Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dwight Gooden
583.68
2
John Tudor
552.76
3
Fernando Valenzuela
543.88
4
Bert Blyleven
518.72
5
Jack Morris
499.36
6
Dave Stieb
495.63
7
Mike Witt
492.77
8
Bruce Hurst
492.31
9
Mario Soto
492.02
10
Oil Can Boyd
489.06
11
Orel Hershiser
486.95
12
Bret Saberhagen
486.38
13
Ron Guidry
485.11
14
Mike Scott
484.89
15
Teddy Higuera
483.33
16
Doyle Alexander
481.46
17
Charlie Leibrandt
477.77
18
Charlie Hough
474.59
19
Bob Knepper
473.83
20
Tom Seaver
473.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Rick Sutcliffe
470.87
22
Mike Moore
469.43
23
Eric Show
469.13
24
Mike Boddicker
466.24
25
Dan Petry
465.77
26
Bob Welch
462.1
27
Mike Krukow
461.48
28
Rick Rhoden
459.73
29
Ron Darling
459.49
30
Frank Viola
458.89
31
Nolan Ryan
458.56
32
Don Sutton
456.69
33
Sid Fernandez
456.31
34
Storm Davis
456.17
35
Shane Rawley
455.25
36
Mike Smithson
452.49
37
Frank Tanana
451.93
38
Joe Niekro
451.59
39
Joaquin Andujar
450.81
40
Rick Reuschel
449.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Bryn Smith
449.87
42
Floyd Bannister
447.29
43
Dave Dravecky
443.47
44
Dennis Eckersley
442.46
45
Danny Cox
442.11
46
Moose Haas
440.76
47
Bob Ojeda
439.42
48
Jim Clancy
438.96
49
Walt Terrell
437.82
50
John Denny
435.89
51
Tom Browning
434.62
52
Roger Clemens
433.55
53
Phil Niekro
432.41
54
Bill Gullickson
428.86
55
Rick Mahler
427.72
56
Jay Tibbs
426.72
57
Mark Gubicza
423.29
58
Zane Smith
422.42
59
Scott McGregor
420.61
60
Kirk McCaskill
420.1
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
La Marr Hoyt
419.24
62
Kevin Gross
418.23
63
Al Nipper
417.52
64
Jimmy Key
415.05
65
Bud Black
413.47
66
Andy Hawkins
411.4
67
Steve Trout
410.53
68
Rick Honeycutt
410.02
69
David Palmer
408.48
70
Ken Schrom
407.76
71
Steve Carlton
407.66
72
Chris Codiroli
407.64
73
Ron Romanick
406.81
74
Scott Sanderson
406.73
75
Danny Jackson
404.82
76
Charles Hudson
403.57
77
Mark Langston
398.97
78
Jerry Reuss
396.76
79
Bob Forsch
396.57
80
Neal Heaton
394.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
John Butcher
389.93
82
Mike Mason
389.09
83
Larry McWilliams
384.15
84
Dave LaPoint
383.03
85
Dennis Leonard
382.19
86
Ed Correa
381.85
87
Joe Cowley
381.52
88
Mark Thurmond
380.52
89
Ken Dixon
379.8
90
Tim Lollar
377.07
91
Dennis Rasmussen
375.13
92
Danny Darwin
374.55
93
Matt Young
372.95
94
Mike Flanagan
372.09
95
Ed Whitson
370.26
96
Jose Rijo
369.95
97
Britt Burns
369.49
98
Scott Garrelts
367.58
99
Andy McGaffigan
365.7
100
Floyd Youmans
364.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Mike LaCoss
361.06
102
Joel Davis
360.56
103
Ray Burris
358.14
104
Tom Candiotti
357.41
105
Bobby Witt
356.94
106
Joe Hesketh
356.83
107
Tim Leary
354.41
108
Bill Wegman
354.41
109
Joe Johnson
354.34
110
Jose Guzman
353.93
111
Juan Nieves
350.83
112
Jim Slaton
349.88
113
Don Schulze
346.06
114
Richard Dotson
343.27
115
Juan Berenguer
342.53
116
Rick Aguilera
339.55
117
Roger Mason
338.52
118
Vida Blue
338.39
119
Bob Kipper
337.88
120
Kurt Kepshire
337.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Mike Bielecki
337.37
122
Milt Wilcox
336.44
123
Jim Deshaies
335.55
124
Mike Morgan
335.04
125
Mike Brown
334.42
126
Bob Tewksbury
333.74
127
Curt Young
332.29
128
Neil Allen
331.9
129
Tommy John
330.92
130
Mark Portugal
330.3
131
Guy Hoffman
328.69
132
John Candelaria
325.96
133
Jim Acker
324.86
134
Jose DeLeon
323.01
135
Steve Bedrosian
322.58
136
Freddie Toliver
321.33
137
Bill Swift
318.56
138
John Cerutti
318.29
139
Bob Shirley
317.97
140
Jim Gott
317.91
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Rob Woodward
316.27
142
Bruce Berenyi
316.18
143
Mike Madden
315.33
144
Eric Plunk
312.8
145
Rick Langford
312.65
146
Tim Conroy
312.55
147
Gene Nelson
312.17
148
Rick Anderson
311.09
149
Ricky Horton
310.93
150
Greg Mathews
310.54
151
Eric King
310.36
152
Terry Mulholland
310.25
153
Lee Guetterman
309.96
154
Chris Welsh
309.8
155
Atlee Hammaker
309.73
156
Dave Stewart
307.49
157
Ed Lynch
307.16
158
Jeff Sellers
307.03
159
Manny Hernandez
306.97
160
Rick Ownbey
306.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Pascual Perez
305.96
162
Matt Keough
303.71
163
Tim Birtsas
303.36
164
Ricky Wright
303.08
165
Mike Maddux
302.57
166
Dave Schmidt
300.77
167
Julio Solano
300.77
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