Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
561.1
2
Dennis Leonard
497.03
3
Phil Niekro
493.87
4
Tom Seaver
490.59
5
Don Sutton
486.76
6
Dennis Eckersley
483.35
7
Steve Rogers
480.82
8
Mike Norris
469.62
9
Ron Guidry
467.3
10
J.R. Richard
466.13
11
Larry Gura
464.07
12
Bert Blyleven
463.35
13
Nolan Ryan
462.28
14
Jerry Koosman
460.8
15
Tommy John
457.38
16
Rick Reuschel
455.94
17
Rick Langford
454.18
18
Steve Stone
454.06
19
Fergie Jenkins
451.13
20
Matt Keough
451.08
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Scott McGregor
450.67
22
Vida Blue
449.97
23
Burt Hooton
443.36
24
Floyd Bannister
441.03
25
Moose Haas
439.93
26
Pete Vuckovich
439.52
27
Mike Flanagan
439.42
28
Joe Niekro
437.32
29
Jack Morris
436.55
30
Gaylord Perry
434.67
31
Jim Palmer
433.7
32
Jim Bibby
432.41
33
Frank Tanana
430.44
34
Bob Forsch
430.09
35
Scott Sanderson
427.51
36
Britt Burns
427.45
37
Mike Caldwell
427.26
38
John Candelaria
426.68
39
Dick Ruthven
424.46
40
Jim Clancy
422.74
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Tom Underwood
419.85
42
Rick Waits
419.84
43
Len Barker
419.72
44
Steve McCatty
417.24
45
Paul Splittorff
416.97
46
Jerry Reuss
415.65
47
Dan Schatzeder
414.61
48
Milt Wilcox
414.02
49
Geoff Zahn
411.88
50
Lary Sorensen
411.73
51
Luis Tiant
411.02
52
Ken Forsch
407.27
53
Roger Erickson
401.44
54
Rich Gale
401.32
55
Don Robinson
400.55
56
Frank Pastore
398.9
57
Bob Welch
398.23
58
Dave Goltz
397.87
59
Ed Whitson
397.72
60
Doyle Alexander
397.2
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jon Matlack
396.44
62
Dave Stieb
395.51
63
Rudy May
391.09
64
Mike Krukow
390.99
65
Brian Kingman
389.35
66
Ross Baumgarten
388.91
67
Doc Medich
388.69
68
Rick Wise
387.98
69
Rick Honeycutt
387.16
70
Craig Swan
384.75
71
Dennis Martinez
384.53
72
Lynn McGlothen
383.31
73
Bill Travers
380.98
74
Tommy Boggs
380.91
75
Richard Dotson
380.59
76
Mike Torrez
380.54
77
John Curtis
379.05
78
Bill Gullickson
377.61
79
Pat Zachry
377.0
80
Bob Knepper
376.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Vern Ruhle
376.95
82
Steve Trout
376.59
83
Randy Jones
373.97
84
Glenn Abbott
368.82
85
Steve Mura
367.69
86
Dennis Lamp
366.42
87
Darrell Jackson
362.56
88
Steve Renko
361.13
89
Dan Petry
360.14
90
Mike LaCoss
359.6
91
John Montefusco
358.82
92
John Fulgham
351.96
93
Ken Kravec
350.07
94
Rick Matula
349.45
95
Bob Walk
349.0
96
Larry Christenson
348.43
97
Silvio Martinez
347.78
98
Dan Spillner
347.11
99
Larry McWilliams
347.11
100
Rick Rhoden
345.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ray Burris
345.3
102
Jim Beattie
345.24
103
David Palmer
344.98
104
Mario Soto
344.21
105
Pete Falcone
343.77
106
Alfredo Martinez
339.8
107
John Tudor
332.38
108
Mark Bomback
332.1
109
Bob Owchinko
330.5
110
Charlie Leibrandt
329.73
111
Bill Lee
328.2
112
Allen Ripley
327.08
113
Randy Lerch
323.88
114
Dave Frost
323.34
115
Rob Dressler
322.89
116
Ed Halicki
322.77
117
Charlie Lea
322.39
118
Wayne Garland
319.76
119
Eric Rasmussen
319.74
120
John Denny
319.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Renie Martin
318.65
122
Jackson Todd
317.68
123
Joe Price
316.27
124
Paul Moskau
315.1
125
Fernando Valenzuela
313.91
126
Luis Leal
313.11
127
Jesse Jefferson
312.93
128
Bob Sykes
311.94
129
Mike Parrott
311.3
130
Steve Crawford
311.16
131
La Marr Hoyt
310.62
132
Jim Slaton
310.58
133
Jerry Don Gleaton
310.53
134
Pete Redfern
308.78
135
Tim Leary
308.15
136
Rick Sutcliffe
307.93
137
Albert Williams
307.6
138
Marty Bystrom
306.49
139
Juan Eichelberger
305.63
140
Howard Bailey
305.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Ken Clay
304.24
142
Chris Welsh
302.75
143
Mike Witt
301.54
144
Alan Hargesheimer
301.35
145
Doug Capilla
300.59
146
Joaquin Andujar
300.45
147
Dick Drago
300.28
148
Nino Espinosa
300.12
149
Danny Darwin
300.08
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