Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Bob Gibson
621.15
2
Denny McLain
545.97
3
Luis Tiant
544.38
4
Fergie Jenkins
514.47
5
Gaylord Perry
514.4
6
Dean Chance
514.1
7
Sam McDowell
513.31
8
Juan Marichal
512.96
9
Dave McNally
507.4
10
Bob Veale
503.24
11
Tom Seaver
498.96
12
Mickey Lolich
489.36
13
Earl Wilson
484.54
14
Mel Stottlemyre
481.12
15
Jim Nash
479.93
16
Phil Niekro
477.85
17
Jim Kaat
473.28
18
George Brunet
469.06
19
Jim Maloney
466.62
20
Catfish Hunter
466.2
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Sonny Siebert
464.82
22
Don Wilson
463.63
23
Chris Short
459.93
24
Ray Culp
458.68
25
Joe Horlen
455.22
26
Mike Cuellar
455.02
27
Larry Jackson
454.91
28
Tom Phoebus
453.18
29
Dave Giusti
453.01
30
Ray Sadecki
452.64
31
Pat Jarvis
452.28
32
Jim Bunning
449.74
33
Don Drysdale
448.16
34
Bill Singer
444.83
35
Jim Merritt
443.21
36
Jim Hardin
441.22
37
Tommy John
441.2
38
Don Sutton
441.15
39
Gary Nolan
440.83
40
Bill Hands
437.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Denny Lemaster
436.18
42
Ray Washburn
435.4
43
Milt Pappas
432.49
44
Jerry Koosman
431.7
45
Blue Moon Odom
431.0
46
Steve Carlton
430.27
47
Stan Bahnsen
429.97
48
Fritz Peterson
429.6
49
Ken Holtzman
428.01
50
Gary Bell
427.54
51
Gary Peters
426.64
52
Dave Boswell
425.31
53
Steve Blass
423.94
54
Claude Osteen
423.36
55
Chuck Dobson
421.69
56
Camilo Pascual
412.13
57
Nelson Briles
410.2
58
Jim Lonborg
407.84
59
Dick Ellsworth
402.18
60
Joe Coleman
399.79
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Woodie Fryman
399.73
62
Larry Dierker
397.3
63
Joe Sparma
396.84
64
Mike McCormick
396.71
65
Jim McGlothlin
395.64
66
Al Downing
393.02
67
Jack Fisher
386.51
68
Stan Williams
380.8
69
Bobby Bolin
378.55
70
Bob Moose
376.44
71
Gerry Arrigo
371.33
72
Steve Hargan
370.95
73
George Culver
369.8
74
Dick Selma
368.77
75
Rick Wise
367.9
76
Lew Krausse
366.57
77
Jim Perry
365.84
78
Joe Niekro
363.84
79
Don Cardwell
363.35
80
Ron Reed
361.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Rich Nye
358.56
82
Tony Cloninger
353.57
83
Al McBean
349.48
84
Jim Hannan
349.16
85
Ken Johnson
347.7
86
Barry Moore
347.67
87
Frank Bertaina
343.83
88
Steve Barber
340.77
89
Sammy Ellis
336.87
90
Larry Jaster
334.94
91
Dick Hughes
328.07
92
Jim McAndrew
326.32
93
Dock Ellis
325.93
94
Rickey Clark
325.05
95
Tom Murphy
317.06
96
Dick Kelley
316.12
97
Phil Ortega
315.87
98
John Hiller
315.02
99
Jose Santiago
314.36
100
Jim Palmer
314.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Carl Morton
313.13
102
Grant Jackson
312.93
103
Diego Segui
312.59
104
Johnny Podres
312.26
105
Mel Queen
311.12
106
Wally Bunker
311.06
107
Tom Griffin
310.72
108
Lee Stange
309.44
109
Mudcat Grant
308.92
110
Bill Stoneman
308.92
111
Gary Gentry
308.65
112
Jeff James
308.53
113
Bill Butler
307.79
114
Tommie Sisk
307.75
115
Bill Burbach
306.82
116
Wade Blasingame
306.56
117
Juan Pizarro
306.18
118
Rudy May
305.41
119
Steve Jones
305.07
120
Roger Nelson
304.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Ken Brett
304.12
122
Jerry Johnson
303.7
123
Tom Hall
303.43
124
Gene Brabender
303.06
125
Clay Kirby
302.28
126
Marty Pattin
301.67
127
Dave Morehead
301.34
128
George Stone
300.86
129
Andy Messersmith
300.59
130
Nolan Ryan
300.45
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