Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dwight Gooden
567.47
2
John Tudor
558.2
3
Fernando Valenzuela
546.56
4
Jack Morris
534.35
5
Mike Scott
529.49
6
Mike Witt
523.91
7
Bert Blyleven
507.2
8
Charlie Hough
502.95
9
Ron Darling
498.69
10
Rick Rhoden
492.83
11
Bob Knepper
489.06
12
Sid Fernandez
488.83
13
Mike Krukow
487.86
14
Doyle Alexander
487.05
15
Mario Soto
485.45
16
Bret Saberhagen
484.29
17
Eric Show
484.15
18
Teddy Higuera
483.26
19
Bruce Hurst
482.81
20
Oil Can Boyd
480.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Dave Stieb
480.21
22
Tom Seaver
479.11
23
Don Sutton
478.31
24
Orel Hershiser
476.64
25
Roger Clemens
476.57
26
Nolan Ryan
476.51
27
Bob Welch
474.67
28
Ron Guidry
474.66
29
Rick Sutcliffe
473.25
30
Shane Rawley
470.31
31
Mike Boddicker
468.97
32
Bob Ojeda
468.65
33
Dennis Eckersley
468.5
34
Frank Tanana
467.96
35
Charlie Leibrandt
466.83
36
Kirk McCaskill
462.61
37
Frank Viola
460.96
38
Mike Moore
459.73
39
Walt Terrell
458.81
40
Tom Browning
458.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
John Denny
458.01
42
Storm Davis
457.78
43
Bryn Smith
457.05
44
Danny Cox
456.43
45
Dan Petry
456.27
46
Jimmy Key
455.17
47
Phil Niekro
449.36
48
Bill Gullickson
447.03
49
Jim Clancy
446.83
50
Mark Langston
446.21
51
Dave Dravecky
445.64
52
Floyd Bannister
444.89
53
Joaquin Andujar
442.06
54
Mike Smithson
439.78
55
Jay Tibbs
437.8
56
Scott McGregor
436.31
57
Rick Reuschel
435.95
58
Rick Honeycutt
434.8
59
Scott Sanderson
433.92
60
Joe Niekro
432.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Moose Haas
431.76
62
Kevin Gross
430.94
63
Ken Dixon
430.12
64
Bob Forsch
426.74
65
La Marr Hoyt
424.74
66
Andy Hawkins
423.22
67
Dennis Rasmussen
422.21
68
David Palmer
421.71
69
Danny Jackson
421.54
70
Rick Mahler
420.67
71
Ken Schrom
419.76
72
Steve Trout
414.45
73
Mark Gubicza
414.29
74
Zane Smith
412.78
75
Joe Cowley
410.5
76
Chris Codiroli
410.39
77
Floyd Youmans
410.12
78
Al Nipper
408.71
79
Tom Candiotti
408.15
80
Mike Mason
407.02
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Danny Darwin
406.45
82
Ed Correa
405.14
83
Bud Black
403.97
84
Neal Heaton
403.79
85
Mike LaCoss
402.29
86
Ron Romanick
400.53
87
Charles Hudson
399.21
88
Jerry Reuss
393.88
89
Juan Nieves
393.84
90
John Butcher
392.51
91
Steve Carlton
390.25
92
Joe Hesketh
390.14
93
Andy McGaffigan
388.97
94
Mike Flanagan
388.85
95
Scott Garrelts
388.21
96
Vida Blue
386.28
97
Dennis Leonard
384.61
98
Dave LaPoint
380.98
99
Jose Guzman
380.59
100
Bill Wegman
377.86
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Tim Leary
377.04
102
Neil Allen
376.07
103
Larry McWilliams
375.9
104
Jose Rijo
375.62
105
Joel Davis
375.3
106
Ray Burris
370.54
107
Mark Thurmond
368.56
108
Tim Lollar
367.57
109
Bob Tewksbury
364.11
110
Matt Young
363.45
111
Ed Whitson
363.38
112
Bobby Witt
363.01
113
Mike Morgan
362.51
114
Mike Bielecki
361.86
115
Richard Dotson
361.83
116
Jim Deshaies
361.67
117
Curt Young
359.72
118
Joe Johnson
351.02
119
Eric King
349.15
120
Eric Plunk
348.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Don Schulze
348.68
122
Rick Aguilera
348.06
123
Bob Kipper
345.87
124
Greg Mathews
345.66
125
Chris Welsh
345.49
126
Jeff Sellers
344.37
127
John Cerutti
344.06
128
Scott Bankhead
340.76
129
Jim Slaton
338.03
130
John Candelaria
337.37
131
Mike Brown
337.29
132
Mark Portugal
335.59
133
Doug Drabek
334.34
134
Juan Berenguer
333.03
135
Allan Anderson
331.54
136
Britt Burns
331.49
137
Bob Walk
329.08
138
Roger Mason
329.02
139
Kurt Kepshire
328.14
140
Bruce Ruffin
327.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Milt Wilcox
326.94
142
Lance McCullers
322.7
143
Tommy John
322.42
144
Guy Hoffman
321.26
145
Scott Nielsen
320.48
146
Ed Lynch
319.58
147
Terry Mulholland
318.06
148
Alejandro Pena
318.06
149
Randy O'Neal
317.97
150
Rick Langford
317.11
151
Craig McMurtry
316.54
152
Rob Woodward
315.79
153
Jim Acker
315.36
154
Dennis Martinez
315.11
155
Mark Knudson
314.89
156
Freddie Toliver
314.73
157
Bill Mooneyham
314.65
158
Tim Conroy
314.63
159
Dave Stewart
314.59
160
Jim Beattie
314.43
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jose DeLeon
314.26
162
Bill Swift
313.07
163
Bruce Berenyi
312.53
164
Mike Maddux
311.25
165
Manny Hernandez
311.12
166
Don Carman
310.53
167
Lee Guetterman
309.75
168
Mark Davis
308.76
169
Bob Shirley
308.47
170
Jim Gott
308.41
171
Rich Sauveur
307.72
172
Mike Madden
306.18
173
Bryan Oelkers
304.99
174
Mickey Mahler
304.89
175
Rich Bordi
304.72
176
Jamie Moyer
304.34
177
Rick Anderson
303.09
178
Dennis Lamp
302.97
179
Gene Nelson
302.67
180
Jerry Reed
301.65
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Ricky Horton
301.43
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