Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dwight Gooden
589.74
2
John Tudor
540.25
3
Fernando Valenzuela
526.84
4
Bert Blyleven
511.47
5
Jack Morris
501.42
6
Dave Stieb
497.76
7
Orel Hershiser
495.47
8
Mario Soto
490.71
9
Bruce Hurst
486.22
10
Mike Witt
484.11
11
Bret Saberhagen
479.32
12
Doyle Alexander
477.88
13
Tom Seaver
476.09
14
Ron Guidry
475.3
15
Oil Can Boyd
474.15
16
Bob Welch
473.81
17
Mike Moore
473.09
18
Eric Show
467.69
19
Frank Viola
466.15
20
Bob Knepper
465.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Charlie Leibrandt
464.35
22
Dan Petry
464.31
23
Mike Smithson
457.94
24
Mike Boddicker
454.36
25
Nolan Ryan
453.87
26
Dennis Eckersley
453.7
27
Teddy Higuera
453.39
28
Charlie Hough
452.54
29
Ron Darling
450.29
30
Rick Sutcliffe
449.88
31
Frank Tanana
449.17
32
Sid Fernandez
448.56
33
Mike Scott
448.03
34
Don Sutton
445.97
35
Floyd Bannister
445.58
36
Joaquin Andujar
445.54
37
Moose Haas
444.89
38
Jay Tibbs
441.33
39
Storm Davis
441.13
40
Bryn Smith
440.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Danny Cox
439.91
42
Phil Niekro
439.76
43
Mike Krukow
439.25
44
Joe Niekro
438.9
45
Rick Rhoden
436.2
46
John Denny
435.64
47
Rick Reuschel
435.41
48
Walt Terrell
430.29
49
Shane Rawley
427.81
50
Tom Browning
427.54
51
Bob Ojeda
425.72
52
Bill Gullickson
425.11
53
La Marr Hoyt
424.4
54
Dave Dravecky
423.37
55
Rick Mahler
422.65
56
Jim Clancy
421.93
57
Al Nipper
419.69
58
Bud Black
419.22
59
Andy Hawkins
418.49
60
Scott McGregor
417.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jerry Reuss
414.59
62
Mark Gubicza
411.56
63
Steve Carlton
410.04
64
Chris Codiroli
409.2
65
Danny Jackson
407.02
66
Ron Romanick
404.45
67
Zane Smith
402.3
68
Charles Hudson
401.39
69
Kevin Gross
399.87
70
Ken Schrom
398.79
71
Roger Clemens
397.6
72
David Palmer
397.19
73
John Butcher
396.51
74
Rick Honeycutt
394.58
75
Jimmy Key
393.36
76
Kirk McCaskill
393.12
77
Britt Burns
392.49
78
Mark Langston
391.31
79
Steve Trout
389.37
80
Scott Sanderson
388.24
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Mike Mason
383.22
82
Tim Lollar
382.82
83
Bob Forsch
382.39
84
Larry McWilliams
379.43
85
Mark Thurmond
379.08
86
Dave LaPoint
378.98
87
Neal Heaton
378.18
88
Ed Whitson
377.97
89
Matt Young
377.2
90
Ken Dixon
374.43
91
Danny Darwin
361.38
92
Joe Hesketh
359.81
93
Mike Flanagan
358.71
94
Dennis Leonard
358.7
95
Jose Rijo
357.99
96
Joe Cowley
357.5
97
Andy McGaffigan
357.0
98
Ray Burris
352.1
99
Scott Garrelts
350.39
100
Jose DeLeon
348.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Slaton
348.7
102
Juan Berenguer
348.28
103
Joe Johnson
346.73
104
Ed Correa
346.08
105
Joel Davis
345.59
106
Steve Bedrosian
345.58
107
Roger Mason
345.03
108
Tom Candiotti
344.37
109
Rick Aguilera
344.28
110
Kurt Kepshire
343.39
111
Floyd Youmans
342.11
112
Dennis Rasmussen
341.9
113
Juan Nieves
340.42
114
Mike LaCoss
340.01
115
Jose Guzman
335.35
116
Vida Blue
335.15
117
Bob Tewksbury
333.77
118
Bobby Witt
333.62
119
Atlee Hammaker
332.73
120
John Candelaria
331.71
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Mike Morgan
331.34
122
Ed Lynch
330.16
123
Jim Acker
330.11
124
Don Schulze
330.02
125
Neil Allen
329.49
126
Pascual Perez
328.96
127
Richard Dotson
328.01
128
Tim Leary
327.97
129
Milt Wilcox
327.59
130
Bill Wegman
326.68
131
Tim Birtsas
326.36
132
Mike Bielecki
325.63
133
Jim Gott
323.66
134
Mike Brown
321.87
135
Bob Kipper
319.3
136
Gene Nelson
317.92
137
Tommy John
317.17
138
Rick Langford
316.9
139
Ricky Horton
316.68
140
Dennis Martinez
316.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Tim Conroy
313.43
142
Bill Laskey
311.93
143
Guy Hoffman
311.9
144
Rick Ownbey
311.79
145
Bob Shirley
311.62
146
Jim Deshaies
310.81
147
Bill Swift
309.02
148
Ricky Wright
308.83
149
Mark Portugal
308.65
150
Freddie Toliver
307.48
151
Bruce Berenyi
307.43
152
Curt Young
306.84
153
Jerry Koosman
305.05
154
Matt Keough
304.11
155
Jaime Cocanower
303.7
156
Dennis Powell
301.92
157
Mickey Mahler
301.42
158
Lee Tunnell
300.37
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