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2009 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tim Lincecum
SFN
SP
25.0
7.5
22.2
15.8
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tim Lincecum
SFN
SP
25.0
7.5
22.2
15.8
2 Josh Johnson
FLO
SP
25.4
6.6
16.9
11.0
3 Jair Jurrjens
ATL
SP
23.4
6.5
17.5
11.5
4 Dan Haren
ARI
SP
28.8
6.5
19.0
12.5
5 Chris Carpenter
SLN
SP
34.2
6.5
20.8
15.4
6 Matt Cain
SFN
SP
24.8
6.3
19.2
13.0
7 Adam Wainwright
SLN
SP
27.8
6.2
21.6
15.0
8 Javier Vazquez
ATL
SP
32.9
6.2
17.1
10.9
9 Ubaldo Jimenez
COL
SP
25.4
5.5
19.1
12.9
10 Ted Lilly
CHN
SP
33.5
5.0
14.6
9.6
11 Wandy Rodriguez
HOU
SP
30.5
4.7
16.8
11.0
12 Clayton Kershaw
LAN
SP
21.3
4.7
12.9
8.0
13 J.A. Happ*
PHI
SP
26.7
4.2
15.3
10.3
14 Randy Wells*
CHN
SP
26.8
4.2
13.2
8.5
15 Randy Wolf
LAN
SP
32.9
3.9
14.1
8.0
16 Tommy Hanson*
ATL
SP
22.8
3.9
10.7
7.1
17 Jason Marquis
COL
SP
30.9
3.5
15.3
9.2
18 Ryan Dempster
CHN
SP
32.2
3.4
12.6
6.9
19 John Lannan
WAS
SP
24.8
3.4
8.9
3.1
20 Johan Santana
NYN
SP
30.3
3.3
13.1
8.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

2009 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Zack Greinke
KCA
SP
25.7
10.4
25.7
18.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Zack Greinke
KCA
SP
25.7
10.4
25.7
18.9
2 Roy Halladay
TOR
SP
32.1
6.9
21.2
14.2
3 Jon Lester
BOS
SP
25.5
6.3
17.5
11.5
4 C.C. Sabathia
NYA
SP
28.9
6.2
18.6
11.8
5 Felix Hernandez
SEA
SP
23.2
6.0
27.0
20.0
6 Justin Verlander
DET
SP
26.4
5.6
21.2
14.1
7 Mark Buehrle
CHA
SP
30.3
5.3
16.1
9.8
8 Josh Beckett
BOS
SP
29.1
5.1
16.1
9.8
9 John Danks
CHA
SP
24.2
5.0
15.6
9.7
10 Kevin Millwood
TEX
SP
34.5
4.7
15.2
9.3
11 A.J. Burnett
NYA
SP
32.5
4.4
13.1
7.0
12 Edwin Jackson
DET
SP
25.8
4.2
17.0
10.6
13 Gavin Floyd
CHA
SP
26.4
4.1
13.2
7.5
14 Scott Feldman
TEX
SP
26.4
3.7
14.4
8.7
15 Andrew Bailey*
OAK
RP
25.1
3.7
17.1
12.1
16 Mariano Rivera
NYA
RP
39.6
3.6
15.6
11.6
17 Matt Garza
TBA
SP
25.6
3.5
11.1
5.1
18 Jonathan Papelbon
BOS
RP
28.6
3.5
14.8
10.8
19 Jered Weaver
LAA
SP
26.7
3.4
16.0
9.8
20 Scott Baker
MIN
SP
27.8
3.3
11.9
5.9
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