42 pitchers started the game. The first three are Snake Wiltse 4 times, Dummy Taylor on May 11, 1904 and George Winter on September 18, 1905.
Interpreted as:
highest scoring first starting by a player game| NAME | GS | R | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Wiltse | 1 | 4 | 8/10/1901 |  PHA | @ |  WSH | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | D. Taylor | 1 | 4 | 5/11/1904 |  NYG | @ |  CIN | W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| 3 |  | G. Winter | 1 | 4 | 9/18/1905 |  BSA | @ |  WSH | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 4 |  | L. Weinert | 1 | 4 | 8/30/1922 |  PHN | @ |  BSN | W | 1.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 5 |  | T. McNamara | 1 | 4 | 4/21/1923 | BSN | vs | PHN | W | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | S. Sam Jones | 1 | 4 | 4/30/1923 |  NYY | @ | WSH | W | 4.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 7 |  | G. Uhle | 1 | 4 | 6/1/1923 |  CLE | @ |  DET | W | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 8 | | R. Walberg | 1 | 4 | 4/28/1927 | PHA | vs | WSH | W | 5.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | R. Lucas | 1 | 4 | 6/5/1929 | CIN | vs | PHN | W | 4.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 10 | | W. Ferrell | 1 | 4 | 8/31/1931 | CLE | @ |  CWS | W | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 11 |  | V. Kennedy | 1 | 4 | 8/12/1939 |  SLA | @ | DET | W | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 12 | | J. Tobin | 1 | 4 | 9/12/1940 |  BSN | vs |  SLN | W | 7.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| 13 | | F. Ostermueller | 1 | 4 | 9/27/1940 |  BSA | vs | WSH | W | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 14 | | G. Bearden | 1 | 4 | 8/12/1948 | CLE | @ | SLA | W | 1.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 15 |  | B. Hoeft | 1 | 4 | 5/5/1956 | DET | @ |  BOS | W | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 16 | | D. Jackson | 1 | 4 | 9/4/1988 | CIN | @ |  CHC | W | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 17 |  | M. Owings | 1 | 4 | 8/18/2007 |  ARI | @ |  ATL | W | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 18 | | B. Hart | 1 | 3 | 4/27/1901 |  CLE | @ |  CWS | W | 4.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 19 |  | W. Mercer | 1 | 3 | 4/27/1901 | WSH | @ | PHA | W | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 20 | | B. Phillips | 1 | 3 | 5/2/1901 | CIN | @ |  STL | W | 10.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 21 | | E. Siever | 1 | 3 | 5/5/1901 | DET | vs | CLE | W | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | S. Leever | 1 | 3 | 5/25/1901 |  PIT | @ |  BSN | W | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 23 | | D. White | 1 | 3 | 6/24/1901 | PHN | vs | CIN | W | 1.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | C. Griffith | 1 | 3 | 7/9/1901 | CWS | @ |  MIL | W | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 25 | | E. Poole | 1 | 3 | 9/5/1901 | PIT | @ | NYG | W | 5.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs and starts going back to the 1901 season.
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