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1957 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
36.2
4.7
21.3
12.3
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Drysdale
BRO
SP
20.9
6.1
20.5
13.1
2 Johnny Podres
BRO
SP
24.8
5.8
18.7
12.2
3 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
36.2
4.7
21.3
12.3
4 Jack Sanford*
PHI
SP
28.1
4.6
20.3
12.4
5 Moe Drabowsky
CHN
SP
21.9
4.5
14.6
6.6
6 Brooks Lawrence
CIN
SP
32.4
3.9
20.1
11.5
7 Larry Jackson
SLN
SP
26.1
3.8
15.7
8.3
8 Ruben Gomez
NY1
SP
30.0
3.7
14.4
6.5
9 Curt Simmons
PHI
SP
28.1
3.6
14.7
7.6
10 Johnny Antonelli
NY1
SP
27.2
3.5
12.1
4.9
11 Dick Drott*
CHN
SP
21.0
3.2
13.7
6.0
12 Bob Buhl
ML1
SP
28.9
3.2
16.6
9.4
13 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
31.0
3.2
13.4
6.8
14 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
26.6
3.1
15.6
6.4
15 Curt Barclay*
NY1
SP
25.9
3.0
11.3
5.1
16 Don Elston*
MULT
SW
28.2
3.0
10.1
4.8
17 Sam Jones
SLN
SP
31.5
2.8
12.4
6.3
18 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
30.8
2.6
12.2
3.8
19 Stu Miller
NY1
SP
29.5
2.4
8.0
3.5
20 Turk Farrell*
PHI
RP
23.2
2.4
12.0
8.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1957 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
30.2
3.5
18.3
10.0
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Sullivan
BOS
SP
27.4
6.4
23.1
15.3
2 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
25.7
6.3
25.4
16.5
3 Dick Donovan
CHA
SP
29.6
3.9
17.7
10.6
4 Tom Sturdivant
NYA
SP
27.2
3.8
16.2
9.7
5 Paul Foytack
DET
SP
26.6
3.7
17.2
10.2
6 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
30.2
3.5
18.3
10.0
7 Bobby Shantz
NYA
SP
31.8
3.1
14.3
8.5
8 Billy Hoeft
DET
SP
25.1
3.0
13.8
7.0
9 Duke Maas
DET
SP
28.4
3.0
16.0
8.5
10 Virgil Trucks
KC1
SW
40.2
2.9
10.8
6.3
11 Ray Narleski
CLE
SP
28.6
2.9
14.4
8.9
12 Connie Johnson
BAL
SP
34.5
2.9
15.6
7.7
13 Bob Turley
NYA
SP
26.8
2.8
13.9
8.1
14 Jerry Staley
CHA
RP
36.9
2.7
11.8
7.2
15 George Zuverink
BAL
RP
32.9
2.7
11.7
6.7
16 Cal McLish
CLE
SW
31.6
2.7
11.6
6.0
17 Bud Byerly
WS1
RP
36.7
2.6
7.5
3.4
18 Billy O'Dell*
BAL
SP
25.4
2.5
10.5
5.6
19 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
23.4
2.4
7.3
1.6
20 Mike Garcia
CLE
SP
33.6
2.3
11.9
4.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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

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