A quick explanation...

These tables present a listing of each start for each pitcher in a tabular format. It is intended to show how often a pitcher goes deeply into games and how many runs they are allowing in each start. It can be also be used to visualize the pitcher's variability from start to start. With the dates listed, it can also be used to do some trend analysis.

One last note...I used runs allowed instead of earned runs.

Kerry Wood	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0							5/15 @Mil 8/27 @StL 9/23 @Cin	4/12 PIT	7/19 @Fla 9/17 NYM
	1						9/12 Cin	5/10 StL 5/26 Pit 6/7 NYY 6/24 Mil		6/18 @Cin  7/9 Fla
	2					3/31 @NYM	4/29 @SF	4/23 SD 8/6 @SD 8/11 Hou 9/2 StL 9/7 @Mil	6/29 @Chi
	3						4/17 Cin 5/4 Col
	4						7/30 SF	4/6 @Cin
	5		8/16 LA		8/21 @Hou	5/21 @Pit	6/1 Hou 6/13 @Tor
	6
	7			7/4 StL
	8					7/24 Phi
	9

 

Mark Prior	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0						8/5 @SD	8/20 @Hou		4/9 MON
	1						4/ 3 @NYM 5/ 1 @SF	5/17 @StL  9/21 @Pit	8/26 @StL	4/19 @PIT 8/10 @LA 8/15 LA
	2					6/14 @Tor	6/19 @Cin  9/27 Pit	4/25 @COL	6/3 Tam  6/26 Mil 9/16 NYM
	3					9/11 @mon	5/6 MIL 6/8 NYY 7/1 @Phi	9/6 @Mil
	4						5/ 12 @MIL	5/28 Pit  7/6 StL
	5						4/14 CIN
	6				7/11 Atl
	7						5/23 @Hou
	8
	9

 

Matt Clement	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0							7/2 @Phi		7/29 SF
	1					8/14 Hou		4/8 MON 4/18 @PIT 6/5 Tam 9/15 NYM	8/3 Ari
	2						6/11 @Bal	4/24 SD 5/22 @Pit 8/24 @Ari 9/27 Pit		8/29 Mil
	3					9/10 @mon	6/16 @Cin 7/7 Fla 7/18 @Fla	4/13 PIT 6/27 @Chi 7/23 Phi	7/12 Atl
	4			4/2 @NYM		9/3 StL
	5					8/9 @LA	4/30 @SF 5/ 5 MIL
	6			9/20 @Pit
	7			6/21 Chi		5/27 Pit	5/16 @StL
	8				8/19 @Hou
	9

 

Shawn Estes	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0							6/10 @Bal		9/24 @Cin
	1						6/25 Mil	5/7 MIL	4/15 CIN
	2					7/27 @Hou	5/24 @Hou	5/13 @MIL 8/2 Ari
	3					5/18 @StL		8/8 @LA
	4				8/13 Hou		6/15 @Tor	5/2 COL 6/30 @Phi
	5		8/30 Mil	7/21 @Atl		9/4 StL	4/10 MON 7/5 StL	6/4 Tam
	6	6/20 Chi				7/10 Atl
	7		4/26 @Col	4/20 @PIT	8/23 @Ari
	8				4/4 @CIN 5/30 Hou
	9

 

Carlos Zambrano	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0						7/8 Fla		5/31 Hou 6/17 @Cin	8/12 Hou
	1						7/20 @Fla 8/7 @SD	5/19 @StL	5/14 @MIL 6/22 Chi	8/22 @Ari 9/14 Cin
	2						4/16 CIN 4/ 22 SD	8/17 LA  8/28 @StL 9/2 StL 9/9 @Mon
	3					4/5 @CIN	4/ 11 PIT 5/ 3 COL 5/25 @Hou		7/25 @Hou
	4		6/12 @Bal (rain)				4/27 @COL 6/28 @Chi		7/31 SF
	5					9/25 @Cin	6/6 NYY 7/4 @Phi
	6							5/9 STL
	7					7/13 Atl
	8
	9				9/19 @Pit

 

Sergio Mitre	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0				9/28 Pit
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8			7/22 @Atl
	9

 

Juan Cruz	Innings Pitched
Runs Allowed		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	0						8/1 Ari
	1
	2					8/31 Mil	9/5 @Mil
	3						7/26 @Hou
	4
	5
	6				9/19 @Pit	9/13 Cin
	7
	8
	9

 

Here's a table summarizing the starts for each pitcher. Note that I have used runs instead of earned runs to define the categories.

Pitcher	Starts	Disaster Start %	Medicore Start %	Quality Start %	Great Start %
Wood	32	16% (5)	16% (5)	69% (22)	56% (18)
Prior	29	7% (2)	21% (6)	72% (21)	41% (12)
Clement	32	22% (7)	16% (5)	63% (20)	38% (12)
Estes	28	39% (11)	29% (8)	32% (9)	21% (6)
Zambrano	32	13% (4)	22% (7)	66% (21)	38% (12)
Mitre	1	100% (1)	0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)
Cruz	6	33% (2)	17% (1)	50% (3)	0% (0)