Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
556.8
2
Don Sutton
496.65
3
Dennis Leonard
490.16
4
Phil Niekro
490.0
5
Steve Rogers
486.68
6
Tom Seaver
483.72
7
Dennis Eckersley
477.78
8
Ron Guidry
472.83
9
J.R. Richard
471.13
10
Larry Gura
465.9
11
Nolan Ryan
463.53
12
Mike Norris
462.34
13
Jerry Koosman
460.98
14
Bert Blyleven
460.13
15
Steve Stone
455.27
16
Tommy John
454.94
17
Rick Reuschel
452.34
18
Scott McGregor
451.92
19
Fergie Jenkins
450.91
20
Rick Langford
447.96
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Vida Blue
443.67
22
Burt Hooton
442.32
23
Matt Keough
441.62
24
Moose Haas
441.18
25
Floyd Bannister
440.91
26
Pete Vuckovich
440.77
27
Mike Flanagan
440.35
28
Joe Niekro
435.57
29
Jim Bibby
431.51
30
John Candelaria
430.98
31
Bob Forsch
430.46
32
Gaylord Perry
429.03
33
Scott Sanderson
428.76
34
Frank Tanana
428.69
35
Jim Palmer
428.25
36
Jack Morris
428.17
37
Mike Caldwell
426.95
38
Britt Burns
421.69
39
Tom Underwood
421.1
40
Rick Waits
421.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Len Barker
420.97
42
Paul Splittorff
418.22
43
Jerry Reuss
416.9
44
Dan Schatzeder
415.86
45
Dick Ruthven
414.46
46
Jim Clancy
412.52
47
Luis Tiant
412.27
48
Ken Forsch
408.83
49
Lary Sorensen
408.7
50
Milt Wilcox
406.65
51
Steve McCatty
405.14
52
Geoff Zahn
404.82
53
Roger Erickson
403.48
54
Rich Gale
402.57
55
Bob Welch
401.88
56
Don Robinson
401.8
57
Dave Goltz
399.12
58
Jon Matlack
399.06
59
Dave Stieb
395.3
60
Ed Whitson
393.46
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Rick Wise
392.85
62
Mike Krukow
392.24
63
Doyle Alexander
391.96
64
Frank Pastore
391.19
65
Ross Baumgarten
390.16
66
Doc Medich
389.94
67
Craig Swan
389.75
68
Rick Honeycutt
388.41
69
Dennis Martinez
385.78
70
Mike Torrez
385.54
71
Rudy May
384.11
72
Brian Kingman
384.05
73
Lynn McGlothen
380.15
74
Bill Gullickson
378.86
75
Bill Travers
378.73
76
Bob Knepper
378.68
77
Steve Trout
377.84
78
Vern Ruhle
376.55
79
Tommy Boggs
374.5
80
Richard Dotson
373.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Pat Zachry
372.2
82
John Curtis
368.39
83
Randy Jones
368.31
84
Dennis Lamp
367.67
85
Glenn Abbott
366.92
86
Darrell Jackson
363.81
87
Steve Mura
362.8
88
Steve Renko
362.38
89
Dan Petry
361.39
90
John Fulgham
356.96
91
Mike LaCoss
354.12
92
Silvio Martinez
352.78
93
Rick Matula
352.2
94
John Montefusco
351.19
95
Bob Walk
350.25
96
Larry Christenson
349.33
97
Dan Spillner
348.36
98
Larry McWilliams
348.36
99
Jim Beattie
346.49
100
David Palmer
346.23
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Pete Falcone
345.02
102
Ken Kravec
344.05
103
Rick Rhoden
341.82
104
Ray Burris
341.24
105
Alfredo Martinez
341.05
106
Mario Soto
339.14
107
John Tudor
333.63
108
Mark Bomback
333.35
109
Bob Owchinko
331.75
110
Charlie Leibrandt
330.98
111
Bill Lee
329.45
112
Randy Lerch
328.88
113
Dave Frost
328.34
114
Charlie Lea
324.39
115
Rob Dressler
324.14
116
Ed Halicki
324.02
117
Wayne Garland
322.51
118
Allen Ripley
322.35
119
Eric Rasmussen
320.99
120
Paul Moskau
320.1
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Renie Martin
319.9
122
Jackson Todd
318.93
123
Joe Price
317.52
124
John Denny
316.97
125
Bob Sykes
316.94
126
Mike Parrott
316.3
127
Jesse Jefferson
314.17
128
La Marr Hoyt
311.87
129
Marty Bystrom
307.74
130
Nino Espinosa
305.12
131
Ross Grimsley
304.67
132
Dave Rozema
304.58
133
Alan Hargesheimer
304.1
134
Albert Williams
302.67
135
Joaquin Andujar
302.45
136
Doug Capilla
301.84
137
Juan Eichelberger
301.58
138
Dick Drago
301.53
139
Paul Mirabella
301.06
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