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WAR Sort Table : Pitchers

Matching Players: 11,679
# Player Debut WAR ▼ WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS BEST WAR/SN 5WARS 8WARS
Art Herring 1929 3.5 5.1 3.1 3.8 4.3 2.4 0.3 0 0
Brusdar Graterol 2019 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.5 2.5 0.6 0 0
Pat Clements 1985 3.5 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.6 1.8 0.4 0 0
Charlie Puleo 1981 3.5 4.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 1.6 0.4 0 0
Jarlin Garcia 2017 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.7 1.7 0.6 0 0
Chasen Shreve 2014 3.5 4.0 2.3 3.0 3.7 1.3 0.3 0 0
Dave Tobik 1978 3.5 3.9 3.2 2.4 3.7 1.0 0.4 0 0
Earl Francis 1960 3.5 4.7 3.5 4.7 4.1 4.0 0.6 0 0
Scott Atchison 2004 3.5 4.5 3.0 4.1 4.0 1.9 0.4 0 0
Greg Mathews 1986 3.5 4.7 3.5 4.7 4.1 3.4 0.7 0 0
Nick Anderson 2019 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.5 1.5 0.6 0 0
Dominic Leone 2014 3.5 5.6 3.1 5.1 4.5 2.0 0.3 0 0
Johnny Markham 1930 3.4 3.9 3.3 2.7 3.7 1.1 0.4 0 0
Yonny Chirinos 2018 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.7 2.1 0.6 0 0
Dave Jolly 1953 3.4 4.5 3.4 4.5 3.9 3.7 0.7 0 0
Walt Woods 1898 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.6 2.8 1.1 0 0
Chris Paddack 2019 3.4 3.4 2.7 3.6 3.4 2.9 0.5 0 0
Roy Henshaw 1933 3.4 4.3 4.1 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.4 0 0
Ed Cushman 1883 3.4 6.2 3.7 6.2 4.8 4.4 0.6 0 0
Specs Roberts 1937 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.5 1.4 0.4 0 0
Ernie Koob 1915 3.4 4.9 3.4 4.9 4.2 2.6 0.9 0 0
Bill Gatewood 1906 3.4 4.7 3.0 4.7 4.1 2.4 0.6 0 0
Frank Baumann 1955 3.4 7.4 4.9 6.3 5.4 3.4 0.3 0 0
Mike Koplove 2001 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.4 1.4 0.5 0 0
Claude Raymond 1959 3.4 7.9 6.8 5.0 5.7 2.2 0.3 0 0
Gorham Leverett 1922 3.4 5.1 3.4 4.8 4.3 4.1 0.7 0 0
John Wasdin 1995 3.4 4.4 2.9 3.1 3.9 1.3 0.3 0 0
Aquilino Lopez 2003 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 1.8 0.7 0 0
Rube Kroh 1906 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.5 2.5 0.6 0 0
Jason Foley 2021 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.4 2.0 0.9 0 0
Evan Phillips 2018 3.4 4.2 4.4 4.6 3.8 2.6 0.4 0 0
Hideki Irabu 1997 3.4 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.1 2.6 0.6 0 0
Mike Cvengros 1922 3.4 4.3 3.5 4.3 3.9 2.8 0.6 0 0
Bill Burns 1908 3.4 5.0 3.4 5.0 4.2 2.1 0.7 0 0
Juan Nieves 1986 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.3 1.1 0 0
Orville Jorgens 1935 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.4 1.1 0 0
Reyes Moronta 2017 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 1.7 0.6 0 0
Paul Gibson 1988 3.4 3.9 3.1 3.9 3.6 2.2 0.4 0 0
Bullet Campbell 1924 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 1.8 0.6 0 0
Marc Wilkins 1996 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.5 1.6 0.6 0 0
Adrian Morejon 2019 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.4 2.4 0.5 0 0
Bill Harris 1923 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.4 1.6 0.5 0 0
Chuck Estrada 1960 3.4 3.4 5.2 6.2 3.4 2.7 0.5 0 0
Jack Sharrott 1890 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 1.7 0.8 0 0
Rankin Johnson 1914 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 1.1 0 0
Luis DeLeon 1981 3.4 3.4 3.5 5.4 3.4 2.7 0.5 0 0
Ryan Webb 2009 3.4 3.4 3.2 2.6 3.4 1.1 0.4 0 0
Bailey Falter 2021 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 1.7 0.7 0 0
Rudy Seanez 1989 3.3 5.9 3.2 3.2 4.6 1.2 0.2 0 0
Tom Hausman 1975 3.3 3.3 3.0 4.0 3.3 2.3 0.5 0 0
Lee Guetterman 1984 3.3 7.4 6.6 5.6 5.4 2.5 0.3 0 0
