1986 Season
1985 / 1987
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1986 National League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mike Scott
HOU
SP
31.2
8.3
26.6
18.2
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Scott
HOU
SP
31.2
8.3
26.6
18.2
2 Rick Rhoden
PIT
SP
33.1
6.6
18.2
10.4
3 Fernando Valenzuela
LAN
SP
25.7
5.4
20.6
12.4
4 Bob Ojeda
NYN
SP
28.5
4.7
17.9
11.2
5 Ron Darling
NYN
SP
25.9
4.6
17.0
9.8
6 Bill Gullickson
CIN
SP
27.4
4.4
16.2
8.7
7 Dwight Gooden
NYN
SP
21.6
4.4
17.8
10.1
8 Bob Welch
LAN
SP
29.7
4.0
14.0
6.8
9 Bruce Ruffin*
PHI
SP
22.7
3.7
11.8
7.3
10 Floyd Youmans
MON
SP
22.1
3.7
13.1
6.3
11 Eric Show
SDN
SP
30.1
3.6
10.0
5.8
12 Bob Knepper
HOU
SP
32.1
3.6
17.5
9.5
13 Andy McGaffigan
MON
SP
29.7
3.4
12.6
7.0
14 David Palmer
ATL
SP
28.7
3.4
13.2
6.8
15 Mike Krukow
SFN
SP
34.4
3.4
16.7
9.2
16 Lance McCullers*
SDN
RP
22.3
3.3
11.9
5.6
17 Lee Smith
CHN
RP
28.6
3.1
16.1
11.2
18 Don Carman
PHI
SP
26.9
3.1
10.3
5.1
19 Gene Garber
ATL
RP
38.6
3.0
14.1
9.9
20 Ricky Horton
SLN
SW
26.9
3.0
10.6
6.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1986 American League TSN Pitcher of the Year

Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
23.9
8.9
29.5
21.9
by Pitching Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Teddy Higuera
ML4
SP
27.6
9.4
25.0
17.5
2 Roger Clemens
BOS
SP
23.9
8.9
29.5
21.9
3 Mark Eichhorn*
TOR
RP
25.6
7.4
21.4
12.9
4 Mike Witt
CAL
SP
25.9
6.2
22.6
14.5
5 Jack Morris
DET
SP
31.1
5.1
20.0
12.0
6 Jimmy Key
TOR
SP
25.2
4.9
15.1
8.1
7 Tom Candiotti
CLE
SP
28.8
4.8
17.2
9.6
8 Mike Moore
SEA
SP
26.6
4.6
14.5
6.4
9 Bruce Hurst
BOS
SP
28.3
4.6
16.7
11.4
10 Kirk McCaskill
CAL
SP
25.2
4.3
18.0
10.6
11 Bert Blyleven
MIN
SP
35.2
4.3
17.3
9.1
12 Dave Righetti
NYA
RP
27.6
3.8
20.4
14.6
13 Jim Clancy
TOR
SP
30.5
3.7
12.6
6.0
14 Oil Can Boyd
BOS
SP
26.7
3.5
15.8
9.4
15 Mark Gubicza
KCA
SP
23.9
3.4
13.9
8.1
16 Tim Leary
ML4
SP
27.5
3.4
10.8
5.1
17 Charlie Leibrandt
KCA
SP
29.7
3.3
14.3
7.3
18 Danny Jackson
KCA
SP
24.5
3.3
14.4
8.6
19 Dan Plesac*
ML4
RP
24.4
3.2
13.6
8.6
20 Dennis Rasmussen
NYA
SP
27.2
3.2
13.7
7.7
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