Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
601.77
2
Fergie Jenkins
562.87
3
Mickey Lolich
547.79
4
Don Sutton
541.23
5
Gaylord Perry
534.54
6
Bob Gibson
527.46
7
Wilbur Wood
527.45
8
Jim Palmer
521.36
9
Dave McNally
516.16
10
Joe Coleman
513.58
11
Clay Kirby
512.51
12
Steve Carlton
510.81
13
Catfish Hunter
508.86
14
Don Wilson
505.61
15
Phil Niekro
503.97
16
Mike Cuellar
501.2
17
Juan Marichal
498.87
18
Sam McDowell
496.45
19
Bert Blyleven
493.81
20
Gary Nolan
490.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Pat Dobson
483.93
22
Fritz Peterson
482.85
23
Bill Stoneman
482.1
24
Vida Blue
480.78
25
Mel Stottlemyre
480.34
26
Steve Blass
478.44
27
Rick Wise
476.65
28
Ray Culp
472.89
29
Andy Messersmith
470.45
30
Dick Drago
463.09
31
Clyde Wright
458.6
32
Sonny Siebert
458.44
33
Gary Gentry
458.04
34
Ken Holtzman
454.24
35
Jim Kaat
451.03
36
Milt Pappas
450.54
37
Dock Ellis
450.16
38
Jim Perry
448.7
39
Bill Singer
447.5
40
Claude Osteen
447.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Stan Bahnsen
447.03
42
Marty Pattin
446.89
43
Bill Hands
445.9
44
Tommy John
445.25
45
Al Downing
442.21
46
Tom Bradley
438.79
47
Dave Roberts
438.27
48
Bob Johnson
427.34
49
Larry Dierker
422.78
50
Dick Bosman
422.04
51
Jerry Koosman
417.51
52
Rudy May
416.52
53
Steve Arlin
416.23
54
Jack Billingham
415.5
55
Ron Reed
413.82
56
Steve Kline
410.12
57
Steve Renko
407.9
58
Reggie Cleveland
406.41
59
Mike Hedlund
402.85
60
Jim McGlothlin
401.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ken Forsch
398.37
62
Bill Parsons
395.3
63
Don Gullett
393.45
64
Paul Splittorff
392.78
65
Nolan Ryan
388.95
66
Pat Jarvis
388.86
67
Skip Lockwood
385.96
68
Gary Peters
385.55
69
Chuck Dobson
384.19
70
Jerry Reuss
383.35
71
Pete Broberg
383.27
72
Luke Walker
381.97
73
Barry Lersch
378.73
74
Ernie McAnally
378.53
75
Carl Morton
378.47
76
George Stone
378.18
77
Tom Murphy
377.27
78
Bob Moose
373.98
79
Lew Krausse
371.98
80
Milt Wilcox
370.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Denny McLain
366.77
82
Ray Sadecki
366.76
83
Fred Norman
363.28
84
Bill Gogolewski
362.61
85
John Cumberland
360.78
86
Woodie Fryman
358.98
87
Les Cain
355.78
88
Tom Kelley
355.72
89
Jim Slaton
352.25
90
Diego Segui
351.14
91
Mike Kekich
351.03
92
Jim Lonborg
350.43
93
Tom Timmermann
346.08
94
Nelson Briles
343.71
95
Dick Tidrow
341.82
96
Scipio Spinks
341.06
97
Blue Moon Odom
340.39
98
Ross Grimsley
338.57
99
Juan Pizarro
337.32
100
Alan Foster
337.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Dick Selma
336.75
102
Burt Hooton
336.1
103
Ken Brett
334.91
104
Dick Woodson
332.67
105
Chris Short
332.09
106
Mike Torrez
330.61
107
Bill Champion
329.54
108
Jim Merritt
325.68
109
Jon Matlack
325.57
110
Bruce Dal Canton
325.05
111
Rickey Clark
324.51
112
Jim McAndrew
322.01
113
Steve Stone
318.77
114
Steve Dunning
316.91
115
Bill Greif
316.05
116
Don Carrithers
314.98
117
Don Stanhouse
313.63
118
Jim Nash
311.96
119
Monty Montgomery
311.92
120
Wayne Simpson
311.76
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jim Shellenback
311.08
122
Tom Phoebus
310.92
123
Ron Bryant
309.71
124
Wade Blasingame
309.03
125
Luis Tiant
307.24
126
Rich Hand
305.32
127
Ken Reynolds
304.79
128
Mike McQueen
301.47
129
Mike Paul
300.49
130
Mike Corkins
300.21
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