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The Top 137* Oakland A's Pitchers of All-Time

I already ranked The Top 161* Oakland A's Position Players of All-Time so might as well do a pitcher list as well. Like the position players list I came up with the revolutionary idea of averaging of WARs of FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference which is listed as aWAR in the chart. As you may know the main difference between fWAR and bWAR is that FanGraph uses FIP which can lead to some noticeable differences and the two metrics disagree on who is the best pitcher in Oakland A's history.

As for the criteria of who makes the list, a pitcher must have thrown at least 162 innings with Oakland (sorry Lenny DiNardo fans). I threw in some additional data for context, "aRAR" is the average runs above replacement between FanGraphs and Basball-Reference.

Player Rank IP bWAR fWAR aWAR aRAR ERA+ FIP
Vida Blue 1 1945.2 29 36.2 32.6 288 118 3.13
Tim Hudson 2 1240.2 31 27.6 29.3 304 136 3.63
Barry Zito 3 1437.1 30.6 23.8 27.2 285 124 4.21
Dave Stewart 4 1717.1 18.9 22.8 20.9 206 103 3.85
Catfish Hunter 5 1887 20.8 19.8 20.3 178 109 3.56
Mark Mulder 6 1003 19.7 17.7 18.7 196 114 3.99
Dennis Eckersley 7 637 15.9 19.3 17.6 161 145 2.44
Rollie Fingers 8 1016 12.1 16 14.1 124 117 2.93
Ken Holtzman 9 1084.1 11 16.4 13.7 126 115 3.27
Rick Langford 10 1468 11.4 15.2 13.3 129 96 4.07
Rich Harden 11 624.1 13 13 13.0 134 120 3.62
Dan Haren 12 662.2 11.4 12.2 11.8 125 120 3.90
Sonny Gray 13 705 11.4 12 11.7 114 114 3.56
Sean Manaea 14 727 12.1 11.1 11.6 118 107 3.96
Joe Blanton 15 760.2 8.5 12.2 10.4 111 101 4.04
Bob Welch 16 1271.1 10.8 9.1 10.0 98 97 4.35
Brett Anderson 17 707 8.4 11.3 9.9 102 107 3.88
Mike Moore 18 874 9.3 10.4 9.9 94 105 3.85
Chris Bassitt 19 526 9.5 8.8 9.2 94 121 3.89
Justin Duchscherer 20 440 10.7 6.2 8.5 87 153 3.73
Mike Norris 21 1124.1 8.1 8.5 8.3 81 96 4.27
Kenny Rogers 22 358 9.3 6.9 8.1 85 128 4.01
Trevor Cahill 23 693 9.5 6.4 8.0 82 107 4.35
Steve Ontiveros 24 597.2 7.5 8 7.8 84 112 3.96
Bartolo Colon 25 342.2 8.3 6.6 7.5 71 130 3.49
Steve McCatty 26 1188.1 9.3 5.2 7.3 71 95 4.55
Gil Heredia 27 551.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 79 100 4.68
Liam Hendriks 28 263 6.1 7.6 6.9 66 137 2.59
Gio Gonzalez 29 535.1 6.7 6.9 6.8 66 105 4.06
Cory Lidle 30 380 7 6.3 6.7 70 116 3.97
Dallas Braden 31 491.1 5.1 8.2 6.7 67 101 3.99
