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The Top Ranked Starting Pitchers of the 1920s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Dazzy Vance | 3 |
| 2 | Lefty Grove | 4 |
| 3 | Burleigh Grimes | 10 |
| 4 | Urban Shocker | 11 |
| 5 | Walter Johnson | 12 |
| 6 | Charlie Root | 18 |
| 7 | Herb Pennock | 19 |
| 8 | Wilbur Cooper | 21 |
| 9 | Eppa Rixey | 22 |
| 10 | Bob Shawkey | 24 |
| 11 | Dolf Luque | 26 |
| 12 | Stan Coveleski | 27 |
| 13 | Red Faber | 30 |
| 14 | Pete Alexander | 31 |
| 15 | Waite Hoyt | 32 |
| 16 | Ray Kremer | 33 |
| 17 | Carl Mays | 35 |
| 18 | Tommy Thomas | 37 |
| 19 | Bullet Joe Bush | 42 |
| 20 | Pete Donohue | 44 |
| 21 | Jesse Haines | 45 |
| 22 | Rube Walberg | 49 |
| 23 | Sam Gray | 50 |
| 24 | Johnny Morrison | 56 |
| 25 | George Uhle | 58 |
| 26 | Art Nehf | 63 |
| 27 | Bill Doak | 66 |
| 28 | Larry Benton | 68 |
| 29 | Sad Sam Jones | 70 |
| 30 | Howard Ehmke | 71 |
| 31 | Ted Lyons | 72 |
| 32 | Lee Meadows | 73 |
| 33 | Jesse Petty | 74 |
| 34 | Dutch Ruether | 75 |
| 35 | Bill Sherdel | 77 |
| 36 | Eddie Rommel | 80 |
| 37 | Pat Malone | 83 |
| 38 | Vic Aldridge | 84 |
| 39 | George Pipgras | 87 |
| 40 | Guy Bush | 91 |
| 41 | Jakie May | 93 |
| 42 | Sheriff Blake | 94 |
| 43 | Virgil Barnes | 95 |
| 44 | Rip Collins | 97 |
| 45 | Earl Whitehill | 99 |
| 46 | George Mogridge | 100 |
| 47 | Hugh McQuillan | 102 |
| 48 | Jack Scott | 103 |
| 49 | Jesse Barnes | 104 |
| 50 | Rosy Ryan | 106 |
| 51 | George Earnshaw | 108 |
| 52 | Babe Adams | 109 |
| 53 | Tom Zachary | 110 |
| 54 | Hooks Dauss | 111 |
| 55 | Red Lucas | 114 |
| 56 | Watty Clark | 119 |
| 57 | Slim Harriss | 121 |
| 58 | Elam Vangilder | 122 |
| 59 | Doug McWeeny | 126 |
| 60 | Carl Hubbell | 128 |
| 61 | Wes Ferrell | 130 |
| 62 | Ted Blankenship | 135 |
| 63 | Hippo Vaughn | 137 |
| 64 | Jeff Pfeffer | 141 |
| 65 | Garland Braxton | 142 |
| 66 | Hod Lisenbee | 146 |
| 67 | General Crowder | 147 |
| 68 | Fred Toney | 148 |
| 69 | Phil Douglas | 149 |
| 70 | Percy Jones | 153 |
| 71 | Emil Yde | 154 |
| 72 | Bump Hadley | 155 |
| 73 | Carmen Hill | 158 |
| 74 | Flint Rhem | 159 |
| 75 | Herman Pillette | 161 |
| 76 | Whitey Glazner | 165 |
| 77 | Jim Bagby Sr. | 170 |
| 78 | Lefty Stewart | 171 |
| 79 | Bill Walker | 173 |
| 80 | Tony Kaufmann | 182 |
| 81 | Rube Marquard | 184 |
| 82 | Willis Hudlin | 186 |
| 83 | Ed Morris (1899) | 187 |
| 84 | Leon Cadore | 192 |
| 85 | Rasty Wright | 193 |
| 86 | Jack Quinn | 196 |
| 87 | Guy Morton | 198 |
| 88 | Bill Pertica | 199 |
| 89 | Garland Buckeye | 201 |
| 90 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | 203 |
| 91 | Jumbo Elliott | 207 |
| 92 | Joe Oeschger | 208 |
| 93 | Elmer Ponder | 209 |
| 94 | Ed Wells | 211 |
| 95 | Dutch B. Leonard | 215 |
| 96 | Jake Miller | 218 |
| 97 | Rube Benton | 219 |
| 98 | Dixie Leverett | 226 |
| 99 | Hank Johnson | 227 |
| 100 | Dave Danforth | 231 |
