Players' Contributions to Team's Expected Wins
The List of top Pitchers, 1972-2002

Heading meanings:
  • #Y: number of years of data for the pitcher
  • H/AB=BAA: Career hits, at-bats, and batting average against pitcher
  • Wins: Contributed expected wins as pitcher
  • HOF: Is pitcher or player in Hall of Fame (HOF), will be (hof), probably will be (hof?), or might be (?) -- my judgement based only on contributions through 2002


    • Pitching

    Pitcher #Y H/AB=BAA Wins HOF
    Maddux, Greg 17 3400/14036=242 63.889 hof
    Clemens, Roger 19 3478/15139=229 53.343 hof
    Johnson, Randy 15 2310/10896=212 46.157 hof
    Ryan, Nolan 22 3554/17442=203 44.944 HOF
    Martinez, Pedro 11 1406/06863=204 43.305 hof?
    Glavine, Tom 16 3174/12590=252 38.608 hof
    Palmer, Jim 13 2439/10448=233 35.539 HOF
    Seaver, Tom 15 2881/12593=228 35.527 HOF
    Gossage, Rich 22 1497/06553=228 35.199
    Brown, Kevin 16 2656/10743=247 33.869
    Sutton, Don 17 3347/14275=234 33.116 HOF
    Hoffman, Trevor 10 0526/02563=205 31.958 hof?
    Smoltz, John 14 2204/09478=232 31.663
    Mussina, Mike 12 2305/09284=248 31.073
    Schilling, Curt 15 2142/09051=236 30.215
    Eckersley, Dennis 24 3076/12518=245 29.009 HOF
    Saberhagen, Bret 16 2452/09733=251 26.940
    Franco, John 18 1062/04304=246 26.925
    Cone, David 16 2484/10711=231 26.798
    Gooden, Dwight 16 2564/10518=243 26.172
    Hershiser, Orel 18 2939/11825=248 25.930
    Appier, Kevin 14 2298/09340=246 25.477
    Carlton, Steve 17 3503/14685=238 25.125 HOF
    Smith, Lee 18 1133/04791=236 24.184
    Blyleven, Bert 20 4222/17052=247 24.018
    Perry, Gaylord 12 2877/11486=250 23.059 HOF
    Myers, Randy 14 0758/03253=233 22.687
    Blue, Vida 14 2661/10972=242 22.545
    Rogers, Steve 13 2619/10558=248 22.424
    Sutter, Bruce 12 0879/03828=229 21.500
    Rivera, Mariano 08 0454/02138=212 21.442
    Guidry, Ron 14 2198/09013=243 21.138
    Fingers, Rollie 13 1123/04798=234 20.778 HOF