1952 Season
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1952 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
25.8
8.3
31.6
20.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
25.8
8.3
31.6
20.5
2 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
31.2
6.7
20.6
10.8
3 Ken Raffensberger
CIN
SP
34.9
6.1
22.8
14.4
4 Warren Hacker
CHN
SP
27.6
5.9
19.0
12.4
5 Murry Dickson
PIT
SP
35.9
5.0
16.6
7.1
6 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
26.5
4.8
21.1
12.7
7 Karl Drews
PHI
SP
32.4
4.6
18.1
10.4
8 Joe Black*
BRO
RP
28.4
4.4
19.5
13.1
9 Sal Maglie
NY1
SP
35.2
4.3
17.9
10.6
10 Billy Loes*
BRO
SP
22.6
4.1
15.7
9.0
11 Carl Erskine
BRO
SP
25.6
4.1
17.2
10.2
12 Curt Simmons
PHI
SP
23.1
3.9
16.2
9.4
13 Max Surkont
BSN
SP
30.0
3.0
11.1
3.9
14 Jerry Staley
SLN
SP
31.9
3.0
15.8
7.8
15 Preacher Roe
BRO
SP
37.3
2.7
11.9
6.5
16 Hoyt Wilhelm*
NY1
RP
29.9
2.7
17.3
9.9
17 Stu Miller*
SLN
SP
24.5
2.7
8.7
5.8
18 Lew Burdette*
BSN
SW
25.6
2.7
8.3
2.8
19 Dave Koslo
NY1
SP
32.3
2.5
12.8
6.7
20 Russ Meyer
PHI
SP
28.7
2.5
14.7
6.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1952 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bobby Shantz
PHA
SP
26.8
9.1
30.9
22.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Shantz
PHA
SP
26.8
9.1
30.9
22.2
2 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
25.2
7.1
22.4
14.5
3 Bob Porterfield
WS1
SP
28.9
5.3
18.8
11.5
4 Mike Garcia
CLE
SP
28.6
5.3
23.4
14.2
5 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
31.8
4.8
23.6
14.0
6 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
35.4
4.8
23.6
16.0
7 Joe Dobson
CHA
SP
35.4
4.2
17.6
11.3
8 Connie Marrero
WS1
SP
40.9
3.6
14.4
8.7
9 Harry Byrd*
PHA
SP
27.4
3.6
17.8
10.6
10 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
32.5
3.5
19.8
10.8
11 Satchel Paige
SLA
RP
46.0
3.4
13.5
9.1
12 Spec Shea
WS1
SP
31.7
3.2
13.4
8.1
13 Ellis Kinder
BOS
SP
37.9
3.2
9.5
6.5
14 Sid Hudson
MULT
SP
37.5
2.8
12.7
6.5
15 Duane Pillette
SLA
SP
29.9
2.7
11.6
5.1
16 Vic Raschi
NYA
SP
33.3
2.7
16.2
9.2
17 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
30.1
2.7
14.1
7.4
18 Harry Dorish
CHA
RP
31.0
2.6
11.6
8.7
19 Mickey McDermott
BOS
SP
23.2
2.4
10.5
5.4
20 Ned Garver
MULT
SP
26.5
2.4
9.3
4.3
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