Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
J.R. Richard
584.61
2
Ron Guidry
532.28
3
Steve Carlton
525.75
4
Phil Niekro
515.9
5
Tom Seaver
510.24
6
Dennis Eckersley
505.95
7
Mike Flanagan
499.81
8
Bert Blyleven
497.88
9
Nolan Ryan
492.28
10
Dennis Leonard
479.42
11
Tommy John
476.46
12
Jerry Koosman
474.56
13
Don Sutton
471.41
14
Jim Palmer
467.55
15
Burt Hooton
467.04
16
John Candelaria
466.84
17
Dave Goltz
466.11
18
Mike Caldwell
464.76
19
Steve Rogers
463.99
20
Craig Swan
456.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Pete Vuckovich
454.36
22
Joe Niekro
453.72
23
Gaylord Perry
452.96
24
Rick Reuschel
450.0
25
Luis Tiant
449.9
26
Fergie Jenkins
444.59
27
Larry Gura
443.33
28
Randy Jones
442.14
29
Dennis Martinez
439.71
30
Bob Forsch
439.0
31
Ken Kravec
434.31
32
Paul Splittorff
433.06
33
Lary Sorensen
430.62
34
Scott McGregor
426.67
35
Vida Blue
425.23
36
Geoff Zahn
421.72
37
Mike Torrez
421.1
38
Rick Waits
419.44
39
Jim Slaton
418.32
40
Jack Morris
417.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Frank Tanana
416.04
42
Rick Wise
415.58
43
Bob Knepper
414.99
44
Steve Stone
414.51
45
Bill Bonham
413.09
46
Floyd Bannister
413.05
47
Randy Lerch
412.51
48
John Montefusco
410.85
49
Tom Underwood
408.26
50
Dave Frost
408.08
51
Silvio Martinez
407.08
52
Rick Langford
406.69
53
Milt Wilcox
403.63
54
Fred Norman
403.58
55
Dennis Lamp
403.04
56
Jim Bibby
400.81
57
Eric Rasmussen
400.25
58
Matt Keough
398.95
59
John Denny
395.33
60
Rick Sutcliffe
394.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Dave Rozema
392.67
62
John Fulgham
391.86
63
Mike Parrott
390.28
64
Rick Honeycutt
390.02
65
Bill Lee
388.92
66
Ken Forsch
388.58
67
Mike Krukow
386.99
68
Bruce Kison
386.75
69
Jon Matlack
385.09
70
Mike LaCoss
381.74
71
Bob Stanley
380.57
72
Steve Comer
380.43
73
Ross Baumgarten
380.09
74
Dan Schatzeder
378.68
75
Don Robinson
376.26
76
Pete Falcone
375.79
77
Rick Matula
373.56
78
Nino Espinosa
373.51
79
Ed Halicki
371.88
80
Dave Stieb
370.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Don Aase
369.12
82
Moose Haas
367.8
83
Rich Gale
367.36
84
Jim Rooker
366.91
85
Bill Travers
365.68
86
Bob Owchinko
363.96
87
Larry Christenson
363.17
88
Scott Sanderson
362.52
89
Steve Renko
360.74
90
Ed Whitson
360.15
91
Steve Trout
359.09
92
Roger Erickson
358.47
93
Lynn McGlothen
358.27
94
Eddie Solomon
356.41
95
Doyle Alexander
354.33
96
Bob Welch
354.22
97
Pete Redfern
353.67
98
Bob Shirley
353.59
99
Jim Barr
352.0
100
Ed Figueroa
350.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Mike Norris
349.87
102
Doc Medich
349.35
103
Frank Pastore
348.19
104
Chris Knapp
344.45
105
Brian Kingman
344.42
106
Dick Ruthven
344.41
107
Rich Wortham
344.0
108
Len Barker
343.67
109
John Curtis
343.57
110
Ross Grimsley
343.51
111
Steve McCatty
338.87
112
Catfish Hunter
338.35
113
Charlie Leibrandt
336.14
114
Jerry Reuss
335.89
115
Richard Dotson
333.36
116
Paul Mirabella
332.21
117
Britt Burns
331.8
118
Dave Lemanczyk
330.81
119
Kevin Kobel
329.0
120
Jim Beattie
325.68
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jack Billingham
325.23
122
Ray Burris
323.23
123
Dan Spillner
322.66
124
Glenn Abbott
322.13
125
Mark Bomback
321.96
126
Jim Clancy
321.68
127
Gary Lucas
318.03
128
Larry McWilliams
317.37
129
Terry Felton
317.21
130
Dave Ford
315.24
131
Tom Hausman
313.08
132
Dan Petry
313.04
133
Chuck Rainey
312.39
134
John Henry Johnson
311.58
135
Jesse Jefferson
310.86
136
Dock Ellis
309.14
137
Bruce Hurst
308.87
138
Tommy Boggs
308.87
139
Mike Griffin
307.99
140
Mike Paxton
307.95
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
David Palmer
306.24
142
Roy Thomas
304.73
143
Dave Hamilton
304.09
144
Paul Moskau
303.66
145
Dickie Noles
302.97
146
Gary Wheelock
302.77
147
Joaquin Andujar
300.61
148
Paul Mitchell
300.38
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