | 1-0 | 1 | 4/24/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | J. Skopec | 1-0 | 1 | 4/25/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| 14 | | D. Newton | 1-0 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 3.75 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | C. Mathewson | 1-0 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | T. Pittinger | 1-0 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | J. McGinnity | 1-0 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | B. Carrick | 1-0 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | J. Hughes | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| 20 | | N. Hahn | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | D. White | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 1.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | J. Powell | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | H. Howell | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | B. Hart | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | @ | W | 1.000 | 4.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| 25 | | J. Yeager | 1-0 | 1 | 4/27/1901 | vs | W | 1.000 | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
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