1959 Season
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1959 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Sam Jones
SFN
SP
33.5
5.7
22.0
12.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Larry Jackson
SLN
SP
28.1
7.2
21.2
12.3
2 Vern Law
PIT
SP
29.3
6.6
23.9
14.8
3 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
22.9
5.8
20.5
11.1
4 Sam Jones
SFN
SP
33.5
5.7
22.0
12.4
5 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
38.2
5.6
22.2
12.1
6 Roger Craig
LAN
SP
29.4
5.0
16.6
11.1
7 Gene Conley
PHI
SP
28.6
4.9
15.9
9.7
8 Johnny Antonelli
SFN
SP
29.2
4.8
20.6
10.9
9 Don Newcombe
CIN
SP
33.0
4.8
17.0
9.4
10 Jim Owens*
PHI
SP
25.5
4.5
16.4
8.8
11 Bill Henry
CHN
RP
31.7
4.4
15.2
9.5
12 Harvey Haddix
PIT
SP
33.8
3.9
17.1
9.4
13 Larry Sherry*
LAN
SP
23.9
3.7
11.3
7.9
14 Bob Buhl
ML1
SP
30.9
3.4
15.1
8.2
15 Jack Sanford
SFN
SP
30.1
3.4
15.2
7.5
16 Roy Face
PIT
RP
31.4
3.2
14.5
10.5
17 Lindy McDaniel
SLN
RP
23.6
2.8
13.4
8.1
18 Stu Miller
SFN
SW
31.5
2.6
13.1
6.6
19 Johnny Podres
LAN
SP
26.8
2.6
11.8
5.1
20 Glen Hobbie
CHN
SP
23.2
2.5
14.5
6.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1959 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Early Wynn
CHA
SP
39.5
2.8
20.1
11.7
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
25.4
7.8
22.0
14.2
2 Hoyt Wilhelm
BAL
SP
36.9
7.6
23.4
15.9
3 Bob Shaw
CHA
SP
26.0
4.8
23.2
15.3
4 Bud Daley
KC1
SP
26.7
4.3
16.1
8.9
5 Milt Pappas
BAL
SP
20.1
4.2
17.0
10.1
6 Don Mossi
DET
SP
30.5
4.1
18.0
10.5
7 Billy O'Dell
BAL
SP
27.4
4.0
15.7
8.9
8 Jerry Walker*
BAL
SP
20.4
3.8
15.7
9.6
9 Ryne Duren
NYA
RP
30.4
3.8
10.0
6.8
10 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
27.7
3.8
16.8
8.5
11 Art Ditmar
NYA
SP
30.2
3.4
14.1
7.3
12 Tom Brewer
BOS
SP
27.8
2.8
13.4
6.3
13 Early Wynn
CHA
SP
39.5
2.8
20.1
11.7
14 Ned Garver
KC1
SP
33.5
2.7
11.6
5.0
15 Ike Delock
BOS
SP
29.6
2.6
11.3
6.8
16 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
30.7
2.5
13.7
6.9
17 Jerry Staley
CHA
RP
38.9
2.5
15.3
10.4
18 Jim Perry*
CLE
SP
23.7
2.4
13.9
8.4
19 Hal Brown
BAL
SP
34.6
2.3
10.8
5.3
20 Mike Fornieles
BOS
RP
27.5
2.3
9.3
5.9
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