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WAR Sort Table : Pitchers

Matching Players: 11,679
# Player Debut WAR ▼ WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS BEST WAR/SN 5WARS 8WARS
Cy Young HOF 1890 165.6 79.1 56.6 38.4 122.3 13.9 7.5 17 10
Walter Johnson HOF 1907 155.1 85.1 63.7 41.5 120.1 15.2 7.4 12 9
Roger Clemens 1984 138.7 65.4 41.4 31.8 102.0 11.9 5.8 14 6
Kid Nichols HOF 1890 116.7 74.9 51.5 35.7 95.8 12.9 7.8 12 9
Pete Alexander HOF 1911 116.6 67.6 46.7 34.0 92.1 12.0 5.8 11 6
Lefty Grove HOF 1925 113.2 69.0 45.9 32.0 91.1 11.2 6.7 13 7
Tom Seaver HOF 1967 106.1 56.7 40.0 28.7 81.4 10.6 5.3 12 2
Greg Maddux HOF 1986 104.8 55.4 40.3 27.3 80.1 9.7 4.6 11 3
Randy Johnson HOF 1988 103.5 63.1 43.8 30.0 83.3 10.7 4.7 11 7
Christy Mathewson HOF 1900 100.5 67.1 46.1 31.9 83.8 11.8 5.9 11 7
Phil Niekro HOF 1964 97.0 53.5 40.1 26.8 75.2 10.0 4.0 9 2
Bert Blyleven HOF 1970 96.1 50.6 35.9 24.8 73.3 9.8 4.4 12 1
Gaylord Perry HOF 1962 93.0 52.8 38.7 27.1 72.9 10.8 4.2 11 2
Warren Spahn HOF 1942 92.6 54.7 34.0 26.0 73.6 9.5 4.4 10 2
Tim Keefe HOF 1880 89.1 67.7 51.4 40.2 78.4 19.9 6.4 8 3
Eddie Plank HOF 1901 88.0 49.2 33.5 23.4 68.6 8.8 5.2 10 1
Pedro Martinez HOF 1992 86.1 59.2 42.8 30.5 72.6 11.7 4.8 9 4
John Clarkson HOF 1882 85.0 75.8 56.1 44.5 80.4 16.7 7.1 7 5
Steve Carlton HOF 1965 84.1 51.6 29.5 29.2 67.9 12.1 3.5 7 2
Nolan Ryan HOF 1966 83.6 43.2 27.5 21.8 63.4 7.8 3.1 7 0
Pud Galvin HOF 1875 83.3 66.9 48.3 40.4 75.1 20.5 5.6 6 4
Robin Roberts HOF 1948 83.1 53.3 42.6 27.2 68.2 9.8 4.4 6 4
Mike Mussina HOF 1991 82.8 44.6 28.2 21.9 63.7 8.2 4.6 10 1
Fergie Jenkins HOF 1965 82.2 49.7 36.5 25.1 65.9 10.1 4.3 8 1
Justin Verlander 2005 82.0 50.3 31.0 24.1 66.1 8.6 3.9 8 2
Bob Gibson HOF 1959 81.7 55.9 42.5 30.5 68.8 11.2 4.8 9 3
Curt Schilling 1988 80.5 49.4 36.3 25.2 65.0 8.8 4.0 9 2
Clayton Kershaw 2008 78.1 47.7 36.3 23.1 62.9 8.1 4.3 8 1
Jim McCormick 1878 76.0 68.4 51.0 36.2 72.2 14.5 7.6 7 5
Max Scherzer 2008 74.7 46.6 34.1 22.0 60.6 7.9 4.1 9 0
Old Hoss Radbourn HOF 1881 73.2 69.0 99.9 40.2 71.1 19.2 6.7 5 3
Tom Glavine HOF 1987 73.2 39.9 25.3 20.5 56.5 8.5 3.2 4 1
Zack Greinke 2004 72.4 44.5 26.5 25.0 58.4 10.4 3.6 5 2
Carl Hubbell HOF 1928 68.8 46.3 37.4 25.9 57.6 9.7 4.3 4 2
Don Sutton HOF 1966 68.3 34.3 22.6 18.3 51.3 6.6 3.0 3 0
Kevin Brown 1986 68.2 46.0 36.7 23.5 57.1 8.6 3.6 5 1
Rick Reuschel 1972 68.1 43.0 31.0 21.5 55.6 9.5 3.6 6 1
Jim Palmer HOF 1965 67.6 46.6 30.8 22.3 57.1 8.4 3.6 7 1
Red Faber HOF 1914 67.4 41.5 32.8 26.7 54.4 11.4 3.4 3 2
Vic Willis HOF 1898 67.0 51.5 34.3 27.5 59.2 10.4 5.2 7 4
