WAR
|
Player
|
Years
|
Age
|
ERA+
|
IP
|
HOF High %
|
34.6
|
1996-2000
|
31-35
|
165
|
1209.2
|
One & done
|
|
34.5
|
1970-1974
|
28-32
|
128
|
1512.0
|
7%
|
|
33.6
|
1899-1903
|
20-24
|
133
|
1612.2
|
Ineligible
|
|
33.1
|
1893-1897
|
24-28
|
117
|
1928.2
|
One & done
|
|
32.8
|
1908-1912
|
23-27
|
123
|
1576.1
|
6.4%
|
|
31.6
|
1981-1985
|
23-27
|
145
|
1282.0
|
One & done
|
|
30.9
|
1992-1996
|
24-28
|
145
|
1014.2
|
One & done
|
|
30.4
|
1974-1978
|
20-24
|
124
|
1294.2
|
One & done
|
|
29.7
|
1969-1973
|
28-32
|
115
|
1565.1
|
25.5%
|
|
29.4
|
1976-1980
|
27-31
|
122
|
1250.2
|
One & done
|
|
29.4
|
1963-1967
|
23-27
|
132
|
1142.2
|
0.5%
|
|
29.3
|
1916-1920
|
32-36
|
136
|
1409.2
|
Banned
|
|
29.0
|
1985-1989
|
26-30
|
132
|
1259.1
|
11.2%
|
|
28.7
|
1964-1968
|
26-30
|
120
|
1259.0
|
One & done
|
|
28.6
|
1984-1988
|
19-23
|
135
|
1172.2
|
One & done
|
|
28.6
|
1916-1920
|
28-32
|
143
|
1487.2
|
--
|
|
28.2
|
1993-1997
|
30-34
|
148
|
922.0
|
One & done
|
|
27.6
|
1985-1989
|
21-25
|
130
|
1171.1
|
One & done
|
|
27.5
|
1919-1923
|
28-32
|
131
|
1408.2
|
1.5%
|
|
27.5
|
1900-1904
|
24-28
|
126
|
1636.0
|
2.6%
|
|
27.3
|
1985-1989
|
26-30
|
130
|
1085.0
|
--
|
|
27.3
|
1894-1898
|
21-25
|
114
|
1857.1
|
--
|
|
27.2
|
1987-1991
|
27-31
|
127
|
1249.0
|
One & done
|
|
26.8
|
1990-1994
|
25-29
|
149
|
1042.0
|
0.2%
|
|
26.8
|
1910-1914
|
27-31
|
135
|
1357.0
|
--
|
|
26.7
|
1972-1976
|
31-35
|
125
|
1301.1
|
30.9%
|
|
26.7
|
1952-1956
|
25-29
|
139
|
1197.1
|
1.9%
|
|
26.1
|
1954-1958
|
24-28
|
128
|
1206.1
|
--
|
|
26.1
|
1932-1936
|
23-27
|
135
|
1357.2
|
6.5%
|
|
25.8
|
1972-1976
|
22-26
|
122
|
1242.0
|
--
|
|
25.5
|
1949-1953
|
27-31
|
136
|
1220.1
|
--
|
|
25.4
|
1968-1972
|
28-32
|
126
|
1255.0
|
--
|
|
25.3
|
1959-1963
|
25-29
|
134
|
1148.2
|
0.8%
|
|
25.3
|
1929-1933
|
21-25
|
127
|
1304.1
|
3.6%
|
|
25.2
|
1989-1993
|
28-32
|
120
|
1204.2
|
--
|
|
25.2
|
1977-1981
|
26-30
|
143
|
1067.1
|
8.8%
|
|
25.2
|
1937-1941
|
30-34
|
136
|
1213.1
|
--
|
|
25.2
|
1936-1940
|
28-32
|
116
|
1446.1
|
9.4%
|
|
25.0
|
1989-1993
|
26-30
|
128
|
1118.2
|
One & done
|
|
25.0
|
1921-1925
|
30-34
|
136
|
1397.1
|
5.6%
|
A little perspective on Kevin Brown's 1996-2000 peak of 34.6 WAR:
- His 34.6 WAR ranked #2 in that period, 2 WAR behind Pedro Martinez (3 Cy Young Awards in that span), 1.5 WAR ahead of Roger Clemens (2 CYAs), and 4.4 WAR ahead of Randy Johnson (2 CYAs).
- The two best 5-year spans this century are 33.2 by Randy Johnson (2000-04, 3 CYAs) and 31.8 by Johan Santana (2004-08, 2 CYAs). Brown topped them both.
- Roy Halladay's best 5-year WAR is 31.2. His 5 best individual seasons add up to 35.6 WAR.
Brown, with 211 wins, a .594 W% and 127 ERA+, got 2.1% of the HOF vote in his only ballot, and thus fell off the BBWAA ballot for good.
One more note on a Brown theme ... If you want to see some hard-luck W-L records, check out Ted Breitenstein with the 1890s St. Louis Browns. For 1893-97, he ranked 4th in WAR (behind 3 HOFers), but had a losing record. The Browns from 1893-96 had a .366 W%. He was lucky to escape to Cincinnati in 1897, when the Browns went 29-102.
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