Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
537.79
2
Steve Rogers
516.92
3
Don Sutton
501.82
4
Ron Guidry
499.4
5
Dennis Eckersley
479.81
6
Nolan Ryan
477.55
7
Jack Morris
477.09
8
Fernando Valenzuela
472.14
9
Dennis Leonard
468.91
10
Larry Gura
464.94
11
Tommy John
463.58
12
Jerry Reuss
462.87
13
Britt Burns
458.45
14
Tom Seaver
458.23
15
Bert Blyleven
456.23
16
Steve McCatty
456.04
17
Joe Niekro
455.38
18
Mario Soto
455.03
19
Ken Forsch
454.02
20
Scott McGregor
453.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Rick Langford
452.88
22
Dave Stieb
452.16
23
Mike Norris
450.43
24
Floyd Bannister
450.29
25
Burt Hooton
449.77
26
Len Barker
449.22
27
Phil Niekro
448.84
28
Scott Sanderson
445.7
29
Milt Wilcox
445.02
30
Pete Vuckovich
444.96
31
Bob Forsch
436.44
32
Bill Gullickson
431.68
33
Mike Krukow
431.35
34
Dan Petry
430.93
35
Vida Blue
430.15
36
Geoff Zahn
424.88
37
Matt Keough
422.64
38
Dennis Martinez
422.6
39
Moose Haas
422.34
40
Bob Welch
421.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Frank Tanana
420.43
42
Rick Reuschel
418.64
43
Gaylord Perry
417.93
44
Mike Flanagan
417.0
45
Bob Knepper
416.61
46
Mike Caldwell
410.83
47
Dick Ruthven
410.04
48
Fergie Jenkins
409.02
49
Frank Pastore
403.41
50
Lary Sorensen
402.2
51
Jim Palmer
398.42
52
Rick Honeycutt
398.26
53
Jim Clancy
397.25
54
Steve Trout
394.9
55
Mike Torrez
394.33
56
Doc Medich
394.06
57
Richard Dotson
393.49
58
John Denny
392.83
59
Paul Splittorff
392.63
60
Doyle Alexander
391.55
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Larry Christenson
391.48
62
Bruce Berenyi
390.91
63
Jerry Koosman
390.64
64
Dave Righetti
390.27
65
Rudy May
387.52
66
Ray Burris
382.32
67
Mike Scott
381.28
68
Tommy Boggs
379.69
69
Vern Ruhle
378.28
70
Steve Mura
377.66
71
Tom Underwood
376.41
72
Rick Mahler
370.92
73
Mike Witt
368.64
74
Jim Bibby
368.43
75
Juan Eichelberger
365.59
76
Luis Leal
364.88
77
Tim Lollar
364.57
78
Pat Zachry
363.78
79
Albert Williams
362.19
80
Joaquin Andujar
361.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Doug Bird
359.98
82
Rick Waits
357.62
83
Pete Redfern
356.84
84
Ross Baumgarten
356.33
85
Roger Erickson
354.26
86
Dennis Lamp
353.63
87
Rich Gale
352.59
88
Charlie Hough
350.42
89
Bob Walk
349.42
90
John Martin
348.8
91
Dickie Noles
348.03
92
La Marr Hoyt
347.03
93
Rick Rhoden
346.69
94
Randy Jones
345.46
95
Jon Matlack
344.57
96
Bill Laskey
343.0
97
Bruce Kison
342.25
98
Bob Ojeda
341.75
99
Steve Renko
340.27
100
Steve Stone
340.16
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Beattie
339.88
102
Brad Havens
339.63
103
Gene Nelson
339.03
104
Charlie Puleo
337.79
105
John Candelaria
336.89
106
Glenn Abbott
336.54
107
Randy Lerch
335.33
108
Danny Darwin
334.66
109
Chuck Rainey
334.56
110
Tom Griffin
331.77
111
Randy Martz
331.26
112
Dan Schatzeder
329.99
113
John Curtis
329.92
114
Ed Whitson
329.79
115
Eddie Solomon
327.91
116
John Montefusco
327.9
117
Al Holland
326.27
118
Alan Fowlkes
325.49
119
Pete Falcone
325.02
120
Angel Moreno
325.02
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Sammy Stewart
324.17
122
Joe Cowley
323.64
123
John Tudor
323.39
124
Mike Morgan
322.57
125
Chris Welsh
321.7
126
Mike Moore
320.77
127
Andy Rincon
319.3
128
Charlie Lea
318.9
129
Larry Pashnick
318.62
130
Don Robinson
317.85
131
Rick Wise
317.77
132
Mark Bomback
316.95
133
Atlee Hammaker
315.53
134
Dave Frost
314.4
135
Bruce Hurst
312.4
136
Charlie Leibrandt
312.31
137
Dave Stewart
311.14
138
Dan Larson
310.96
139
Mike Chris
310.69
140
Jim Gott
310.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Rick Sutcliffe
309.9
142
Allen Ripley
309.79
143
Ron Reed
309.05
144
Dave Schmidt
308.97
145
Ken Dayley
308.96
146
Pat Underwood
308.79
147
Dave Rozema
308.61
148
Steve Bedrosian
308.43
149
Renie Martin
308.36
150
Larry McWilliams
308.09
151
John Bohnet
307.29
152
Joe Price
307.23
153
Bob McClure
306.33
154
Craig Swan
306.09
155
Darrell Jackson
305.8
156
Jim Slaton
305.79
157
Paul Moskau
305.22
158
Terry Felton
303.43
159
Brian Kingman
303.03
160
Pete Filson
302.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jeff Jones
302.43
162
John Pacella
302.02
163
Chico Escarrega
302.02
164
Ted Power
301.52
165
Larry Andersen
300.57
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