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Most career PITCHING WAR by number of franchises played for

Posted by Raphy
Earlier today, Andy took a look at the batting/fielding leaders in WAR categorized by number of franchises played for.  Here are the Pitching WAR leaders by franchises played for. All leaders are since 1901.



1 Franchise:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Walter Johnson 127.7 1907 1927
2 Bob Gibson 85.6 1959 1975
3 Bob Feller 66.0 1936 1956
4 Don Drysdale 65.7 1956 1969
5 Carl Hubbell 64.4 1928 1943
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2 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Lefty Grove 98.3 1925 1941
2 Christy Mathewson 88.6 1901 1916
3 Mike Mussina 74.8 1991 2008
4 Tom Glavine 67.0 1987 2008
5 Roy Halladay 61.8 1998 2011
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3 Franchises:  
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Pete Alexander 104.9 1911 1930
2 Warren Spahn 93.4 1942 1965
3 Eddie Plank 76.3 1901 1917
4 Juan Marichal 64.0 1960 1975
5 John Smoltz 63.9 1988 2009
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4 Franchises: 
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Roger Clemens 128.4 1984 2007
2 Tom Seaver 105.3 1967 1986
3 Greg Maddux 96.8 1986 2008
4 Phil Niekro 96.8 1964 1987
5 Nolan Ryan 84.8 1966 1993
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5 Franchises: 
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Bert Blyleven 90.1 1970 1992
2 Pedro Martinez 75.9 1992 2009
3 Don Sutton 70.8 1966 1988
4 Curt Schilling 69.7 1988 2007
5 Dennis Eckersley 58.7 1975 1998
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6 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Randy Johnson 91.8 1988 2009
2 Steve Carlton 84.4 1965 1988
3 Kevin Brown 64.8 1986 2005
4 Luis Tiant 60.1 1964 1982
5 Tommy John 59.0 1963 1989
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7 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Jamie Moyer 47.3 1986 2010
2 Waite Hoyt 47.0 1918 1938
3 Burleigh Grimes 37.2 1916 1934
4 Tom Zachary 30.6 1918 1936
5 Bobby Shantz 30.6 1949 1964
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8 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Gaylord Perry 96.3 1962 1983
2 Jack Quinn 49.7 1909 1933
3 John Candelaria 37.8 1975 1993
4 Danny Darwin 37.1 1978 1998
5 Tom Gordon 34.4 1988 2009
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9 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 David Wells 50.7 1987 2007
2 Bobo Newsom 45.9 1929 1953
3 Hoyt Wilhelm 41.3 1952 1972
4 Rich Gossage 40.0 1972 1994
5 Jeff Fassero 22.3 1991 2006
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10 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Roberto Hernandez 19.5 1991 2007
2 Bob Miller 15.2 1957 1974
3 Miguel Batista 13.6 1992 2011
4 Ken Brett 11.3 1967 1981
5 Bruce Chen 8.6 1998 2011
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11 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Terry Mulholland 10.3 1986 2006
2 Dennys Reyes 4.8 1997 2011
3 Rick White 1.2 1994 2007
4 Julian Tavarez 0.9 1993 2009
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12 Franchises:
Rk Player WAR ▾ From To
1 Mike Morgan 26.0 1978 2002
2 Octavio Dotel 14.7 1999 2011
3 Ron Villone 2.7 1995 2009
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