Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
545.88
2
Steve Rogers
519.86
3
Don Sutton
503.21
4
Ron Guidry
498.18
5
Jack Morris
493.95
6
Dennis Eckersley
489.53
7
Nolan Ryan
488.93
8
Fernando Valenzuela
482.35
9
Mario Soto
481.08
10
Dennis Leonard
474.16
11
Tommy John
470.74
12
Len Barker
468.28
13
Larry Gura
465.74
14
Joe Niekro
465.47
15
Phil Niekro
464.23
16
Dave Stieb
461.07
17
Tom Seaver
456.8
18
Steve McCatty
455.66
19
Milt Wilcox
455.4
20
Scott McGregor
454.97
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Mike Norris
454.49
22
Jerry Reuss
453.95
23
Floyd Bannister
453.51
24
Ken Forsch
453.46
25
Scott Sanderson
452.7
26
Britt Burns
452.68
27
Bert Blyleven
452.23
28
Pete Vuckovich
452.05
29
Rick Langford
447.25
30
Burt Hooton
445.77
31
Bob Forsch
443.25
32
Mike Krukow
435.86
33
Dick Ruthven
435.22
34
Bill Gullickson
434.78
35
Mike Flanagan
433.76
36
Dan Petry
433.65
37
Moose Haas
432.75
38
Vida Blue
431.28
39
Frank Tanana
429.91
40
Dennis Martinez
429.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Gaylord Perry
428.76
42
Bob Welch
425.64
43
Fergie Jenkins
423.93
44
Lary Sorensen
419.54
45
Geoff Zahn
419.34
46
Bob Knepper
417.6
47
Mike Caldwell
412.4
48
Matt Keough
411.88
49
Dave Righetti
409.07
50
Paul Splittorff
407.66
51
Frank Pastore
405.24
52
Jim Clancy
404.33
53
Jim Palmer
403.08
54
Rick Reuschel
402.64
55
Doc Medich
400.6
56
John Denny
398.89
57
Rick Honeycutt
395.26
58
Larry Christenson
394.23
59
Bruce Berenyi
393.8
60
Steve Trout
392.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Luis Leal
392.28
62
Joaquin Andujar
390.14
63
Richard Dotson
389.61
64
Juan Eichelberger
389.61
65
Rudy May
387.79
66
Doyle Alexander
387.55
67
Jerry Koosman
386.64
68
Charlie Hough
384.07
69
Tom Underwood
381.65
70
Vern Ruhle
381.08
71
Tim Lollar
380.48
72
Mike Torrez
380.34
73
Ray Burris
379.82
74
Steve Mura
379.79
75
Tommy Boggs
375.69
76
Mike Witt
373.53
77
Rick Mahler
370.37
78
Rick Waits
369.95
79
Jim Beattie
368.31
80
Bill Laskey
365.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Pat Zachry
364.9
82
Mike Scott
363.22
83
Charlie Lea
362.24
84
Gene Nelson
360.05
85
Dickie Noles
357.99
86
Dennis Lamp
357.07
87
Rick Rhoden
356.57
88
La Marr Hoyt
356.13
89
Albert Williams
355.65
90
Doug Bird
355.56
91
Steve Renko
355.14
92
Bruce Kison
353.58
93
Pete Redfern
352.94
94
Jim Bibby
352.43
95
Ross Baumgarten
352.33
96
Randy Jones
351.54
97
Rich Gale
350.87
98
John Candelaria
349.9
99
Roger Erickson
348.99
100
John Montefusco
348.23
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Bob Ojeda
348.19
102
Bob Walk
348.0
103
Brad Havens
346.87
104
Jon Matlack
346.26
105
John Martin
345.3
106
Charlie Puleo
343.13
107
John Tudor
342.87
108
John Curtis
341.57
109
Pete Falcone
339.35
110
Randy Lerch
338.78
111
Sammy Stewart
337.56
112
Randy Martz
337.05
113
Rick Sutcliffe
334.73
114
Chuck Rainey
334.53
115
Atlee Hammaker
329.49
116
Eddie Solomon
328.58
117
Tom Griffin
327.77
118
Jim Gott
327.36
119
Dave Stewart
327.33
120
Mike Morgan
326.95
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Bob McClure
326.86
122
Chris Welsh
326.08
123
Dan Schatzeder
325.99
124
Angel Moreno
325.66
125
Don Robinson
325.37
126
Steve Stone
324.16
127
Dave Frost
322.79
128
Al Holland
322.27
129
Allen Ripley
322.12
130
Dave LaPoint
321.79
131
Alan Fowlkes
321.49
132
Glenn Abbott
320.54
133
Mike Moore
320.22
134
Larry Pashnick
319.74
135
Joe Cowley
319.64
136
Andy Rincon
318.66
137
Danny Darwin
318.66
138
Bruce Hurst
318.62
139
Greg Harris
318.17
140
Darrell Jackson
316.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Ken Dayley
315.22
142
Ed Whitson
313.79
143
Mike Chris
313.28
144
Mark Bomback
312.95
145
Bobby Castillo
312.84
146
Renie Martin
312.65
147
Jim Slaton
312.16
148
Ted Power
311.35
149
Charlie Leibrandt
309.31
150
Bo McLaughlin
308.83
151
John Stuper
308.71
152
Jerry Garvin
307.67
153
Dan Larson
307.61
154
John Bohnet
307.6
155
Terry Felton
306.98
156
David Palmer
306.89
157
Ron Reed
306.05
158
Pat Underwood
305.45
159
Dave Schmidt
304.97
160
Larry McWilliams
304.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dave Rozema
304.61
162
Steve Bedrosian
304.43
163
Paul Moskau
304.25
164
Joe Price
303.23
165
Craig Swan
302.09
166
Rick Wise
301.77
167
Kevin Saucier
300.89
168
Pete Filson
300.88
169
Preston Hanna
300.41
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