Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2014, (requiring WAR_pitch≥80 and WAA_pitch≥40), sorted by greatest WAR for Pitchers: Results
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80 WAR/40 WAA pitchers
Rk | Player | WAR | WAA/pitch | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
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1 | Cy Young | 170.3 | 106.0 | 1890 | 1911 | 23-44 | 906 | 815 | 749 | 76 | 84 | 511 | 316 | .618 | 17 | 7356.0 | 7092 | 3167 | 2147 | 1217 | 2803 | 2.63 | 2.84 | 138 | 138 | 29565 | 161 | 3 | 156 | CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-BSN | |
2 | Walter Johnson | 152.3 | 97.4 | 1907 | 1927 | 19-39 | 802 | 666 | 531 | 110 | 127 | 417 | 279 | .599 | 34 | 5914.1 | 4913 | 1902 | 1424 | 1363 | 3509 | 2.17 | 2.42 | 147 | 97 | 23405 | 205 | 4 | 154 | WSH | |
3 | Roger Clemens | 139.4 | 94.5 | 1984 | 2007 | 21-44 | 709 | 707 | 118 | 46 | 0 | 354 | 184 | .658 | 0 | 4916.2 | 4185 | 1885 | 1707 | 1580 | 4672 | 3.12 | 3.09 | 143 | 363 | 20240 | 63 | 159 | 20 | 143 | BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU |
4 | Pete Alexander | 117.0 | 77.2 | 1911 | 1930 | 24-43 | 696 | 600 | 436 | 90 | 81 | 373 | 208 | .642 | 32 | 5190.0 | 4868 | 1852 | 1476 | 951 | 2198 | 2.56 | 2.88 | 135 | 165 | 20893 | 70 | 1 | 38 | PHI-CHC-STL | |
5 | Kid Nichols | 116.6 | 74.0 | 1890 | 1906 | 20-36 | 621 | 562 | 532 | 48 | 56 | 361 | 208 | .634 | 17 | 5067.1 | 4929 | 2480 | 1664 | 1272 | 1881 | 2.96 | 3.48 | 140 | 156 | 21082 | 129 | 1 | 169 | BSN-STL-PHI | |
6 | Lefty Grove | 109.9 | 72.2 | 1925 | 1941 | 25-41 | 616 | 457 | 298 | 35 | 123 | 300 | 141 | .680 | 54 | 3940.2 | 3849 | 1594 | 1339 | 1187 | 2266 | 3.06 | 3.36 | 148 | 162 | 16622 | 42 | 1 | 51 | PHA-BOS | |
7 | Tom Seaver | 106.3 | 65.5 | 1967 | 1986 | 22-41 | 656 | 647 | 231 | 61 | 6 | 311 | 205 | .603 | 1 | 4783.0 | 3971 | 1674 | 1521 | 1390 | 3640 | 2.86 | 3.04 | 127 | 380 | 19369 | 116 | 76 | 8 | 126 | NYM-CIN-CHW-BOS |
8 | Greg Maddux | 104.6 | 64.9 | 1986 | 2008 | 20-42 | 744 | 740 | 109 | 35 | 3 | 355 | 227 | .610 | 0 | 5008.1 | 4726 | 1981 | 1756 | 999 | 3371 | 3.16 | 3.26 | 132 | 353 | 20421 | 177 | 137 | 28 | 70 | CHC-ATL-LAD-SDP |
9 | Randy Johnson | 104.3 | 68.1 | 1988 | 2009 | 24-45 | 618 | 603 | 100 | 37 | 7 | 303 | 166 | .646 | 2 | 4135.1 | 3346 | 1703 | 1513 | 1497 | 4875 | 3.29 | 3.19 | 135 | 411 | 17067 | 37 | 190 | 33 | 109 | MON-SEA-HOU-ARI-NYY-SFG |
10 | Phil Niekro | 97.4 | 51.0 | 1964 | 1987 | 25-48 | 864 | 716 | 245 | 45 | 83 | 318 | 274 | .537 | 29 | 5404.0 | 5044 | 2337 | 2012 | 1809 | 3342 | 3.35 | 3.62 | 115 | 482 | 22677 | 86 | 123 | 42 | 226 | MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOR |
