Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Ron Guidry
563.23
2
Tom Seaver
536.74
3
J.R. Richard
530.63
4
Jim Palmer
520.47
5
Steve Carlton
520.0
6
Phil Niekro
519.54
7
Bert Blyleven
514.08
8
Dennis Eckersley
511.77
9
Dennis Leonard
504.61
10
Nolan Ryan
504.0
11
Dave Goltz
498.21
12
Jon Matlack
493.09
13
Burt Hooton
487.53
14
Gaylord Perry
486.92
15
Vida Blue
481.89
16
Fergie Jenkins
481.68
17
Luis Tiant
477.19
18
Steve Rogers
474.34
19
Don Sutton
469.52
20
Frank Tanana
465.1
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Bob Knepper
464.12
22
Rick Reuschel
462.57
23
John Candelaria
461.23
24
Ed Halicki
460.25
25
Mike Caldwell
459.4
26
Ed Figueroa
455.65
27
Larry Christenson
454.37
28
Jerry Koosman
452.56
29
Mike Torrez
449.23
30
Tommy John
444.17
31
Paul Splittorff
442.39
32
Ross Grimsley
440.95
33
John Denny
439.84
34
John Montefusco
439.74
35
Dick Ruthven
437.95
36
Craig Swan
436.58
37
Dennis Martinez
434.82
38
Catfish Hunter
430.33
39
Lary Sorensen
430.16
40
Mike Flanagan
429.15
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Doug Rau
428.14
42
Geoff Zahn
425.4
43
Fred Norman
424.5
44
Dave Rozema
424.31
45
Randy Jones
422.31
46
Jim Slaton
420.59
47
Bob Forsch
418.78
48
Ken Kravec
412.74
49
Doyle Alexander
411.79
50
Francisco Barrios
411.72
51
Roger Erickson
410.1
52
Steve Stone
409.16
53
Rudy May
408.58
54
Jim Rooker
406.03
55
Scott McGregor
402.89
56
Larry Gura
402.4
57
Rick Waits
402.34
58
Don Robinson
399.7
59
Dock Ellis
398.55
60
Joe Niekro
397.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Eric Rasmussen
396.94
62
Milt Wilcox
396.1
63
Dennis Lamp
395.54
64
Rick Rhoden
395.02
65
Bill Bonham
392.83
66
Jesse Jefferson
390.47
67
Doc Medich
389.91
68
Tom Underwood
389.06
69
Ray Burris
388.35
70
Bob Owchinko
387.95
71
Mark Lemongello
387.83
72
Pete Vuckovich
384.47
73
Jack Billingham
382.8
74
Rich Gale
381.22
75
Jim Barr
380.96
76
Matt Keough
380.66
77
Rick Wise
380.54
78
Chris Knapp
380.33
79
Randy Lerch
379.94
80
Rick Langford
378.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Jim Clancy
377.82
82
Bill Travers
375.63
83
Don Aase
374.3
84
Jim Kaat
373.68
85
Paul Moskau
373.63
86
Jerry Augustine
370.76
87
Jim Colborn
369.55
88
Mike Paxton
365.17
89
Jim Beattie
364.44
90
Glenn Abbott
364.4
91
Nino Espinosa
363.98
92
Mike Krukow
362.48
93
John Henry Johnson
362.47
94
Bob Shirley
358.69
95
Jerry Reuss
358.31
96
Gary Serum
358.2
97
Dick Tidrow
358.01
98
Steve Renko
357.71
99
Jim Bibby
354.45
100
Paul Mitchell
351.8
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Kip Young
349.35
102
Pat Zachry
348.66
103
Larry McWilliams
348.4
104
Silvio Martinez
347.41
105
Dan Schatzeder
346.84
106
Jim Lonborg
346.47
107
David Clyde
344.02
108
Bob Welch
343.27
109
Woodie Fryman
339.31
110
Jim Wright
337.15
111
Byron McLaughlin
336.59
112
Preston Hanna
334.21
113
Bill Lee
332.66
114
Tom Hume
332.63
115
Pete Broberg
329.04
116
Mickey Mahler
328.55
117
Balor Moore
321.75
118
Rick Honeycutt
321.37
119
Jerry Garvin
320.88
120
Vern Ruhle
319.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Tom Dixon
318.71
122
Steve Comer
317.76
123
Scott Sanderson
315.27
124
Bruce Kison
314.37
125
Andy Replogle
313.42
126
Dave Frost
312.06
127
Pete Falcone
311.1
128
Darrell Jackson
310.38
129
Dave Lemanczyk
309.34
130
Don Gullett
309.12
131
Don Hood
308.46
132
Mike LaCoss
307.85
133
Ken Forsch
307.5
134
Floyd Bannister
307.47
135
Mike Bruhert
302.81
136
Kevin Kobel
302.27
137
Dave Roberts
301.49
138
Paul Hartzell
301.3
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