Mt. Rushmore pitchers: Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, Braves.

Mt. Rushmore: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle. Giants come close.  Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Baseball players only, no pitchers.

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Two exclusions:

Relief pitchers:

Baseball Reference:

Data Notes 

500 IP or 50 decisions required for career rate statistics

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I consider both numbers ridiculously low. This in addition to my usual inclination to not consider relief pitchers, I am ignoring them here. It really only impacts the Yankees who have Mariano Rivera popping up, sometimes at the top.

Before 1900:

Different rules, pitching 400 innings in a season, ... No. Only pitchers since 1901.

Bring back the pitcher's box. And get rid of the stupid mound.  Thursday, March 20, 2014

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If they pitched their entire career for that team, then the name is bold. Giant Mathewson and Yankee Gomez each pitched in one game for another team at the end.

Innings and other stuff are only for that team.

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	2008	1922	1955	1956
	2025	1932, 1935	1966	1969
Dodgers	Kershaw	Vance	Koufax	Drysdale
Innings	2,831	2,757	2,324	3,432
	1900	1928		2009
	1916	1943		2019
Giants	Mathewson	Hubbell	Marichal	Bumgarner
Innings	4,779	3,590	3,443	1,846
	1950	1930	1930	1975
	1967	1942	1942, 1946-1947	1988
Yankees	Ford	Gomez	Ruffing	Guidry
Innings	3,170	2,498	3,168	2,392
	1942, 1946	1993	1987	1988	2001
	1964	2003	2002, 2008	1999	2008
Braves	Spahn	Maddux	Glavine	Smoltz	Smoltz
Innings	5,046	2,526	3,408	3,395

The four Dodgers were pretty obvious. Plus they had a solid #5: Don Sutton 1966-1980, 1988. 3,816 innings for the Dodgers. Dazzy Vance lead NL in SO 1922-1928; in 1924 Vance had more SO than the next two pitchers combined (135+86=221):

Strikeouts

1.	Vance • BRO	262
2.	Grimes • BRO	135
3.	Luque • CIN	86
4.	Morrison • PIT	85
5.	Kaufmann • CHC	79
6.	Keen • CHC	75
7.	Aldridge • CHC	74
8.	Ring • PHI	72
	Nehf • NYG	72
	Donohue • CIN	72

The top three Giants were easy but #4 was a complete fill in the blank.

Similarly, the top three Yankees were obvious. #4 was a bit difficult but a natural choice.

Spahn #1 was very easy for the Braves. Maddux even with the fewest innings was an #2. Then it got dicey, mostly between Glavine and Phil Niekro (1964-1983, 1987; 4,622 innings). The Braves years for Smoltz reflect his missing the entire 2000 season after which he was a relief specialist for four years followed by three good years as a starter again, including leading the league in wins with 16 in 2006 at age 39. Except for 15 innings by Spahn before his military service, all the Braves were post WWII (1946).

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Dodgers (Kershaw, Vance, Koufax, Drysdale)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/leaders_pitch.shtml

WAR for Pitchers †

1.	Clayton Kershaw	78.0
2.	Dazzy Vance	61.9
3.	Don Drysdale	61.4
4.	Sandy Koufax	53.1
5.	Don Sutton	50.5

Looks good. The top four are the ones I would have taken.

Wins

1.	Don Sutton	233
2.	Clayton Kershaw	221
3.	Don Drysdale	209
4.	Dazzy Vance	190
5.	Brickyard Kennedy	177
6.	Sandy Koufax	165

Adjusted ERA+

1.	Kenley Jansen	164
2.	Zack Greinke	156
3.	Clayton Kershaw	155
4.	Kevin Brown	147
5.	Julio Urías	134
6.	Ron Perranoski	132
7.	Sandy Koufax	131
8.	Andy Messersmith	129
	Hyun Jin Ryu	129
	Dazzy Vance	129

Adj. Pitching Runs

1.	Clayton Kershaw	451
2.	Dazzy Vance	290
3.	Sandy Koufax	241
4.	Don Drysdale	228
5.	Don Sutton	155

Adj. Pitching Wins

1.	Clayton Kershaw	49.2
2.	Dazzy Vance	29.7
3.	Sandy Koufax	27.3
4.	Don Drysdale	24.7
5.	Don Sutton	17.5

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1.	Clayton Kershaw	495.23
2.	Dazzy Vance	324.17
3.	Don Drysdale	292.69
4.	Sandy Koufax	267.50
5.	Don Sutton	242.78

