1978 Season
1977 / 1979
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1978 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Vida Blue
SFN
SP
28.9
5.7
22.6
14.6
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
39.3
10.0
29.5
18.9
2 Bob Knepper
SFN
SP
24.1
6.3
23.4
15.3
3 Vida Blue
SFN
SP
28.9
5.7
22.6
14.6
4 Craig Swan
NYN
SP
27.6
5.6
16.5
10.0
5 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
29.1
5.5
18.3
10.7
6 John Denny
SLN
SP
25.6
5.2
16.2
8.9
7 Burt Hooton
LAN
SP
28.4
5.1
19.0
11.6
8 Bert Blyleven
PIT
SP
27.2
5.0
16.9
9.3
9 Steve Rogers
MON
SP
28.7
4.9
17.0
10.1
10 Tom Seaver
CIN
SP
33.6
4.8
19.5
11.4
11 Pete Vuckovich
SLN
SP
25.7
4.6
15.3
8.4
12 Gaylord Perry
SDN
SP
39.8
4.3
18.7
10.6
13 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
28.3
4.1
18.7
10.0
14 Doug Bair
CIN
RP
28.9
4.1
17.5
12.4
15 John Candelaria
PIT
SP
24.7
4.0
12.8
6.9
16 Dennis Lamp*
CHN
SP
25.8
4.0
15.1
8.1
17 Gene Garber
MULT
RP
30.6
3.9
20.7
14.9
18 Ed Halicki
SFN
SP
27.7
3.5
15.1
8.8
19 Kent Tekulve
PIT
RP
31.3
3.4
19.7
12.9
20 Bob Welch*
LAN
SP
21.7
3.4
11.2
7.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1978 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ron Guidry
NYA
SP
27.8
9.6
31.3
22.4
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ron Guidry
NYA
SP
27.8
9.6
31.3
22.4
2 Mike Caldwell
ML4
SP
29.4
8.1
28.0
18.4
3 Dennis Eckersley
BOS
SP
23.7
7.3
23.8
15.1
4 Dave Goltz
MIN
SP
29.0
6.6
19.2
12.1
5 Jon Matlack
TEX
SP
28.5
6.4
25.2
16.3
6 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
32.7
6.3
27.0
17.4
7 Luis Tiant
BOS
SP
37.6
5.6
16.9
10.0
8 Fergie Jenkins
TEX
SP
35.6
5.5
20.9
12.6
9 Lary Sorensen
ML4
SP
22.7
5.0
19.9
10.8
10 Geoff Zahn
MIN
SP
32.5
4.6
17.3
9.1
11 Larry Gura
KCA
SP
30.6
4.5
18.9
11.4
12 Rick Waits
CLE
SP
26.1
4.2
14.4
7.0
13 Bob Stanley
BOS
RP
23.6
4.1
17.4
10.6
14 Dave Rozema
DET
SP
21.9
4.1
14.9
8.1
15 Dennis Leonard
KCA
SP
27.1
4.0
18.7
9.2
16 Ed Figueroa
NYA
SP
29.7
3.9
18.8
10.5
17 Mike Torrez
BOS
SP
31.8
3.4
14.5
6.4
18 Milt Wilcox
DET
SP
28.2
3.3
13.4
6.3
19 Kip Young*
DET
SP
23.7
3.3
9.2
5.7
20 Rich Gossage
NYA
RP
27.0
3.2
20.2
13.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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