Baseball Projection Banner
Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Fielding Leaders

Pitching — SFN 1998

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Pitcher Games IP GS Runs XR Def Support Runs/W Role Adj LG Adj Runs+ Lev Index Runs+ Lev WAM W L WAR VS
Robb Nen 78 88.7 5.9 21 43 2 9.2 -0.4 0.0 16 2.1 25 2.7 5.6 0.2 3.9 17
Steve Reed 50 54.7 2.7 10 28 4 9.6 -0.4 0.0 11 1.3 13 1.4 2.8 0.0 2.0 8
Mark Gardner 33 212.0 9.1 106 103 4 9.6 0.1 0.0 -5 1.0 -5 -0.5 4.1 5.1 1.4 12
John Johnstone 70 88.0 3.8 32 44 1 9.5 -0.4 0.0 6 1.0 6 0.6 2.5 1.3 1.4 8
Orel Hershiser 34 202.0 8.7 105 100 3 9.7 0.1 0.0 -7 1.0 -7 -0.7 3.7 5.1 1.1 11
Rich Rodriguez 68 65.7 3.4 28 33 1 9.6 -0.4 0.0 1 1.4 1 0.1 1.8 1.6 0.8 5
Julian Tavarez 60 85.3 4.3 41 42 -2 9.5 -0.4 0.0 -1 1.3 -1 -0.1 2.0 2.2 0.7 6
Kirk Rueter 33 187.7 8.1 100 93 4 9.8 0.1 0.0 -10 1.0 -10 -1.0 3.0 5.0 0.6 9
Jose Mesa 32 30.7 1.6 14 15 0 9.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.4 0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 2
Chris Brock 13 27.7 0.8 13 13 -1 9.1 -0.4 0.0 0 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
Cory Bailey 5 3.3 0.1 1 1 0 6.9 -0.4 0.0 0 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
Shawn Estes 25 149.3 6.4 89 72 -1 9.9 0.1 0.0 -14 1.0 -14 -1.4 1.8 4.6 -0.1 5
Alvin Morman 9 7.0 0.3 4 3 0 8.7 -0.4 0.0 -2 0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0
Jim Poole 26 32.3 1.4 20 16 0 9.7 -0.4 0.0 -5 1.0 -5 -0.5 0.2 1.2 -0.2 1
Dean Hartgraves 5 5.7 0.2 7 3 0 10.6 -0.4 0.0 -4 0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.3 0.5 -0.4 -1
Russ Ortiz 22 88.3 3.6 51 41 -1 9.4 0.0 0.0 -10 0.9 -10 -1.1 0.7 2.9 -0.4 2
Danny Darwin 33 148.7 6.4 97 72 -1 10.0 0.1 0.0 -23 1.0 -23 -2.3 0.9 5.5 -1.0 3
Totals 596 1,477.1 66.8 739 722 13 9.4 -0.2 0.0 -47 1.0 -36 -3.4 29.9 36.7 10.1 89

Glossary

Click to expand glossary
Stat description
GamesGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
Def SupportDefensive runs support
Runs/WRuns per win
Role AdjStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LG AdjLeague adjustment
Runs+Runs above average
Lev IndexLeverage index
Runs+ LevLeverage adjusted runs above average
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by
Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".