Ian Anderson 2020 3.3 4.0 3.3 3.9 3.7 2.8 0.8 0 0
Humberto Robinson 1955 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.6 3.3 1.0 0.7 0 0
Tyler Alexander 2019 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.0 0.5 0 0
Tom Koehler 2012 3.3 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.9 2.5 0.6 0 0
Runelvys Hernandez 2002 3.3 5.0 3.3 5.0 4.2 2.0 0.7 0 0
Wayne Twitchell 1970 3.3 7.4 6.0 8.2 5.4 6.7 0.3 1 0
Luis Arroyo 1955 3.3 4.1 3.1 5.4 3.7 3.2 0.4 0 0
Luke Weaver 2016 3.3 5.2 2.6 4.5 4.3 1.9 0.3 0 0
Jim Hughes 1952 3.3 4.5 3.8 4.3 3.9 2.0 0.6 0 0
Charlie Case 1901 3.3 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7 2.7 0.8 0 0
Jordan Walden 2010 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.2 3.3 0.9 0.6 0 0
Pablo Torrealba 1975 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.9 3.6 2.8 0.7 0 0
Chris Smith 2008 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 1.7 0 0
Zach Plesac 2019 3.3 5.0 3.6 5.0 4.2 2.1 0.6 0 0
Renyel Pinto 2006 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.3 1.2 0.7 0 0
Tobias Myers 2024 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.7 1.7 0 0
Hunter Gaddis 2022 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 2.6 0.8 0 0
Tom Johnson 1974 3.3 4.2 3.3 4.2 3.8 2.5 0.7 0 0
Carson Smith 2014 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.4 0.7 0 0
Jackie Collum 1951 3.3 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.9 1.5 0.4 0 0
Rube Vickers 1902 3.3 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.7 6.2 0.7 1 0
Manny Salvo 1939 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 2.2 0.7 0 0
Chris Devenski 2016 3.3 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.1 2.8 0.3 0 0
Ariel Prieto 1995 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5 2.6 0.5 0 0
Ryan Cook 2011 3.3 4.6 3.5 4.6 3.9 2.6 0.5 0 0
Brock Burke 2019 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.1 0.7 0 0
Chad Bettis 2013 3.3 3.3 4.9 4.7 3.3 2.4 0.5 0 0
Tejay Antone 2020 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 2.0 0.8 0 0
Fernando Abad 2010 3.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.8 1.8 0.3 0 0
Jake Diekman 2012 3.3 4.7 3.1 3.0 4.0 1.4 0.3 0 0
Vet Barnes 1937 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.6 1.6 0 0
Luis Cessa 2016 3.3 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.6 2.0 0.4 0 0
Buck Ross 1936 3.2 5.9 3.4 3.8 4.6 1.5 0.3 0 0
Lance Carter 1999 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.4 1.6 0.5 0 0
Jose Alvarez 1981 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.6 0.8 0 0
Dizzy Dismukes 1911 3.2 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.6 2.0 0.4 0 0
Chris Flexen 2017 3.2 4.4 5.5 6.3 3.8 3.4 0.4 0 0
Alex Main 1914 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 1.9 1.1 0 0
Dennis Ribant 1964 3.2 4.5 3.6 4.5 3.9 3.3 0.5 0 0
Bill Landrum 1986 3.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.6 2.3 0.4 0 0
Nick Blackburn 2007 3.2 6.0 5.2 6.0 4.6 3.3 0.5 0 0
Chris Rusin 2012 3.2 4.5 4.9 5.0 3.9 2.4 0.4 0 0
Hank Gastright 1889 3.2 3.2 4.1 4.4 3.2 3.3 0.5 0 0
Jim Hughey 1891 3.2 3.2 5.6 5.5 3.2 3.9 0.5 0 0
Luis Garcia 2013 3.2 4.8 2.5 3.7 4.0 2.0 0.2 0 0
Gready McKinnis 1941 3.2 4.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 1.5 0.6 0 0
Joey Eischen 1994 3.2 4.3 3.4 3.5 3.7 2.1 0.3 0 0
Aubrey Owens 1922 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.8 3.5 2.4 0.8 0 0
Chris Haney 1991 3.2 5.2 4.0 4.9 4.2 2.4 0.3 0 0
Jesse Brown 1938 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.9 3.4 1.3 0.5 0 0
