highest average game score by a pirates pitcher in their first six starts

10 pitchers started once in their careers. The first three are Eddie O'Brien, Tim Jones and Jesse Jefferson.

Interpreted as:
highest average game score by a pirates pitcher in their first six regular-season starts
NAME GS GSC G W L W% ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Eddie O'Brien
E. O'Brien
1
76
5
1
0
1.000
3.31
11
1
0
0
16.1
16
6
6
3
4
1
2
68
0
6.06
2.20
2.75
1.65
16.2
5.9
1.22
.265
3.31
8.82
2 Tim Jones
T. Jones
1
70
3
1
0
1.000
0.00
5
0
0
0
10.0
4
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
37
0
4.50
2.70
1.67
0.00
13.5
8.1
0.70
.138
0.00
3.60
3 Elmer Steele
E. Steele
19
66.8
34
9
12
.429
0.62
60
9
2
2
190.0
172
74
5
35
5
11
727
0
2.84
1.66
1.71
0.24
8.3
4.8
1.09
.268
3.51
8.15
4 Jesse Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1
66
1
1
0
1.000
1.35
4
0
0
0
6.2
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
23
1
5.40
2.70
2.00
0.00
17.4
8.7
0.75
.176
1.35
4.05
5 Jim Shellenback
J. Shellenback
2
65
16
1
1
.500
3.35
18
1
0
0
43.0
40
16
23
4
19
1
5
2
185
2
3.77
3.98
0.95
0.84
9.7
10.3
1.37
.252
4.81
8.37
6 Mike York
M. York
1
63
4
1
1
.500
2.84
4
0
0
0
12.2
13
4
5
0
5
1
0
0
56
0
2.84
3.55
0.80
0.00
7.1
8.9
1.42
.283
3.55
9.24
7 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
30
62.8
30
14
6
.700
2.15
211
0
0
0
175.2
125
42
46
14
40
7
0
0
679
3
10.81
2.05
5.28
0.72
31.1
5.9
0.94
.273
2.36
6.40
8 J.A. Happ
J.A. Happ
11
61.3
11
7
2
.778
1.85
69
0
0
0
63.1
52
13
13
3
13
0
0
1
249
2
9.81
1.85
5.31
0.43
27.7
5.2
1.03
.299
1.85
7.39
9 Andrew Heaney
A. Heaney
6
61
6
2
2
.500
2.50
31
0
0
0
36.0
23
10
10
3
9
2
0
0
139
0
7.75
2.25
3.44
0.75
22.3
6.5
0.89
.213
2.50
5.75
10 Marty McLeary
M. McLeary
2
61
9
2
0
1.000
3.91
13
0
0
0
25.1
26
11
13
5
8
0
1
1
107
1
4.62
2.84
1.63
1.78
12.1
7.5
1.34
.259
4.62
9.24
11 Boom-Boom Beck
B. Beck
5
60.4
14
6
1
.857
2.14
20
4
0
0
63.0
54
15
19
2
14
0
2
249
0
2.86
2.00
1.43
0.29
8.0
5.6
1.08
.244
2.71
7.71
12 Jack Ferry
J. Ferry
14
60
47
10
6
.625
1.18
57
7
2
4
159.2
147
69
6
60
4
27
7
3.21
3.38
0.95
0.34
9.1
1.30
.264
3.89
8.29
13 Ted Wilks
T. Wilks
1
59
92
8
10
.444
3.19
68
1
0
16
155.0
133
55
63
15
55
4
68
638
2
3.95
3.19
1.24
0.87
10.7
8.6
1.21
.238
3.66
7.72
14 Claude Hendrix
C. Hendrix
69
58.6
103
42
30
.583
2.39
368
49
7
5
648.0
562
258
8
244
16
28
18
5.11
3.39
1.51
0.11
9.2
1.24
.274
3.58
7.81
15 Ryan Borucki
R. Borucki
2
58.5
66
4
0
1.000
3.50
59
0
0
0
64.1
48
25
27
6
11
5
5
1
252
3
8.25
1.54
5.36
0.84
23.4
4.4
0.92
.246
3.78
6.72
16 Bob Veale
B. Veale
255
58.1
341
116
91
.560
3.06
1,652
78
20
6
1868.2
1,630
635
731
87
839
29
31
58
7,926
90
7.96
4.04
1.97
0.42
20.8
10.6
1.32
.290
3.52
7.85
17 Wild Bill Luhrsen
W. Bill Luhrsen
3
58
5
3
1
.750
2.48
11
2
0
0
29.0
25
8
10
3
16
2
2
120
1
3.41
4.97
0.69
0.93
9.2
13.3
1.41
.250
3.10
7.76
18 Hank Robinson
H. Robinson
38
58
81
26
17
.605
2.32
142
19
1
3
384.1
343
133
5
78
18
35
1,520
3
3.33
1.83
1.82
0.12
9.3
5.1
1.10
.265
3.11
8.03
19 Frank Miller
F. Miller
97
57.8
123
41
49
.456
2.75
288
54
12
1
769.0
673
292
11
180
24
21
3,081
13
3.37
2.11
1.60
0.13
9.3
5.8
1.11
.257
3.42
7.88
20 Al Mamaux
A. Mamaux
87
57.6
113
49
36
.576
2.61
370
52
11
2
713.2
581
207
272
8
309
23
23
2,950
10
4.67
3.90
1.20
0.10
12.5
10.5
1.25
.256
3.43
7.33
21 Babe Adams
B. Adams
351
57.3
477
194
137
.586
2.32
1,028
204
44
16
2959.0
2,791
1,101
65
424
44
87
11,848
25
3.13
1.29
2.42
0.20
8.7
3.6
1.09
.265
3.35
8.49
22 Ralph Comstock
R. Comstock
8
57
15
5
6
.455
2.96
44
6
0
2
82.0
78
27
33
0
14
2
6
326
1
4.83
1.54
3.14
0.00
13.5
4.3
1.12
.293
3.62
8.56
23 Jack Hallett
J. Hallett
16
56.9
47
6
10
.375
3.06
91
7
2
0
185.0
166
63
71
0
58
1
13
760
5
4.43
2.82
1.57
0.00
12.0
7.6
1.21
.272
3.45
8.08
24 Doug Drabek
D. Drabek
196
56.7
199
92
62
.597
3.02
820
36
16
0
1362.2
1,227
457
506
112
337
21
1
25
5,511
34
5.42
2.23
2.43
0.74
14.9
6.1
1.15
.264
3.34
8.10
25 Bob Harmon
B. Harmon
87
56.6
121
39
52
.429
2.60
218
59
9
2
768.1
719
298
17
169
12
22
8
2.55
1.98
1.29
0.20
5.5
1.16
.262
3.49
8.42
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/4
SDP SDP
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PIT PIT
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STL STL
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STL STL
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STL STL
1:15 PM
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ATL ATL
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PIT PIT
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/18
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
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Fri
4/18
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DET DET
1-3
Fri
4/18
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/4
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Sun
5/4
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
5/4
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@
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5/4
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BOS BOS
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Sun
5/4
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