1969 Season
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1969 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
24.6
7.2
31.7
22.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
33.6
10.4
30.7
20.2
2 Larry Dierker
HOU
SP
22.8
8.6
25.6
15.3
3 Bill Hands
CHN
SP
29.2
8.4
28.3
18.3
4 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
31.7
7.8
28.9
18.9
5 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
24.6
7.2
31.7
22.6
6 Fergie Jenkins
CHN
SP
26.6
7.1
24.7
14.3
7 Steve Carlton
SLN
SP
24.5
6.8
23.2
15.2
8 Bill Singer
LAN
SP
25.2
6.5
26.9
16.3
9 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
30.8
6.5
26.5
15.6
10 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
30.3
6.0
27.7
18.1
11 Jerry Koosman
NYN
SP
26.5
5.9
26.0
17.9
12 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
29.9
5.8
24.7
13.9
13 Denny Lemaster
HOU
SP
30.4
4.9
14.7
6.5
14 Ken Holtzman
CHN
SP
23.7
4.5
17.3
8.5
15 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
29.1
4.0
13.5
7.5
16 Grant Jackson
PHI
SP
26.8
3.6
14.3
5.8
17 Chuck Taylor*
SLN
SP
27.2
3.1
10.7
6.3
18 Rick Wise
PHI
SP
23.8
3.1
13.3
5.9
19 Tom Griffin*
HOU
SP
21.4
3.1
10.1
3.8
20 Dick Selma
MULT
SP
25.7
2.9
12.8
6.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1969 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Denny McLain
DET
SP
25.3
8.2
28.6
18.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denny McLain
DET
SP
25.3
8.2
28.6
18.4
2 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
26.8
6.6
21.2
12.3
3 Jim Perry
MIN
SP
33.7
6.2
20.6
12.2
4 Mel Stottlemyre
NYA
SP
27.6
5.7
25.3
15.8
5 Andy Messersmith
CAL
SP
23.9
5.3
21.5
13.6
6 Tommy John
CHA
SP
26.1
5.0
17.6
10.4
7 Fritz Peterson
NYA
SP
27.4
4.6
23.1
14.7
8 Mickey Lolich
DET
SP
28.8
4.6
20.5
11.7
9 Ron Perranoski
MIN
RP
33.3
4.5
19.4
13.8
10 Mike Cuellar
BAL
SP
32.1
4.5
24.6
15.5
11 Dick Bosman
WS2
SP
25.4
4.5
16.7
10.5
12 Ken Tatum*
CAL
RP
25.2
4.3
18.3
14.2
13 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
23.7
4.2
17.4
11.6
14 Wally Bunker
KCA
SP
24.4
4.2
16.2
9.2
15 Joe Horlen
CHA
SP
31.9
3.8
15.3
7.9
16 Roger Nelson
KCA
SP
25.1
3.6
12.3
6.3
17 Dave Boswell
MIN
SP
24.4
3.6
16.5
8.5
18 Sparky Lyle
BOS
RP
24.9
3.4
13.5
8.6
19 Luis Tiant
CLE
SP
28.6
3.2
10.4
2.6
20 Mike Nagy*
BOS
SP
21.3
3.2
14.3
8.1
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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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