pittsburgh pirates career wins leaders for starting pitchers

Wilbur Cooper has won the most career games by a Pirates starting pitcher, with 184 wins.

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	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	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	184	152	.548	369	369	2.86	1,057	263	33	0	2922.0	2,839	930	1,160	77	682	83	0		12,041	34	3.26	2.10	1.55	0.24	8.8	5.7	1.20	.272	3.57	8.74
2	Bob Friend B. Friend	181	210	.463	477	477	3.59	1,600	161	35	0	3274.1	3,429	1,307	1,501	262	806	42	0	102	13,808	48	4.40	2.22	1.99	0.72	11.6	5.8	1.29	.285	4.13	9.43
3	Babe Adams B. Adams	173	122	.586	354	354	2.22	911	205	44	0	2654.1	2,508		960	53	356	37	0		10,609	22	3.09	1.21	2.56	0.18	8.6	3.4	1.08	.265	3.26	8.50
4	Vern Law V. Law	145	136	.516	364	364	3.80	979	119	28	0	2380.1	2,512	1,006	1,135	247	510	34	0	55	9,967	30	3.70	1.93	1.92	0.93	9.8	5.1	1.27	.276	4.29	9.50
5	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
6	Ray Kremer R. Kremer	129	79	.620	247	247	3.71	462	134	14	0	1796.0	1,938	741	860	111	432	24	0		7,634	20	2.32	2.16	1.07	0.56	6.1	5.7	1.32	.277	4.31	9.71
7	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
8	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	122	78	.610	271	271	3.12	1,078	45	9	0	1781.1	1,671	617	685	163	410	24	0	41	7,263	12	5.45	2.07	2.63	0.82	14.8	5.6	1.17	.270	3.46	8.44
9	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	118	85	.581	243	243	3.42	504	137	20	0	1775.2	1,777	674	817	93	582	19	0		7,614	24	2.55	2.95	0.87	0.47	6.6	7.6	1.33	.262	4.14	9.01
10	Bob Veale B. Veale	109	90	.548	255	255	2.98	1,553	78	20	0	1764.1	1,507	585	675	79	780	29	0	51	7,444	76	7.92	3.98	1.99	0.40	20.9	10.5	1.30	.285	3.44	7.69
11	Steve Blass S. Blass	98	73	.573	231	231	3.56	828	57	16	0	1494.2	1,466	591	673	117	540	35	1	46	6,326	46	4.99	3.25	1.53	0.70	13.1	8.5	1.34	.281	4.05	8.83
12	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	95	78	.549	208	208	3.18	843	51	12	0	1386.0	1,322	490	583	78	424	35	0	48	5,819	26	5.47	2.75	1.99	0.51	14.5	7.3	1.26	.280	3.79	8.58
13	Lefty Leifield L. Leifield	92	79	.538	191	191	0.17	474	125	28	0	1411.0	1,263		521	21	432	67	0		5,759	14	3.02	2.76	1.10	0.13	8.2	7.5	1.20	.261	3.32	8.06
14	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	91	62	.595	196	196	3.03	816	36	16	0	1356.2	1,221	456	505	112	336	21	0	25	5,487	34	5.41	2.23	2.43	0.74	14.9	6.1	1.15	.264	3.35	8.10
15	Howie Camnitz H. Camnitz	91	74	.552	196	196	1.03	652	116	19	0	1461.0	1,287		567	28	426	46	0		5,916	23	4.02	2.62	1.53	0.17	11.0	7.2	1.17	.264	3.49	7.93
16	Vic Willis V. Willis	85	45	.654	146	146		413	108	23	0	1160.1	958		352	9	286	21	0		4,582	18	3.20	2.22	1.44	0.07	9.0	6.2	1.07	.246	2.73	7.43
17	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	81	63	.563	187	187	3.30	637	47	8	0	1272.1	1,195	466	546	97	455	12	0	41	5,353	37	4.51	3.22	1.40	0.69	11.9	8.5	1.30	.264	3.86	8.45
18	Lee Meadows L. Meadows	81	48	.628	157	157	3.45	342	93	8	0	1172.2	1,265	450	548	40	263	24	0		4,949	10	2.62	2.02	1.30	0.31	6.9	5.3	1.30	.286	4.21	9.71
19	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	79	73	.520	213	213	3.52	849	39	9	0	1443.0	1,459	565	620	90	439	18	0	40	6,044	51	5.30	2.74	1.93	0.56	14.0	7.3	1.32	.295	3.87	9.10
20	Larry French L. French	79	73	.520	183	183	3.44	412	104	15	0	1347.0	1,470	515	658	69	340	19	0		5,786	12	2.75	2.27	1.21	0.46	7.1	5.9	1.34	.283	4.40	9.82
21	Bob Walk B. Walk	72	57	.558	196	196	3.93	564	11	5	0	1164.2	1,149	509	563	97	388	26	0	24	4,938	57	4.36	3.00	1.45	0.75	11.4	7.9	1.32	.272	4.35	8.88
22	Johnny Morrison J. Morrison	72	63	.533	154	154	3.66	387	85	13	0	1138.1	1,179	463	538	34	374	25	0		4,837	20	3.06	2.96	1.03	0.27	8.0	7.7	1.36	.285	4.25	9.32
23	Bruce Kison B. Kison	71	54	.568	180	180	3.59	647	27	5	0	1119.0	1,038	446	523	84	394	39	0	28	4,728	39	5.20	3.17	1.64	0.68	13.7	8.3	1.28	.268	4.21	8.35
24	Bill Swift B. Swift	66	64	.508	164	164	3.78	398	78	7	0	1160.1	1,226	487	557	75	236	21	0		4,907	5	3.09	1.83	1.69	0.58	8.1	4.8	1.26	.276	4.32	9.51
25	Bob Moose B. Moose	64	58	.525	160	160	3.63	683	35	13	0	1068.0	1,076	431	474	66	315	23	0	40	4,512	19	5.76	2.65	2.17	0.56	15.1	7.0	1.30	.295	3.99	9.07

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
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Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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