11 | Bert Blyleven | 96.5 | 52.3 | 1970 | 1992 | 19-41 | 692 | 685 | 242 | 60 | 3 | 287 | 250 | .534 | 0 | 4970.0 | 4632 | 2029 | 1830 | 1322 | 3701 | 3.31 | 3.19 | 118 | 430 | 20491 | 71 | 155 | 19 | 114 | MIN-TEX-PIT-CLE-CAL |
12 | Christy Mathewson | 95.3 | 58.1 | 1900 | 1916 | 19-35 | 636 | 552 | 435 | 79 | 73 | 373 | 188 | .665 | 30 | 4788.2 | 4219 | 1620 | 1135 | 848 | 2507 | 2.13 | 2.26 | 135 | 89 | 18913 | 59 | 8 | 115 | NYG-CIN | |
13 | Gaylord Perry | 93.7 | 45.6 | 1962 | 1983 | 23-44 | 777 | 690 | 303 | 53 | 33 | 314 | 265 | .542 | 11 | 5350.0 | 4938 | 2128 | 1846 | 1379 | 3534 | 3.11 | 3.06 | 117 | 399 | 21953 | 164 | 108 | 6 | 160 | SFG-CLE-TEX-SDP-NYY-ATL-SEA-KCR |
14 | Warren Spahn | 92.6 | 41.1 | 1942 | 1965 | 21-44 | 750 | 665 | 382 | 63 | 67 | 363 | 245 | .597 | 29 | 5243.2 | 4830 | 2016 | 1798 | 1434 | 2583 | 3.09 | 3.44 | 119 | 434 | 21547 | 60 | 42 | 5 | 81 | BSN-MLN-SFG-NYM |
15 | Tim Keefe | 88.9 | 51.0 | 1880 | 1893 | 23-36 | 600 | 594 | 554 | 39 | 7 | 342 | 225 | .603 | 2 | 5049.2 | 4438 | 2470 | 1474 | 1233 | 2564 | 2.63 | 2.92 | 126 | 75 | 20941 | 98 | 0 | 240 | TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-PHI | |
16 | Eddie Plank | 86.5 | 47.0 | 1901 | 1917 | 25-41 | 623 | 529 | 410 | 69 | 77 | 326 | 194 | .627 | 23 | 4495.2 | 3958 | 1566 | 1174 | 1072 | 2246 | 2.35 | 2.45 | 122 | 42 | 17803 | 190 | 6 | 88 | PHA-SLM-SLB | |
17 | Pedro Martinez | 86.0 | 61.3 | 1992 | 2009 | 20-37 | 476 | 409 | 46 | 17 | 23 | 219 | 100 | .687 | 3 | 2827.1 | 2221 | 1006 | 919 | 760 | 3154 | 2.93 | 2.91 | 154 | 239 | 11394 | 30 | 141 | 6 | 62 | LAD-MON-BOS-NYM-PHI |
18 | John Clarkson | 85.7 | 48.0 | 1882 | 1894 | 20-32 | 531 | 518 | 485 | 37 | 12 | 328 | 178 | .648 | 5 | 4536.1 | 4295 | 2384 | 1417 | 1191 | 1978 | 2.81 | 3.35 | 133 | 159 | 19146 | 80 | 0 | 182 | WOR-CHC-BSN-CLV | |
19 | Fergie Jenkins | 82.8 | 42.6 | 1965 | 1983 | 22-40 | 664 | 594 | 267 | 49 | 37 | 284 | 226 | .557 | 7 | 4500.2 | 4142 | 1853 | 1669 | 997 | 3192 | 3.34 | 3.28 | 115 | 484 | 18400 | 116 | 84 | 18 | 62 | PHI-TEX-BOS-CHC |
20 | Mike Mussina | 82.7 | 48.6 | 1991 | 2008 | 22-39 | 537 | 536 | 57 | 23 | 0 | 270 | 153 | .638 | 0 | 3562.2 | 3460 | 1559 | 1458 | 785 | 2813 | 3.68 | 3.57 | 123 | 376 | 14593 | 29 | 60 | 1 | 71 | BAL-NYY |
21 | Bob Gibson | 81.9 | 47.0 | 1959 | 1975 | 23-39 | 528 | 482 | 255 | 56 | 21 | 251 | 174 | .591 | 6 | 3884.1 | 3279 | 1420 | 1258 | 1336 | 3117 | 2.91 | 2.89 | 127 | 257 | 16068 | 118 | 102 | 13 | 108 | STL |
22 | Curt Schilling | 80.7 | 54.1 | 1988 | 2007 | 21-40 | 569 | 436 | 83 | 20 | 81 | 216 | 146 | .597 | 22 | 3261.0 | 2998 | 1318 | 1253 | 711 | 3116 | 3.46 | 3.23 | 127 | 347 | 13284 | 43 | 52 | 8 | 72 | BAL-HOU-PHI-ARI-BOS |
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