Stan Coveleski HOF 1912 66.9 54.2 41.4 27.1 60.6 9.9 4.8 7 3
Ted Lyons HOF 1923 66.8 38.4 24.0 18.4 52.6 7.3 3.2 5 0
John Smoltz HOF 1988 66.4 37.4 24.0 18.7 51.9 7.4 3.2 4 0
Luis Tiant 1964 65.7 44.4 28.3 22.7 55.0 8.5 3.5 6 1
Roy Halladay HOF 1998 65.4 51.3 34.0 25.4 58.4 8.8 4.1 8 3
Amos Rusie HOF 1889 65.2 62.0 47.3 33.1 63.6 13.7 6.5 7 4
Bob Feller HOF 1936 65.2 51.5 39.3 29.1 58.4 10.0 3.6 5 4
Ed Walsh HOF 1904 64.4 61.3 48.9 33.5 62.8 12.1 4.6 6 4
Mickey Welch HOF 1880 63.1 53.6 40.0 30.5 58.4 12.1 4.9 7 3
Dazzy Vance HOF 1915 62.9 51.3 36.7 28.3 57.1 10.5 3.9 6 2
Bobby Mathews 1871 62.6 54.6 41.8 31.9 58.6 13.6 4.2 6 3
Dennis Eckersley HOF 1975 62.2 38.1 27.7 19.8 50.2 7.3 2.6 4 0
Tommy John 1963 62.1 34.5 20.9 16.7 48.3 5.6 2.4 4 0
Joe McGinnity HOF 1899 61.9 56.7 44.6 30.9 59.3 12.2 6.2 6 5
Juan Marichal HOF 1960 61.8 49.9 37.1 35.0 55.8 10.3 3.9 6 2
CC Sabathia HOF 2001 61.8 38.8 30.4 19.5 50.3 6.7 3.3 4 0
David Cone 1986 61.6 43.5 30.7 21.1 52.6 7.2 3.6 7 0
Don Drysdale HOF 1956 61.4 42.0 30.0 20.8 51.7 7.8 4.4 6 0
Tony Mullane 1881 61.0 46.8 35.6 25.3 53.9 11.6 4.7 7 1
Tommy Bond 1874 61.0 62.8 61.2 39.9 61.9 14.3 6.1 5 5
Rube Waddell HOF 1897 60.9 50.9 43.7 29.8 55.9 11.3 4.7 5 4
Charlie Buffinton 1882 60.7 61.1 37.4 38.3 60.9 15.0 5.5 6 3
Andy Pettitte 1995 60.7 34.9 22.4 20.7 47.8 8.4 3.4 3 1
Jim Bunning HOF 1955 60.3 47.9 31.7 24.8 54.1 9.0 3.5 6 2
Hal Newhouser HOF 1939 60.1 50.5 41.0 28.7 55.3 11.3 3.5 6 2
Mark Buehrle 2000 60.0 35.9 23.5 17.4 48.0 6.1 3.7 4 0
Clark Griffith HOF 1891 59.9 46.3 36.1 25.4 53.1 10.7 3.0 5 2
Jack Quinn 1909 59.7 34.5 21.3 16.0 47.1 5.5 2.6 4 0
Chris Sale 2010 59.4 41.8 26.8 19.2 50.6 6.5 3.7 7 0
Bret Saberhagen 1984 58.9 42.8 30.5 24.8 50.9 9.7 3.7 5 2
Chuck Finley 1986 58.3 39.7 25.9 21.9 49.0 7.7 3.4 3 0
Cole Hamels 2006 57.9 36.5 26.8 18.3 47.2 6.4 3.9 4 0
Eddie Cicotte 1905 57.9 44.8 33.7 29.0 51.4 11.9 4.1 4 2
Eppa Rixey HOF 1912 57.3 36.0 26.4 17.5 46.7 6.5 2.7 4 0
Frank Tanana 1973 57.1 38.1 30.8 23.1 47.6 8.3 2.7 3 1
Jerry Koosman 1967 57.0 37.8 20.5 19.4 47.4 7.2 3.0 4 0
Mordecai Brown HOF 1903 56.9 43.5 36.7 26.1 50.2 9.5 4.1 4 2
Dave Stieb 1979 56.5 44.5 33.7 22.5 50.5 7.9 3.5 5 0
Tim Hudson 1999 56.5 37.5 27.1 20.1 47.0 7.4 3.3 3 0
Mariano Rivera HOF 1995 56.3 28.7 18.4 13.4 42.5 5.0 3.0 1 0
Red Ruffing HOF 1924 55.3 33.4 23.5 18.1 44.4 6.6 2.5 3 0
Urban Shocker 1916 55.1 43.1 32.6 21.6 49.1 8.0 4.2 5 1
Kevin Appier 1989 54.9 43.1 32.3 23.2 49.0 9.3 3.4 5 2
Jack Powell 1897 54.6 36.2 20.2 18.0 45.4 6.2 3.4 4 0
Waite Hoyt HOF 1918 54.1 34.4 22.3 16.7 44.3 6.0 2.6 3 0
