Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Ron Guidry
556.09
2
Tom Seaver
538.17
3
J.R. Richard
536.3
4
Jim Palmer
522.87
5
Dennis Eckersley
519.11
6
Phil Niekro
516.96
7
Bert Blyleven
513.87
8
Steve Carlton
512.88
9
Dennis Leonard
501.76
10
Nolan Ryan
500.76
11
Gaylord Perry
498.15
12
Vida Blue
492.75
13
Dave Goltz
492.6
14
Fergie Jenkins
492.27
15
Burt Hooton
491.06
16
Jon Matlack
490.59
17
Steve Rogers
481.82
18
Mike Caldwell
476.7
19
Don Sutton
475.14
20
Bob Knepper
468.41
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Luis Tiant
468.3
22
Frank Tanana
467.18
23
Rick Reuschel
463.95
24
John Candelaria
459.84
25
Ed Halicki
458.99
26
Tommy John
457.98
27
Larry Christenson
451.87
28
Jerry Koosman
451.66
29
Ed Figueroa
450.09
30
John Denny
449.76
31
Craig Swan
447.01
32
Paul Splittorff
445.74
33
Mike Torrez
443.63
34
John Montefusco
442.7
35
Dick Ruthven
442.36
36
Ross Grimsley
441.91
37
Lary Sorensen
439.66
38
Geoff Zahn
437.66
39
Dennis Martinez
425.91
40
Mike Flanagan
422.85
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Catfish Hunter
422.33
42
Doug Rau
421.77
43
Fred Norman
421.71
44
Dave Rozema
421.39
45
Bob Forsch
419.81
46
Randy Jones
418.65
47
Don Robinson
416.27
48
Roger Erickson
416.26
49
Jim Slaton
414.41
50
Ken Kravec
414.24
51
Rick Waits
413.58
52
Doyle Alexander
413.45
53
Larry Gura
410.05
54
Francisco Barrios
409.22
55
Rudy May
406.08
56
Steve Stone
403.21
57
Joe Niekro
401.4
58
Scott McGregor
400.58
59
Bill Bonham
399.98
60
Jim Rooker
399.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Milt Wilcox
395.17
62
Eric Rasmussen
393.35
63
Pete Vuckovich
393.21
64
Dennis Lamp
393.04
65
Rick Rhoden
392.52
66
Dock Ellis
391.71
67
Chris Knapp
390.0
68
Jesse Jefferson
387.97
69
Doc Medich
387.41
70
Don Aase
386.31
71
Jim Clancy
386.02
72
Randy Lerch
386.01
73
Ray Burris
385.85
74
Rich Gale
384.0
75
Jack Billingham
383.83
76
Matt Keough
383.44
77
Bob Owchinko
383.09
78
Rick Wise
381.25
79
Mark Lemongello
380.32
80
Tom Underwood
380.23
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Rick Langford
379.05
82
Jim Barr
376.96
83
Glenn Abbott
373.36
84
Bill Travers
373.34
85
Jim Kaat
371.18
86
Paul Moskau
368.13
87
Nino Espinosa
366.08
88
Jim Colborn
365.55
89
Jim Beattie
361.94
90
Jerry Augustine
360.76
91
Mike Krukow
359.98
92
Larry McWilliams
359.27
93
Mike Paxton
358.8
94
Pat Zachry
358.2
95
Bob Welch
357.39
96
John Henry Johnson
357.37
97
Paul Mitchell
356.09
98
Jerry Reuss
355.81
99
Gary Serum
355.7
100
Bob Shirley
354.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Dick Tidrow
350.26
102
Steve Renko
349.96
103
Kip Young
346.85
104
Jim Bibby
344.45
105
Dan Schatzeder
344.34
106
Silvio Martinez
344.16
107
Byron McLaughlin
343.6
108
Tom Hume
342.32
109
David Clyde
341.52
110
Jim Lonborg
336.47
111
Bill Lee
336.34
112
Vern Ruhle
334.75
113
Ken Forsch
330.23
114
Steve Comer
330.17
115
Woodie Fryman
329.31
116
Jim Wright
327.15
117
Mickey Mahler
326.13
118
Rich Wortham
324.62
119
Preston Hanna
324.21
120
Bruce Kison
322.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Dave Frost
321.31
122
Floyd Bannister
320.39
123
Scott Sanderson
320.34
124
Balor Moore
319.25
125
Pete Broberg
319.04
126
Mike Norris
318.54
127
Rick Honeycutt
318.12
128
Rick Matula
316.44
129
Tom Dixon
316.21
130
Pete Falcone
314.75
131
Andy Messersmith
313.85
132
Odell Jones
310.96
133
Andy Replogle
310.92
134
Jerry Garvin
310.88
135
Bob Sykes
309.23
136
Phil Huffman
307.91
137
Darrell Jackson
307.88
138
Mike LaCoss
307.79
139
Ed Whitson
307.49
140
Mike Proly
306.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Don Hood
305.96
142
Ken Holtzman
304.22
143
Lynn McGlothen
302.03
144
Eric Wilkins
301.8
145
Paul Hartzell
301.56
146
Eddie Solomon
300.38
147
Mike Bruhert
300.31
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