List of Major League Baseball career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score as a starting pitcher leaders
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This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitchers in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score (JAWS). JAWS is a sabermetric stat developed by statistician Jay Jaffe to determine a player's rank at their position in relation to worthiness for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Walter Johnson is the all-time leader for starting pitchers with a value of 127 JAWS. The active leaders are Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw with a value of 61.3 JAWS.
Key[]
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player | Name of the player. |
JAWS | Total career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player. |
List[]
- Stats updated as of the completion of the 2021 season
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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1 | Walter Johnson * | 127 |
2 | Cy Young * | 120.8 |
3 | Roger Clemens | 102.6 |
4 | Kid Nichols * | 95.4 |
5 | Grover Cleveland Alexander * | 94.3 |
6 | Christy Mathewson * | 88.4 |
7 | Lefty Grove * | 86.2 |
8 | Tom Seaver * | 84.7 |
9 | Greg Maddux * | 81.4 |
10 | Randy Johnson * | 81.3 |
11 | John Clarkson * | 78.9 |
12 | Tim Keefe * | 76.7 |
13 | Warren Spahn * | 75.7 |
14 | Bob Gibson * | 75.2 |
15 | Phil Niekro * | 75.1 |
16 | Jim McCormick | 72.5 |
17 | Bert Blyleven * | 72.4 |
18 | Steve Carlton * | 72.3 |
19 | Charles Radbourn * | 71.4 |
20 | Gaylord Perry * | 71.2 |
21 | Eddie Plank * | 71.1 |
Pedro Martínez * | 71.1 | |
23 | Robin Roberts * | 70.6 |
24 | Ferguson Jenkins * | 67.8 |
25 | Pud Galvin * | 67.6 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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26 | Amos Rusie * | 64.6 |
27 | Ed Walsh * | 64.1 |
28 | Curt Schilling | 64 |
29 | Mike Mussina * | 63.6 |
30 | Tom Glavine * | 62.4 |
31 | Nolan Ryan * | 62.2 |
32 | Tommy Bond | 61.8 |
33 | Justin Verlander | 60.8 |
Clayton Kershaw | 60.8 | |
35 | Zack Greinke | 60.6 |
36 | Charlie Buffinton | 60.4 |
Al Spalding * | 60.4 | |
38 | Tony Mullane | 58.2 |
Mickey Welch * | 58.2 | |
40 | Carl Hubbell * | 58.1 |
41 | Jim Palmer * | 58 |
42 | Max Scherzer | 57.7 |
Hal Newhouser * | 57.7 | |
44 | Bob Caruthers | 57.6 |
45 | Bob Feller * | 57.5 |
46 | Roy Halladay * | 57.4 |
Juan Marichal * | 57.4 | |
48 | Wes Ferrell | 57.3 |
49 | Joe McGinnity * | 56.6 |
Rick Reuschel | 56.6 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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51 | Clark Griffith * | 56.5 |
Kevin Brown | 56.5 | |
53 | Vic Willis * | 56.3 |
54 | Stan Coveleski * | 56.2 |
55 | Don Drysdale * | 55.9 |
56 | Ted Lyons * | 55.5 |
57 | Jim Whitney | 55.4 |
58 | Luis Tiant | 55.1 |
59 | Dazzy Vance * | 54.9 |
60 | Red Ruffing * | 54.2 |
Jim Bunning * | 54.2 | |
62 | John Smoltz * | 53.9 |
63 | Rube Waddell * | 53.8 |
64 | David Cone | 52.8 |
65 | Bobby Mathews | 52.7 |
66 | Red Faber * | 52.3 |
67 | Eddie Cicotte | 51.9 |
Urban Shocker | 51.9 | |
69 | Mordecai Brown * | 51.1 |
70 | CC Sabathia | 51 |
Bret Saberhagen | 51 | |
72 | Dave Stieb | 50.4 |
73 | Don Sutton * | 50.3 |
74 | Silver King | 50.2 |
75 | George Uhle | 50.1 |
Rank | Player | JAWS |
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76 | Early Wynn * | 49.9 |
77 | Ted Breitenstein | 49.3 |
78 | Kevin Appier | 48.8 |
79 | Chuck Finley | 48.7 |
80 | Johan Santana | 48.3 |
Cole Hamels | 48.3 | |
82 | Bucky Walters | 48.2 |
83 | Tommy John | 48.1 |
Orel Hershiser | 48.1 | |
Tim Hudson | 48.1 | |
86 | Wilbur Wood | 47.9 |
Wilbur Cooper | 47.9 | |
88 | Frank Tanana | 47.6 |
89 | Sandy Koufax * | 47.4 |
Mark Buehrle | 47.4 | |
91 | Andy Pettitte | 47.2 |
92 | Babe Adams | 47.1 |
93 | Burleigh Grimes * | 46.9 |
94 | Jack Stivetts | 46.5 |
95 | Dwight Gooden | 45.9 |
Nap Rucker | 45.9 | |
97 | Jack Quinn | 45.8 |
Whitey Ford * | 45.8 | |
Jack Powell | 45.8 | |
100 | Mark Langston | 45.7 |
See also[]
- Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score
Notes[]
Sources[]
- "Starting Pitcher JAWS Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
Categories:
- Major League Baseball lists