Saber Answer to 300 Wins

Yesterday I took on the 3000 hits plateau. Today, 300 wins. Trying to smooth out longevity and performance is difficult with pitchers. There are so many eras out there. This list because of its components is skewed towards the former days. I considered all outings since 1890 so that Cy Young would be involved. In the 1880s some pitchers threw up to 650 innings in a year and really skewed things. But for simplicity sake, I chose Innings Pitched divided by WHIP minus 1 times 2. Boy that seems complicated doesn't it. Basically it measures longevity in innings pitched. Performance is measured by (WHIP - 1) * 2. This takes CY Young's WHIP of 1.13, turns it into .13, and then finally into .26. The times 2 part keeps some rarely used pitchers with good stats from sneaking too far up the ladder. I also limited this to pitcher with > 1500 innings pitched. Without that restriction, Mariano Rivera is the greatest pitcher ever (which you could argue for I guess). So without further ado, here is the list:

Rank	Name	Wins	W Rank	IP	WHIP	New Stat
1	Walter Johnson	417	2	5914.2	1.06	48338
2	Christy Mathewson	373	3	4780.2	1.05	40543
3	Cy Young	511	1	7354.2	1.12	28322
4	Pedro Martinez	219	63	2827.1	1.05	25966
5	Mordecai Brown	239	46	3172.1	1.06	24083
6	Pete Alexander	373	3	5190	1.12	21411
7	Tom Seaver	311	15	4782.2	1.12	19755
8	Eddie Plank	326	10	4495.2	1.11	18891
9	Don Sutton	324	11	5282	1.14	18525
10	Greg Maddux	355	7	5008.1	1.14	17492
11	Juan Marichal	243	42	3507.1	1.10	17328
12	Babe Adams	194	107	2995.1	1.09	16257
13	Fergie Jenkins	284	23	4500.2	1.14	15851
14	Gaylord Perry	314	14	5350.1	1.18	14801
15	Rube Waddell	193	115	2961.1	1.10	14521
16	Roger Clemens	354	8	4916.2	1.17	14237
17	Robin Roberts	286	22	4688.2	1.16	13809
18	Warren Spahn	363	5	5243.2	1.19	13465
19	Chief Bender	212	75	3017	1.11	13385
20	Catfish Hunter	224	55	3449.1	1.13	12849
21	Bert Blyleven	287	21	4970	1.19	12551
22	Doc White	189	121	3041	1.12	12429
23	Deacon Phillippe	189	121	2607	1.10	12402
24	Randy Johnson	303	17	4135.1	1.17	12077
25	Curt Schilling	216	68	3261	1.13	11868
26	Don Drysdale	209	81	3432	1.14	11616
27	Kid Nichols	361	6	5056.1	1.22	11372
28	Jim Palmer	268	28	3948	1.18	10945
29	Sandy Koufax	165	177	2324.1	1.10	10938
30	Nolan Ryan	324	11	5386	1.24	10889
31	Carl Hubbell	253	35	3590.1	1.16	10814
32	Steve Carlton	329	9	5217.1	1.24	10566
33	Jim Bunning	224	55	3760.1	1.17	10505
34	Eddie Cicotte	208	84	3223.1	1.15	10369
35	Bob Gibson	251	36	3884.1	1.18	10320
36	Dennis Eckersley	197	98	3285.2	1.16	10204
37	Jack Powell	245	40	4389	1.21	10127
38	Phil Niekro	318	13	5404.1	1.26	10078
39	John Smoltz	213	74	3473	1.17	9870
40	Jack Chesbro	198	95	2896.2	1.15	9623
41	Vic Willis	249	37	3996	1.20	9538
42	Sam Leever	194	107	2660.2	1.14	9415
43	Mike Mussina	270	26	3562.2	1.19	9292
44	Ed Reulbach	182	136	2632.1	1.14	9190
45	Joe McGinnity	246	39	3441.1	1.18	9152
46	Bret Saberhagen	167	167	2562.2	1.14	9097
47	Hoyt Wilhelm	143	240	2254.1	1.12	9044
48	Luis Tiant	229	52	3486.1	1.19	8769
49	Jim Kaat	283	24	4530.1	1.25	8748
50	Tommy John	288	20	4710.1	1.28	8328

The winners? Pedro Martinez and his 219 wins. Lots of people from the early days... Sandy Koufax and his short lived career.

The losers? Lefty Grove and his 1.28 WHIP. Tom Glavine and his 1.31 WHIP.