Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Bob Gibson
594.49
2
Luis Tiant
543.51
3
Jim Bunning
540.67
4
Sam McDowell
539.16
5
Juan Marichal
536.51
6
Don Drysdale
533.98
7
Dean Chance
533.21
8
Fergie Jenkins
527.92
9
Gaylord Perry
525.31
10
Denny McLain
523.16
11
Chris Short
521.2
12
Sonny Siebert
518.26
13
Mickey Lolich
507.19
14
Gary Peters
507.15
15
Joe Horlen
506.74
16
Earl Wilson
506.42
17
Mel Stottlemyre
504.59
18
Bob Veale
504.17
19
Jim Maloney
503.93
20
Jim Kaat
499.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Tommy John
493.23
22
Tom Seaver
490.94
23
Jim Nash
486.37
24
Bill Singer
486.27
25
George Brunet
482.17
26
Catfish Hunter
482.12
27
Larry Jackson
481.98
28
Ken Johnson
481.25
29
Dave Boswell
477.45
30
Pat Jarvis
476.13
31
Mike McCormick
473.82
32
Gary Bell
473.61
33
Jim Merritt
470.98
34
Steve Carlton
470.79
35
Claude Osteen
465.88
36
Dave Giusti
465.33
37
Steve Hargan
463.63
38
Dave McNally
462.65
39
Ray Sadecki
458.87
40
Denny Lemaster
458.6
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Mike Cuellar
453.45
42
Tom Phoebus
448.88
43
Woodie Fryman
443.56
44
Don Wilson
440.38
45
Don Sutton
440.27
46
Phil Ortega
436.6
47
Chuck Dobson
436.43
48
Milt Pappas
436.28
49
Joe Sparma
434.73
50
Jim Lonborg
434.17
51
Al Downing
433.59
52
Jim Hardin
430.66
53
Rich Nye
428.16
54
Nelson Briles
427.45
55
Sammy Ellis
426.46
56
Jim McGlothlin
425.77
57
Phil Niekro
423.96
58
Camilo Pascual
419.01
59
Gary Nolan
417.4
60
Fritz Peterson
415.87
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Dick Hughes
415.67
62
Jose Santiago
413.96
63
Ken Holtzman
413.12
64
Jerry Koosman
412.54
65
Larry Dierker
405.36
66
Jim Perry
404.64
67
Rickey Clark
402.71
68
Ray Washburn
401.57
69
Dick Ellsworth
394.69
70
Tommie Sisk
393.87
71
Rick Wise
392.04
72
Bill Hands
391.84
73
Nolan Ryan
387.02
74
Gerry Arrigo
385.12
75
Mel Queen
383.38
76
Joe Niekro
381.11
77
Blue Moon Odom
380.71
78
Al McBean
379.79
79
Joe Coleman
379.27
80
Larry Jaster
378.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Stan Bahnsen
374.8
82
Jack Fisher
374.38
83
Steve Barber
371.93
84
Ray Culp
371.47
85
Stan Williams
370.89
86
Ron Reed
366.7
87
Pete Richert
365.35
88
Lew Krausse
363.63
89
Frank Bertaina
360.33
90
Fred Talbot
360.12
91
George Culver
358.61
92
Gene Brabender
355.83
93
Lee Stange
353.09
94
Tony Cloninger
351.7
95
Dick Kelley
351.16
96
Dick Selma
350.68
97
Mudcat Grant
348.22
98
Barry Moore
346.79
99
Gary Waslewski
346.14
100
Steve Blass
345.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Dave Leonhard
345.36
102
Don Cardwell
345.09
103
Cisco Carlos
344.55
104
Bill Monbouquette
342.29
105
Jack Hamilton
333.65
106
Al Jackson
325.99
107
Clyde Wright
325.62
108
Pat Dobson
325.46
109
Mike Kekich
324.82
110
Jim Hannan
324.33
111
Bruce Howard
322.0
112
Bob Moose
317.06
113
John Hiller
314.34
114
Jim Bouton
312.88
115
Bob Priddy
311.89
116
Billy McCool
310.54
117
Les Cain
310.4
118
Dick Bosman
309.79
119
Jim Roland
309.52
120
Bobby Bolin
308.7
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Tom Murphy
308.65
122
Jerry Stephenson
308.63
123
Tony Pierce
308.36
124
Marty Pattin
305.9
125
Frank Reberger
301.73
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