1947 Season
1946 / 1948
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1947 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 Ewell Blackwell
CIN
SP
24.7
9.5
28.6
19.6
2 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
26.2
9.5
32.0
22.4
3 Ralph Branca
BRO
SP
21.5
6.9
25.7
16.4
4 Dutch Leonard
PHI
SP
38.3
6.6
22.7
14.9
5 Larry Jansen*
NY1
SP
27.0
5.1
20.5
12.3
6 Red Munger
SLN
SP
28.7
4.5
18.0
10.6
7 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
32.7
4.5
17.4
10.0
8 Murry Dickson
SLN
SP
30.9
4.4
17.5
9.8
9 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
29.8
4.1
20.0
11.2
10 Kirby Higbe
MULT
SP
32.2
3.9
13.8
5.8
11 Johnny Schmitz
CHN
SP
26.6
3.7
17.9
11.1
12 Al Brazle
SLN
SP
33.7
3.6
15.6
10.0
13 Harry Taylor*
BRO
SP
28.1
3.5
13.2
7.8
14 Jim Hearn*
SLN
SP
26.2
3.5
13.0
7.6
15 Blix Donnelly
PHI
SW
33.4
3.3
11.3
7.2
16 Fritz Ostermueller
PIT
SP
39.8
3.2
9.9
3.8
17 Vic Lombardi
BRO
SP
24.8
3.1
14.3
8.5
18 Joe Hatten
BRO
SP
30.7
2.9
16.4
8.9
19 Tiny Bonham
PIT
SP
33.9
2.8
9.6
4.7
20 Tommy Hughes
PHI
SP
27.7
2.7
8.9
4.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1947 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 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
26.1
5.9
24.1
14.4
2 Ed Lopat
CHA
SP
29.0
5.4
21.1
12.5
3 Walt Masterson
WS1
SP
27.0
5.4
21.2
12.6
4 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
28.7
5.1
22.4
12.2
5 Dick Fowler
PHA
SP
26.3
4.7
18.5
10.8
6 Joe Dobson
BOS
SP
30.4
4.4
19.6
11.9
7 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
27.9
4.0
19.3
11.7
8 Joe Haynes
CHA
SP
29.8
3.8
16.9
10.6
9 Phil Marchildon
PHA
SP
33.7
3.6
20.4
11.1
10 Joe Page
NYA
RP
29.7
3.6
16.5
10.5
11 Early Wynn
WS1
SP
27.5
3.4
17.3
8.9
12 Mickey Haefner
WS1
SP
34.7
2.8
13.0
6.4
13 Spec Shea*
NYA
SP
26.7
2.7
13.1
7.0
14 Bobo Newsom
MULT
SP
39.9
2.5
12.3
5.5
15 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
30.4
2.5
16.2
8.0
16 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
39.8
2.4
10.3
6.0
17 Frank Papish
CHA
SP
29.7
2.4
14.1
7.2
18 Fred Sanford*
SLA
SP
27.9
2.3
11.7
5.2
19 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
32.0
2.3
12.2
5.9
20 Sam Zoldak
SLA
SP
28.6
2.2
12.4
6.4
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