Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
J.R. Richard
598.97
2
Steve Carlton
578.06
3
Ron Guidry
534.41
4
Nolan Ryan
521.19
5
Phil Niekro
515.87
6
Dennis Eckersley
510.48
7
Mike Flanagan
504.18
8
Steve Rogers
502.13
9
Dennis Leonard
500.37
10
Tom Seaver
499.01
11
Craig Swan
495.7
12
Fergie Jenkins
495.29
13
Bert Blyleven
493.67
14
Don Sutton
493.03
15
Larry Gura
490.21
16
Jerry Koosman
488.58
17
Tommy John
486.49
18
Burt Hooton
483.22
19
John Candelaria
481.5
20
Jim Palmer
478.29
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Pete Vuckovich
478.14
22
Vida Blue
476.08
23
Mike Caldwell
471.98
24
Scott McGregor
470.58
25
Rick Reuschel
464.9
26
Gaylord Perry
464.6
27
Randy Jones
464.08
28
Milt Wilcox
462.87
29
Tom Underwood
460.56
30
Joe Niekro
458.13
31
Steve Stone
455.63
32
Luis Tiant
455.42
33
Bob Forsch
455.24
34
Jack Morris
454.69
35
Jim Bibby
453.66
36
Mike Torrez
450.11
37
Floyd Bannister
449.57
38
Lary Sorensen
447.28
39
John Denny
444.85
40
Matt Keough
442.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Rick Langford
441.07
42
Rick Wise
440.09
43
Geoff Zahn
437.08
44
Moose Haas
436.53
45
Ken Kravec
435.82
46
Paul Splittorff
434.91
47
Bob Knepper
432.39
48
Rick Honeycutt
430.46
49
Dennis Lamp
428.87
50
Dave Goltz
428.44
51
Jon Matlack
427.8
52
Rick Waits
424.46
53
John Montefusco
422.22
54
Dennis Martinez
420.13
55
Bob Welch
418.36
56
Frank Tanana
418.08
57
Mike Krukow
416.53
58
Doyle Alexander
415.95
59
John Fulgham
414.62
60
Ken Forsch
414.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Randy Lerch
412.97
62
Scott Sanderson
412.5
63
Ross Baumgarten
411.57
64
Jim Slaton
411.11
65
Bob Stanley
410.3
66
Ed Whitson
409.96
67
Dave Frost
409.24
68
Mike Norris
408.38
69
Britt Burns
408.24
70
Bill Travers
407.98
71
Dave Stieb
407.14
72
Rich Gale
404.06
73
Bruce Kison
399.96
74
Frank Pastore
399.86
75
Bill Lee
398.83
76
Jim Clancy
398.17
77
Len Barker
396.92
78
Doc Medich
395.54
79
Bill Bonham
394.39
80
Don Aase
393.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Don Robinson
391.07
82
Silvio Martinez
390.79
83
Rick Sutcliffe
390.12
84
Rick Matula
389.05
85
Eric Rasmussen
388.23
86
Jerry Reuss
387.01
87
Dan Schatzeder
383.05
88
Roger Erickson
382.47
89
Mike Parrott
381.02
90
Dave Rozema
380.74
91
Charlie Leibrandt
380.42
92
Pete Falcone
379.14
93
Brian Kingman
378.83
94
Dick Ruthven
377.69
95
David Palmer
376.71
96
Richard Dotson
375.16
97
Eddie Solomon
374.52
98
Glenn Abbott
373.48
99
Lynn McGlothen
373.35
100
Steve Trout
372.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Mike LaCoss
371.66
102
Steve Comer
369.08
103
Ed Halicki
368.28
104
John Curtis
368.12
105
Darrell Jackson
366.51
106
Dan Petry
365.46
107
Chuck Rainey
364.88
108
Ray Burris
364.18
109
Dan Spillner
364.15
110
Steve Renko
363.81
111
Bob Owchinko
362.25
112
Steve McCatty
360.7
113
Gary Lucas
360.0
114
Renie Martin
359.69
115
Larry Christenson
358.36
116
Pete Redfern
357.36
117
Jim Rooker
356.68
118
Larry McWilliams
355.96
119
Jim Beattie
354.77
120
Chris Knapp
354.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Pat Zachry
349.85
122
Paul Mirabella
349.1
123
Rich Wortham
348.4
124
Fred Norman
347.58
125
Ed Figueroa
344.39
126
Jesse Jefferson
344.06
127
Tommy Boggs
342.88
128
Vern Ruhle
339.2
129
Ross Grimsley
339.18
130
Jim Kaat
338.22
131
Mark Bomback
336.4
132
Bob Sykes
336.0
133
Dave Lemanczyk
333.67
134
Bill Gullickson
331.99
135
Bob Walk
325.75
136
Mike Griffin
324.53
137
Steve Mura
323.35
138
Rickey Keeton
320.69
139
Reggie Cleveland
320.4
140
Wayne Garland
320.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Alfredo Martinez
319.96
142
Charlie Lea
318.95
143
Sammy Stewart
318.01
144
Pat Underwood
317.79
145
Nino Espinosa
317.51
146
Don Hood
317.24
147
Paul Moskau
316.0
148
Jack Kucek
315.88
149
Allen Ripley
315.07
150
Joe Price
314.41
151
Kevin Kobel
313.64
152
Dave Roberts
312.69
153
John Pacella
311.96
154
Luis Leal
311.79
155
Rick Rhoden
309.89
156
Juan Eichelberger
309.46
157
Danny Darwin
308.94
158
Jack Billingham
308.36
159
Dan Larson
307.37
160
Roy Thomas
307.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Mario Soto
306.34
162
Bruce Hurst
306.17
163
Jim Otten
306.16
164
Terry Felton
304.21
165
Francisco Barrios
303.97
166
Dickie Noles
303.45
167
Willie Hernandez
303.33
168
Joaquin Andujar
302.83
169
Dave Ford
301.43
170
Brian Allard
301.21
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