| 101 | Earl Hamilton | 235 |
| 102 | Milt Gaston | 236 |
| 103 | Kent Greenfield | 238 |
| 104 | Vic Keen | 240 |
| 105 | Lefty Williams | 241 |
| 106 | Ownie Carroll | 245 |
| 107 | George Blaeholder | 246 |
| 108 | Hod Eller | 247 |
| 109 | Duster Mails | 249 |
| 110 | Dana Fillingim | 254 |
| 111 | Jack Bentley | 255 |
| 112 | Danny MacFayden | 256 |
| 113 | Ferdie Schupp | 257 |
| 114 | Ray Kolp | 258 |
| 115 | Eddie Cicotte | 260 |
| 116 | Frank Miller | 261 |
| 117 | Leo Dickerman | 262 |
| 118 | Hal Carlson | 264 |
| 119 | Dixie Davis | 265 |
| 120 | Jimmy Ring | 266 |
| 121 | Charlie Robertson | 269 |
| 122 | Joe Shaute | 270 |
| 123 | Joe Genewich | 271 |
| 124 | Clarence Mitchell | 273 |
| 125 | Sam Gibson | 274 |
| 126 | Roy Sherid | 275 |
| 127 | Allan Sothoron | 280 |
| 128 | Eric Erickson | 283 |
| 129 | Ray Fisher | 289 |
| 130 | Erv Brame | 290 |
| 131 | Dutch Levsen | 292 |
| 132 | Red Ruffing | 293 |
| 133 | Dutch Ulrich | 294 |
| 134 | Dickey Kerr | 295 |
| 135 | Johnny Wertz | 298 |
| 136 | James Edwards | 304 |
| 137 | Sherry Smith | 309 |
| 138 | Alex Ferguson | 312 |
| 139 | Mule Watson | 315 |
| 140 | Lefty Weinert | 317 |
| 141 | Harry Harper | 320 |
| 142 | Lefty Tyler | 324 |
| 143 | Jack Ogden | 325 |
| 144 | Bob E. Smith | 326 |
| 145 | Bill Piercy | 328 |
| 146 | Lil Stoner | 331 |
| 147 | Sloppy Thurston | 332 |
| 148 | Rollie Naylor | 333 |
| 149 | Ray Caldwell | 334 |
| 150 | Cactus Keck | 335 |
| 151 | Speed Martin | 336 |
| 152 | Johnny Couch | 341 |
| 153 | Elmer Myers | 349 |
| 154 | Don Songer | 353 |
| 155 | Ernie Wingard | 355 |
| 156 | Claude Hendrix | 357 |
| 157 | Doc Ayers | 373 |
| 158 | Socks Seibold | 374 |
| 159 | Art Delaney | 375 |
| 160 | Ted Wingfield | 376 |
| 161 | Jack Russell | 383 |
| 162 | Wayland Dean | 385 |
| 163 | Virgil Cheeves | 387 |
| 164 | Roy Walker | 391 |
| 165 | Grady Adkins | 392 |
| 166 | Red Oldham | 394 |
| 167 | Fred Heimach | 396 |
| 168 | Bobby Burke | 400 |
| 169 | Ole Olsen | 403 |
| 170 | Vic Sorrell | 409 |
| 171 | Fred Fussell | 410 |
| 172 | Buck V. Freeman | 422 |
| 173 | Roy Moore | 425 |
| 174 | Myles Thomas | 428 |
| 175 | Tim McNamara | 435 |
| 176 | Ray Moss | 441 |
| 177 | Paul Zahniser | 453 |
| 178 | Claude Willoughby | 454 |
| 179 | Curt Fullerton | 455 |
| 180 | Ray Benge | 457 |
| 181 | Bob Osborn | 458 |
| 182 | Scott Perry | 460 |
| 183 | Bill Hubbell | 462 |
| 184 | Bob Hasty | 469 |
| 185 | Ed Brandt | 470 |
| 186 | Hal Wiltse | 476 |
| 187 | Les Sweetland | 496 |
| 188 | Jim Shaw | 497 |
| 189 | Ben Cantwell | 502 |
| 190 | Skinny Graham | 509 |
| 191 | Hank Thormahlen | 517 |
| 192 | Harry Courtney | 522 |
| 193 | Carl Weilman | 526 |
| 194 | Dennis Burns | 527 |
| 195 | Joe Giard | 539 |
| 196 | Tony Welzer | 542 |
| 197 | Ed Walsh Jr. | 558 |
| 198 | Clise Dudley | 564 |
| 199 | Del Lundgren | 581 |
| 200 | Petie Behan | 586 |
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