1968 Season
1967 / 1969
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Gibson

1968 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
32.6
11.2
34.4
24.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
32.6
11.2
34.4
24.5
2 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
23.6
6.8
22.9
13.9
3 Jerry Koosman*
NYN
SP
25.5
6.3
22.7
14.0
4 Fergie Jenkins
CHN
SP
25.6
6.2
23.7
13.6
5 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
29.8
5.3
19.3
9.8
6 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
30.7
5.0
24.0
13.3
7 Bobby Bolin
SFN
SP
29.4
4.7
14.9
8.8
8 Denny Lemaster
HOU
SP
29.4
4.5
13.4
6.1
9 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
31.9
4.4
18.0
10.2
10 Dave Giusti
HOU
SP
28.6
4.2
13.0
4.8
11 Larry Jackson
PHI
SP
37.1
4.0
15.6
7.6
12 Pat Jarvis
ATL
SP
27.3
4.0
18.4
10.1
13 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
29.3
4.0
18.4
9.9
14 Chris Short
PHI
SP
30.8
3.8
18.0
9.1
15 Bob Veale
PIT
SP
32.7
3.6
17.0
8.9
16 Ray Washburn
SLN
SP
30.1
3.4
15.4
8.3
17 Bill Hands
CHN
SP
28.2
3.4
17.7
9.2
18 Don Sutton
LAN
SP
23.2
3.2
12.8
5.9
19 Mike Cuellar
HOU
SP
31.1
3.1
10.8
5.2
20 Gary Nolan
CIN
SP
20.1
3.1
10.4
5.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1968 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Denny McLain
DET
SP
24.3
7.4
32.7
21.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Luis Tiant
CLE
SP
27.6
8.4
27.7
19.2
2 Denny McLain
DET
SP
24.3
7.4
32.7
21.6
3 Stan Bahnsen*
NYA
SP
23.5
6.4
22.7
13.8
4 Dean Chance
MIN
SP
27.1
6.1
21.4
11.7
5 Dave McNally
BAL
SP
25.7
6.0
24.7
15.7
6 Tommy John
CHA
SP
25.1
5.6
14.3
8.4
7 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
25.8
5.4
22.4
13.5
8 Wilbur Wood
CHA
RP
26.7
5.4
18.1
11.0
9 Mel Stottlemyre
NYA
SP
26.6
5.4
21.3
12.1
10 Jim Nash
OAK
SP
23.4
4.4
16.4
8.9
11 Jim Perry
MIN
SP
32.7
4.0
12.4
7.5
12 Camilo Pascual
WS2
SP
34.4
4.0
10.2
3.5
13 Joe Horlen
CHA
SP
30.9
3.9
13.5
6.1
14 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
29.7
3.3
13.1
6.2
15 Hoyt Wilhelm
CHA
RP
45.9
3.3
11.3
7.0
16 George Brunet
CAL
SP
33.1
3.1
14.0
5.8
17 Jose Santiago
BOS
SP
27.9
3.1
11.2
7.1
18 Blue Moon Odom
OAK
SP
23.1
3.1
15.7
8.0
19 Ray Culp
BOS
SP
26.9
3.0
15.1
7.9
20 Fritz Peterson
NYA
SP
26.4
2.8
13.4
6.2
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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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James