Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Nolan Ryan
589.35
2
Don Sutton
566.8
3
Gaylord Perry
560.03
4
Bert Blyleven
556.81
5
Tom Seaver
551.86
6
Andy Messersmith
539.41
7
Phil Niekro
537.01
8
Catfish Hunter
535.13
9
Fergie Jenkins
533.34
10
Luis Tiant
519.66
11
Vida Blue
517.77
12
Jim Palmer
509.95
13
Don Gullett
497.81
14
Steve Busby
495.04
15
Steve Carlton
492.65
16
Jon Matlack
491.45
17
Ken Holtzman
487.06
18
Jim Kaat
486.48
19
Jim Lonborg
479.08
20
Mike Cuellar
472.01
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Ross Grimsley
466.6
22
Doc Medich
462.08
23
Jim Rooker
460.42
24
Bob Gibson
460.26
25
Jerry Koosman
459.3
26
Carl Morton
459.23
27
Pat Dobson
456.8
28
Wilbur Wood
454.77
29
Don Wilson
453.97
30
Mickey Lolich
452.72
31
Dave McNally
451.01
32
Jerry Reuss
450.13
33
Jim Barr
449.76
34
Dock Ellis
449.02
35
Buzz Capra
440.23
36
Bill Lee
440.21
37
Clay Kirby
438.16
38
Frank Tanana
436.66
39
Jack Billingham
436.02
40
Fred Norman
435.68
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Larry Dierker
433.84
42
Joe Coleman
432.0
43
Nelson Briles
428.39
44
Rudy May
424.58
45
Randy Jones
422.43
46
Joe Decker
422.16
47
Dave Roberts
422.02
48
Lynn McGlothen
421.15
49
Steve Renko
418.43
50
Jim Perry
418.16
51
Doug Rau
416.49
52
Jim Slaton
415.92
53
Bill Bonham
415.62
54
Andy Hassler
414.4
55
Mike Torrez
413.98
56
Steve Rogers
412.73
57
Rick Reuschel
411.93
58
Woodie Fryman
411.13
59
Jim Bibby
409.06
60
Ken Brett
407.97
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Reggie Cleveland
407.42
62
Al Fitzmorris
405.87
63
Ron Reed
403.48
64
Mike Caldwell
400.16
65
Paul Splittorff
398.0
66
Jim Colborn
394.63
67
Jackie Brown
392.84
68
Claude Osteen
391.25
69
Rick Wise
385.99
70
Dennis Blair
383.87
71
Dave Freisleben
382.57
72
Bill Champion
381.37
73
John D'Acquisto
381.15
74
Steve Stone
379.63
75
Tom Griffin
379.11
76
John Curtis
379.11
77
Steve Hargan
378.4
78
Al Downing
377.79
79
Dave Goltz
377.04
80
Clyde Wright
376.84
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Fritz Peterson
374.25
82
Dan Spillner
372.78
83
Bob Forsch
371.38
84
Burt Hooton
371.35
85
Tom Bradley
367.62
86
Bill Hands
367.55
87
Vic Albury
367.33
88
Stan Bahnsen
366.24
89
Dick Ruthven
363.94
90
Bill Greif
362.2
91
Pete Broberg
361.15
92
Bruce Kison
359.11
93
Lerrin LaGrow
358.15
94
Joe McIntosh
355.1
95
Wayne Twitchell
354.05
96
Bill Singer
352.8
97
Sonny Siebert
351.37
98
Pete Falcone
351.26
99
Tommy John
350.01
100
Alan Foster
349.15
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Glenn Abbott
347.69
102
Dick Tidrow
347.46
103
Dick Drago
347.19
104
Gary Nolan
344.92
105
Bart Johnson
342.71
106
Bruce Dal Canton
339.96
107
Ron Schueler
339.1
108
Ray Burris
337.2
109
Juan Marichal
333.71
110
John Montefusco
333.08
111
Tom Underwood
331.07
112
Dick Bosman
330.33
113
J.R. Richard
327.64
114
Doug Konieczny
327.15
115
Ron Bryant
326.99
116
Roger Moret
326.86
117
Mike Norris
326.08
118
Roric Harrison
323.69
119
Randy Tate
320.88
120
John Denny
320.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Vern Ruhle
320.33
122
Ed Figueroa
318.1
123
Don Hood
317.57
124
Dave Hamilton
311.06
125
Ernie McAnally
310.33
126
Hank Webb
309.98
127
Jim Kern
309.72
128
Jim Hughes
309.38
129
Ed Sprague
309.17
130
Rick Rhoden
308.68
131
Pat Darcy
307.14
132
Dennis Leonard
306.94
133
Doyle Alexander
306.93
134
Kevin Kobel
306.66
135
Ken Forsch
306.31
136
Gary Gentry
305.56
137
Charlie Williams
304.15
138
Ray Corbin
302.3
139
Larry Gura
301.26
140
Geoff Zahn
301.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Dave Lemanczyk
300.74
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