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1949 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Howie Pollet
SLN
SP
28.0
6.6
23.4
15.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Howie Pollet
SLN
SP
28.0
6.6
23.4
15.2
2 Ken Heintzelman
PHI
SP
33.7
6.3
22.6
13.8
3 Preacher Roe
BRO
SP
34.3
5.9
19.1
11.6
4 Dave Koslo
NY1
SP
29.3
5.9
18.2
10.6
5 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
28.2
5.6
23.0
12.4
6 Don Newcombe*
BRO
SP
23.0
5.6
19.7
11.1
7 Ken Raffensberger
CIN
SP
31.9
5.3
20.1
10.0
8 Murry Dickson
PIT
SP
32.9
4.8
18.2
10.2
9 Jerry Staley
SLN
SP
28.9
4.4
17.1
11.0
10 Russ Meyer
PHI
SP
25.7
4.3
19.7
12.2
11 Al Brazle
SLN
SP
35.7
4.1
17.2
9.9
12 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
22.8
3.6
17.0
8.9
13 Red Munger
SLN
SP
30.7
3.3
14.0
7.3
14 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
34.7
3.1
16.5
8.9
15 Monte Kennedy
NY1
SP
27.1
3.0
13.3
5.4
16 Jack Banta*
BRO
SW
24.0
2.8
11.5
6.0
17 Sheldon Jones
NY1
SP
27.4
2.7
13.6
6.2
18 Bill Werle*
PIT
SP
28.5
2.6
12.9
5.1
19 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
23.5
2.5
11.9
4.8
20 Ted Wilks
SLN
RP
33.6
2.3
11.8
7.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1949 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ellis Kinder
BOS
SP
34.9
4.9
23.4
14.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
27.1
7.9
30.6
20.3
2 Virgil Trucks
DET
SP
32.2
6.9
27.6
18.1
3 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
28.8
5.4
26.0
16.3
4 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
28.1
5.4
24.1
14.0
5 Al Benton
CLE
SP
38.3
5.0
18.4
13.5
6 Ellis Kinder
BOS
SP
34.9
4.9
23.4
14.7
7 Mike Garcia*
CLE
SP
25.6
4.5
20.0
13.9
8 Joe Page
NYA
RP
31.7
4.2
18.7
13.7
9 Ned Garver
SLA
SP
23.5
4.1
13.0
5.3
10 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
29.9
3.9
18.0
11.5
11 Bill Wight
CHA
SP
27.2
3.7
18.1
9.7
12 Ted Gray
DET
SP
24.5
3.2
14.7
7.9
13 Vic Raschi
NYA
SP
30.3
3.0
19.0
9.6
14 Tom Ferrick
SLA
RP
34.5
2.9
8.3
4.4
15 Randy Gumpert
CHA
SP
31.4
2.6
14.3
6.2
16 Art Houtteman
DET
SP
21.9
2.5
14.0
7.0
17 Ed Lopat
NYA
SP
31.0
2.5
15.0
7.5
18 Tommy Byrne
NYA
SP
29.5
2.4
12.9
6.1
19 Joe Dobson
BOS
SP
32.4
2.3
14.9
7.5
20 Bobby Shantz*
PHA
SW
23.8
2.2
10.2
5.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James