Frankie Montas 32 433 5.6 7.6 6.6 67 109 3.81
Matt Keough 33 1060.1 6.1 7 6.6 63 91 4.44
Huston Street 34 269 5.8 6.6 6.2 65 150 2.90
Sean Doolittle 35 253 4.9 7.3 6.1 58 127 2.45
Blue Moon Odom 36 1202.2 4.3 7.6 6.0 48 95 3.80
Brandon McCarthy 37 281.2 5.4 6.4 5.9 56 120 3.22
Jarrod Parker 38 378.1 6.1 5 5.6 56 104 3.94
Scott Kazmir 39 300 5.1 5.8 5.5 52 121 3.28
Andrew Bailey 40 174 6.4 4.4 5.4 50 205 2.74
Ron Darling 41 723.1 3.4 7.3 5.4 57 88 4.46
Chuck Dobson 42 919 2.3 8.2 5.3 45 91 3.70
Billy Taylor 43 295.2 4.8 5.6 5.2 56 121 3.56
Blake Treinen 44 177 5.3 4.3 4.8 41 173 3.19
Jim Nash 45 344 4.7 4.6 4.7 36 109 3.12
Paul Lindblad 46 629.2 5.6 3.6 4.6 45 115 3.47
Mike Torrez 47 295 5.3 3.5 4.4 37 119 3.66
Kendall Graveman 48 441.1 5.5 3.3 4.4 44 93 4.58
Tommy Milone 49 442.2 3.8 4.9 4.4 45 100 4.17
Grant Balfour 50 199.1 5.8 2.8 4.3 39 156 3.40
Diego Segui 51 414 5.2 3.2 4.2 37 118 3.51
Brad Ziegler 52 231.1 5.8 2.4 4.1 42 169 3.47
Chad Bradford 53 248 4.9 3.1 4.0 42 133 3.68
Rick Honeycutt 54 406.1 4.6 3.3 4.0 39 126 3.67
Ryan Cook 55 195 4.3 3.5 3.9 36 140 2.98
Bobby Witt 56 387.1 3.4 4.4 3.9 41 94 4.44
A.J. Griffin 57 282.1 4.8 2.9 3.9 40 108 4.34
Yusmeiro Petit 58 275.2 5.5 2.1 3.8 40 137 4.06
Brian Kingman 59 547 2.3 5.3 3.8 39 93 4.17
Todd Burns 60 291 5.3 2.2 3.8 35 134 3.75
Jeff Tam 61 200.2 4.4 2.9 3.7 39 138 3.61
Jesse Chavez 62 363.2 2.5 4.7 3.6 37 96 3.76
Ariel Prieto 63 348.2 3.2 3.9 3.6 42 96 4.75
Curt Young 64 1039.1 3.8 3.3 3.6 36 89 4.72
Jason Isringhausen 65 165.2 4.1 2.9 3.5 37 149 3.58
Jim Corsi 66 222.1 5.6 1.4 3.5 38 157 4.01
Storm Davis 67 464 3 3.6 3.3 34 90 4.14
Mike Fiers 68 306 4.3 2.2 3.3 35 104 5.08
Jim Mecir 69 250.2 2.8 3.6 3.2 37 114 3.65
Bob Lacey 70 368.2 4.5 1.8 3.2 32 114 3.90
Doug Jones 71 177.1 3.7 2.5 3.1 35 125 3.78
Todd Stottlemyre 72 209.2 2.1 4.1 3.1 33 95 3.99
Mike Oquist 73 423.1 2.5 3.7 3.1 36 80 4.94
Stan Bahnsen 74 265 3 3 3.0 27 100 3.58
Jimmy Haynes 75 409.2 2.2 3.8 3.0 33 84 4.98
Ted Lilly 76 201.2 2.5 3.3 2.9 30 102 4.31
Ray Burris 77 211.2 3.7 1.9 2.8 28 118 4.20
John Henry Johnson 78 270.2 3.9 1.7 2.8 27 102 4.40
Tom Underwood 79 348.2 2.7 2.9 2.8 29 106 3.96
Kevin Appier 80 264 2.7 2.8 2.8 33 96 4.98
Gene Nelson 81 490.1 3.4 2.1 2.8 30 101 3.90
Don Sutton 82 194.1 2.6 2.8 2.7 27 98 3.81
Buddy Groom 83 245.1 3 2.4 2.7 33 104 4.16
Jay Howell 84 195.2 1.8 3.2 2.5 26 107 3.39
Jerry Blevins 85 267 3.5 1.5 2.5 28 123 3.88
Chad Gaudin 86 343.1 2.4 2.3 2.4 28 100 4.60
