WAR is an acronym for a relatively new baseball statistic “Wins Above Replacement.” It’s intended as a single stat to bridge the disconnect in measuring pitchers’ versus hitters’ performance since they operate on two completely different sets of statistics.

Two sites, baseball reference (bWAR) and fangraphs (fWAR), have different formulas to calculate WAR, which shows an approximate number of wins a given player contributes by being on the field as opposed to what is designated a “replacement” player, who represents a “league average” player with a WAR of 0.0.

In general over a full single season, league average starters accumulate 0-2 WAR, All-Star caliber players 3-6, and 6 or above represents an MVP-caliber season.

This question contains the top 10 league wide (AL & NL) but is not limited. I have left options open to add pitchers.

Each pitcher will resolve based on his final reported WAR on baseball reference’s website for the 2024 season. Inter league trades will NOT affect a pitcher’s eligibility since this is not a “qualified” stat such as batting average or earned run average.