1931 Season
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1931 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 Ray Benge
PHI
SP
29.2
6.2
20.8
11.9
2 Watty Clark
BRO
SP
29.1
5.8
20.3
11.8
3 Ed Brandt
BSN
SP
26.4
5.5
24.6
15.5
4 Bill Walker
NY1
SP
27.7
5.3
21.5
12.9
5 Tom Zachary
BSN
SP
35.2
4.7
19.8
11.5
6 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
28.0
4.4
19.6
10.6
7 Bill Hallahan
SLN
SP
28.9
4.2
20.9
11.8
8 Phil Collins
PHI
SP
29.8
4.1
16.3
7.6
9 Heinie Meine
PIT
SP
35.2
4.0
22.3
12.0
10 Bob Smith
CHN
SP
36.2
4.0
17.1
8.3
11 Paul Derringer*
SLN
SP
24.7
3.6
17.5
9.9
12 Charley Root
CHN
SP
32.3
3.5
16.9
7.8
13 Dazzy Vance
BRO
SP
40.3
3.5
15.3
7.3
14 Larry French
PIT
SP
23.7
3.3
18.9
8.9
15 Syl Johnson
SLN
SP
30.5
3.2
15.7
9.0
16 Jumbo Elliott
PHI
SP
30.7
3.0
16.6
7.7
17 Burleigh Grimes
SLN
SP
37.9
2.8
15.0
7.3
18 Clise Dudley
PHI
SP
27.9
2.7
11.8
5.3
19 Glenn Spencer
PIT
SP
25.8
2.3
13.3
6.6
20 Freddie Fitzsimmons
NY1
SP
29.9
2.2
16.7
7.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1931 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 Lefty Grove
PHA
SP
31.3
10.1
41.6
31.1
2 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
23.4
6.1
23.4
13.4
3 Rube Walberg
PHA
SP
34.9
5.7
25.4
14.9
4 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
22.6
5.7
20.6
11.7
5 George Uhle
DET
SP
32.8
5.5
17.2
10.2
6 George Earnshaw
PHA
SP
31.4
5.0
26.7
16.5
7 Vic Sorrell
DET
SP
30.2
4.9
17.3
8.5
8 Lloyd Brown
WS1
SP
26.5
4.7
18.3
9.0
9 Earl Whitehill
DET
SP
32.4
4.4
18.1
8.3
10 Wilcy Moore
BOS
SW
34.1
4.1
17.3
10.5
11 Firpo Marberry
WS1
SP
32.6
4.0
18.9
10.9
12 Dick Coffman
SLA
SP
24.5
3.7
13.3
7.1
13 Bump Hadley
WS1
SW
27.0
3.5
15.6
8.9
14 Red Faber
CHA
SP
42.8
3.3
11.2
4.5
15 Danny MacFayden
BOS
SP
26.1
3.2
17.1
8.8
16 Alvin Crowder
WS1
SP
32.5
3.1
15.5
7.0
17 Lefty Stewart
SLA
SP
30.8
3.0
15.5
6.2
18 George Blaeholder
SLA
SP
27.4
2.8
13.0
4.8
19 Eddie Rommel
PHA
SP
33.8
2.6
11.4
7.0
20 Art Herring
DET
SP
25.3
2.4
10.1
4.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James