2014 Most Valuable Starting Pitchers

2014 Most Valuable Starting Pitchers  --  ASPI

The Abacus Starting Pitcher Index tries to compare the outcomes of a starter's slate of games with the performance of the team as a whole. (The calculation is shown at the bottom.)

Scores are provided for all pitchers with a minimum of 20 starts (* = fewer than 25 starts).

284: Kershaw (LAD)              49: Hamels (Phil)               -61: Gonzalez (Balt)
213: Sale (ChiW)                    44: Teheran (Atl)                -61: *Buchanan (Phil)
207: *Shoemaker (LAA)        42: Young (Sea)                 -64: Hudson (SF)
200: Cueto (Cin)                     36: *Sanchez (Atl)             -64: Wilson (LAA)
199: Scherzer (Det)                34: Ventura (KC)                -71: Masterson (Cl/StL)
192: *Tanaka (NYY)              34: *Milone (Oak/Minn)    -77: Elias (Sea)
188: Hughes (Minn)               33: Kennedy (SD)               -78: *Peacock (Hou)
183: Arrieta (ChiC)                32: Lynn (StL)                     -80: Nolasco (Minn)
176: *Darvish (Tex)               21: Gray (Oak)                    -81: McCarthy (Az/NYY)
172: Collmenter (Ariz)           19: Guthrie (KC)                 -83: Bauer (Cleve)

170: Alvarez  (Mia)               19: Lewis (Tex)                    -83: *Martinez (Tex)
170: Lester (Bos/Oak))          19: Noesi (ChiW)                 -93: *Gausman (Balt)
155: De La Rosa (Col)          19: Verlander (Det)               -95: Liriano (Pitt)
149: Wainwright (StL)          17: Kendrick (Phil)               -97: Samardzija (CC/Oak)
149: *Anderson (Ariz)          17: Miley (Ariz)                    -98: Duffy (KC)
147: Keuchel (Hou)              12: *Locke (Pitt)                 -101: Minor (Atl)
144: Hernandez (Sea)           10: Cobb (TB)                     -105: *Beckett (LAD)
143: *Richards (LAA)          10: Koehler (Mia)               -105: *Oberholtzer (Hou)
142: *Cole (Pitt)                     9: Lincecum (SF)              -108: Gallardo (Mil)
139: *Lyles (Col)                   8: Ross (SD)                      -116: Peavy (Bos/SF)

137: Cosart (Hou/Mia)          3: Hammel (CC/Oak)         -118: Vogelsong (SF)
135: Zimmerman (Wash)      2: Danks (ChiW)                -120: Burnett (Phil)
132: Kluber (Cleve)             -2: Roark (Wash)                 -127: Stults (SD)
131: Fister (Wash)               -3: Wheeler (NYM)             -160: Jackson (ChiC)
128: Simon (Cin)                 -9: Kuroda (NYY)                -165: Morton (Pitt)
103: McHugh (Hou)          -10: Harang (Atl)                    -173: Eovaldi (Mia)
102: Tillman (Balt)            -10: *Morales (Col)                -176: Correia (Minn/LAD)
99: Buehrle (Tor)               -12: Happ (Tor)                      -188: *Jimenez (Cleve)
98: Kazmir (Oak)               -13: Niese (NYM)                  -220: Nuno (NYY/Az)
96: Lohse (Mil)                  -15: Garza (Mil)                     -263: *Santiago (LAA)

95: Peralta (Mil)                 -17: Dickey (Tor)
88: Shields (KC)                -18: Wood (ChiC)
82: Bumgarner (SF)           -20: Porcello (Det)
79: Iwakuma (Sea)             -27: *Gee (NYM)
79: Lackey (Bos/StL)         -31: Buccholz (Bos)
77: Chen (Balt)                  -33: Strasburg (Wash)
76: *Stroman (Tor)            -36: Odorizzi (TB)
73: Norris (Balt)                -38: Quintana (ChiW)
73: Volquez (Pitt)              -43: *Tepesch (Tex)
73: Weaver (LAA)            -46: Gonzalez  (Wash)

70: *Bailey (Cin)              -48: Hutchison (Tor)
63: Price (TB/Det)            -48: Leake (Cin)
62: *DeGrom (Mil)          -51: Miller (StL)
62: Santana (KC)              -53: Smyly (Det/TB)
61: Ryu (LAD)                 -53: Vargas (KC)
57: Greinke (LAD)           -53: *Wood (Atl)
57: *Chavez (Oak)            -59: Feldman (Hou)
54: Archer (TB)                -59: Haren (LAD)
54: Colon (NYM)             -59: Hernandez (Ph/LAD)
54: Gibson (Minn)            -60: *Salazar (Cleve)

*Abacus Starting Pitcher Index

We'll identify the pitcher's won-loss record in his starts (decisions from relief appearances not allowed), as well as the team's record in all his starts (including No-Decisions).  Simply take the average of these two percentages; then just subtract the team's final winning percentage.

Example A:  33 starts -- player (16-7, .696), team (21-12, .636); team overall (85-77, .525).  So, the equation becomes: [(696 + 636) / 2] - 525 = 666 - 525 = +141.


Example B: 32 starts -- player (10-14, .417), team (15-17, .469); team overall (76-86, .469).  The calculation this time: {(417 + 469) / 2} - 469 = 443 - 469 = -33.

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