1970 Season
1969 / 1971
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1970 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
34.6
8.9
25.7
16.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
34.6
8.9
25.7
16.1
2 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
31.8
7.6
23.3
12.6
3 Fergie Jenkins
CHN
SP
27.6
7.3
26.4
16.2
4 Ken Holtzman
CHN
SP
24.7
6.4
23.2
13.8
5 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
25.6
5.8
23.8
14.3
6 Bill Hands
CHN
SP
30.2
5.2
20.1
11.5
7 Dick Selma
PHI
RP
26.7
5.2
20.4
14.3
8 Pat Jarvis
ATL
SP
29.3
5.1
19.4
11.1
9 Gary Nolan
CIN
SP
22.1
4.7
18.8
10.7
10 Larry Dierker
HOU
SP
23.8
4.2
15.6
6.8
11 Steve Carlton
SLN
SP
25.5
4.2
14.6
6.3
12 Carl Morton*
MON
SP
26.5
4.1
20.2
10.8
13 Milt Pappas
MULT
SP
31.1
3.8
14.5
8.5
14 Chuck Taylor
SLN
SW
28.2
3.5
12.1
7.1
15 Barry Lersch*
PHI
SP
25.8
3.4
12.8
7.7
16 Jim McGlothlin
CIN
SP
26.7
3.4
13.9
7.0
17 Danny Coombs
SDN
SP
28.3
3.1
10.7
4.4
18 Jim Bunning
PHI
SP
38.7
3.1
11.9
4.8
19 Luke Walker
PIT
SP
26.8
3.0
15.3
9.5
20 Jerry Koosman
NYN
SP
27.5
3.0
15.1
8.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1970 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
27.8
8.3
29.4
20.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
27.8
8.3
29.4
20.1
2 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
24.7
6.4
24.8
15.4
3 Tommy John
CHA
SP
27.1
5.5
17.9
9.6
4 Ray Culp
BOS
SP
28.9
5.1
18.0
10.3
5 Marty Pattin
ML4
SP
27.2
5.1
15.5
8.0
6 Ken Sanders
ML4
RP
29.0
4.6
14.5
9.6
7 Bob Johnson*
KCA
SP
27.2
4.5
14.0
6.9
8 Mickey Lolich
DET
SP
29.8
4.5
16.7
8.3
9 Dick Bosman
WS2
SP
26.4
4.2
16.1
8.9
10 Steve Hargan
CLE
SP
27.8
4.2
14.8
10.3
11 Lindy McDaniel
NYA
RP
34.6
4.2
18.9
13.0
12 Tom Hall
MIN
SW
22.6
3.9
14.9
8.6
13 Fritz Peterson
NYA
SP
28.4
3.8
17.6
9.5
14 Dave McNally
BAL
SP
27.7
3.8
20.9
11.8
15 Jim Perry
MIN
SP
34.7
3.8
19.9
11.3
16 Clyde Wright
CAL
SP
29.4
3.7
20.0
12.0
17 Sonny Siebert
BOS
SP
33.5
3.5
14.7
7.8
18 Mel Stottlemyre
NYA
SP
28.6
3.3
15.8
7.5
19 Darold Knowles
WS2
RP
28.6
3.3
14.3
8.0
20 Diego Segui
OAK
SP
32.9
2.9
12.8
7.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James