List of Major League Baseball career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score as a starting pitcher leaders

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.

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

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player.
JAWS	Total career Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.

List

• Stats updated as of the completion of the 2021 season

Rank	Player	JAWS
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

Rank	Player	JAWS
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

Rank	Player	JAWS
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

Rank	Player	JAWS
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

See also

• Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score

Sources

• "Starting Pitcher JAWS Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.