1909 Season
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1909 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The TSN Pitcher of the Year was not awarded this season
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
28.9
9.2
29.5
20.1
2 Mordecai Brown
CHN
SP
32.7
8.7
36.7
25.0
3 Nap Rucker
BRO
SP
24.8
7.8
21.8
11.3
4 Orval Overall
CHN
SP
28.4
7.2
28.0
18.3
5 Art Fromme
CIN
SP
25.8
5.6
18.7
9.1
6 Earl Moore
PHI
SP
29.9
5.5
23.6
13.4
7 Howie Camnitz
PIT
SP
27.9
5.4
29.6
20.0
8 Ed Reulbach
CHN
SP
26.6
5.4
22.8
13.8
9 Vic Willis
PIT
SP
33.2
4.5
24.9
15.0
10 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
29.8
4.1
20.7
11.5
11 Babe Adams*
PIT
SP
27.1
3.8
16.1
11.7
12 Cliff Curtis*
BSN
SP
28.0
3.8
8.2
5.4
13 Al Mattern*
BSN
SP
26.0
3.4
16.4
5.6
14 George Bell
BRO
SP
34.7
3.3
15.0
6.2
15 Rube Kroh
CHN
SP
22.9
3.3
11.5
7.4
16 George McQuillan
PHI
SP
24.2
3.3
17.7
9.3
17 Bugs Raymond
NY1
SP
27.4
3.2
17.2
8.0
18 Buster Brown
MULT
SP
27.8
2.8
8.0
3.0
19 Harry Gaspar*
CIN
SP
26.2
2.7
15.6
6.7
20 Lew Richie
MULT
SW
25.9
2.3
12.2
6.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1909 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The TSN Pitcher of the Year was not awarded this season
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cy Morgan
MULT
SP
30.6
6.8
22.9
13.3
2 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
29.7
6.5
29.0
17.0
3 Ed Walsh
CHA
SP
28.1
6.1
21.6
14.1
4 Harry Krause*
PHA
SP
21.0
5.6
19.3
12.2
5 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
29.2
5.4
19.9
11.9
6 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
33.8
5.1
20.1
11.5
7 Chief Bender
PHA
SP
25.2
5.0
19.9
11.8
8 George Mullin
DET
SP
29.0
4.6
24.8
14.9
9 Jack Warhop*
NYA
SP
25.0
4.6
13.7
5.7
10 Barney Pelty
SLA
SP
28.8
4.3
12.6
6.1
11 Jack Powell
SLA
SP
35.0
4.1
14.9
7.1
12 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
21.7
4.0
14.1
4.4
13 Ed Killian
DET
SP
32.6
4.0
14.9
9.2
14 Ed Summers
DET
SP
24.6
3.9
20.8
11.6
15 Rube Waddell
SLA
SP
32.7
3.5
12.3
5.1
16 Cy Young
CLE
SP
42.3
3.3
19.5
9.9
17 Jack Coombs
PHA
SP
26.6
3.2
12.5
5.8
18 Frank Arellanes
BOS
SP
27.4
3.1
19.6
12.0
19 Joe Lake
NYA
SP
28.5
3.1
13.2
6.2
20 Bill Bailey
SLA
SP
21.2
3.1
10.9
4.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James