Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
570.75
2
J.R. Richard
554.19
3
Steve Rogers
549.43
4
Jim Palmer
547.31
5
Phil Niekro
546.17
6
Bert Blyleven
539.79
7
Frank Tanana
536.14
8
Ron Guidry
529.39
9
Steve Carlton
526.4
10
Vida Blue
525.53
11
Dave Goltz
521.8
12
Nolan Ryan
521.63
13
Dennis Leonard
521.03
14
Rick Reuschel
520.28
15
Dennis Eckersley
512.67
16
Don Sutton
511.88
17
Burt Hooton
511.12
18
John Candelaria
509.68
19
Jon Matlack
502.73
20
Gaylord Perry
498.88
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Luis Tiant
496.76
22
Fergie Jenkins
490.85
23
Mike Torrez
486.35
24
Jerry Koosman
484.09
25
Fred Norman
481.27
26
Mike Flanagan
479.58
27
Ed Halicki
479.17
28
Bob Forsch
476.96
29
Paul Splittorff
472.17
30
Bob Knepper
470.4
31
Larry Christenson
470.37
32
Rick Wise
468.66
33
John Montefusco
467.24
34
Dock Ellis
465.08
35
Doug Rau
464.86
36
John Denny
461.4
37
Pat Zachry
458.33
38
Tommy John
457.74
39
Randy Jones
452.7
40
Ed Figueroa
451.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jim Rooker
450.77
42
Bill Bonham
449.2
43
Ross Grimsley
447.77
44
Lary Sorensen
447.76
45
Eric Rasmussen
446.32
46
Rick Rhoden
445.28
47
Jim Slaton
444.67
48
Mike Caldwell
442.37
49
Rudy May
441.37
50
Francisco Barrios
439.16
51
Ken Kravec
439.03
52
Dick Ruthven
437.81
53
Steve Stone
432.43
54
Doyle Alexander
431.25
55
Craig Swan
430.28
56
Jesse Jefferson
428.25
57
Mark Lemongello
427.06
58
Dave Rozema
426.58
59
Jim Barr
425.97
60
Don Gullett
425.87
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jim Lonborg
424.39
62
Geoff Zahn
422.05
63
Bob Shirley
419.16
64
Catfish Hunter
418.99
65
Bob Owchinko
417.14
66
Nino Espinosa
416.38
67
Rick Waits
415.89
68
Ray Burris
412.49
69
Jerry Augustine
410.7
70
Joaquin Andujar
410.51
71
Jim Bibby
407.2
72
Bill Lee
406.65
73
Rich Gale
405.35
74
Milt Wilcox
404.3
75
Matt Keough
403.67
76
Jim Kaat
403.16
77
Wayne Garland
402.85
78
Jack Billingham
402.46
79
Doc Medich
401.85
80
Glenn Abbott
400.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Tom Underwood
398.85
82
Don Aase
397.66
83
John Henry Johnson
396.77
84
Chris Knapp
396.52
85
Steve Renko
395.46
86
Scott McGregor
394.86
87
Jerry Reuss
393.59
88
Rick Langford
393.28
89
Dennis Lamp
392.09
90
Jerry Garvin
391.53
91
Preston Hanna
387.37
92
Wilbur Wood
387.17
93
Wayne Twitchell
385.5
94
Jim Colborn
385.08
95
Ken Brett
383.34
96
Paul Thormodsgard
379.13
97
Dave Lemanczyk
378.35
98
Jim Clancy
378.08
99
Don Robinson
378.07
100
Pete Vuckovich
378.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Floyd Bannister
378.0
102
Paul Mitchell
376.96
103
Roger Erickson
376.91
104
Joe Niekro
371.54
105
Dennis Martinez
371.33
106
Pete Falcone
371.16
107
Dave Roberts
370.37
108
Paul Moskau
367.92
109
Bill Travers
364.94
110
Jim Wright
364.54
111
Hal Dues
361.7
112
Woodie Fryman
361.04
113
Randy Lerch
360.85
114
Dick Tidrow
360.82
115
Moose Haas
360.47
116
Nelson Briles
360.19
117
David Clyde
357.3
118
Gary Serum
355.92
119
Larry Gura
355.57
120
Mickey Mahler
354.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Pete Broberg
354.59
122
Tom Dixon
351.52
123
Tom Hume
351.19
124
Silvio Martinez
350.98
125
Don Hood
350.11
126
Andy Hassler
349.1
127
Mike Paxton
348.96
128
Dick Pole
348.67
129
Mike Krukow
342.56
130
Dave Frost
340.38
131
Bob Sykes
339.54
132
Steve Baker
338.65
133
Balor Moore
337.44
134
John Urrea
336.92
135
Dave Freisleben
336.45
136
Rick Honeycutt
335.65
137
Alan Wirth
334.7
138
Darrell Jackson
334.63
139
Allen Ripley
334.14
140
Jim Beattie
330.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Jim Umbarger
329.65
142
Andy Replogle
328.7
143
Ron Schueler
328.7
144
Dan Schatzeder
328.38
145
Kevin Kobel
326.2
146
Pete Redfern
325.07
147
Rick Camp
325.07
148
Mike Bruhert
324.96
149
Adrian Devine
324.62
150
Mark Fidrych
324.25
151
Manny Sarmiento
318.88
152
Tom House
318.53
153
Andy Messersmith
317.82
154
Byron McLaughlin
317.14
155
Mike Parrott
316.47
156
Steve Comer
314.88
157
Larry McWilliams
311.81
158
Joe Kerrigan
310.39
159
Bob Welch
308.47
160
Ken Holtzman
308.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Ken Clay
307.14
162
Bruce Kison
307.0
163
Pablo Torrealba
305.93
164
Tom Hausman
305.48
165
Dave Rajsich
305.35
166
Jamie Easterly
305.09
167
Marty Pattin
304.96
168
Tom Griffin
304.85
169
Craig Minetto
303.36
170
John Caneira
303.1
171
Mark Wiley
303.05
172
Larry McCall
302.58
173
Tommy Boggs
301.57
174
Tim Conroy
301.22
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