1899 Season
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1899 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Vic Willis
BSN
SP
23.2
10.5
41.3
29.8
2 Joe McGinnity *
BLN
SP
28.3
8.6
33.7
21.2
3 Noodles Hahn *
CIN
SP
20.2
8.5
28.9
18.5
4 Cy Young
SLN
SP
32.3
8.5
34.0
21.6
5 Frank Kitson
BLN
SP
29.8
8.0
28.8
17.8
6 Jesse Tannehill
PIT
SP
25.0
7.9
25.6
15.0
7 Jay Hughes
BRO
SP
25.4
7.6
32.0
22.3
8 Kid Nichols
BSN
SP
29.8
7.4
33.5
21.9
9 Sam Leever *
PIT
SP
27.5
6.5
25.7
12.7
10 Jack Powell
SLN
SP
25.0
6.3
27.6
15.0
11 Brickyard Kennedy
BRO
SP
31.7
5.3
27.5
18.1
12 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
26.6
4.6
17.3
8.3
13 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
29.6
4.4
23.3
12.6
14 Deacon Phillippe *
LS3
SP
27.1
4.3
22.5
11.6
15 Jack Dunn
BRO
SP
26.7
4.0
24.2
14.0
16 Pete Dowling
LS3
SP
0.0
3.9
19.2
9.5
17 Ted Lewis
BSN
SP
26.5
3.7
20.5
12.5
18 Nixey Callahan
CHN
SP
25.3
3.5
20.4
10.6
19 Bert Cunningham
LS3
SP
33.6
3.5
18.8
8.0
20 Bill Phillips
CIN
SP
30.6
3.5
17.5
9.8
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James