1897 Season
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1897 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 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
27.8
10.8
39.3
26.4
2 Amos Rusie
NY1
SP
26.1
8.4
29.2
18.0
3 Ted Breitenstein
CIN
SP
28.1
7.8
32.0
20.9
4 Cy Young
CL4
SP
30.3
7.5
24.7
13.0
5 Jack Powell*
CL4
SP
23.0
6.0
19.1
11.3
6 Billy Rhines
CIN
SP
28.3
5.2
25.1
15.0
7 Frank Dwyer
CIN
SP
29.3
5.2
23.1
14.5
8 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
27.6
4.6
20.6
8.7
9 Win Mercer
WSN
SP
23.0
4.5
22.5
10.9
10 Jerry Nops*
BLN
SP
22.0
4.3
20.5
12.8
11 Brickyard Kennedy
BRO
SP
29.7
4.3
21.3
9.4
12 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
24.6
4.3
19.1
9.5
13 Joe Corbett
BLN
SP
21.6
4.2
25.7
14.8
14 Jouett Meekin
NY1
SP
30.4
4.1
19.9
9.4
15 Nixey Callahan*
CHN
2B
23.3
4.0
12.0
5.4
16 Nig Cuppy
CL4
SP
28.0
3.9
12.2
7.4
17 Arlie Pond
BLN
SP
24.5
3.9
19.6
10.9
18 Doc McJames
WSN
SP
22.8
3.9
19.9
8.6
19 Zeke Wilson
CL4
SP
27.5
3.8
16.9
7.8
20 Jack Taylor
PHI
SP
24.1
3.7
17.7
6.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1897 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