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1948 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 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
33.7
8.9
26.8
18.4
2 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
30.8
8.4
27.8
16.3
3 Dutch Leonard
PHI
SP
39.3
6.3
19.5
11.3
4 Johnny Schmitz
CHN
SP
27.6
5.4
22.4
13.6
5 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
33.7
5.4
20.0
11.6
6 Preacher Roe
BRO
SP
33.3
4.9
16.6
10.1
7 Ted Wilks
SLN
RP
32.6
4.8
16.1
10.9
8 Rex Barney
BRO
SP
23.5
4.6
18.4
9.4
9 Murry Dickson
SLN
SP
31.9
3.9
13.5
4.2
10 Larry Jansen
NY1
SP
28.0
3.8
17.5
7.4
11 Ralph Branca
BRO
SP
22.5
3.8
15.1
7.3
12 Sheldon Jones
NY1
SP
26.4
3.4
14.6
7.1
13 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
27.2
3.3
14.5
5.2
14 Bill Voiselle
BSN
SP
29.4
3.1
12.8
4.9
15 Robin Roberts *
PHI
SP
21.8
2.9
10.4
5.1
16 Joe Hatten
BRO
SP
31.7
2.9
13.7
6.1
17 Vic Lombardi
PIT
SP
25.8
2.8
12.8
6.8
18 Elmer Riddle
PIT
SP
33.9
2.8
15.0
8.0
19 Vern Bickford *
BSN
SP
27.9
2.6
10.7
5.3
20 Ken Raffensberger
CIN
SP
30.9
2.6
12.3
5.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1948 American 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 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
27.1
6.4
27.5
18.2
2 Ray Scarborough
WS1
SP
30.9
5.4
18.7
12.4
3 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
27.8
4.8
22.2
12.2
4 Ned Garver *
SLA
SP
22.5
4.6
16.3
9.5
5 Gene Bearden *
CLE
SP
27.8
4.5
20.4
12.5
6 Virgil Trucks
DET
SP
31.2
3.7
17.2
10.0
7 Dick Fowler
PHA
SP
27.3
3.7
17.3
10.3
8 Cliff Fannin
SLA
SP
24.1
3.7
14.5
7.2
9 Joe Dobson
BOS
SP
31.4
3.6
19.4
11.0
10 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
26.1
3.4
18.9
11.7
11 Walt Masterson
WS1
SP
28.0
3.2
12.7
6.3
12 Fred Sanford
SLA
SP
28.9
3.0
13.0
5.3
13 Carl Scheib
PHA
SP
21.5
2.9
15.8
9.1
14 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
33.0
2.9
14.7
8.5
15 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
28.9
2.5
13.6
6.0
16 Joe Coleman
PHA
SP
25.9
2.5
15.2
7.8
17 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
31.4
2.5
15.6
7.5
18 Sam Zoldak
MULT
SP
29.6
2.5
11.0
5.5
19 Vic Raschi
NYA
SP
29.3
2.3
14.9
7.3
20 Ed Lopat
NYA
SP
30.0
2.2
14.6
6.9
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