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1.	Clayton Kershaw	50.9
2.	Sandy Koufax	34.0
3.	Dazzy Vance	33.3
4.	Don Drysdale	28.0
5.	Don Sutton	27.8

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1.	Clayton Kershaw	53.0
2.	Dazzy Vance	33.1
3.	Don Sutton	32.9
4.	Sandy Koufax	31.3
5.	Don Drysdale	26.7

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1.	Sandy Koufax	85.8
2.	Don Newcombe	53.6
3.	Dazzy Vance	51.5
4.	Whit Wyatt	42.2
5.	Preacher Roe	35.8
6.	Jeff Pfeffer	34.1
7.	Don Sutton	33.2
8.	Don Drysdale	31.5
9.	Clayton Kershaw	30.2
10.	Hugh Casey	29.8

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1.	Clayton Kershaw	55.9
2.	Dazzy Vance	33.6
3.	Sandy Koufax	32.9
4.	Don Drysdale	32.7
5.	Don Sutton	28.0

Giants (Mathewson, Hubbell, Marichal, Bumgarner)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/leaders_pitch.shtml

WAR for Pitchers †

1.	Christy Mathewson	100.7
2.	Carl Hubbell	68.8
3.	Amos Rusie	66.4
4.	Juan Marichal	62.4
5.	Mickey Welch	53.1

Wins

1.	Christy Mathewson	372
2.	Carl Hubbell	253
3.	Juan Marichal	238
	Mickey Welch	238
5.	Amos Rusie	234

Adjusted ERA+

1.	Marv Grissom	139
2.	Bill Swift	138
3.	Christy Mathewson	137
	Amos Rusie	137
5.	Hoyt Wilhelm	135
6.	Carl Hubbell	130

Adj. Pitching Runs

1.	Christy Mathewson	399
2.	Amos Rusie	378
3.	Carl Hubbell	372
4.	Juan Marichal	247
5.	Mickey Welch	201

Adj. Pitching Wins

1.	Christy Mathewson	44.6
2.	Carl Hubbell	38.7
3.	Amos Rusie	32.9
4.	Juan Marichal	28.1
5.	Mickey Welch	19.3

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1.	Carl Hubbell	432.34
2.	Juan Marichal	262.03
3.	Madison Bumgarner	156.03
4.	Johnny Antonelli	140.77
5.	Sal Maglie	130.77

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1.	Carl Hubbell	47.2
2.	Juan Marichal	34.7
3.	Sal Maglie	18.2
4.	Johnny Antonelli	16.5
5.	Madison Bumgarner	15.2
6.	Gaylord Perry	14.8
7.	Jason Schmidt	13.3
8.	Christy Mathewson	12.6
9.	Freddie Fitzsimmons	12.5
10.	Jeff Tesreau	12.2

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1.	Carl Hubbell	42.0
2.	Juan Marichal	32.0
3.	Freddie Fitzsimmons	18.8
4.	Gaylord Perry	16.9
5.	Madison Bumgarner	15.3

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1.	Carl Hubbell	120.8
2.	Juan Marichal	65.5
3.	Johnny Antonelli	34.6
4.	Freddie Fitzsimmons	25.6
5.	Jack Sanford	23.7
	Hal Schumacher	23.7

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1.	Carl Hubbell	46.5
2.	Juan Marichal	30.0
3.	Madison Bumgarner	17.1
4.	Johnny Antonelli	15.0
5.	Hal Schumacher	14.1

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Yankees (Ford, Gomez, Ruffing, Guidry)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/leaders_pitch.shtml

WAR for Pitchers †

1.	Mariano Rivera	56.3
2.	Whitey Ford	53.5
3.	Andy Pettitte	51.3
4.	Ron Guidry	47.9
5.	Red Ruffing	46.5
6.	Lefty Gomez	43.4
	Bob Shawkey	43.4

Wins

1.	Whitey Ford	236
2.	Red Ruffing	231
3.	Andy Pettitte	219
4.	Lefty Gomez	189
5.	Ron Guidry	170
6.	Bob Shawkey	168
7.	Mel Stottlemyre	164
8.	Herb Pennock	162
9.	Waite Hoyt	157
10.	CC Sabathia	134

