Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Fergie Jenkins
590.65
2
Tom Seaver
570.31
3
Bob Gibson
548.49
4
Sam McDowell
544.72
5
Larry Dierker
539.01
6
Mike Cuellar
529.85
7
Jim Palmer
528.01
8
Gaylord Perry
526.05
9
Juan Marichal
522.19
10
Mickey Lolich
520.08
11
Dave McNally
517.49
12
Gary Nolan
512.84
13
Ken Holtzman
510.7
14
Ray Culp
509.95
15
Bill Hands
505.62
16
Dock Ellis
500.38
17
Bill Stoneman
498.12
18
Jerry Koosman
496.89
19
Steve Carlton
495.4
20
Mel Stottlemyre
490.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Phil Niekro
489.6
22
Catfish Hunter
488.28
23
Marty Pattin
487.81
24
Sonny Siebert
481.83
25
Don Sutton
481.14
26
Fritz Peterson
480.47
27
Claude Osteen
478.94
28
Clyde Wright
478.02
29
Gary Gentry
477.95
30
Bert Blyleven
474.59
31
Jim Perry
474.49
32
Vida Blue
471.74
33
Don Wilson
463.25
34
Steve Blass
462.65
35
Dick Bosman
461.82
36
Dick Drago
461.21
37
Joe Coleman
460.08
38
Pat Jarvis
458.8
39
Clay Kirby
458.73
40
Stan Bahnsen
456.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Tommy John
455.2
42
Chuck Dobson
454.81
43
Rick Wise
453.6
44
Bill Singer
453.37
45
Carl Morton
451.32
46
Jim Kaat
448.83
47
Steve Renko
448.56
48
Pat Dobson
444.83
49
Milt Pappas
441.77
50
Al Downing
440.8
51
Bob Moose
438.61
52
Bob Johnson
437.82
53
Jim Bunning
435.91
54
Andy Messersmith
435.19
55
Gary Peters
434.92
56
Jim McGlothlin
428.72
57
Tom Phoebus
426.37
58
Ron Reed
422.89
59
Rudy May
421.76
60
Luke Walker
421.46
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Chris Short
421.34
62
Jim Merritt
419.61
63
Jack Billingham
419.13
64
Jim Nash
417.46
65
George Stone
415.5
66
Dave Roberts
414.08
67
Tom Bradley
413.78
68
Nolan Ryan
413.11
69
Denny McLain
412.14
70
Alan Foster
409.33
71
Jim McAndrew
408.57
72
Dean Chance
406.4
73
Steve Kline
402.72
74
Tom Murphy
402.17
75
Lew Krausse
399.85
76
Wilbur Wood
398.38
77
Blue Moon Odom
397.43
78
Barry Lersch
397.09
79
Skip Lockwood
396.21
80
Jerry Reuss
391.66
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bob Veale
387.34
82
Bill Parsons
387.17
83
Reggie Cleveland
382.99
84
Les Cain
381.57
85
Don Gullett
380.9
86
Wally Bunker
379.69
87
Wade Blasingame
378.49
88
Ron Bryant
376.24
89
Diego Segui
375.91
90
Mike Hedlund
375.85
91
Ray Sadecki
374.21
92
Joe Niekro
373.9
93
Ray Lamb
373.75
94
Steve Hargan
372.12
95
Steve Stone
371.23
96
Tom Hall
369.84
97
Bruce Dal Canton
369.51
98
Jim Rooker
369.06
99
Steve Dunning
368.26
100
Tony Cloninger
367.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Casey Cox
364.37
102
Bart Johnson
362.66
103
Steve Arlin
362.65
104
Wayne Simpson
362.42
105
Luis Tiant
353.16
106
Mike Nagy
351.99
107
Mike Torrez
351.86
108
Jerry Janeski
351.54
109
Joe Horlen
351.3
110
Rollie Fingers
350.23
111
Danny Coombs
348.95
112
Ken Wright
348.72
113
Ross Grimsley
345.35
114
Ken Reynolds
343.29
115
Mike Kilkenny
342.19
116
Jim Maloney
340.54
117
Ernie McAnally
335.51
118
Rich Hand
335.37
119
Tom Kelley
334.96
120
Jim Lonborg
333.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Frank Reberger
333.14
122
Ken Forsch
333.04
123
Woodie Fryman
330.09
124
Rich Robertson
329.45
125
Jim Hardin
326.11
126
Paul Splittorff
323.56
127
Nelson Briles
323.3
128
Tom Griffin
322.84
129
Al Santorini
321.22
130
Charlie Williams
317.46
131
Mike Kekich
316.08
132
Chris Zachary
314.72
133
Jackie Brown
313.49
134
Pete Hamm
312.89
135
Sandy Vance
311.36
136
Fred Norman
311.08
137
Mike Thompson
311.07
138
Bill Zepp
310.85
139
Jim Nelson
310.23
140
Jim Britton
309.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Andy Hassler
309.06
142
Phil Regan
308.6
143
Mike McQueen
307.64
144
George Brunet
305.78
145
Ray Corbin
305.72
146
Bill Butler
304.48
147
Joe Decker
304.31
148
Dick Kelley
303.84
149
Stan Williams
303.64
150
Burt Hooton
303.43
151
Earl Wilson
303.13
152
Milt Wilcox
303.11
153
Jim Slaton
302.65
154
Bill Bonham
302.04
155
Bill Lee
301.05
156
John Strohmayer
300.8
157
Terry Forster
300.79
158
Bill Gogolewski
300.31
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