Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
572.65
2
Bert Blyleven
556.31
3
Gaylord Perry
550.69
4
Don Sutton
538.4
5
Jim Palmer
537.77
6
Nolan Ryan
527.32
7
Andy Messersmith
516.35
8
Fergie Jenkins
512.41
9
Catfish Hunter
508.24
10
Bob Gibson
504.01
11
Jon Matlack
498.28
12
Jerry Koosman
492.1
13
Joe Coleman
490.65
14
Phil Niekro
486.32
15
Tommy John
480.01
16
Jack Billingham
477.11
17
Luis Tiant
474.06
18
Tom Bradley
472.62
19
Don Wilson
472.18
20
Rick Wise
471.38
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Bill Singer
470.95
22
Steve Carlton
470.08
23
Mike Cuellar
465.28
24
Mel Stottlemyre
461.87
25
Ken Holtzman
458.91
26
Wilbur Wood
456.06
27
Dave Roberts
455.67
28
Mickey Lolich
455.5
29
Fred Norman
451.56
30
Dock Ellis
450.59
31
Ross Grimsley
446.74
32
Vida Blue
446.37
33
Carl Morton
446.28
34
Dave McNally
443.5
35
Claude Osteen
443.43
36
Reggie Cleveland
442.67
37
Nelson Briles
438.46
38
Stan Bahnsen
435.42
39
Doc Medich
433.87
40
Al Downing
433.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Don Gullett
431.65
42
Bill Lee
428.76
43
Paul Splittorff
426.94
44
Marty Pattin
425.55
45
Pat Dobson
424.9
46
Steve Busby
424.85
47
Steve Renko
424.84
48
Burt Hooton
420.48
49
Jim Perry
418.63
50
Rick Reuschel
418.5
51
Jerry Reuss
414.24
52
Jim Slaton
413.77
53
Clay Kirby
412.83
54
Clyde Wright
412.8
55
Jim Bibby
411.3
56
Steve Rogers
411.18
57
Jim Colborn
408.85
58
Jim Lonborg
408.13
59
Ron Bryant
408.12
60
Jim Kaat
403.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Bob Moose
398.85
62
Juan Marichal
398.01
63
Fritz Peterson
397.59
64
Dick Tidrow
395.87
65
Alan Foster
394.27
66
Rudy May
392.86
67
Jim Rooker
392.48
68
Wayne Twitchell
390.95
69
Ron Schueler
390.41
70
Mike Torrez
390.18
71
Sonny Siebert
389.34
72
Ken Brett
388.51
73
Bill Greif
388.22
74
Sam McDowell
384.01
75
John Curtis
380.67
76
Joe Decker
379.5
77
Milt Pappas
377.89
78
Jim Barr
377.4
79
Dick Drago
375.63
80
Steve Arlin
375.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bill Hands
374.52
82
Dick Woodson
372.93
83
Randy Jones
372.25
84
Bill Stoneman
369.09
85
Balor Moore
368.39
86
Tom Griffin
364.63
87
Roric Harrison
362.97
88
Ernie McAnally
361.26
89
George Stone
359.99
90
Dick Ruthven
358.75
91
Blue Moon Odom
358.68
92
Woodie Fryman
356.75
93
Mike Caldwell
354.07
94
Bill Bonham
351.83
95
Steve Kline
350.23
96
Frank Tanana
350.02
97
Ron Reed
349.44
98
Steve Stone
348.96
99
Larry Dierker
348.12
100
Lerrin LaGrow
347.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Doug Rau
334.29
102
Steve Hargan
332.22
103
Roger Nelson
331.69
104
Ken Frailing
331.26
105
Lynn McGlothen
329.76
106
Al Fitzmorris
329.13
107
Steve Blass
329.03
108
Dave Freisleben
328.57
109
Doyle Alexander
327.34
110
Skip Lockwood
325.49
111
John D'Acquisto
325.33
112
David Clyde
320.81
113
Roger Moret
320.03
114
Bob Johnson
319.97
115
Vic Albury
317.36
116
Ken Forsch
314.81
117
Ray Corbin
314.29
118
Jim McAndrew
312.54
119
Pete Broberg
309.94
120
Jim Willoughby
309.6
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Craig Swan
309.19
122
Bill Slayback
306.89
123
Kevin Kobel
306.74
124
Dick Bosman
306.43
125
Mike Corkins
305.16
126
Charlie Williams
304.5
127
Harry Parker
304.2
128
Paul Lindblad
303.31
129
Stan Perzanowski
301.16
130
Bill Parsons
300.58
131
Doug Konieczny
300.52
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