longest stretch for a starting pitcher before first win

Bill Donovan was credited with 174 wins in his career.

Interpreted as:
longest stretch for a starting pitcher before first or more win in the regular season
NAME W L W% G GS 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 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
174
125
.582
314
314
1.24
1,452
279
35
0
2705.1
2,372
1,045
28
923
71
0
56
4.83
3.07
1.57
0.09
8.7
1.22
.287
3.48
7.89
2 Jack Dunn
J. Dunn
3
6
.333
10
10
4.95
9
8
0
0
72.2
91
40
60
2
31
3
0
0
1.11
3.84
0.29
0.25
10.2
1.68
.345
7.43
11.27
3 Gene McCann
G. McCann
3
4
.429
8
8
2.86
19
6
0
0
63.0
65
20
42
1
25
4
0
1
2.71
3.57
0.76
0.14
10.6
1.43
.344
6.00
9.29
4 Kid Nichols
K. Nichols
49
40
.551
94
94
1.17
336
89
8
0
821.0
767
340
13
196
21
0
20
3.68
2.15
1.71
0.14
5.8
1.17
.271
3.73
8.41
5 Jack Powell
J. Powell
155
188
.452
369
369
1.38
1,231
294
33
0
2976.2
2,834
1,243
70
643
71
0
46
3.72
1.94
1.91
0.21
5.6
1.17
.290
3.76
8.57
6 Dummy Taylor
D. Taylor
107
98
.522
230
230
0.89
716
154
21
0
1758.0
1,691
789
35
498
66
0
45
3.67
2.55
1.44
0.18
7.1
1.25
.290
4.04
8.66
7 Happy Townsend
H. Townsend
34
79
.301
125
125
2.68
427
107
5
0
1007.1
1,019
557
21
365
48
0
44
3.82
3.26
1.17
0.19
9.2
1.37
.323
4.98
9.10
8 Jack Taylor
J. Taylor
113
99
.533
217
217
0.70
513
210
17
0
1926.2
1,803
808
31
414
61
0
26
2.40
1.93
1.24
0.14
5.3
1.15
.258
3.77
8.42
9 Noodles Hahn
N. Hahn
89
66
.574
160
160
1.15
652
151
17
0
1382.1
1,297
525
20
220
33
0
21
4.24
1.43
2.96
0.13
4.0
1.10
.280
3.42
8.44
10 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
116
160
.420
310
310
1.52
1,230
224
25
0
2366.2
2,371
1,184
50
777
91
0
73
4.68
2.95
1.58
0.19
8.3
1.33
.322
4.50
9.02
11 Cowboy Jones
C. Jones
3
6
.333
9
9
4.74
22
7
0
0
68.1
89
36
49
3
21
3
0
0
2.90
2.77
1.05
0.40
8.1
1.61
.411
6.45
11.72
12 Sam Leever
S. Leever
142
59
.706
228
228
0.57
554
179
32
0
1786.2
1,627
634
19
358
58
0
21
2.79
1.80
1.55
0.10
5.0
1.11
.263
3.19
8.20
13 Jock Menefee
J. Menefee
26
31
.456
58
58
2.35
146
52
5
0
491.0
530
257
8
88
18
0
8
2.68
1.61
1.66
0.15
4.4
1.26
.298
4.71
9.71
14 Willie Sudhoff
W. Sudhoff
59
72
.450
145
145
2.44
350
118
8
0
1159.1
1,119
557
30
323
61
0
17
2.72
2.51
1.08
0.23
7.4
1.24
.303
4.32
8.69
15 Frank Kitson
F. Kitson
76
80
.487
170
170
1.98
537
143
14
0
1386.2
1,450
636
30
308
46
0
16
3.49
2.00
1.74
0.19
5.9
1.27
.331
4.13
9.41
16 Doc White
D. White
173
151
.534
364
364
0.99
1,305
262
45
0
2828.2
2,551
1,029
31
630
114
0
55
4.15
2.00
2.07
0.10
5.9
1.12
.290
3.27
8.12
17 Jack Harper
J. Harper
77
55
.583
142
142
1.65
433
110
10
0
1135.0
1,090
582
19
394
54
0
49
3.43
3.12
1.10
0.15
8.8
1.31
.299
4.61
8.64
18 Al Orth
A. Orth
117
123
.488
254
254
1.84
656
205
23
0
2036.2
2,029
951
47
353
45
0
31
2.90
1.56
1.86
0.21
4.6
1.17
.302
4.20
8.97
19 Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
155
125
.554
308
308
1.10
1,997
235
47
0
2468.0
2,062
871
28
682
89
0
66
7.28
2.49
2.93
0.10
7.5
1.11
.324
3.18
7.52
20 Vic Willis
V. Willis
177
165
.518
366
366
0.54
1,294
302
42
0
3000.0
2,713
1,158
43
820
83
0
66
3.88
2.46
1.58
0.13
6.8
1.18
.271
3.47
8.14
21 Bill Hoffer
B. Hoffer
3
7
.300
10
10
4.77
12
10
0
0
83.0
96
44
67
1
29
0
0
381
1
1.30
3.14
0.41
0.11
3.1
7.6
1.51
.280
7.27
10.41
22 Roy Patterson
R. Patterson
75
67
.528
152
152
2.27
394
119
16
0
1230.0
1,188
511
20
247
36
0
21
2.88
1.81
1.60
0.15
5.6
1.17
.316
3.74
8.69
23 Deacon Phillippe
D. Phillippe
126
77
.621
218
218
0.67
699
181
24
1
1785.0
1,716
680
22
223
43
0
29
3.52
1.12
3.13
0.11
3.2
1.09
.279
3.43
8.65
24 Bill Phillips
B. Phillips
37
42
.468
82
82
3.04
229
70
2
0
652.0
753
385
10
152
27
0
10
3.16
2.10
1.51
0.14
5.7
1.39
.331
5.31
10.39
25 Pink Hawley
P. Hawley
7
14
.333
23
23
4.12
45
17
0
0
172.2
205
79
119
3
38
8
0
3
2.35
1.98
1.18
0.16
6.0
1.41
.375
6.20
10.69
StatMuse has game-level data for pitcher wins going back to the 1901 season.
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22
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
CLE CLE
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DET DET
6:40 PM
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5/23
CLE CLE
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DET DET
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CLE CLE
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DET DET
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5/25
CLE CLE
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SFG SFG
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Yankees Yankees
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19
.604
Blue Jays Blue Jays
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Tigers Tigers
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NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
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NL Central W L PCT GB
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19
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21
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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CLE CLE
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Tue
5/6
HOU HOU
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MIL MIL
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Tue
5/6
SFG SFG
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CHC CHC
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Tue
5/6
SEA SEA
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ATH ATH
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
TEX TEX
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NYY NYY
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Thu
5/22
SDP SDP
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TOR TOR
1:07 PM
Thu
5/22
PHI PHI
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COL COL
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