Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Ron Guidry
570.42
2
J.R. Richard
530.3
3
Steve Carlton
529.48
4
Jim Palmer
528.71
5
Nolan Ryan
526.19
6
Tom Seaver
525.16
7
Dennis Eckersley
519.87
8
Burt Hooton
512.49
9
Phil Niekro
510.46
10
Gaylord Perry
505.94
11
Bert Blyleven
505.5
12
Don Sutton
500.98
13
Dennis Leonard
499.17
14
Fergie Jenkins
493.17
15
Tommy John
492.89
16
Steve Rogers
492.09
17
Dave Goltz
486.18
18
Mike Caldwell
482.58
19
Bob Knepper
480.1
20
Dennis Martinez
474.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Jon Matlack
474.05
22
Vida Blue
472.78
23
Dick Ruthven
471.68
24
John Candelaria
470.57
25
Ed Figueroa
469.4
26
Ed Halicki
468.78
27
Frank Tanana
467.97
28
Craig Swan
466.85
29
Lary Sorensen
465.64
30
Jerry Koosman
461.93
31
John Denny
461.05
32
Mike Torrez
459.45
33
Paul Splittorff
457.47
34
Luis Tiant
457.32
35
Jim Slaton
455.67
36
Rick Reuschel
454.16
37
Ken Kravec
451.43
38
Mike Flanagan
446.08
39
Bob Forsch
445.55
40
John Montefusco
440.62
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Ross Grimsley
435.39
42
Joe Niekro
434.05
43
Fred Norman
433.4
44
Pete Vuckovich
431.84
45
Dave Rozema
431.65
46
Randy Jones
428.8
47
Geoff Zahn
428.26
48
Catfish Hunter
426.89
49
Doug Rau
425.78
50
Rick Waits
425.43
51
Don Robinson
422.67
52
Steve Stone
422.52
53
Larry Christenson
422.06
54
Francisco Barrios
421.93
55
Doyle Alexander
418.36
56
Bill Travers
414.41
57
Rick Wise
409.2
58
Randy Lerch
406.3
59
Dennis Lamp
406.01
60
Milt Wilcox
404.82
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Nino Espinosa
403.09
62
Rich Gale
401.0
63
Bill Bonham
399.53
64
Roger Erickson
399.1
65
Eric Rasmussen
398.17
66
Jim Clancy
396.55
67
Tom Underwood
396.18
68
Larry Gura
396.05
69
Don Aase
395.25
70
Jack Billingham
393.36
71
Scott McGregor
391.53
72
Mark Lemongello
391.17
73
Mike Krukow
391.04
74
Chris Knapp
388.3
75
Bob Owchinko
387.94
76
Dock Ellis
386.5
77
Jim Rooker
386.01
78
Rick Langford
385.91
79
Jesse Jefferson
384.53
80
John Henry Johnson
382.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Steve Renko
379.67
82
Glenn Abbott
378.51
83
Jim Beattie
376.95
84
Silvio Martinez
375.88
85
Jim Barr
375.67
86
Mike Paxton
374.55
87
Matt Keough
370.87
88
Rick Rhoden
368.34
89
Bob Welch
365.12
90
Rudy May
365.08
91
Ken Forsch
362.47
92
Dave Lemanczyk
361.7
93
Paul Moskau
359.29
94
Ross Baumgarten
359.03
95
Jim Kaat
358.77
96
Mike LaCoss
358.47
97
Pat Zachry
358.35
98
Scott Sanderson
358.1
99
Tom Hume
356.95
100
Paul Mitchell
356.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Larry McWilliams
356.83
102
Steve Comer
352.57
103
Floyd Bannister
351.78
104
Vern Ruhle
351.44
105
Bob Stanley
351.37
106
Bill Lee
350.17
107
Dan Schatzeder
346.8
108
Doc Medich
346.41
109
Jerry Augustine
346.05
110
Mickey Mahler
345.67
111
Ray Burris
345.6
112
Bob Shirley
344.16
113
Andy Messersmith
341.46
114
Byron McLaughlin
340.72
115
Rich Wortham
340.64
116
Lynn McGlothen
339.02
117
Kip Young
338.92
118
Dave Frost
335.49
119
Rick Matula
334.99
120
Kevin Kobel
334.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Bruce Kison
333.8
122
Philip Nastu
332.24
123
Mike Parrott
331.53
124
Eddie Solomon
331.0
125
Mike Norris
330.47
126
Rick Williams
329.32
127
Ken Holtzman
329.29
128
Pete Falcone
328.2
129
Moose Haas
327.01
130
Chuck Rainey
326.45
131
Rick Honeycutt
325.88
132
Bob Sykes
324.74
133
Steve Busby
324.6
134
Jim Colborn
324.55
135
Jim Wright
324.3
136
Steve Mura
323.19
137
Mike Scott
323.11
138
Eric Wilkins
322.78
139
Rick Sutcliffe
322.45
140
Wayne Garland
322.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Phil Huffman
321.74
142
Odell Jones
319.92
143
Paul Hartzell
318.49
144
Craig Minetto
318.31
145
Gary Serum
317.7
146
Jerry Reuss
315.56
147
Tony Brizzolara
315.1
148
Jack Morris
313.03
149
Frank Riccelli
310.0
150
Marty Pattin
309.96
151
Dick Tidrow
309.26
152
Steve Baker
308.83
153
Mickey Lolich
308.62
154
Dave Roberts
307.25
155
Randy Niemann
306.82
156
Eduardo Rodriguez
305.91
157
Neil Allen
304.87
158
Ed Farmer
304.33
159
Pete Redfern
303.9
160
Jim Bibby
303.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
David Clyde
302.77
162
Ed Whitson
302.61
163
Tom Griffin
302.15
164
Tom Dixon
301.83
165
Mark Fidrych
301.14
166
Sammy Stewart
300.73
167
Joaquin Andujar
300.41
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