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Year Career cWPA   Single-Season cWPA   ActivecWPA   Yearly cWPA
1910 Charles Bender+ 17.0 Charles Bender+ 17.0 Charles Bender+ 17.0 Charles Bender+ 17.0
1911 Charles Bender+ 33.8 Christy Mathewson+ 19.3 Charles Bender+ 33.8 Christy Mathewson+ 19.3
1912 Christy Mathewson+ 36.5 Christy Mathewson+ 19.3 Christy Mathewson+ 36.5 Walter Johnson+ 16.5
1913 Christy Mathewson+ 48.6 Christy Mathewson+ 19.3 Christy Mathewson+ 48.6 Christy Mathewson+ 12.1
1914 Christy Mathewson+ 50.2 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Christy Mathewson+ 50.2 Claude Hendrix 36.6
1915 Christy Mathewson+ 49.6 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Christy Mathewson+ 49.6 Ernie Shore 25.0
1916 Grover Alexander+ 73.3 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 73.3 Grover Alexander+ 26.3
1917 Grover Alexander+ 80.3 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 80.3 Babe Ruth+ 14.8
1918 Grover Alexander+ 80.5 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 80.5 Hippo Vaughn 19.9
1919 Grover Alexander+ 80.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 80.8 Eddie Cicotte 28.5
1920 Grover Alexander+ 87.7 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 87.7 Stan Coveleski+ 22.2
1921 Grover Alexander+ 87.9 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 87.9 Waite Hoyt+ 22.8
1922 Grover Alexander+ 95.0 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 95.0 Bullet Joe Bush 26.5
1923 Grover Alexander+ 95.2 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 95.2 Dolf Luque 18.7
1924 Grover Alexander+ 97.1 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 97.1 Herb Pennock+ 30.3
1925 Grover Alexander+ 97.1 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 97.1 Stan Coveleski+ 16.4
1926 Grover Alexander+ 112.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 112.8 Ray Kremer 18.5
1927 Grover Alexander+ 127.1 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 127.1 Ray Kremer 17.1
1928 Grover Alexander+ 133.3 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 133.3 Jesse Haines+ 26.8
1929 Grover Alexander+ 134.6 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 134.6 Guy Bush 16.4
1930 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Dazzy Vance+ 32.9
1931 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Waite Hoyt+ 68.8 Lefty Grove+ 20.1
1932 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Lefty Grove+ 70.9 Lon Warneke 15.6
1933 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Lefty Grove+ 74.2 Carl Hubbell+ 33.5
1934 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Lefty Grove+ 72.4 Dizzy Dean+ 22.3
1935 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 78.3 Paul Dean 23.5
1936 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 107.8 Carl Hubbell+ 29.4
1937 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 113.9 Cliff Melton 21.0
1938 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 123.6 Bill Lee 21.4
1939 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 123.9 Bucky Walters 20.0
1940 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 122.4 Bob Feller+ 28.0
1941 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 122.8 Whit Wyatt 26.6
1942 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 121.0 Mort Cooper 18.4
1943 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Carl Hubbell+ 120.8 Spud Chandler 8.9
1944 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Bill Lee 49.4 Hal Newhouser+ 22.7
1945 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Red Ruffing+ 58.0 Roger Wolff 18.2
1946 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Red Ruffing+ 59.8 Howie Pollet 22.9
1947 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Dizzy Dean+ 71.8 Spec Shea 10.3
1948 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Claude Hendrix 36.6 Bob Feller+ 60.8 Gene Bearden 29.4
1949 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Bob Feller+ 60.2 Vic Raschi 38.3
1950 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Bob Feller+ 62.8 Robin Roberts+ 28.4
1951 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Vic Raschi 68.7 Early Wynn+ 21.5
1952 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Vic Raschi 84.4 Bob Lemon+ 17.7
1953 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Vic Raschi 88.6 Warren Spahn+ 10.9
1954 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Vic Raschi 89.6 Johnny Antonelli 20.0
1955 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Vic Raschi 88.8 Ray Narleski 18.3
1956 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 78.6 Warren Spahn+ 25.7
1957 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 84.1 Billy Pierce 12.1
1958 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 89.7 Carl Willey 9.8
1959 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 96.2 Larry Sherry 23.9
1960 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 100.3 Vern Law 9.8
1961 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 102.1 Don Mossi 12.4
1962 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 102.0 Billy Pierce 22.2
1963 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 105.2 Sandy Koufax+ 24.7
1964 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 102.2 Jim Maloney 16.5
