Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Frank Tanana
568.26
2
Tom Seaver
560.98
3
Jim Palmer
552.88
4
Bert Blyleven
548.03
5
Nolan Ryan
539.8
6
Vida Blue
524.39
7
Don Sutton
515.31
8
Steve Carlton
512.87
9
Jerry Koosman
512.52
10
Gaylord Perry
510.59
11
Catfish Hunter
509.54
12
Luis Tiant
498.57
13
John Montefusco
491.7
14
Mike Torrez
489.26
15
Jon Matlack
481.77
16
J.R. Richard
480.02
17
Phil Niekro
478.61
18
Rick Reuschel
473.1
19
Andy Messersmith
472.5
20
Steve Rogers
471.07
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Burt Hooton
468.78
22
Randy Jones
467.46
23
Dennis Eckersley
464.03
24
Doug Rau
462.99
25
Ray Burris
462.63
26
Fergie Jenkins
460.74
27
Don Gullett
450.56
28
Dave Goltz
450.13
29
Ed Figueroa
448.96
30
Jerry Reuss
446.99
31
Gary Nolan
446.51
32
Jim Barr
445.66
33
Fred Norman
445.45
34
John Candelaria
445.13
35
Jim Rooker
444.82
36
Jim Kaat
441.55
37
Jim Slaton
440.74
38
Bruce Kison
436.94
39
Jim Lonborg
435.98
40
Al Fitzmorris
434.8
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Bill Travers
432.39
42
Ken Holtzman
430.3
43
Mark Fidrych
429.39
44
Pete Falcone
428.37
45
Rick Wise
428.11
46
Dock Ellis
426.79
47
Rudy May
426.34
48
Lynn McGlothen
424.71
49
Pat Dobson
421.86
50
John Denny
421.76
51
Mickey Lolich
421.09
52
Steve Renko
421.0
53
Jim Colborn
419.06
54
Dennis Leonard
418.36
55
Ed Halicki
417.96
56
Pat Zachry
413.56
57
Doc Medich
411.8
58
Larry Dierker
409.9
59
Woodie Fryman
409.76
60
Ken Brett
409.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Bob Forsch
408.17
62
Dave Roberts
407.27
63
Bill Bonham
401.56
64
Nelson Briles
399.66
65
Jack Billingham
396.61
66
Paul Splittorff
391.17
67
Brent Strom
390.2
68
Steve Stone
387.36
69
Tom Underwood
387.07
70
Bill Singer
386.76
71
Reggie Cleveland
386.75
72
Ross Grimsley
386.59
73
Jim Bibby
385.36
74
Gary Ross
384.69
75
Dick Ruthven
379.83
76
Tommy John
379.3
77
Jim Umbarger
375.39
78
Vern Ruhle
375.27
79
Wayne Garland
374.53
80
Larry Christenson
374.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Joaquin Andujar
372.27
82
Jerry Augustine
368.27
83
Rich Gossage
367.04
84
Doug Bird
365.72
85
Bart Johnson
364.99
86
Doyle Alexander
360.75
87
Pete Redfern
357.77
88
Dave Freisleben
357.47
89
Jim Hughes
356.78
90
Rick Rhoden
355.64
91
Stan Bahnsen
354.52
92
Andy Hassler
351.03
93
Eric Rasmussen
350.46
94
Marty Pattin
346.55
95
Bill Lee
346.4
96
Don Stanhouse
344.57
97
Carl Morton
342.28
98
Dan Warthen
340.03
99
Frank LaCorte
339.36
100
Larry Demery
337.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Paul Mitchell
335.95
102
Craig Swan
334.8
103
Paul Hartzell
334.63
104
Ray Bare
333.45
105
Rick Waits
326.1
106
Enrique Romo
324.46
107
Dan Larson
323.29
108
Jerry Garvin
322.76
109
Geoff Zahn
322.73
110
Santo Alcala
322.48
111
Don Kirkwood
321.93
112
Bob Shirley
319.96
113
Gary Wheelock
319.76
114
Steve Busby
319.39
115
Tommy Boggs
316.96
116
Francisco Barrios
316.86
117
Wayne Twitchell
316.7
118
Jackie Brown
316.58
119
Gerry Hannahs
316.11
120
Ron Reed
315.79
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Rick Sawyer
315.61
122
Moose Haas
315.53
123
Tom Griffin
315.4
124
Jesse Jefferson
315.32
125
Mike Pazik
314.41
126
Paul Thormodsgard
314.25
127
Stan Thomas
312.74
128
Doug Konieczny
310.78
129
Dave Rozema
310.08
130
Nino Espinosa
309.92
131
Mike Norris
308.9
132
Chris Knapp
308.72
133
Dave Lemanczyk
308.11
134
Mike Cuellar
308.01
135
John Curtis
307.85
136
Randy Lerch
306.4
137
Bo McLaughlin
306.07
138
Bob Sykes
305.36
139
Rick Langford
304.43
140
Diego Segui
302.52
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Dick Bosman
302.21
142
Mike Krukow
301.49
143
Mark Lemongello
301.23
144
Steve Hargan
301.13
145
Mike Flanagan
301.06
146
Wayne Simpson
300.82
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