1961 Season
1960 / 1962
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1961 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
40.2
4.0
22.4
13.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Cardwell
CHN
SP
25.6
6.1
16.3
7.3
2 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
25.5
5.7
19.6
10.6
3 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
24.9
5.4
17.2
8.7
4 Jim O'Toole
CIN
SP
24.5
5.1
22.5
13.6
5 Stan Williams
LAN
SP
24.8
4.7
15.5
7.2
6 Joey Jay
CIN
SP
25.9
4.5
20.2
11.6
7 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
25.6
4.4
17.6
10.1
8 Mike McCormick
SFN
SP
22.8
4.3
16.8
8.0
9 Johnny Podres
LAN
SP
28.8
4.3
15.1
8.7
10 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
40.2
4.0
22.4
13.2
11 Ray Sadecki
SLN
SP
20.5
4.0
16.8
9.1
12 Dick Ellsworth
CHN
SP
21.3
3.7
11.2
4.6
13 Larry Jackson
SLN
SP
30.1
3.6
15.5
8.1
14 Joe Gibbon
PIT
SP
26.2
3.6
13.9
7.1
15 Ron Perranoski*
LAN
RP
25.3
3.6
11.2
6.9
16 Curt Simmons
SLN
SP
32.1
3.2
15.0
8.2
17 Stu Miller
SFN
RP
33.5
3.2
16.9
11.1
18 Art Mahaffey
PHI
SP
23.1
2.9
11.2
3.5
19 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
30.6
2.7
12.8
4.5
20 Bob Purkey
CIN
SP
32.0
2.7
16.6
8.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1961 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
32.7
3.8
21.9
13.3
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Kralick
MIN
SP
26.1
6.1
16.8
9.4
2 Camilo Pascual
MIN
SP
27.4
5.4
17.0
9.3
3 Ken McBride*
LAA
SP
25.9
5.2
16.9
9.5
4 Juan Pizarro
CHA
SP
24.4
4.3
17.0
10.7
5 Frank Lary
DET
SP
31.2
4.3
19.6
11.2
6 Dick Donovan
WS2
SP
33.6
4.2
14.6
9.5
7 Billy Hoeft
BAL
SP
29.1
4.2
15.4
10.6
8 Bill Monbouquette
BOS
SP
24.9
3.9
17.8
10.5
9 Don Mossi
DET
SP
32.5
3.9
17.7
10.3
10 Jim Archer*
KC1
SP
29.1
3.8
14.9
8.3
11 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
32.7
3.8
21.9
13.3
12 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
29.7
3.7
18.2
10.0
13 Steve Barber
BAL
SP
23.4
3.6
18.3
10.7
14 Pedro Ramos
MIN
SP
26.2
3.6
14.2
5.9
15 Bennie Daniels
WS2
SP
29.0
3.6
14.2
7.7
16 Bill Stafford
NYA
SP
21.9
3.6
16.8
10.6
17 Don Schwall*
BOS
SP
25.3
3.3
15.5
10.0
18 Luis Arroyo
NYA
RP
34.4
3.3
21.5
16.2
19 Milt Pappas
BAL
SP
22.1
3.0
14.7
9.2
20 Hal Brown
BAL
SP
36.6
3.0
13.2
8.0
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