David Wells 1987 53.6 31.6 20.3 15.0 42.6 5.4 2.6 1 0
Whitey Ford HOF 1950 53.5 33.2 23.7 17.1 43.4 6.7 3.3 3 0
Billy Pierce 1945 53.4 38.7 26.4 20.5 46.0 7.3 3.0 4 0
Al Spalding 1871 53.4 53.4 50.0 33.2 53.4 12.8 7.6 5 4
Sandy Koufax HOF 1955 53.1 48.6 40.8 29.0 50.8 10.7 4.4 5 3
Larry Jackson 1955 52.6 35.3 24.1 18.6 43.9 7.3 3.8 4 0
Wilbur Wood 1961 52.1 47.1 39.1 30.0 49.6 11.7 3.1 5 2
Theodore Breitenste 1891 51.8 48.4 41.0 29.6 50.1 11.5 4.7 4 3
Dutch Leonard 1933 51.7 33.9 19.4 18.2 42.8 6.7 2.6 3 0
Tommy Bridges 1930 51.6 35.2 23.7 16.8 43.4 6.4 3.2 3 0
Early Wynn HOF 1939 51.6 35.0 23.9 19.4 43.3 7.8 2.2 4 0
Orel Hershiser 1983 51.3 37.2 28.7 20.7 44.3 7.2 2.9 4 0
Bobo Newsom 1929 51.2 38.3 26.7 21.7 44.8 8.2 2.6 3 1
Johan Santana 2000 51.1 44.5 35.7 23.5 47.8 8.7 4.3 5 1
Kenny Rogers 1989 50.5 35.0 20.5 18.3 42.7 7.5 2.5 3 0
Eddie Rommel 1920 50.3 38.8 28.5 18.4 44.6 7.5 3.9 5 0
Babe Adams 1906 50.2 40.0 24.0 22.1 45.1 8.4 2.6 4 1
Silver King 1886 50.1 49.4 45.2 36.2 49.7 14.7 5.0 4 3
Mark Langston 1984 50.0 41.3 26.9 22.1 45.6 8.5 3.1 5 1
Jamie Moyer 1986 50.0 32.9 20.9 17.7 41.4 6.5 2.0 3 0
Felix Hernandez 2005 49.9 38.4 27.4 19.4 44.2 7.2 3.3 5 0
Roy Oswalt 2001 49.9 39.9 26.2 19.6 44.9 7.0 3.8 5 0
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 1952 49.7 28.2 17.6 15.1 39.0 7.6 2.4 1 0
Dennis Martinez 1976 49.3 33.9 23.6 16.2 41.6 5.8 2.1 2 0
Jimmy Key 1984 49.0 36.6 20.9 18.6 42.8 7.4 3.3 3 0
Wes Ferrell 1927 48.8 46.3 30.2 23.3 47.6 8.3 3.3 6 2
Wilbur Cooper 1912 48.7 38.7 27.7 19.8 43.7 7.2 3.2 4 0
Mel Harder 1928 48.5 40.0 28.8 21.2 44.2 8.0 2.4 5 1
Bartolo Colon 1997 48.2 36.0 26.0 17.9 42.1 7.1 2.3 3 0
Dwight Gooden 1984 48.1 35.9 29.2 22.1 42.0 12.2 3.0 2 1
Mickey Lolich 1963 47.9 37.8 30.3 21.3 42.9 8.5 3.0 3 1
Ron Guidry 1975 47.9 38.0 27.2 21.4 42.9 9.6 3.4 3 1
Gus Weyhing 1887 47.7 42.2 34.9 26.6 44.9 9.8 3.4 3 2
Addie Joss HOF 1902 47.7 41.1 31.7 21.6 44.4 8.5 5.3 5 1
Nap Rucker 1907 47.6 45.3 37.1 24.6 46.5 8.6 4.8 5 2
Jim Whitney 1881 47.5 46.4 34.2 26.7 46.9 11.4 4.7 5 1
Frank Viola 1982 47.1 41.3 29.0 22.2 44.2 8.1 3.1 4 1
Hippo Vaughn 1908 47.1 42.1 33.5 21.7 44.6 7.7 3.6 6 0
Satchel Paige HOF 1927 46.9 26.7 15.5 14.4 36.8 6.1 2.1 1 0
Bob Friend 1951 46.8 35.5 23.5 17.7 41.1 6.0 2.9 5 0
Burleigh Grimes HOF 1916 46.7 37.2 21.9 20.7 42.0 7.8 2.5 4 0
Bob Shawkey 1913 46.6 36.0 24.7 22.3 41.3 8.2 3.1 3 1
Bucky Walters 1934 46.5 37.9 25.6 21.4 42.2 8.2 2.9 4 1
Milt Pappas 1957 46.2 29.0 16.6 14.1 37.6 5.8 2.7 1 0
Noodles Hahn 1899 46.0 46.1 39.1 24.8 46.0 8.4 5.7 6 3
Brad Radke 1995 45.6 36.3 27.0 18.6 41.0 6.6 3.8 4 0