Gary Waslewski 1967 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.3 1.4 0.5 0 0
Abner Uribe 2023 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.7 1.1 0 0
Doug Sisk 1982 3.2 5.8 2.7 4.5 4.5 1.9 0.4 0 0
Jim Gardner 1895 3.2 4.3 3.2 4.3 3.7 2.5 0.6 0 0
Caleb Smith 2017 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.3 1.6 0.5 0 0
Charlie Williams 1971 3.2 4.0 5.0 5.1 3.6 1.9 0.4 0 0
Mike Oquist 1993 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 1.4 0.5 0 0
Chuck Dobson 1966 3.2 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.8 1.7 0.4 0 0
Peaches Davis 1936 3.2 4.0 3.2 3.9 3.6 2.6 0.8 0 0
Brian Barnes 1990 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.3 1.9 0.6 0 0
Albert Suarez 2016 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.2 0.8 0 0
Pierce Johnson 2017 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.3 1.1 0.4 0 0
Jim Conway 1884 3.2 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.8 4.5 1.1 0 0
Troy Patton 2007 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 1.8 0.5 0 0
Paul Sewald 2017 3.2 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.8 1.6 0.4 0 0
Rube Manning 1907 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.4 1.8 0.8 0 0
Bill Dammann 1897 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 1.9 1.1 0 0
Darrell Jackson 1978 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.8 3.5 2.8 0.6 0 0
Ken Howell 1984 3.1 3.1 3.7 4.5 3.1 4.0 0.4 0 0
Juan Acevedo 1995 3.1 4.1 4.4 5.0 3.6 3.0 0.4 0 0
Lefty Holmes 1929 3.1 3.1 3.6 4.2 3.1 2.2 0.4 0 0
John Fitzgerald 1890 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.5 1.6 0 0
Cecil Ferguson 1906 3.1 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.8 2.2 0.5 0 0
Art Decatur 1922 3.1 5.3 4.8 5.3 4.2 2.6 0.5 0 0
Stew Cliburn 1984 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 1.0 0 0
Jose Butto 2022 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.2 0.8 0 0
Curt Barclay 1957 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 1.0 0 0
Shane Baz 2021 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.2 0.8 0 0
Ray Corbin 1971 3.1 5.1 3.1 5.1 4.1 2.8 0.6 0 0
Jeff Robinson 1984 3.1 6.2 3.5 5.0 4.7 2.2 0.3 0 0
Lou Pote 1999 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.6 3.2 1.0 0.6 0 0
Willie Jefferson 1937 3.1 3.7 2.6 3.7 3.4 1.9 0.4 0 0
Miguel Castro 2015 3.1 4.0 3.7 2.7 3.6 1.2 0.3 0 0
Mike Hartley 1989 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.5 3.1 1.2 0.5 0 0
Bill Powell 1946 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 1.9 1.0 0 0
Tim Mayza 2017 3.1 4.3 4.5 3.8 3.7 2.1 0.4 0 0
Jeff Lahti 1982 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.3 0.6 0 0
Jason Dickson 1996 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.3 0.8 0 0
Garrett Cleavinger 2020 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 1.9 0.5 0 0
Jacob Webb 2019 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.7 3.1 0.9 0.5 0 0
Russ Springer 1992 3.1 5.6 4.4 3.8 4.3 1.7 0.2 0 0
Chris Ray 2005 3.1 3.9 3.2 3.7 3.5 2.0 0.5 0 0
Brad Hogg 1911 3.1 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.3 0.6 0 0
Jack Sutthoff 1898 3.1 5.5 4.8 5.1 4.3 5.1 0.5 1 0
Hal Wiltse 1926 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 1.9 0.8 0 0
Will Ohman 2000 3.1 3.8 2.5 2.8 3.4 1.2 0.3 0 0
Chuck Cary 1985 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.2 1.4 0.4 0 0
Kelly Wunsch 2000 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.3 2.0 0.5 0 0
Bill Piercy 1917 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.4 0.5 0 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.