Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
561.25
2
Mario Soto
544.98
3
Steve Rogers
542.07
4
Dave Stieb
538.41
5
Nolan Ryan
506.09
6
Fernando Valenzuela
501.26
7
Don Sutton
500.25
8
Ron Guidry
478.88
9
Joe Niekro
475.54
10
Joaquin Andujar
474.68
11
Milt Wilcox
474.37
12
Jerry Reuss
473.2
13
Dan Petry
465.8
14
Bill Gullickson
465.32
15
Len Barker
464.08
16
Bob Welch
464.07
17
Dennis Eckersley
459.23
18
Jim Clancy
459.22
19
Larry Gura
457.05
20
Jim Palmer
456.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Jack Morris
453.85
22
Mike Norris
452.44
23
Floyd Bannister
451.65
24
Bruce Berenyi
450.51
25
John Tudor
450.16
26
Geoff Zahn
448.35
27
Mike Flanagan
448.15
28
Mike Caldwell
444.37
29
Bob Forsch
443.05
30
Fergie Jenkins
442.33
31
Tommy John
440.66
32
Rick Rhoden
437.17
33
Dave Righetti
437.06
34
Larry Christenson
436.82
35
Mike Krukow
436.14
36
Ken Forsch
436.04
37
Phil Niekro
435.2
38
Rick Sutcliffe
435.04
39
Luis Leal
433.82
40
Vida Blue
432.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
John Denny
430.61
42
Scott Sanderson
429.15
43
Atlee Hammaker
426.2
44
Richard Dotson
424.57
45
Dennis Leonard
424.32
46
Larry McWilliams
424.27
47
Dennis Martinez
421.0
48
La Marr Hoyt
420.8
49
Charlie Lea
420.55
50
Tom Seaver
419.25
51
John Candelaria
417.44
52
Bobby Castillo
416.92
53
Rick Honeycutt
415.94
54
Gaylord Perry
413.64
55
Burt Hooton
413.47
56
Bill Laskey
411.56
57
Bruce Kison
411.41
58
Scott McGregor
410.8
59
Dick Ruthven
410.79
60
Moose Haas
408.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Pete Vuckovich
407.05
62
Tim Lollar
405.21
63
Britt Burns
400.23
64
Bob McClure
398.18
65
Charlie Hough
397.23
66
Eric Show
395.58
67
Dave LaPoint
395.37
68
Bob Knepper
394.97
69
Rick Langford
393.14
70
Jim Beattie
393.06
71
Mike Torrez
392.66
72
John Stuper
391.82
73
Lary Sorensen
385.91
74
Brad Havens
380.79
75
Matt Young
378.4
76
Shane Rawley
377.76
77
Dave Dravecky
375.31
78
Jerry Ujdur
372.98
79
Albert Williams
372.23
80
Craig McMurtry
370.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Rick Camp
370.26
82
Mike Witt
370.03
83
Paul Splittorff
369.91
84
Dennis Lamp
368.77
85
Frank Pastore
368.48
86
Bob Stoddard
364.83
87
Bob Shirley
361.06
88
Matt Keough
359.2
89
Bert Blyleven
358.79
90
Pascual Perez
358.39
91
Steve Renko
356.72
92
Vern Ruhle
356.09
93
Andy Hawkins
354.75
94
John Montefusco
354.4
95
Chuck Rainey
353.88
96
Bill Krueger
353.85
97
Juan Eichelberger
353.37
98
Storm Davis
353.01
99
Frank Tanana
352.84
100
Frank Viola
352.47
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Joe Price
351.38
102
Bruce Hurst
350.71
103
Danny Darwin
350.39
104
Mike Smithson
349.34
105
Steve McCatty
346.36
106
Mike Brown
346.28
107
Jon Matlack
346.0
108
Jim Gott
345.33
109
Jerry Koosman
344.15
110
Chris Codiroli
344.13
111
Jack O'Connor
343.26
112
Andy McGaffigan
343.05
113
Doc Medich
341.66
114
Mike LaCoss
341.04
115
Steve Trout
337.62
116
Fred Breining
337.2
117
Dickie Noles
336.01
118
Craig Swan
334.34
119
Rich Gale
333.81
120
Tom Underwood
328.87
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Ted Power
328.66
122
Mike Moore
328.55
123
Paul Moskau
325.33
124
Alejandro Pena
323.33
125
Steve Mura
323.19
126
Mike Scott
323.18
127
Bob Ojeda
322.86
128
Doug Bird
320.81
129
Rick Mahler
320.63
130
Doyle Alexander
320.62
131
Mike Boddicker
320.6
132
Don Robinson
319.72
133
Neil Allen
319.27
134
Rick Behenna
319.06
135
Scott Holman
317.52
136
Ed Lynch
316.19
137
Dave Rozema
315.37
138
Mike Morgan
313.48
139
Bryan Oelkers
313.36
140
Chris Welsh
312.35
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Pete Filson
311.24
142
Mike Madden
311.11
143
Pete Falcone
309.45
144
Bud Black
309.29
145
Jay Howell
309.03
146
Craig Lefferts
308.71
147
Edwin Nunez
307.98
148
Marty Bystrom
307.61
149
Rick Ownbey
306.89
150
Ken Schrom
306.71
151
Jerry Augustine
306.04
152
Lee Tunnell
305.46
153
Juan Berenguer
304.61
154
Charlie Puleo
302.93
155
Gene Nelson
301.65
156
Bill Travers
301.33
157
Tim Conroy
300.74
158
Randy Lerch
300.41
159
Willie Hernandez
300.38
160
John Martin
300.29
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dave Rucker
300.28
162
Sammy Stewart
300.28
163
Chuck Porter
300.06
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