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Historical Fantasy Baseball Player Rater – MVP Pitcher Seasons

Updated:

  Best Season Best Season By Decade Best Season by Stat By Career
Hitters 1903-Today|1903-1946|1947-Today
C|1B|2B|SS|3B|OF|DH|HOF|HOM|MVP|MVFH
1900s|10s|20s|30s|40s|50s|
60s|70s|80s|90s|2000s|10s
R|HR|RBI|SB|AVG All|C|1B|2B|SS|3B|OF|DH|
HOF|HOM|1+ MVP|MVFH Top 10
Pitchers 1903-Today|1903-1946|1947-Today
SP|RP|HOF|HOM|Cy|MVP|FantCy|RotoRP
1900s|10s|20s|30s|40s|50s|
60s|70s|80s|90s|2000s|10s
W|SV|ERA|WHIP|K All|SP|RP|HOF|HOM|1+ Cy|1+ MVP|
FantCy Top 10|RotoRP Top 10

Click headers to sort.  Use text boxes to filter results and < or > to filter data (e.g., <30).  View multiple names/data with | and wildcard with * (e.g., *Ruth*|*Aaron*).  See more in footnotes.

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# Name Year Team Halls Awards Pos $ IP G GS W SV ERA WHIP K $W $SV $ERA $WHIP $K
Sandy Koufax 1963 LAD FM Cy,MVP SP 46.9 311.0 40 40 25 0 1.88 0.87 306 9.9 -0.2 9.3 11.3 15.4
Justin Verlander 2011 DET Cy,MVP SP 45.1 251.0 34 34 24 0 2.40 0.92 250 14.7 0.0 8.4 11.4 9.7
Denny McLain 1968 DET MVP SP 44.3 336.0 41 41 31 0 1.96 0.90 280 15.4 -0.5 7.3 9.2 11.4
Clayton Kershaw 2014 LAD Cy,MVP SP 43.2 198.3 27 27 21 0 1.77 0.86 239 11.1 0.0 10.6 11.7 8.9
Bob Gibson 1968 STL FM Cy,MVP SP 42.7 304.7 34 34 22 0 1.12 0.85 268 8.0 -0.5 12.9 10.4 10.4
Jim Konstanty 1950 PHI MVP RP 41.8 152.0 74 0 16 22 2.66 1.04 56 7.2 25.0 4.9 7.1 -3.5
Roger Clemens 1986 BOS M Cy,MVP SP 41.4 254.0 33 33 24 0 2.48 0.97 238 11.7 -0.1 8.0 10.1 10.6
Vida Blue 1971 OAK Cy,MVP SP 39.3 312.0 39 39 24 0 1.82 0.95 301 8.1 -0.1 8.6 8.3 13.2
Mort Cooper 1942 STL MVP SP 35.5 278.7 37 35 22 0 1.78 0.99 152 7.9 -1.3 8.0 8.1 10.5
Hal Newhouser 1945 DET FM MVP SP 35.2 313.3 40 36 25 2 1.81 1.11 212 8.0 0.5 6.9 5.0 14.3
Rollie Fingers 1981 MIL FM Cy,MVP RP 34.0 78.0 47 0 6 28 1.04 0.87 61 1.7 20.7 4.2 4.2 2.2
Hal Newhouser 1944 DET FM MVP SP 32.6 312.3 47 34 29 2 2.22 1.17 187 10.1 0.9 5.4 3.6 12.5
Lefty Grove 1931 PHA FM MVP SP 32.3 288.7 41 30 31 5 2.06 1.08 175 9.5 2.9 6.4 6.1 9.3
Bucky Walters 1939 CIN MVP SP 30.8 319.0 39 36 27 0 2.29 1.13 137 9.4 -1.1 7.0 6.1 7.3
Carl Hubbell 1933 NYG FM MVP SP 30.5 308.7 45 33 23 5 1.66 0.98 156 6.4 3.9 7.6 7.2 8.3
Dizzy Dean 1934 STL F MVP SP 29.0 311.7 50 33 30 7 2.66 1.16 195 8.4 4.6 4.9 4.9 9.7
Spud Chandler 1943 NYY MVP SP 28.1 253.0 30 30 20 0 1.64 0.99 134 6.3 -1.4 7.1 6.6 7.1
Bobby Shantz 1952 PHA MVP SP 26.8 279.7 33 33 24 0 2.48 1.05 152 8.3 -1.1 5.1 6.4 6.0
Willie Hernandez 1984 DET Cy,MVP RP 26.1 140.3 80 0 9 32 1.92 0.94 112 2.4 11.9 3.0 4.0 3.9
Carl Hubbell 1936 NYG FM MVP SP 24.1 304.0 42 34 26 3 2.31 1.06 123 6.8 1.1 5.8 6.3 4.2
Don Newcombe 1956 BRO Cy,MVP SP 22.8 268.0 38 36 27 0 3.06 0.99 139 8.2 -0.7 3.6 6.8 3.2
Dennis Eckersley 1992 OAK FM Cy,MVP RP 21.1 80.0 69 0 7 51 1.91 0.91 93 2.0 13.0 1.1 1.9 2.2
Shohei Ohtani 2021 LAA MVP SP 11.0 130.3 23 23 9 0 3.18 1.09 156 0.9 0.0 3.9 3.7 1.6

