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Statistic Description: Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com
This statistic is computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these lists.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | WAR for Pitchers | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 63.1 | R |
| 2. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 54.5 | L |
| 3. | Mariano Rivera (18, 42) | 52.7 | R |
| 4. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 51.1 | R |
| 5. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 51.0 | L |
| 6. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 48.9 | L |
| 7. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 48.6 | L |
| 8. | Roy Oswalt (12, 34) | 48.5 | R |
| 9. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 44.8 | L |
| 10. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 36.5 | R |
| 11. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 35.8 | R |
| 12. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 34.2 | R |
| 13. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 33.1 | L |
| 14. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 33.0 | L |
| 15. | Chris Carpenter (15, 37) | 32.8 | R |
| 16. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 32.0 | R |
| 17. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 31.7 | R |
| 18. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 31.6 | R |
| 19. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 31.5 | R |
| 20. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 30.4 | R |
| 21. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 29.5 | R |
| 22. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 29.2 | R |
| 23. | Dan Haren (10, 31) | 28.8 | R |
| 24. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 27.8 | R |
| 25. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 27.4 | L |
| 26. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 27.0 | L |
| 27. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 26.8 | R |
| 28. | Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 25.3 | R |
| 29. | Ben Sheets (10, 33) | 24.4 | R |
| 30. | Josh Johnson (8, 28) | 24.2 | R |
| 31. | Clayton Kershaw (5, 24) | 23.7 | L |
| 32. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 23.4 | L |
| 33. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 22.4 | R |
| 34. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 22.3 | R |
| Joe Nathan (12, 37) | 22.3 | R | |
| 36. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 22.0 | R |
| 37. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 21.7 | R |
| 38. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 21.6 | R |
| 39. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 19.5 | R |
| 40. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 19.4 | L |
| Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 19.4 | R | |
| 42. | Adam Wainwright (7, 30) | 18.9 | R |
| 43. | Francisco Rodriguez (11, 30) | 18.7 | R |
| 44. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 18.6 | L |
| 45. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 18.2 | L |
| 46. | John Danks (6, 27) | 18.1 | L |
| 47. | Brad Penny (13, 34) | 17.3 | R |
| 48. | Jonathan Papelbon (8, 31) | 17.2 | R |
| 49. | James Shields (7, 30) | 17.0 | R |
| 50. | Ubaldo Jimenez (7, 28) | 16.4 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | WAR for Pitchers | Throws |
| 51. | Francisco Cordero (14, 37) | 16.1 | R |
| 52. | Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 15.8 | R |
| 53. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 15.5 | R |
| 54. | Octavio Dotel (14, 38) | 15.4 | R |
| 55. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 15.2 | L |
| 56. | Mark Prior (5, 31) | 15.0 | R |
| 57. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 14.9 | R |
| 58. | Scott Baker (7, 30) | 14.7 | R |
| 59. | Hiroki Kuroda (5, 37) | 14.3 | R |
| David Price (5, 26) | 14.3 | L | |
| 61. | Anibal Sanchez (7, 28) | 14.2 | R |
| Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 14.2 | L | |
| 63. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 14.1 | R |
| LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 14.1 | R | |
| 65. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 14.0 | R |
| 66. | Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 13.9 | R |
| 67. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 13.7 | R |
| 68. | Rafael Betancourt (10, 37) | 13.6 | R |
| 69. | Johnny Cueto (5, 26) | 13.4 | R |
| 70. | Shaun Marcum (7, 30) | 13.3 | R |
| 71. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 12.8 | R |
| 72. | Chris Young (9, 33) | 12.7 | R |
| 73. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 12.4 | L |
| 74. | R.A. Dickey (10, 37) | 12.3 | R |
| Yovani Gallardo (6, 26) | 12.3 | R | |
| Joakim Soria (5, 28) | 12.3 | R | |
| 77. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 12.2 | L |
| Chien-Ming Wang (7, 32) | 12.2 | R | |
| 79. | Rafael Soriano (11, 32) | 12.1 | R |
| 80. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 12.0 | R |
| Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 12.0 | R | |
| 82. | Matt Garza (7, 28) | 11.8 | R |
| J.J. Putz (10, 35) | 11.8 | R | |
| Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 11.8 | R | |
| 85. | Jose Valverde (10, 34) | 11.7 | R |
| 86. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 11.4 | R |
| 87. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 11.3 | R |
| 88. | Jason Isringhausen (16, 39) | 11.2 | R |
| 89. | C.J. Wilson (8, 31) | 11.0 | L |
| 90. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 10.6 | R |
| 91. | Max Scherzer (5, 27) | 10.5 | R |
| 92. | Jeff Francis (8, 31) | 10.4 | L |
| Matt Thornton (9, 35) | 10.4 | L | |
| 94. | Gio Gonzalez (5, 26) | 10.3 | L |
| Jair Jurrjens (6, 26) | 10.3 | R | |
| 96. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 10.2 | R |
| 97. | Takashi Saito (7, 42) | 10.1 | R |
| 98. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 10.0 | R |
| Carlos Marmol (7, 29) | 10.0 | R | |
| 100. | Trevor Cahill (4, 24) | 9.9 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | WAR for Pitchers | Throws |
| Scott Downs (11, 36) | 9.9 | L |
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