Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
563.71
2
Don Sutton
499.79
3
Phil Niekro
496.39
4
Dennis Leonard
496.29
5
Tom Seaver
493.84
6
Larry Gura
491.15
7
Mike Norris
489.35
8
Matt Keough
478.72
9
Ron Guidry
478.3
10
Bert Blyleven
477.72
11
Tommy John
474.97
12
Dennis Eckersley
473.74
13
Steve Rogers
473.56
14
Nolan Ryan
471.38
15
Rick Langford
463.72
16
Mike Flanagan
461.99
17
Vida Blue
461.18
18
Jerry Koosman
460.81
19
Joe Niekro
460.2
20
Floyd Bannister
451.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Gaylord Perry
449.3
22
Burt Hooton
449.16
23
Scott McGregor
449.15
24
Rick Reuschel
448.22
25
Jim Bibby
447.17
26
Jack Morris
447.12
27
Steve Stone
446.22
28
J.R. Richard
446.13
29
Mike Caldwell
443.96
30
Steve McCatty
443.47
31
Jim Palmer
442.29
32
Fergie Jenkins
441.67
33
Moose Haas
441.15
34
Rick Waits
441.0
35
Scott Sanderson
439.92
36
Len Barker
439.23
37
Bob Forsch
437.43
38
Britt Burns
437.06
39
John Candelaria
436.24
40
Lary Sorensen
434.5
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jerry Reuss
433.57
42
Pete Vuckovich
432.67
43
Dick Ruthven
432.52
44
Milt Wilcox
430.19
45
Tom Underwood
426.48
46
Frank Tanana
423.99
47
Ken Forsch
422.77
48
Geoff Zahn
421.88
49
Doyle Alexander
420.43
50
Rudy May
420.42
51
Jim Clancy
419.86
52
Jon Matlack
416.45
53
Paul Splittorff
415.95
54
Roger Erickson
411.82
55
Brian Kingman
411.73
56
Bob Welch
410.82
57
Ed Whitson
407.63
58
Dan Schatzeder
407.44
59
Frank Pastore
406.52
60
Doc Medich
405.8
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Rich Gale
405.47
62
Dave Stieb
405.21
63
Ross Baumgarten
403.27
64
Rick Honeycutt
402.29
65
Bob Knepper
401.46
66
Rick Wise
401.3
67
Bill Gullickson
399.8
68
Don Robinson
398.21
69
Mike Krukow
396.63
70
Luis Tiant
394.77
71
Steve Trout
394.12
72
Vern Ruhle
393.93
73
Richard Dotson
392.69
74
Lynn McGlothen
391.67
75
Tommy Boggs
391.07
76
Pat Zachry
390.7
77
Dennis Martinez
387.59
78
Dave Goltz
386.12
79
Craig Swan
384.48
80
Mike Torrez
384.07
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Steve Mura
381.57
82
Fernando Valenzuela
379.57
83
Bill Travers
375.73
84
John Curtis
372.96
85
Rick Rhoden
372.36
86
Randy Jones
372.36
87
Mario Soto
371.52
88
Glenn Abbott
368.74
89
Larry Christenson
368.16
90
Dan Petry
367.1
91
Steve Renko
362.71
92
John Montefusco
361.38
93
Mike LaCoss
360.2
94
Mark Bomback
358.45
95
Silvio Martinez
357.89
96
Bob Walk
356.6
97
Ray Burris
355.88
98
Dennis Lamp
350.92
99
Allen Ripley
350.83
100
Darrell Jackson
350.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ken Kravec
342.19
102
Jackson Todd
340.96
103
John Denny
340.2
104
John Tudor
340.17
105
Albert Williams
340.07
106
Pete Redfern
338.32
107
Dave Rozema
337.93
108
Marty Bystrom
335.86
109
Jesse Jefferson
335.37
110
Juan Eichelberger
333.33
111
Larry McWilliams
332.36
112
Jim Beattie
331.99
113
John Fulgham
331.96
114
Jim Slaton
331.61
115
Pete Falcone
331.27
116
Andy Rincon
330.62
117
Mike Witt
330.35
118
Rick Sutcliffe
329.75
119
David Palmer
329.48
120
Rick Matula
329.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Bob Shirley
328.45
122
Dan Spillner
327.86
123
Wayne Garland
326.58
124
Rod Scurry
325.84
125
Alfredo Martinez
325.8
126
Jerry Don Gleaton
325.49
127
Danny Darwin
325.41
128
Bruce Berenyi
323.64
129
Luis Leal
321.0
130
Fernando Arroyo
320.67
131
Francisco Barrios
319.41
132
Steve Crawford
319.24
133
Howard Bailey
318.47
134
Randy Lerch
318.14
135
Tom Griffin
317.56
136
Bob Owchinko
317.25
137
Jerry Augustine
313.81
138
Charlie Lea
313.62
139
Charlie Leibrandt
313.48
140
Mike Parrott
313.24
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Nino Espinosa
312.61
142
Bill Lee
311.2
143
Jerry Garvin
310.53
144
Mike Scott
309.66
145
Bill Caudill
308.18
146
Doug Bird
307.86
147
Rob Dressler
307.39
148
Dave Roberts
307.33
149
Ed Halicki
307.27
150
Chris Welsh
307.23
151
Randy Martz
305.5
152
Bryan Clark
304.6
153
Tim Leary
304.4
154
Renie Martin
303.9
155
Joe Price
303.77
156
Steve Comer
303.41
157
Dave Frost
303.34
158
Ken Clay
303.16
159
Ed Lynch
301.89
160
Joaquin Andujar
301.29
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Eric Rasmussen
301.24
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