
Fibonacci
Win Points Leaders (minimum 150
points)
This rating tool is something I believe was first introduced by Bill
James in his book on the Hall of Fame.
Fibonacci win points are calculated by (wins times winning percentage)
plus wins minus losses. It is
helpful in dropping high win pitchers with so-so records back while moving
up high win percentage pitchers. The list:
Place |
Pitcher Name |
Wins |
Losses |
Fibonacci Win Points |
1. |
Masaichi Kaneda |
400 |
298 |
331.200 |
2. |
Takehiko Bessho |
310 |
178 |
328.850 |
3. |
Kazuhisa Inao |
276 |
137 |
323.368 |
4. |
Victor Starffin |
303 |
176 |
318.799 |
5. |
Hisashi Yamada |
284 |
166 |
297.204 |
6. |
Masaaki Koyama |
320 |
232 |
273.600 |
7. |
Keishi Suzuki |
317 |
238 |
260.007 |
8. |
Tetsuya Yoneda |
350 |
285 |
257.850 |
9. |
Hideo Fujimoto |
200 |
87 |
252.400 |
10. |
Jiro Noguchi |
237 |
139 |
247.310 |
11. |
Tadashi Wakabayashi |
237 |
144 |
240.414 |
12. |
Shigeru Sugishita |
215 |
123 |
228.740 |
13. |
Mitsuo Minagawa |
221 |
139 |
217.694 |
14. |
Hiroshi Nakao |
209 |
127 |
211.998 |
15. |
Minoru Murayama |
222 |
147 |
208.644 |
16. |
Masaki Saito |
180 |
96 |
201.391 |
17. |
Tadashi Sugiura |
187 |
106 |
200.306 |
18. |
Manabu Kitabeppu |
213 |
141 |
200.226 |
19. |
Tsuneo Horiuchi |
203 |
139 |
184.582 |
20. |
Atsushi Aramaki |
173 |
107 |
172.914 |
21. |
Yutaka Enatsu |
206 |
158 |
168.596 |
22. |
Takumi Otomo |
130 |
57 |
163.360 |
23. |
Choji Murata |
215 |
177 |
155.820 |
24. |
Juzo Sanada |
178 |
128 |
153.396 |
25. |
Suguru Egawa |
135 |
72 |
151.020 |
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