Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
576.93
2
Bob Gibson
570.78
3
Sam McDowell
548.26
4
Gaylord Perry
521.38
5
Larry Dierker
517.46
6
Juan Marichal
513.82
7
Mike Cuellar
510.13
8
Bill Hands
509.98
9
Phil Niekro
509.81
10
Mickey Lolich
508.12
11
Dave McNally
503.2
12
Jerry Koosman
502.42
13
Fergie Jenkins
495.87
14
Bill Singer
494.37
15
Claude Osteen
491.3
16
Bob Veale
490.12
17
Catfish Hunter
488.61
18
Steve Carlton
483.26
19
Denny McLain
482.21
20
Luis Tiant
480.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Fritz Peterson
477.65
22
Denny Lemaster
476.56
23
Jim Merritt
469.45
24
Don Sutton
469.45
25
Andy Messersmith
467.25
26
Mel Stottlemyre
466.19
27
Jim Perry
465.71
28
Ray Culp
461.8
29
Joe Coleman
457.47
30
Pat Jarvis
455.73
31
Gary Gentry
455.73
32
Joe Horlen
455.46
33
Ken Holtzman
453.86
34
Tom Phoebus
452.2
35
Jim Maloney
451.54
36
Dave Boswell
451.23
37
Blue Moon Odom
450.83
38
Earl Wilson
450.66
39
Jim Bunning
449.74
40
Dean Chance
449.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jim Palmer
435.85
42
Jim McGlothlin
435.32
43
Jim Kaat
434.67
44
Tommy John
434.61
45
Gary Nolan
434.45
46
Jim Nash
432.22
47
Steve Blass
431.05
48
Rick Wise
425.94
49
Stan Bahnsen
422.86
50
Sonny Siebert
422.79
51
Dick Bosman
419.21
52
Gary Peters
419.08
53
Chuck Dobson
418.1
54
Mike McCormick
415.48
55
Don Wilson
415.31
56
Dock Ellis
411.87
57
Nelson Briles
410.78
58
Woodie Fryman
408.99
59
Bill Stoneman
406.31
60
George Brunet
406.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Clay Kirby
404.41
62
Joe Niekro
400.53
63
Tom Griffin
399.97
64
Grant Jackson
398.71
65
Bill Butler
398.31
66
Rudy May
394.07
67
Jim Hardin
393.59
68
Ron Reed
392.42
69
Tom Murphy
391.88
70
Bob Moose
390.63
71
Gene Brabender
388.19
72
Jim Lonborg
384.05
73
Wally Bunker
383.59
74
Al Downing
383.06
75
George Stone
373.42
76
Dick Drago
372.44
77
Al Santorini
369.6
78
Milt Pappas
368.42
79
Wayne Simpson
367.55
80
Jim McAndrew
366.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bobby Bolin
364.88
82
Barry Moore
364.68
83
Mike Torrez
360.99
84
Ray Sadecki
358.07
85
Luke Walker
357.97
86
Ray Washburn
356.45
87
Rich Robertson
355.81
88
Dick Selma
352.83
89
Roger Nelson
352.08
90
Pat Dobson
352.01
91
Lew Krausse
350.32
92
Alan Foster
349.24
93
Joe Sparma
348.08
94
Jim Rooker
346.05
95
Jerry Janeski
342.53
96
Clyde Wright
342.48
97
Mike Kilkenny
340.7
98
Sandy Vance
338.7
99
Nolan Ryan
338.47
100
Joe Decker
337.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Mike Corkins
336.63
102
Danny Coombs
335.99
103
Marty Pattin
333.95
104
Don Cardwell
333.35
105
Billy Wynne
332.76
106
Steve Renko
331.96
107
Mike Nagy
331.4
108
Tony Cloninger
330.91
109
Jerry Robertson
330.27
110
Jim Hannan
328.62
111
Stan Williams
327.08
112
Dan McGinn
326.68
113
Steve Hargan
325.36
114
Mike Wegener
323.96
115
Gerry Arrigo
323.71
116
Carl Morton
323.55
117
John Morris
323.27
118
Chris Short
323.24
119
Casey Cox
322.07
120
George Culver
321.71
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
John Cumberland
321.5
122
Bob Johnson
321.27
123
Dave Morehead
319.19
124
Jim Ray
318.4
125
Jim Bouton
318.37
126
Vicente Romo
317.85
127
Dick Ellsworth
317.35
128
Bill Lee
316.19
129
Les Cain
316.01
130
Gary Waslewski
314.25
131
George Lauzerique
309.0
132
Jim Shellenback
307.82
133
Skip Lockwood
307.4
134
Rich Hand
306.78
135
Dick Kelley
306.02
136
Miguel Puente
305.47
137
Dave Roberts
302.33
138
Scipio Spinks
302.02
139
Rollie Fingers
301.88
140
Ron Klimkowski
301.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
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