Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
576.53
2
Gaylord Perry
570.41
3
Steve Carlton
568.47
4
Don Sutton
560.84
5
Bob Gibson
554.37
6
Wilbur Wood
533.76
7
Catfish Hunter
532.41
8
Nolan Ryan
529.41
9
Jim Palmer
528.94
10
Mickey Lolich
527.96
11
Joe Coleman
522.08
12
Don Wilson
515.68
13
Fergie Jenkins
511.9
14
Ken Holtzman
509.31
15
Bert Blyleven
505.81
16
Rick Wise
498.73
17
Mike Cuellar
493.72
18
Dave McNally
489.21
19
Phil Niekro
479.92
20
Pat Dobson
476.86
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Jack Billingham
475.52
22
Tom Bradley
474.06
23
Rudy May
472.96
24
Gary Nolan
471.55
25
Steve Blass
470.97
26
Andy Messersmith
468.28
27
Vida Blue
467.25
28
Mel Stottlemyre
466.38
29
Bill Hands
465.66
30
Claude Osteen
463.21
31
Marty Pattin
458.88
32
Jim Perry
458.38
33
Dock Ellis
455.1
34
Clay Kirby
455.09
35
Bill Stoneman
452.92
36
Bill Singer
451.98
37
Milt Pappas
448.3
38
Al Downing
447.97
39
Fritz Peterson
445.79
40
Stan Bahnsen
443.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Juan Marichal
441.5
42
Bob Moose
441.01
43
Paul Splittorff
440.48
44
Jerry Koosman
440.24
45
Clyde Wright
438.44
46
Tommy John
438.38
47
Dick Drago
434.54
48
Gary Gentry
433.9
49
Steve Kline
429.62
50
Jon Matlack
428.82
51
Jerry Reuss
427.86
52
Dick Woodson
427.46
53
Blue Moon Odom
427.24
54
Ron Bryant
426.81
55
Ross Grimsley
423.51
56
Don Gullett
422.73
57
Reggie Cleveland
422.07
58
Nelson Briles
421.17
59
Dick Bosman
420.87
60
Roger Nelson
420.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Woodie Fryman
419.83
62
Luis Tiant
419.78
63
Dave Roberts
419.54
64
Dick Tidrow
418.7
65
Bill Parsons
418.44
66
Sam McDowell
416.14
67
Ron Reed
415.8
68
Carl Morton
414.07
69
Jim Lonborg
412.06
70
Ernie McAnally
411.81
71
Fred Norman
408.72
72
Mike Torrez
405.49
73
Steve Arlin
404.12
74
Burt Hooton
403.16
75
Balor Moore
402.42
76
Ken Forsch
399.38
77
Larry Dierker
397.91
78
Skip Lockwood
395.83
79
Rick Reuschel
395.49
80
Sonny Siebert
394.83
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Jim Barr
383.32
82
Mike Paul
383.16
83
Jim McAndrew
381.43
84
Jim Kaat
380.19
85
Rich Hand
372.56
86
Jim Willoughby
372.06
87
Jim McGlothlin
366.64
88
John Curtis
362.48
89
Wayne Simpson
351.65
90
Lynn McGlothen
349.33
91
Pete Broberg
343.59
92
Bob Johnson
343.5
93
Bill Greif
342.97
94
Ray Corbin
339.91
95
Steve Renko
337.35
96
Milt Wilcox
336.49
97
Jerry Bell
336.24
98
Dick Ruthven
334.89
99
Brent Strom
332.03
100
Steve Dunning
331.88
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Steve Busby
331.22
102
Mike Caldwell
329.38
103
Bill Gogolewski
328.16
104
Luke Walker
327.14
105
Doc Medich
327.14
106
Jim Slaton
326.48
107
Barry Lersch
325.04
108
Bruce Kison
322.95
109
Tom Timmermann
322.0
110
Harry Parker
320.69
111
Al Santorini
320.26
112
Doyle Alexander
319.45
113
Ken Wright
319.21
114
Jim Colborn
318.12
115
Larry Christenson
317.85
116
Mike Kekich
317.11
117
Don Stanhouse
316.63
118
George Stone
316.35
119
Eddie Fisher
315.91
120
Wayne Twitchell
315.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Ken Reynolds
312.76
122
Gary Ryerson
312.27
123
Mike Corkins
311.3
124
Larry Gura
309.62
125
Scipio Spinks
308.63
126
John Strohmayer
308.5
127
Rob Gardner
308.41
128
Bill Lee
307.76
129
Alan Foster
307.67
130
Rollie Fingers
307.63
131
Ray Culp
307.33
132
Tom Griffin
306.07
133
Tom Murphy
305.08
134
Roger Moret
304.06
135
Ray Burris
303.66
136
Orlando Pena
303.61
137
Mike Hedlund
300.35
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