Craig Breslow 87 189.1 3 1.6 2.3 25 133 3.76
Bob Locker 88 206.2 1.7 2.9 2.3 21 116 2.42
Steve Karsay 89 219 2.4 2.2 2.3 25 88 4.68
Daniel Mengden 90 302.2 2 2.5 2.3 23 90 4.58
Dave Heaverlo 91 221.1 3.6 0.7 2.2 20 107 3.94
Kirk Saarloos 92 331.2 3.2 1.1 2.2 25 98 4.98
Joe Kennedy 93 196.2 2.2 1.9 2.1 23 108 4.51
Esteban Loaiza 94 169.1 1.3 2.6 2.0 22 96 4.20
Dick Bosman 95 234.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 18 92 3.95
Dan Otero 96 172.1 2.3 1.4 1.9 18 116 3.32
Dave Telgheder 97 200.1 2.5 1.2 1.9 22 90 5.20
Lou Trivino 98 231 2 1.7 1.9 21 113 3.96
Jim Roland 99 177.1 2.8 0.6 1.7 16 133 3.61
Cole Irvin 100 178.1 1.3 2.1 1.7 19 96 4.30
Greg Smith 101 190.1 2 1.4 1.7 20 99 4.82
Jesse Hahn 102 212.2 0.6 2.8 1.7 18 88 4.01
Eric Plunk 103 322 1.7 1.7 1.7 17 92 4.25
Mike Mohler 104 334 2.8 0.5 1.7 21 96 4.94
Mark Redman 105 191 1.7 1.4 1.6 19 97 5.05
Dan Straily 106 230 1.8 1.3 1.6 17 94 4.73
Chris Codiroli 107 640.2 -1.1 4.2 1.6 16 82 4.48
Dana Eveland 108 212 0.6 2.4 1.5 17 85 4.29
Jose Rijo 109 339.2 -0.9 3.8 1.5 13 83 4.12
Carlos Reyes 110 346.2 2.6 0.3 1.5 21 94 5.24
Tom Candiotti 111 257.2 1.6 1.2 1.4 16 88 5.34
Doug Johns 112 212.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 17 87 5.34
Don Wengert 113 325 2.1 0.3 1.2 17 86 5.46
Ryan Dull 114 167.2 1.3 0.9 1.1 11 102 4.33
Andrew Triggs 115 163 0.4 1.7 1.1 11 92 4.12
Omar Olivares 116 182.2 0.3 1.6 1.0 11 81 5.07
T.J. Mathews 117 243 1.2 0.7 1.0 13 96 4.66
Glenn Abbott 118 291.1 0.1 1.8 1.0 8 86 4.03
Scott Sanderson 119 206.1 0.3 1.4 0.9 8 95 4.29
Dave Hamilton 120 436.1 -0.3 1.8 0.8 9 86 4.00
Joaquin Andujar 121 216 1.1 0.3 0.7 8 89 5.12
Santiago Casilla 122 250.2 0.8 0.4 0.6 9 91 4.55
Keith Atherton 123 292.1 1.8 -0.7 0.6 6 94 4.43
Lew Krausse 124 325 0.3 0.8 0.6 4 83 3.92
Dave Beard 125 181.2 -0.5 1.4 0.5 8 93 3.91
Pete Broberg 126 165.2 -0.6 1.4 0.4 4 79 3.94
Kelly Downs 127 201.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 3 84 4.70
Darold Knowles 128 270.2 1.5 -0.8 0.4 3 111 3.89
Todd Van Poppel 129 406.2 -0.3 0.8 0.3 5 77 5.43
Bill Krueger 130 443 -2.2 2.7 0.3 3 84 4.45
Vin Mazzaro 131 213.2 -0.3 0.7 0.2 3 90 5.04
Mike Warren 132 204.2 -0.9 0.4 -0.3 -4 75 4.75
Lary Sorensen 133 183.1 -1.4 0.9 -0.3 -3 76 4.39
Tim Conroy 134 310.2 -0.7 0.1 -0.3 -3 87 4.78
Jim Todd 135 285.2 0 -1 -0.5 -2 94 4.31
Joe Slusarski 136 194 -1.5 -0.7 -1.1 -11 71 5.37
Jeff Jones 137 205 -1.7 -1.9 -1.8 -13 94 4.85