Adjusted ERA+

1.	Mariano Rivera	205
2.	Rich Gossage	179
3.	Sparky Lyle	148
4.	Gerrit Cole	134
5.	Whitey Ford	133
6.	Spud Chandler	132
7.	Tiny Bonham	129
8.	Russ Ford	127
	Dave Righetti	127
10.	Lefty Gomez	125

Adj. Pitching Runs

1.	Mariano Rivera	334
2.	Whitey Ford	328
3.	Red Ruffing	255
4.	Lefty Gomez	248
5.	Ron Guidry	185
6.	Andy Pettitte	170
7.	Bob Shawkey	167
8.	Spud Chandler	152
9.	Waite Hoyt	145
10.	Herb Pennock	119

Adj. Pitching Wins

1.	Whitey Ford	35.0
2.	Mariano Rivera	32.5
3.	Red Ruffing	25.1
4.	Lefty Gomez	24.6
5.	Ron Guidry	19.9

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1.	Whitey Ford	398.16
2.	Red Ruffing	375.94
3.	Mariano Rivera	354.97
4.	Lefty Gomez	310.35
5.	Bob Shawkey	255.73
6.	Ron Guidry	238.59

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1.	Mariano Rivera	56.6
2.	Whitey Ford	37.0
3.	Red Ruffing	34.9
4.	Lefty Gomez	26.3
5.	Bob Shawkey	24.0
6.	Ron Guidry	23.5

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1.	Red Ruffing	38.7
2.	Mariano Rivera	33.6
3.	Whitey Ford	31.9
4.	Lefty Gomez	28.8
5.	Bob Shawkey	22.4
6.	Ron Guidry	19.8

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1.	Whitey Ford	98.0
2.	Vic Raschi	88.6
3.	Waite Hoyt	65.5
4.	Bob Shawkey	61.7
5.	Red Ruffing	61.6
6.	Herb Pennock	52.1
7.	Lefty Gomez	47.4

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1.	Whitey Ford	44.2
2.	Red Ruffing	38.8
3.	Mariano Rivera	34.7
4.	Lefty Gomez	32.2
5.	Bob Shawkey	27.2
6.	Ron Guidry	26.2

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Braves (Spahn, Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/leaders_pitch.shtml

WAR for Pitchers †

1.	Kid Nichols	107.4
2.	Warren Spahn	91.9
3.	Phil Niekro	89.6
4.	John Smoltz	66.9
5.	Greg Maddux	66.2
6.	Tom Glavine	58.7

Wins

1.	Warren Spahn	356
2.	Kid Nichols	330
3.	Phil Niekro	268
4.	Tom Glavine	244
5.	John Smoltz	210
6.	Greg Maddux	194

Adjusted ERA+

1.	Greg Maddux	163
2.	Kid Nichols	143
3.	Max Fried	140
4.	Kris Medlen	132
5.	Bill James	129
6.	John Clarkson	128
	Bill Dinneen	128
8.	John Smoltz	127
9.	Tom Glavine	121
10.	Kent Mercker	120
	Warren Spahn	120
	Vic Willis	120

Adj. Pitching Runs

1.	Kid Nichols	602
2.	Greg Maddux	450
3.	Warren Spahn	384
4.	John Smoltz	341
5.	Phil Niekro	274
6.	Tom Glavine	273

Adj. Pitching Wins

1.	Kid Nichols	55.0
2.	Greg Maddux	48.2
3.	Warren Spahn	40.5
4.	John Smoltz	35.2
5.	Phil Niekro	30.3
6.	Tom Glavine	28.7

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1.	Warren Spahn	523.61
2.	Greg Maddux	480.33
3.	John Smoltz	377.57
4.	Tom Glavine	316.51
5.	Phil Niekro	202.23

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1.	Warren Spahn	58.8
2.	Greg Maddux	49.5
3.	John Smoltz	42.3
4.	Tom Glavine	31.6
5.	Phil Niekro	14.9

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1.	Greg Maddux	49.3
2.	Warren Spahn	48.1
3.	John Smoltz	41.0
4.	Tom Glavine	28.1
5.	Phil Niekro	20.5

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1.	Warren Spahn	102.2
2.	Greg Maddux	30.3
3.	John Smoltz	29.4
4.	Lew Burdette	25.8
5.	Tom Glavine	24.7

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1.	Warren Spahn	58.1
2.	Greg Maddux	52.1
3.	John Smoltz	39.1
4.	Tom Glavine	33.4
5.	Phil Niekro	21.9

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