1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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Niekro

1979 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Joe Niekro
HOU
SP
34.7
3.5
19.6
11.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Niekro
ATL
SP
40.3
7.6
23.2
12.4
2 Rick Reuschel
CHN
SP
30.1
5.7
17.1
9.5
3 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
29.3
5.6
23.5
14.3
4 Bruce Sutter
CHN
RP
26.5
4.9
21.6
16.5
5 Craig Swan
NYN
SP
28.6
4.6
15.4
7.4
6 Tom Hume
CIN
SW
26.3
3.9
17.4
10.8
7 Lynn McGlothen
CHN
SP
29.3
3.8
12.3
5.2
8 Steve Rogers
MON
SP
29.7
3.7
16.6
8.8
9 Burt Hooton
LAN
SP
29.4
3.7
14.1
7.5
10 Dennis Lamp
CHN
SP
26.8
3.7
12.8
6.3
11 Rick Sutcliffe*
LAN
SP
23.0
3.6
15.0
7.1
12 John Candelaria
PIT
SP
25.7
3.6
13.8
7.2
13 John Fulgham*
SLN
SP
23.1
3.5
12.8
8.2
14 Joe Niekro
HOU
SP
34.7
3.5
19.6
11.2
15 Bert Blyleven
PIT
SP
28.2
3.4
13.5
6.1
16 Tom Seaver
CIN
SP
34.6
3.3
16.0
9.3
17 Kent Tekulve
PIT
RP
32.3
3.3
19.5
12.7
18 Joe Sambito
HOU
RP
27.0
3.2
16.0
11.3
19 Gaylord Perry
SDN
SP
40.8
3.2
15.9
8.6
20 Elias Sosa
MON
RP
29.1
3.1
15.2
10.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1979 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mike Flanagan
BAL
SP
27.5
3.9
22.6
14.1
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dennis Eckersley
BOS
SP
24.7
7.3
23.5
15.6
2 Jerry Koosman
MIN
SP
36.5
7.2
22.8
14.3
3 Ron Guidry
NYA
SP
28.8
6.5
22.4
14.7
4 Jim Kern
TEX
RP
30.3
6.2
25.3
17.9
5 Jack Morris
DET
SP
24.1
5.8
16.9
10.6
6 Sid Monge
CLE
RP
28.2
5.6
21.2
14.4
7 Tommy John
NYA
SP
36.1
5.5
23.5
14.6
8 Aurelio Lopez
DET
RP
30.8
5.3
19.3
12.7
9 Mike Parrott
SEA
SP
24.6
5.1
16.7
9.1
10 Mike Caldwell
ML4
SP
30.4
4.8
19.9
12.4
11 Dave Frost
CAL
SP
26.6
4.6
15.3
7.5
12 Mike Marshall
MIN
RP
36.5
4.5
22.7
15.4
13 Ken Kravec
CHA
SP
27.9
4.2
15.7
7.7
14 Rick Wise
CLE
SP
33.8
4.2
16.7
9.3
15 Dave Goltz
MIN
SP
30.0
4.1
15.8
7.7
16 Rick Langford
OAK
SP
27.3
4.0
12.5
5.3
17 Ross Baumgarten*
CHA
SP
24.1
3.9
13.2
7.1
18 Mike Flanagan
BAL
SP
27.5
3.9
22.6
14.1
19 Nolan Ryan
CAL
SP
32.4
3.8
13.5
6.4
20 Dennis Martinez
BAL
SP
24.1
3.7
18.1
8.7
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