Notes

Methodology/FAQs/Definitions:  Click here for a long list of FAQs.

Positions (Season):  ‘POS’ represents all position the player had either 20 games played that season or the previous season (the general standard for fantasy baseball).  ‘MVPOS’ represents the most valuable position for the player which is used in determining the player’s value based on the following order of most valuable to least valuable: C, SS, 2B, 3B, OF, 1B, DH.  Pitchers are either designated as a starter or reliever and is more subjective given the shifting roles of relievers over the years.  In general, any pitcher whose GS represent 50+% of Games is noted as a SP as well as any pitchers with 20+ GS.

Positions (Career):  The ‘Pos’ field for hitters reflects any position where the player qualified for 1+ years and it was deemed their most valuable fantasy position (see above).  The shorthand is C=Catcher, 1=1B, 2=2B, S=SS, 3=3B, O=OF, D=DH.  Pitchers typically are set to S (Starter) or R (Reliever) based on their predominant role.  A combined SR is given to pitchers who had 3+ years in both roles (e.g., Dennis Eckersley) or 1-3 years in each role.

Halls: “F” is Hall of Fame, “M” is Baseball Think Factory’s Hall of Merit, “FM” is both.  For those unfamiliar with the BBTF Hall of Merit, consider it a wiser, less corrupt, more SABR-friendly Hall of Fame.   Four players are voted in every year.  Players must be retired for 5 years before becoming eligible.  Players are never made ineligible (unlike the HOF who ‘one and done’ players like Lou Whitaker, Bobby Grich, and Kevin Brown).

Awards:  Just includes Cy Young and MVP awards.  The Cy Young Award was awarded to the best MLB pitcher starting in 1956 and then became the best pitcher in each league in 1967.  The MVP award has been awarded to the most valuable player in each league since 1931.

Filtering Results:  You can filter multiple fields at the same time.  The text fields below the column headers enable several methods for filtering the data.  Here are some examples:

Function Symbol Example Explanation
ANY MATCH ‘B’ in Pos Typing B in Pos will filter to any player with 1B, 2B, or 3B eligibility.  Type in more details to filter further – e.g., “1B’, “1B, 3B”, etc.
OR | *Ruth*|*Aaron* in ‘Name’ All players with Ruth or Aaron in their name
NOT ! !FM in ‘Halls’ All players who are not in both the Hall of Fame and the Hall of Merit
NOR ! | !F|M in ‘Halls’ All players who are not in the Hall of Fame NOR the Hall of Merit.  Just use the ! once.
GREATER THAN > >30 in $ All players whose $ is greater than 30
LESS THAN < <30 in $ All players whose $ is less than 30
GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO >= >=30 in $ All players whose $ is greater than or equal to 30
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO <= <=30 in $ All players whose $ is less than or equal to 30

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