1965 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Warren Spahn+ 104.4 Sandy Koufax+ 33.8
1966 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Whitey Ford+ 97.3 Sandy Koufax+ 26.9
1967 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Whitey Ford+ 98.0 Joe Horlen 13.4
1968 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Hoyt Wilhelm+ 54.6 Bob Gibson+ 15.4
1969 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 64.7 Juan Marichal+ 11.7
1970 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 64.1 Mudcat Grant 6.8
1971 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 67.9 Vida Blue 6.9
1972 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 67.4 Mickey Lolich 9.2
1973 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 65.5 John Hiller 7.7
1974 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 66.5 Luis Tiant 9.5
1975 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Juan Marichal+ 65.9 Jerry Reuss 5.1
1976 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 32.9 Fred Norman 3.5
1977 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 38.5 Ron Guidry 8.2
1978 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 39.8 Rich Gossage+ 10.3
1979 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 40.6 Kent Tekulve 10.1
1980 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 40.3 Tug McGraw 16.6
1981 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Jim Palmer+ 39.6 Dennis Leonard 5.0
1982 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 44.3 Don Sutton+ 8.3
1983 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 44.2 John Denny 7.2
1984 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 44.3 Frank Viola 10.4
1985 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 44.2 Dwight Gooden 18.1
1986 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 46.0 Mike Scott 7.8
1987 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 45.8 Frank Tanana 10.9
1988 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Don Sutton+ 45.0 Orel Hershiser 6.2
1989 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Rich Gossage+ 32.1 Bret Saberhagen 6.7
1990 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 30.6 Roger Clemens 15.3
1991 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 32.5 Steve Avery 7.4
1992 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 39.7 Dennis Eckersley+ 7.1
1993 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 39.0 Rod Beck 10.9
1994 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 38.8 Greg Maddux+ 5.0
1995 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 38.4 Randy Johnson+ 11.8
1996 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 39.3 Trevor Hoffman+ 6.5
1997 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Dennis Eckersley+ 39.2 Randy Johnson+ 4.7
1998 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 40.1 Al Leiter 3.9
1999 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 40.4 Billy Wagner+ 5.7
2000 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 42.5 Pedro Martínez+ 7.3
2001 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 44.2 Randy Johnson+ 6.2
2002 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 44.9 Éric Gagné 5.6
2003 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 46.5 Pedro Martínez+ 5.5
2004 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 49.8 Éric Gagné 5.4
2005 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 53.8 Andy Pettitte 4.8
2006 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 55.0 Cla Meredith 5.3
2007 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Roger Clemens 55.0 Heath Bell 8.5
2008 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Pedro Martínez+ 40.6 John Danks 8.7
2009 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Pedro Martínez+ 41.3 Joe Nathan 6.8
2010 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Mariano Rivera+ 32.1 Heath Bell 5.6
2011 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Mariano Rivera+ 34.1 Justin Verlander 4.2
2012 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Mariano Rivera+ 34.1 Jim Johnson 5.2
2013 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Mariano Rivera+ 35.7 Joe Nathan 3.9
2014 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Joe Nathan 25.8 Clayton Kershaw 4.3
2015 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Joe Nathan 25.8 Zack Greinke 5.3
2016 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Joe Nathan 25.4 Zack Britton 6.7
2017 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 23.8 Wade Davis 3.8
2018 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 25.7 Walker Buehler 5.1
2019 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 26.8 Jack Flaherty 3.8
2020 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 27.2 Devin Williams 1.9
2021 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 27.8 Walker Buehler 3.0
2022 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 28.8 Jhoan Duran 3.0
2023 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 29.8 Hector Neris 5.4
2024 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 29.6 Emmanuel Clase 4.5
2025 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Clayton Kershaw 30.2 Cristopher Sánchez 3.2
2026 Grover Alexander+ 133.8 Vic Raschi 38.3 Justin Verlander 26.8 Jacob Misiorowski 1.9