Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dave Stieb
549.41
2
Mario Soto
543.83
3
Dwight Gooden
535.68
4
Jack Morris
533.94
5
Fernando Valenzuela
524.85
6
Rick Sutcliffe
512.0
7
Nolan Ryan
509.76
8
Dennis Eckersley
498.12
9
Joaquin Andujar
493.49
10
Charlie Hough
492.73
11
Steve Carlton
489.15
12
Bert Blyleven
488.46
13
Mike Boddicker
483.83
14
Tom Seaver
478.38
15
Dan Petry
477.49
16
Mike Witt
473.98
17
Joe Niekro
472.82
18
La Marr Hoyt
472.57
19
Oil Can Boyd
471.92
20
Bud Black
470.8
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Floyd Bannister
467.99
22
John Tudor
466.92
23
Doyle Alexander
466.76
24
Rick Rhoden
466.72
25
Ron Guidry
462.22
26
Scott Sanderson
460.08
27
Phil Niekro
459.42
28
Richard Dotson
456.44
29
Frank Viola
456.32
30
Mike Krukow
452.01
31
John Denny
451.85
32
Bill Gullickson
451.7
33
Ron Darling
445.78
34
Don Sutton
442.32
35
Orel Hershiser
442.18
36
Moose Haas
441.73
37
Mark Langston
440.42
38
Mike Smithson
439.55
39
Eric Show
438.25
40
Rick Mahler
437.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Frank Tanana
436.5
42
Danny Darwin
435.88
43
Dave LaPoint
435.56
44
Milt Wilcox
435.05
45
Larry McWilliams
434.8
46
Jose DeLeon
434.48
47
Geoff Zahn
432.99
48
Bob Knepper
432.89
49
Steve Trout
431.55
50
Storm Davis
431.2
51
Bob Welch
430.82
52
Luis Leal
427.07
53
Jerry Reuss
426.45
54
John Butcher
426.3
55
Bryn Smith
420.78
56
Rick Honeycutt
420.35
57
Scott McGregor
418.43
58
Tim Lollar
418.19
59
Ron Romanick
417.24
60
Britt Burns
416.84
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Shane Rawley
414.68
62
Ray Burris
414.15
63
Mike Moore
413.78
64
Jim Beattie
413.7
65
Charlie Leibrandt
412.88
66
Pascual Perez
410.37
67
Roger Clemens
409.88
68
Walt Terrell
409.36
69
Dennis Rasmussen
405.14
70
Bruce Hurst
404.53
71
Jerry Koosman
404.24
72
Ed Whitson
400.29
73
Bruce Berenyi
400.29
74
Mark Thurmond
400.16
75
Jim Clancy
399.92
76
Steve Rogers
398.26
77
Danny Cox
398.03
78
Mike Scott
396.79
79
Charles Hudson
395.8
80
Neal Heaton
395.25
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bret Saberhagen
390.96
82
Charlie Lea
389.83
83
Andy Hawkins
388.61
84
Al Nipper
388.47
85
Mark Gubicza
388.42
86
Len Barker
388.28
87
Bill Laskey
387.9
88
David Palmer
386.68
89
Matt Young
384.56
90
Jay Tibbs
383.15
91
Joe Hesketh
382.98
92
Chris Codiroli
380.17
93
John Candelaria
378.29
94
Dick Ruthven
376.78
95
Bob Ojeda
376.0
96
Juan Berenguer
375.57
97
Ed Lynch
375.15
98
Ken Schrom
374.24
99
Mike Mason
373.62
100
Dennis Martinez
373.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Slaton
372.81
102
Tommy John
371.49
103
Dave Dravecky
369.62
104
Jimmy Key
369.34
105
Mike Flanagan
369.19
106
Jim Gott
368.63
107
Alejandro Pena
367.01
108
Joe Price
364.91
109
Craig McMurtry
364.07
110
Tom Browning
363.82
111
Steve Bedrosian
363.37
112
Atlee Hammaker
363.05
113
Kurt Kepshire
357.92
114
Danny Jackson
353.62
115
Bill Krueger
352.65
116
Joe Cowley
345.25
117
Dickie Noles
345.08
118
Teddy Higuera
345.05
119
Kevin Gross
343.42
120
Ken Dixon
343.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Sid Fernandez
343.13
122
Bob Forsch
340.17
123
Rick Camp
338.1
124
Burt Hooton
338.05
125
Bruce Kison
335.63
126
John Stuper
332.66
127
Rick Reuschel
331.9
128
Vern Ruhle
331.05
129
Don Schulze
330.7
130
Ray Fontenot
329.73
131
Steve McCatty
328.54
132
Pete Vuckovich
326.88
133
Jim Winn
326.29
134
Ron Mathis
324.67
135
Dan Schatzeder
324.64
136
Tim Birtsas
322.0
137
Kirk McCaskill
321.74
138
Mickey Mahler
317.27
139
Randy O'Neal
315.65
140
Keith Creel
315.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Steve Shields
313.87
142
Salome Barojas
313.86
143
Bobby Castillo
312.87
144
Brian Snyder
311.78
145
Pete Filson
311.37
146
Dave Rozema
309.76
147
Mike Bielecki
309.53
148
Lee Tunnell
308.62
149
Curt Young
308.44
150
Tom Brennan
308.42
151
Vida Blue
307.81
152
Doug Bair
307.4
153
Jeff Russell
305.59
154
Frank Wills
305.07
155
Calvin Schiraldi
305.03
156
Tom Gorman
304.79
157
Mike Warren
304.79
158
Don Robinson
304.46
159
Bryan Clark
302.96
160
Jaime Cocanower
302.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Steve Crawford
302.52
162
Tom Klawitter
302.18
163
Larry Gura
300.38
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