Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dave Stieb
572.46
2
Dwight Gooden
548.38
3
Fernando Valenzuela
537.98
4
Mario Soto
537.38
5
Bert Blyleven
522.37
6
Jack Morris
517.51
7
Rick Sutcliffe
516.4
8
Joaquin Andujar
510.72
9
Nolan Ryan
507.76
10
Dan Petry
502.15
11
John Tudor
500.44
12
Charlie Hough
498.93
13
Ron Guidry
497.28
14
Mike Witt
495.98
15
Dennis Eckersley
495.61
16
La Marr Hoyt
482.88
17
Steve Carlton
482.13
18
Mike Boddicker
481.76
19
Tom Seaver
481.69
20
Scott Sanderson
474.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Joe Niekro
473.25
22
John Denny
469.2
23
Oil Can Boyd
467.68
24
Bud Black
467.13
25
Don Sutton
465.91
26
Ron Darling
464.44
27
Floyd Bannister
463.93
28
Rick Rhoden
463.46
29
Orel Hershiser
462.09
30
Doyle Alexander
461.93
31
Mike Smithson
459.57
32
Moose Haas
458.19
33
Frank Viola
455.98
34
Mike Krukow
455.23
35
Eric Show
454.36
36
Richard Dotson
450.94
37
Bob Knepper
449.88
38
Phil Niekro
449.06
39
Bill Gullickson
448.77
40
Dave LaPoint
446.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jose DeLeon
445.9
42
Larry McWilliams
445.85
43
Rick Mahler
445.59
44
Britt Burns
444.26
45
Jerry Reuss
443.15
46
Danny Cox
439.08
47
Frank Tanana
438.97
48
Storm Davis
438.09
49
Charlie Leibrandt
437.8
50
Bryn Smith
437.6
51
Danny Darwin
436.64
52
Ed Whitson
435.47
53
Walt Terrell
434.57
54
Mark Langston
434.42
55
Jerry Koosman
434.26
56
Mike Moore
432.49
57
Ron Romanick
432.0
58
Bob Welch
431.53
59
Steve Trout
428.8
60
Milt Wilcox
428.55
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Geoff Zahn
426.49
62
Rick Honeycutt
424.91
63
Scott McGregor
423.95
64
John Butcher
423.78
65
Bruce Hurst
422.88
66
Tim Lollar
421.62
67
Mike Scott
421.57
68
Shane Rawley
420.74
69
Bret Saberhagen
420.16
70
Luis Leal
419.3
71
Jim Clancy
418.75
72
Dave Dravecky
415.85
73
Ray Burris
415.38
74
Roger Clemens
411.66
75
Mark Gubicza
409.22
76
Dennis Rasmussen
409.1
77
Jim Beattie
408.45
78
Charles Hudson
406.42
79
Pascual Perez
405.51
80
Al Nipper
405.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Matt Young
401.98
82
Bill Laskey
401.85
83
David Palmer
401.35
84
Ken Schrom
398.55
85
Joe Hesketh
397.8
86
Andy Hawkins
397.13
87
Bob Ojeda
396.12
88
Chris Codiroli
394.12
89
Bruce Berenyi
393.79
90
Ed Lynch
392.4
91
Jay Tibbs
392.11
92
Steve Rogers
391.76
93
Jimmy Key
390.68
94
Mark Thurmond
388.47
95
Steve Bedrosian
388.19
96
Jim Slaton
387.02
97
Tom Browning
383.31
98
Neal Heaton
382.67
99
Mike Mason
381.78
100
Len Barker
381.78
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Kurt Kepshire
381.12
102
Kevin Gross
380.42
103
Danny Jackson
380.0
104
Atlee Hammaker
376.77
105
Dennis Martinez
376.47
106
Joe Price
373.77
107
Sid Fernandez
373.41
108
Dick Ruthven
370.19
109
Rick Reuschel
369.7
110
Juan Berenguer
369.07
111
Jim Gott
367.81
112
Joe Cowley
367.34
113
Tommy John
364.99
114
Charlie Lea
363.83
115
Ray Fontenot
357.94
116
Craig McMurtry
357.57
117
Kirk McCaskill
354.6
118
Burt Hooton
352.37
119
John Candelaria
352.29
120
Zane Smith
351.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Randy O'Neal
351.56
122
Teddy Higuera
350.35
123
Ken Dixon
350.18
124
Tim Birtsas
348.06
125
Dan Schatzeder
345.44
126
Bill Krueger
343.27
127
Mike Flanagan
343.19
128
Bob Forsch
343.05
129
Alejandro Pena
341.01
130
Steve McCatty
340.13
131
Dickie Noles
340.06
132
Rick Camp
337.8
133
Urbano Lugo
336.5
134
Vern Ruhle
334.59
135
Jim Winn
333.38
136
Mickey Mahler
332.01
137
Frank Wills
331.64
138
Pete Vuckovich
330.85
139
Vida Blue
329.75
140
Bruce Kison
328.97
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Bill Swift
327.76
142
Don Schulze
327.43
143
Bob Shirley
326.86
144
John Stuper
326.79
145
Steve Shields
326.22
146
Ron Mathis
323.8
147
Rick Aguilera
323.0
148
Ed Wojna
320.16
149
Frank Pastore
319.3
150
Pete Filson
316.81
151
Brian Snyder
314.13
152
Roy Smith
312.14
153
Glen Cook
311.11
154
Dave Rozema
310.63
155
Lee Tunnell
309.78
156
Keith Creel
308.97
157
Gene Nelson
308.84
158
Bruce Tanner
308.28
159
Jerry Reed
307.53
160
Salome Barojas
307.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dennis Lamp
307.26
162
Bobby Castillo
306.37
163
Floyd Youmans
305.75
164
Ron Musselman
305.36
165
Rick Behenna
305.19
166
Chris Welsh
304.13
167
Mike Bielecki
303.03
168
Curt Young
301.94
169
Tom Brennan
301.92
170
Doug Bair
301.61
171
Rick Langford
300.99
172
Bob Sebra
300.17
173
Calvin Schiraldi
300.03
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