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Part 3 - The Lists
The
True Hall of Famers - The Five Levels of Greatness
The
Hall of Fame Pitchers - The Four Categories of Excellence
The
20 Best Careers at Each Position
The
Hall of Famers Who Do Not Have HOF Numbers
The
Position Players with HOF Numbers – Not Yet in the Hall
The
Pitchers with HOF Numbers – Not Yet in the Hall
The
144 Best Players of the Modern Era (1920 to Present)
The
Complete CAWS Ranking for Position Players
The
Complete CAWS Ranking for Pitchers
The CAWS Ranking for Pitchers – 2018
Michael
Hoban, Ph.D.
Pitchers who pitched predominantly
in the Deadball Era (1901-1919) are designated by an asterisk (*). Since many pitchers in that time-frame
pitched many more innings than in the modern era, the comparison between
pitchers from the two eras may not be entirely appropriate.
Bold = Hall of Famer
Italic
= Active Player in 2017
CV =
Core Value (sum of win shares for 10 best seasons)
CAWS =
Career Value = CV
+ .25(CWS – CV)
The first 42 pitchers on this list (CAWS = 230)
have HOF numbers.
+ = This
player also has HOF numbers – 13 other pitchers.
CWS CV
CAWS
1.
Walter Johnson* (1907-1927) 560 380 425
2.
Pete Alexander* (1911-1930) 476 331 367
3.
Christy Mathewson* (1900-1916) 426 335 358
4.
Lefty Grove (1925-1941) 391 301 324
5.
Roger Clemens (1984-2007) 432 260 303
6.
Warren Spahn (1942-1965) 412 259 297
7.
Tom Seaver (1967-1986) 388 255 288
8.
Eddie Plank* (1901-1917) 361 259 285
9. Greg Maddux (1986-2008) 398 246 284
10. Gaylord Perry (1962-1983) 369 243 275
11. Bob Gibson (1959-1975) 317 258 273
12. Mordecai Brown* (1903-1916) 296 264 272
13. Steve Carlton (1965-1988) 366 240 272
14. Phil Niekro (1964-1987) 374 235 270
15. Joe McGinnity* (1899-1908) 269 269 269
16. Robin Roberts (1948-1966) 339 246 269
17. Jim Palmer (1965-1984) 312 252 267
18. Vic Willis*
(1898-1910) 293 257 266
19. Carl Hubbell (1928-1943) 305 248 262
20. Ed Walsh* (1904-1917) 265 259 261
21. Fergie Jenkins (1965-1983) 323 233 256
22.
Randy Johnson (1988-2009) 326 230 254
23. Bob Feller
(1936-1956) 292 239 252
24. Bert Blyleven (1970-1992) 339 218 248
25. Wilbur Cooper* (1912-1926) 266 239 246
CWS CV CAWS
26. Burleigh
Grimes 286 231 245
27. Hal Newhouser 264 234 242
28. Jack Powell* 287 227 242
29. Eppa Rixey 315 217 242
30. Red Ruffing 322 212 240
31. Early Wynn 309 217 240
32, Juan Marichal 263 229 238
33. Carl Mays
256 230 237
34. Ted Lyons
312 210 236
35. Stan
Covaleski 245 231 235
36. Rube Waddell* 240 231 233
37. George Mullin* 255 224 232
38. Tom Glavine 314 203 231
39. Jim Bunning 257 221 230
40. Don Drysdale 258 221 230
41. Wes Ferrell
233 229 230
42. Bucky Walters 258 220 230
Red Faber
292 206 228
Nolan Ryan
334 191 227 +
Bob Lemon
232 223 225
Dazzy Vance
241 216 222
Eddie Cicotte*
247 212 221
Don Sutton
319 187 220 +
Pedro Martinez 256 206 219 +
Jack Quinn
287 195 218
Whitey Ford
261 202 217
Babe Adams*
243 206 215
Urban Shocker
225 210 214
Dennis Eckersley 301 183 213 +
Luis Tiant
256 198 213
Dolf Luque
241 199 210
Jack Chesbro*
209 209 209
Waite Hoyt
262 189 207
Mike Mussina
270 186 207
Billy Pierce
248 193 207
Roy Halladay
226 199 206 +
Curt Schilling
252 191 206
CWS CV
CAWS
Dizzy Trout
228 199 206
Jim Kaat
268 181 203
Bobo Newsom
237 191 203
Herb Pennock
240 188 201
Mel Harder
234 188 200
Tommy Bridges 225 189 198
Paul Derringer
231 187 198
Chief Bender*
231 186 197
Larry Jackson
225 186 196
Tommy John
289 165 196
Jerry Koosman
240 181 196
Rick Reuschel
240 181 196
Charlie Root
223 181 192
Addie Joss*
191 191 191 +
Sandy Koufax
194 190 191 +
Catfish Hunter 206 184 190
Mickey Lolich
224 179 190
Dutch Leonard
233 173 188
Sad Sam Jones
245 167 187
Rube Marquard* 208 180 187
Jack Morris
225 172 185
Vida Blue
202 178 184
Lefty Gomez
185 182 183
Tim Hudson
220 170 183
Frank Tanana
241 164 183
Justin Verlander 195 179 183
David Cone
205 173 181
Orel Hershiser
210 171 181
Dizzy Dean
181 180 180 +
Mark Buehrle
222 165 179
CCSabathia
227 161 178
Clayton Kershaw 177 177 177
Don Newcombe 176 176 176
Felix Hernandez 189 170 175
Bret Saberhagen 193 165 172
Andy
Pettitte
229 152 171
Zack Greinke
186 163 169
Johan
Santana
171 168 169
Jesse Haines
207 155 168
Jamie Moyer
224 149 168
Ron Guidry
174 164 167
Allie Reynolds
170 153 157
All of the pitchers
above were essentially starting pitchers even though some of them (for example,
Allie Reynolds) did do some relieving.
In the list of
“relievers” below, most are “true” relievers (that is, pitched in fewer than
1500 innings). However, some pitched
more innings than that (especially three of the Hall of Famers: Wilhelm, Gossage and Fingers).
IP =
Innings pitched
Bold = Hall of Famer
Relievers
IP CWS CV CAWS
Hoyt Wilhelm 2254 256 168 190 +
Goose Gossage 1809 223 173 186 +
Lee Smith 1289 198 152 164 +
Billy Wagner 903 182 151 159
Dan Quisenberry 1043 157 155 156
Rollie Fingers 1701 188 144 155
John Franco 1246 183 128 142
Mike Marshall 1387 146 139 141
Kent Tekulve 1436 159 135 141
John Hiller 1242 146 136 139
Sparky Lyle 1390 161 132 139
Tom Henke 790 140 130 133
Doug Jones 1128 146 128 133
Jeff Riordan 1132 157 121 130
Jeff Montgomery 869 134 127 129
John Wetteland 765 127 125 126
Michael Hoban, Ph.D is Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the City University of N.Y. He has been an avid baseball fan for over 60 years and has become a serious baseball analyst, since joining SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) in 1998. He is the author of five baseball books including: DEFINING GREATNESS: A Hall of Fame Handbook (Booklocker, 2012) BASEBALL'S COMPLETE PLAYERS (McFarland: 2000) and FIELDER'S CHOICE (Booklocker: 2003).
