1888 Season
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1888 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The TSN Pitcher of the Year was not awarded this season
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Buffinton
PHI
SP
27.0
12.1
41.2
26.9
2 Tim Keefe
NY1
SP
31.5
10.3
36.7
21.2
3 Mickey Welch
NY1
SP
29.0
8.0
31.2
16.0
4 Ben Sanders*
PHI
SP
23.4
7.8
28.0
18.2
5 Gus Krock*
CHN
SP
22.1
6.8
26.5
14.4
6 Pud Galvin
PIT
SP
31.5
6.6
27.5
11.9
7 Ed Morris
PIT
SP
25.8
6.4
32.3
15.1
8 Pete Conway
DTN
SP
21.7
5.6
26.0
12.0
9 John Clarkson
BSN
SP
27.0
4.3
31.4
14.1
10 Hank O'Day
WS8
SP
26.0
4.2
19.8
5.4
11 Bill Sowders*
BSN
SP
23.6
3.6
22.3
11.0
12 Henry Boyle
IN3
SP
27.8
3.0
16.3
4.8
13 Bill Burdick*
IN3
SP
28.7
2.7
10.8
4.5
14 Kid Madden
BSN
SP
21.7
2.4
9.9
4.1
15 Dan Casey
PHI
SP
25.6
2.1
17.5
7.3
16 Jim Whitney
WS8
SP
30.6
1.8
15.8
4.2
17 Cannonball Titcomb
NY1
SP
21.9
1.7
12.4
5.4
18 Henry Gruber
DTN
SP
24.5
1.7
13.2
4.7
19 Harry Staley*
PIT
SP
21.7
1.7
11.7
4.3
20 Mark Baldwin
CHN
SP
24.7
1.7
15.0
6.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1888 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The TSN Pitcher of the Year was not awarded this season
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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