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.

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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

RankRank amongst leaders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie.
PlayerName of the player.
JAWSTotal career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score.
*Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
BoldDenotes active player.

List

RankPlayerJAWS
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
RankPlayerJAWS
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
RankPlayerJAWS
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
RankPlayerJAWS
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

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