1976 Season
1975 / 1977
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1976 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Randy Jones
SDN
SP
26.5
4.8
21.9
11.5
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Montefusco
SFN
SP
26.1
6.9
20.8
12.4
2 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
37.3
6.6
20.1
11.2
3 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
31.6
5.5
20.4
11.5
4 Jim Barr
SFN
SP
28.4
5.5
18.7
10.4
5 Andy Messersmith
ATL
SP
30.9
5.4
16.4
9.6
6 Ray Burris
CHN
SP
25.9
5.2
19.5
11.3
7 Randy Jones
SDN
SP
26.5
4.8
21.9
11.5
8 John Denny
SLN
SP
23.6
4.8
16.5
9.7
9 Steve Rogers
MON
SP
26.7
4.8
14.4
6.8
10 Jerry Koosman
NYN
SP
33.5
4.8
19.7
11.6
11 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
27.1
4.7
17.8
9.2
12 Dick Ruthven
ATL
SP
25.3
4.5
13.0
5.1
13 Jon Matlack
NYN
SP
26.5
4.3
17.6
8.9
14 Doug Rau
LAN
SP
27.5
4.3
20.3
12.6
15 Steve Carlton
PHI
SP
31.5
4.0
17.6
9.3
16 Woodie Fryman
MON
SP
36.2
4.0
14.8
7.6
17 Pat Zachry*
CIN
SP
24.2
3.6
14.2
7.3
18 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
26.3
3.5
18.5
8.9
19 Pete Falcone
SLN
SP
22.8
3.2
12.8
5.9
20 Don Sutton
LAN
SP
31.2
3.1
20.3
11.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1976 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
30.7
6.6
27.3
18.3
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Fidrych*
DET
SP
21.9
9.6
26.9
19.6
2 Vida Blue
OAK
SP
26.9
7.7
24.5
16.0
3 Frank Tanana
CAL
SP
23.0
7.5
26.5
18.3
4 Bert Blyleven
MULT
SP
25.2
6.6
20.9
12.4
5 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
30.7
6.6
27.3
18.3
6 Luis Tiant
BOS
SP
35.6
6.3
21.8
13.8
7 Gaylord Perry
TEX
SP
37.8
5.8
17.1
10.0
8 Mike Torrez
OAK
SP
29.8
5.3
19.8
12.2
9 Bill Travers
ML4
SP
23.7
4.5
16.3
9.4
10 Ken Brett
MULT
SP
27.8
4.3
13.3
7.3
11 John Hiller
DET
RP
33.2
4.1
16.8
10.7
12 Fergie Jenkins
BOS
SP
33.6
4.0
14.3
8.3
13 Rollie Fingers
OAK
RP
29.9
3.8
16.6
9.7
14 Wayne Garland
BAL
SP
25.7
3.7
20.2
13.0
15 Jim Slaton
ML4
SP
26.0
3.7
15.2
6.9
16 Nolan Ryan
CAL
SP
29.4
3.6
16.9
8.7
17 Dave LaRoche
CLE
RP
28.1
3.4
14.5
9.5
18 Dave Roberts
DET
SP
31.8
3.4
14.0
6.8
19 Mark Littell
KCA
RP
23.5
3.1
14.1
8.9
20 Nelson Briles
TEX
SP
32.9
3.1
13.2
7.2
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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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James