Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
595.16
2
Fergie Jenkins
563.35
3
Mickey Lolich
553.82
4
Don Sutton
549.61
5
Gaylord Perry
539.72
6
Wilbur Wood
534.45
7
Jim Palmer
528.44
8
Bob Gibson
525.38
9
Dave McNally
514.65
10
Joe Coleman
513.44
11
Steve Carlton
511.98
12
Phil Niekro
511.69
13
Catfish Hunter
510.19
14
Clay Kirby
508.03
15
Juan Marichal
501.07
16
Bert Blyleven
499.29
17
Don Wilson
499.28
18
Sam McDowell
493.61
19
Gary Nolan
492.6
20
Mike Cuellar
491.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Mel Stottlemyre
488.19
22
Bill Stoneman
484.21
23
Steve Blass
482.52
24
Ray Culp
480.39
25
Pat Dobson
478.59
26
Rick Wise
477.29
27
Fritz Peterson
476.82
28
Vida Blue
475.78
29
Andy Messersmith
470.45
30
Dick Drago
464.76
31
Clyde Wright
461.7
32
Gary Gentry
460.57
33
Dock Ellis
460.01
34
Jim Kaat
459.29
35
Bill Singer
457.7
36
Bill Hands
456.63
37
Stan Bahnsen
455.83
38
Milt Pappas
455.06
39
Sonny Siebert
453.39
40
Claude Osteen
451.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Ken Holtzman
449.65
42
Tom Bradley
448.31
43
Al Downing
448.07
44
Marty Pattin
447.68
45
Dave Roberts
445.39
46
Tommy John
445.25
47
Jim Perry
442.29
48
Jack Billingham
427.84
49
Bob Johnson
427.34
50
Dick Bosman
425.54
51
Larry Dierker
425.23
52
Steve Arlin
422.57
53
Ron Reed
421.61
54
Rudy May
421.54
55
Jerry Koosman
416.26
56
Steve Kline
412.56
57
Ken Forsch
410.54
58
Jim McGlothlin
408.39
59
Steve Renko
407.9
60
Reggie Cleveland
407.26
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Mike Hedlund
406.94
62
Bill Parsons
395.93
63
Don Gullett
392.2
64
Nolan Ryan
390.56
65
Paul Splittorff
389.62
66
Bob Moose
387.84
67
Pat Jarvis
387.61
68
Luke Walker
385.68
69
Skip Lockwood
383.57
70
Gary Peters
380.55
71
Ernie McAnally
380.49
72
Pete Broberg
380.45
73
Jerry Reuss
379.78
74
Chuck Dobson
379.19
75
Barry Lersch
377.48
76
George Stone
376.93
77
Fred Norman
375.6
78
Tom Murphy
372.27
79
Milt Wilcox
371.75
80
Carl Morton
371.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Woodie Fryman
371.58
82
Lew Krausse
369.56
83
Denny McLain
364.47
84
Ray Sadecki
364.07
85
Bill Gogolewski
362.61
86
Mike Kekich
359.91
87
John Cumberland
359.53
88
Les Cain
357.81
89
Tom Kelley
354.52
90
Blue Moon Odom
353.05
91
Jim Slaton
352.0
92
Jim Lonborg
350.61
93
Dick Tidrow
349.15
94
Scipio Spinks
348.99
95
Burt Hooton
348.99
96
Diego Segui
347.87
97
Tom Timmermann
345.78
98
Dick Woodson
345.61
99
Ken Brett
343.55
100
Mike Torrez
339.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ross Grimsley
339.96
102
Nelson Briles
339.84
103
Steve Stone
337.65
104
Juan Pizarro
336.07
105
Dick Selma
335.66
106
Alan Foster
332.21
107
Jon Matlack
331.78
108
Rickey Clark
330.27
109
Bill Champion
327.39
110
Chris Short
327.09
111
Bill Greif
325.24
112
Jim Merritt
324.43
113
Bruce Dal Canton
324.3
114
Jim McAndrew
322.01
115
Wayne Simpson
319.57
116
Jim Shellenback
317.68
117
Tom Hall
316.93
118
Ron Bryant
316.47
119
Jim Rooker
314.36
120
Don Carrithers
313.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Buzz Capra
312.97
122
Rich Hand
312.65
123
Don Stanhouse
312.38
124
Steve Dunning
311.91
125
Monty Montgomery
310.67
126
Tom Phoebus
309.67
127
Jim Nash
306.96
128
Luis Tiant
306.49
129
Ron Schueler
305.53
130
Al Santorini
304.93
131
Wade Blasingame
304.03
132
Al Fitzmorris
303.56
133
Steve Hargan
301.42
134
Mike McQueen
300.47
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