Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Fergie Jenkins
579.8
2
Tom Seaver
576.14
3
Bob Gibson
552.24
4
Gaylord Perry
541.78
5
Larry Dierker
530.73
6
Sam McDowell
530.27
7
Jim Palmer
529.52
8
Juan Marichal
525.53
9
Mickey Lolich
520.7
10
Mike Cuellar
516.24
11
Dave McNally
514.0
12
Steve Carlton
510.15
13
Jerry Koosman
502.89
14
Gary Nolan
501.43
15
Dock Ellis
500.0
16
Mel Stottlemyre
495.72
17
Sonny Siebert
494.7
18
Ken Holtzman
493.01
19
Ray Culp
487.87
20
Marty Pattin
485.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Catfish Hunter
480.85
22
Bill Hands
479.71
23
Claude Osteen
477.35
24
Bill Stoneman
477.18
25
Fritz Peterson
475.35
26
Phil Niekro
473.42
27
Don Sutton
472.69
28
Bert Blyleven
469.52
29
Gary Gentry
469.45
30
Clyde Wright
465.71
31
Jim Perry
464.89
32
Don Wilson
462.59
33
Dick Bosman
457.53
34
Joe Coleman
453.96
35
Tommy John
451.93
36
Dick Drago
451.44
37
Bill Singer
451.06
38
Pat Jarvis
449.16
39
Jim Kaat
448.82
40
Milt Pappas
448.76
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Vida Blue
447.11
42
Steve Blass
444.33
43
Gary Peters
440.68
44
Bob Johnson
440.32
45
Chuck Dobson
438.84
46
Bob Moose
438.33
47
Stan Bahnsen
436.6
48
Carl Morton
434.74
49
Clay Kirby
432.8
50
Steve Renko
431.52
51
Pat Dobson
430.97
52
Rick Wise
430.47
53
Rudy May
428.74
54
Luke Walker
428.15
55
Tom Phoebus
427.88
56
Andy Messersmith
427.08
57
Jim Bunning
426.97
58
Jim McGlothlin
423.28
59
Jim Nash
422.92
60
Jim Merritt
421.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Chris Short
420.04
62
Denny McLain
419.47
63
Ron Reed
418.8
64
Al Downing
415.91
65
Tom Bradley
413.82
66
Dean Chance
412.11
67
George Stone
411.4
68
Jim McAndrew
411.32
69
Jack Billingham
410.42
70
Lew Krausse
405.11
71
Bob Veale
402.34
72
Nolan Ryan
399.23
73
Blue Moon Odom
394.03
74
Steve Kline
393.71
75
Skip Lockwood
392.54
76
Tom Murphy
391.01
77
Dave Roberts
390.73
78
Alan Foster
390.57
79
Bill Parsons
386.61
80
Barry Lersch
384.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Wally Bunker
383.44
82
Jerry Reuss
382.05
83
Diego Segui
379.66
84
Wilbur Wood
378.8
85
Wade Blasingame
377.94
86
Joe Niekro
377.65
87
Steve Hargan
375.87
88
Tom Hall
373.59
89
Jim Rooker
372.81
90
Reggie Cleveland
372.5
91
Tony Cloninger
370.56
92
Ray Sadecki
369.72
93
Bart Johnson
366.41
94
Wayne Simpson
366.17
95
Mike Hedlund
365.11
96
Casey Cox
365.04
97
Luis Tiant
363.82
98
Bruce Dal Canton
360.26
99
Steve Stone
358.63
100
Steve Arlin
357.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Mike Nagy
355.74
102
Ron Bryant
355.45
103
Steve Dunning
354.68
104
Rollie Fingers
353.98
105
Les Cain
353.78
106
Jerry Janeski
353.77
107
Mike Torrez
353.47
108
Don Gullett
353.09
109
Danny Coombs
352.7
110
Ray Lamb
346.26
111
Jim Maloney
342.38
112
Ken Wright
342.07
113
Jim Hardin
341.11
114
Ernie McAnally
338.76
115
Joe Horlen
338.16
116
Ross Grimsley
337.17
117
Woodie Fryman
333.84
118
Rich Robertson
332.95
119
Mike Kilkenny
331.17
120
Rich Hand
326.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Tom Griffin
326.59
122
Ken Reynolds
324.05
123
Nelson Briles
323.64
124
Ken Forsch
322.62
125
George Brunet
320.78
126
Bill Butler
319.48
127
Jim Lonborg
318.85
128
Chris Zachary
318.2
129
Earl Wilson
318.13
130
Tom Kelley
317.0
131
Frank Reberger
316.27
132
Pete Hamm
315.64
133
Sandy Vance
315.11
134
Bill Zepp
314.6
135
Mike Thompson
314.32
136
Al Santorini
313.14
137
Mike Kekich
312.29
138
Mike McQueen
311.39
139
Joe Decker
307.06
140
Milt Wilcox
305.86
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Bill Lee
304.8
142
Bill Gogolewski
304.06
143
Jim Shellenback
303.73
144
John Strohmayer
301.51
145
John Morris
301.44
146
Andy Hassler
301.43
147
Mike McCormick
300.29
148
Steve Barber
300.2
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