Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
Enter morning of date, then click Submit to see pitchers ranked.
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dave Stieb
552.97
2
Mario Soto
541.49
3
Dwight Gooden
537.61
4
Jack Morris
531.78
5
Fernando Valenzuela
524.85
6
Nolan Ryan
514.61
7
Rick Sutcliffe
511.32
8
Bert Blyleven
497.87
9
Dennis Eckersley
497.31
10
Charlie Hough
494.36
11
Joaquin Andujar
491.37
12
Steve Carlton
490.8
13
Dan Petry
485.44
14
Tom Seaver
484.88
15
Mike Boddicker
481.4
16
Mike Witt
478.58
17
Oil Can Boyd
477.81
18
La Marr Hoyt
476.07
19
Bud Black
473.78
20
John Tudor
473.15
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Floyd Bannister
468.37
22
Ron Guidry
466.6
23
Joe Niekro
466.46
24
Doyle Alexander
465.88
25
Rick Rhoden
463.94
26
Phil Niekro
459.42
27
Scott Sanderson
459.33
28
Frank Viola
458.84
29
John Denny
458.43
30
Richard Dotson
456.19
31
Mike Krukow
450.57
32
Bill Gullickson
450.45
33
Ron Darling
450.23
34
Don Sutton
444.96
35
Rick Mahler
443.49
36
Orel Hershiser
442.18
37
Eric Show
441.65
38
Jose DeLeon
441.61
39
Danny Darwin
441.38
40
Larry McWilliams
439.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Dave LaPoint
439.7
42
Mark Langston
439.67
43
Storm Davis
438.22
44
Moose Haas
438.1
45
Mike Smithson
437.34
46
Milt Wilcox
433.8
47
Jerry Reuss
432.88
48
Geoff Zahn
431.74
49
Frank Tanana
431.02
50
Bob Welch
430.07
51
Steve Trout
428.17
52
Bob Knepper
426.78
53
John Butcher
426.3
54
Luis Leal
425.6
55
Britt Burns
425.25
56
Tim Lollar
423.15
57
Scott McGregor
423.09
58
Rick Honeycutt
419.9
59
Bryn Smith
419.51
60
Charlie Leibrandt
418.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Walt Terrell
418.35
62
Ron Romanick
416.28
63
Ray Burris
415.65
64
Shane Rawley
414.68
65
Jim Beattie
413.7
66
Roger Clemens
413.21
67
Mike Moore
412.78
68
Ed Whitson
411.33
69
Pascual Perez
409.12
70
Mike Scott
408.61
71
Danny Cox
408.41
72
Jerry Koosman
407.73
73
Dennis Rasmussen
405.86
74
Bruce Hurst
403.28
75
Jim Clancy
402.27
76
Bruce Berenyi
399.04
77
Steve Rogers
397.01
78
Al Nipper
396.82
79
Mark Thurmond
396.27
80
Neal Heaton
395.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bret Saberhagen
394.84
82
David Palmer
394.25
83
Mark Gubicza
392.35
84
Andy Hawkins
392.06
85
Jay Tibbs
391.29
86
Bill Laskey
389.6
87
Charles Hudson
389.04
88
Len Barker
387.03
89
Matt Young
385.94
90
Bob Ojeda
385.4
91
Joe Hesketh
384.99
92
Charlie Lea
384.83
93
Chris Codiroli
384.08
94
Jim Slaton
381.04
95
Ed Lynch
379.03
96
Dave Dravecky
378.16
97
Jimmy Key
377.1
98
Dennis Martinez
375.79
99
Dick Ruthven
374.56
100
Juan Berenguer
374.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ken Schrom
374.24
102
John Candelaria
373.29
103
Mike Mason
370.76
104
Tommy John
370.24
105
Steve Bedrosian
367.29
106
Joe Price
364.91
107
Atlee Hammaker
364.59
108
Mike Flanagan
364.19
109
Tom Browning
363.57
110
Jim Gott
363.37
111
Craig McMurtry
362.82
112
Alejandro Pena
362.01
113
Kurt Kepshire
357.67
114
Teddy Higuera
355.38
115
Kevin Gross
350.88
116
Danny Jackson
350.75
117
Bill Krueger
347.78
118
Sid Fernandez
346.96
119
Dickie Noles
345.08
120
Joe Cowley
344.25
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Burt Hooton
343.37
122
Ken Dixon
342.14
123
Bob Forsch
340.17
124
Rick Reuschel
339.72
125
Rick Camp
336.85
126
Dan Schatzeder
335.59
127
Ray Fontenot
335.12
128
Kirk McCaskill
334.23
129
Bruce Kison
332.7
130
Tim Birtsas
331.58
131
John Stuper
331.54
132
Don Schulze
330.7
133
Vern Ruhle
329.8
134
Steve McCatty
328.54
135
Steve Shields
327.09
136
Jim Winn
326.29
137
Mickey Mahler
324.58
138
Ron Mathis
323.42
139
Pete Vuckovich
323.23
140
Zane Smith
320.27
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Randy O'Neal
315.65
142
Dave Rozema
315.13
143
Keith Creel
313.72
144
Pete Filson
313.3
145
Brian Snyder
312.97
146
Salome Barojas
312.61
147
Bobby Castillo
311.62
148
Mike Bielecki
308.28
149
Bob Shirley
308.03
150
Frank Wills
307.56
151
Doug Bair
307.4
152
Lee Tunnell
307.37
153
Curt Young
307.19
154
Tom Brennan
307.17
155
Bruce Tanner
306.94
156
Vida Blue
306.56
157
Calvin Schiraldi
305.03
158
Bill Wilkinson
304.18
159
Urbano Lugo
303.81
160
Mike Warren
303.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Don Robinson
303.21
162
Jaime Cocanower
302.56
163
Bryan Clark
301.71
164
Steve Crawford
301.27
165
Bill Swift
301.25
166
Tom Klawitter
300.93
167
Jeff Russell
300.59
168
Tom Gorman
300.21
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711. Newer data was purchased from Baseball Info Solutions.