Willie Foster HOF 1923 45.6 35.1 28.2 20.9 40.3 8.3 3.3 3 1
Dizzy Trout 1939 45.2 35.0 27.7 21.9 40.1 9.3 3.0 3 1
Jacob deGrom 2014 45.2 37.0 29.5 21.9 41.1 9.4 3.8 3 1
Jim Kaat HOF 1959 45.2 36.5 22.1 20.1 40.9 7.7 1.8 3 0
Steve Rogers 1973 45.1 37.4 24.0 18.6 41.2 7.6 3.5 3 0
George Uhle 1919 45.1 37.9 22.6 21.1 41.5 8.9 2.7 4 1
Larry French 1929 45.0 34.3 20.1 14.6 39.6 4.9 3.2 0 0
Vida Blue 1969 44.9 38.3 23.6 22.3 41.6 9.0 2.6 4 1
Bob Caruthers 1884 44.7 42.8 36.0 23.9 43.7 9.5 5.0 5 1
Bill Donovan 1898 44.6 34.9 25.3 18.9 39.8 7.5 2.5 3 0
Herb Pennock HOF 1912 44.2 36.8 27.0 20.8 40.5 8.1 2.0 4 1
Dizzy Dean HOF 1930 43.9 41.9 34.8 23.4 42.9 8.9 3.7 5 1
Dolf Luque 1914 43.9 34.3 27.0 21.4 39.1 10.7 2.2 2 1
Al Orth 1895 43.8 34.2 20.2 20.7 39.0 8.1 2.9 3 1
Carl Mays 1915 43.7 34.5 25.7 18.0 39.1 6.2 2.9 3 0
Doc White 1901 43.7 33.6 24.2 18.0 38.7 7.2 3.4 3 0
Sadie McMahon 1889 43.6 43.0 37.5 26.7 43.3 10.7 4.8 4 2
Jack Morris HOF 1977 43.6 32.6 21.6 16.1 38.1 5.8 2.4 3 0
Jon Lester 2006 43.5 34.8 22.7 17.9 39.1 6.2 2.7 4 0
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Glossary of Metrics & Abbreviations

WAR (Wins Above Replacement)
A comprehensive sabermetric value quantifying a player's total contribution (in terms of wins) relative to a freely available replacement-level talent. WAR measures offense, defense, and base running. We use bWAR, the figure available from BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM
JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score system)
Developed by Jay Jaffe, this metric balances career total value with peak dominance by averaging career WAR and 7-year peak WAR (WAR7).
WAR/SN
Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season. This figure is based on WAR divided by season at the major league level.
WAR7 (Best 7 Seasons)
The cumulative WAR amassed across a player's seven most productive seasons, whether consecutive or non-consecutive.
WAR5C (5-Year Consecutive Peak)
The highest cumulative WAR total recorded over any uninterrupted five-season window in a player's career.
WAR3 (Best 3 Seasons)
The combined WAR across a player's top three seasons, whether consecutive or non-consecutive.
BEST
The best Wins Above Replacement (WAR) total in a single season during the player's career. This would be his best season, according to WAR.
5WARS
Count of seasons in which the player had 5+ Wins Above Replacement. A 5-WAR season is indicative of an All-Star caliber player.
8WARS
Count of seasons in which the player had 8+ Wins Above Replacement. An 8-WAR season is indicative of an MVP candidate.