1958 Season
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1958 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
37.2
4.1
22.8
13.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Jones
SLN
SP
32.5
6.3
22.8
14.5
2 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
31.8
6.2
19.6
10.6
3 Stu Miller
SFN
SP
30.5
4.9
14.8
8.4
4 Bob Purkey
CIN
SP
29.0
4.8
17.7
9.3
5 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
37.2
4.1
22.8
13.1
6 George Witt*
PIT
SP
24.6
4.0
12.8
9.2
7 Vinegar Bend Mizell
SLN
SP
27.9
4.0
14.4
8.1
8 Jim Brosnan
MULT
SW
28.7
4.0
15.2
9.3
9 Johnny Podres
LAN
SP
25.8
3.8
13.5
6.3
10 Johnny Antonelli
SFN
SP
28.2
3.8
17.2
9.0
11 Harvey Haddix
CIN
SP
32.8
3.5
12.2
6.0
12 Lew Burdette
ML1
SP
31.6
3.4
21.7
12.5
13 Ron Kline
PIT
SP
26.3
3.2
14.6
6.7
14 Joe Nuxhall
CIN
SP
29.9
3.2
11.4
5.4
15 Larry Jackson
SLN
SP
27.1
3.2
15.8
8.8
16 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
21.9
2.9
11.1
3.8
17 Ray Semproch*
PHI
SP
27.5
2.8
11.1
4.2
18 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
27.6
2.7
17.2
8.1
19 Don Elston
CHN
RP
29.2
2.6
11.0
6.8
20 Bill Henry
CHN
RP
30.7
2.6
8.6
5.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1958 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Turley
NYA
SP
27.8
3.6
18.0
10.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Lary
DET
SP
28.2
6.7
21.5
13.1
2 Dick Hyde
WS1
RP
29.9
4.9
18.7
14.5
3 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
31.2
4.7
21.5
13.6
4 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
24.4
4.5
13.4
7.6
5 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
29.7
4.3
18.8
11.8
6 Billy O'Dell
BAL
SP
26.4
4.0
20.2
12.8
7 Jack Harshman
BAL
SP
31.0
4.0
19.1
11.5
8 Hoyt Wilhelm
MULT
SW
35.9
3.9
11.5
6.9
9 Dick Donovan
CHA
SP
30.6
3.7
18.3
10.4
10 Bob Turley
NYA
SP
27.8
3.6
18.0
10.1
11 Paul Foytack
DET
SP
27.6
3.5
15.6
8.1
12 Arnie Portocarrero
BAL
SP
27.0
3.2
16.0
9.4
13 Cal McLish
CLE
SP
32.6
3.2
15.4
8.0
14 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
26.7
3.1
14.1
7.1
15 Pedro Ramos
WS1
SP
23.2
2.8
12.4
4.0
16 Gary Bell*
CLE
SP
21.6
2.7
11.8
5.8
17 Ike Delock
BOS
SP
28.6
2.7
13.1
7.8
18 Ray Herbert
KC1
SP
28.5
2.6
12.6
6.6
19 Ryne Duren*
NYA
RP
29.4
2.3
12.0
9.0
20 Frank Sullivan
BOS
SP
28.4
1.8
13.9
7.5
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