Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
580.42
2
Fergie Jenkins
576.7
3
Don Sutton
565.18
4
Gaylord Perry
562.84
5
Mickey Lolich
560.93
6
Bob Gibson
549.24
7
Jim Palmer
546.69
8
Wilbur Wood
536.82
9
Catfish Hunter
531.84
10
Joe Coleman
527.93
11
Bert Blyleven
519.48
12
Don Wilson
515.72
13
Steve Carlton
513.4
14
Clay Kirby
513.07
15
Phil Niekro
507.58
16
Gary Nolan
506.45
17
Dave McNally
506.37
18
Pat Dobson
498.67
19
Mike Cuellar
495.81
20
Bill Stoneman
494.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Juan Marichal
493.55
22
Mel Stottlemyre
490.55
23
Steve Blass
490.08
24
Dick Drago
487.82
25
Rick Wise
478.53
26
Ray Culp
477.96
27
Clyde Wright
477.88
28
Fritz Peterson
477.85
29
Sam McDowell
477.21
30
Jim Kaat
476.38
31
Ken Holtzman
475.21
32
Bill Hands
473.54
33
Dock Ellis
471.28
34
Sonny Siebert
470.97
35
Vida Blue
470.4
36
Tom Bradley
470.39
37
Al Downing
467.85
38
Claude Osteen
467.84
39
Andy Messersmith
464.95
40
Gary Gentry
460.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Stan Bahnsen
457.41
42
Bill Singer
457.01
43
Milt Pappas
453.06
44
Tommy John
449.68
45
Marty Pattin
449.51
46
Larry Dierker
449.03
47
Dave Roberts
448.19
48
Jim Perry
440.6
49
Dick Bosman
440.07
50
Ron Reed
438.26
51
Jack Billingham
434.23
52
Bob Johnson
432.64
53
Ken Forsch
427.98
54
Steve Arlin
424.84
55
Rudy May
423.48
56
Bill Parsons
421.68
57
Jim McGlothlin
421.53
58
Steve Kline
421.01
59
Bob Moose
416.68
60
Reggie Cleveland
416.07
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Nolan Ryan
412.36
62
Jerry Koosman
410.51
63
Paul Splittorff
408.06
64
Pete Broberg
403.26
65
Steve Renko
402.77
66
Mike Hedlund
402.54
67
Ernie McAnally
399.51
68
Skip Lockwood
399.4
69
Jerry Reuss
395.64
70
Luke Walker
395.47
71
Carl Morton
391.11
72
Fred Norman
391.0
73
Don Gullett
386.45
74
Steve Stone
384.15
75
Woodie Fryman
383.27
76
Burt Hooton
383.02
77
Pat Jarvis
381.86
78
Milt Wilcox
381.7
79
Scipio Spinks
379.43
80
Mike Kekich
378.99
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Tom Murphy
378.14
82
Tom Timmermann
377.48
83
Jim Lonborg
377.06
84
Gary Peters
374.51
85
Barry Lersch
371.92
86
George Stone
371.18
87
Lew Krausse
370.38
88
Tom Kelley
370.2
89
Blue Moon Odom
369.54
90
Les Cain
368.4
91
Bill Gogolewski
363.76
92
Ross Grimsley
363.72
93
Ray Sadecki
363.3
94
Dick Tidrow
362.97
95
Denny McLain
359.22
96
Mike Torrez
359.11
97
Jim McAndrew
358.85
98
Jon Matlack
358.41
99
Dick Woodson
358.33
100
Chuck Dobson
356.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ken Brett
354.49
102
John Cumberland
351.95
103
Bill Champion
351.39
104
Rickey Clark
350.26
105
Nelson Briles
347.88
106
Jim Slaton
346.51
107
Ron Bryant
346.34
108
Juan Pizarro
345.11
109
Diego Segui
344.08
110
Bill Greif
342.67
111
Dick Selma
331.7
112
Wayne Simpson
331.3
113
Rich Hand
330.77
114
Buzz Capra
330.21
115
Vince Colbert
328.91
116
Jim Shellenback
324.56
117
Ron Schueler
322.11
118
Jim Rooker
321.72
119
Jim Merritt
318.68
120
Bruce Dal Canton
318.55
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Dave Hamilton
316.39
122
Bruce Kison
314.79
123
Jim Nash
314.33
124
Tom Hall
314.16
125
John Curtis
312.71
126
Joe Niekro
311.86
127
Tom Griffin
311.4
128
Dave Lemonds
310.91
129
Al Santorini
309.72
130
Alan Foster
309.21
131
Don Rose
308.13
132
Don Carrithers
307.98
133
Rich Hinton
307.65
134
Don Stanhouse
306.63
135
Ken Reynolds
306.61
136
Luis Tiant
305.99
137
Doyle Alexander
305.75
138
Monty Montgomery
304.92
139
Jerry Janeski
304.27
140
Chris Short
304.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Tom Phoebus
303.92
142
Eddie Fisher
302.06
143
Charlie Williams
301.32
144
Fred Beene
300.46
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