Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dwight Gooden
559.54
2
John Tudor
555.35
3
Fernando Valenzuela
549.4
4
Jack Morris
546.15
5
Mike Scott
532.9
6
Mike Witt
527.73
7
Bert Blyleven
515.3
8
Charlie Hough
504.57
9
Ron Darling
501.79
10
Bob Knepper
500.55
11
Rick Rhoden
495.75
12
Nolan Ryan
490.61
13
Doyle Alexander
488.63
14
Sid Fernandez
486.94
15
Teddy Higuera
485.37
16
Bret Saberhagen
483.99
17
Eric Show
482.9
18
Roger Clemens
480.78
19
Mario Soto
480.75
20
Bob Welch
479.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Mike Krukow
479.36
22
Oil Can Boyd
479.19
23
Don Sutton
478.96
24
Tom Seaver
477.97
25
Bruce Hurst
477.84
26
Mike Boddicker
476.68
27
Orel Hershiser
476.64
28
Dave Stieb
476.58
29
Ron Guidry
473.41
30
Dennis Eckersley
472.33
31
Rick Sutcliffe
472.0
32
Charlie Leibrandt
470.34
33
Frank Viola
470.04
34
Walt Terrell
469.72
35
Bob Ojeda
468.07
36
Shane Rawley
467.98
37
Kirk McCaskill
466.99
38
Frank Tanana
466.71
39
Danny Cox
458.68
40
Mike Moore
458.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Tom Browning
457.73
42
Jim Clancy
456.79
43
Dan Petry
455.02
44
Bryn Smith
454.72
45
Storm Davis
453.71
46
Bill Gullickson
451.45
47
Joaquin Andujar
450.93
48
John Denny
450.69
49
Phil Niekro
450.1
50
Jimmy Key
449.89
51
Scott Sanderson
445.73
52
Dave Dravecky
445.6
53
Mark Langston
445.1
54
Floyd Bannister
442.43
55
Rick Honeycutt
437.8
56
Rick Reuschel
436.61
57
Jay Tibbs
435.49
58
Mike Smithson
435.46
59
Kevin Gross
435.42
60
Moose Haas
434.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ken Dixon
434.18
62
Bob Forsch
432.58
63
Joe Niekro
432.52
64
Scott McGregor
432.12
65
Dennis Rasmussen
430.16
66
Danny Jackson
427.83
67
La Marr Hoyt
427.57
68
Rick Mahler
424.56
69
David Palmer
423.53
70
Floyd Youmans
422.91
71
Ken Schrom
422.58
72
Zane Smith
420.1
73
Andy Hawkins
418.26
74
Tom Candiotti
413.45
75
Neal Heaton
413.22
76
Mark Gubicza
413.04
77
Danny Darwin
412.68
78
Joe Cowley
411.26
79
Steve Trout
409.96
80
Mike LaCoss
409.65
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Chris Codiroli
409.14
82
Mike Mason
406.44
83
Charles Hudson
405.71
84
Al Nipper
405.3
85
Bud Black
402.72
86
Ed Correa
398.31
87
Mike Flanagan
396.92
88
John Butcher
395.63
89
Ron Romanick
395.58
90
Juan Nieves
393.18
91
Jerry Reuss
392.63
92
Dennis Leonard
391.62
93
Steve Carlton
391.36
94
Neil Allen
390.14
95
Joe Hesketh
388.89
96
Andy McGaffigan
387.72
97
Scott Garrelts
386.96
98
Jose Rijo
386.39
99
Bill Wegman
382.84
100
Jose Guzman
380.55
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Dave LaPoint
379.73
102
Vida Blue
378.69
103
Tim Leary
375.17
104
Larry McWilliams
374.65
105
Mark Thurmond
372.79
106
Joel Davis
372.12
107
Ed Whitson
371.97
108
Ray Burris
369.29
109
Curt Young
368.64
110
Tim Lollar
366.32
111
Mike Bielecki
365.53
112
Jim Deshaies
364.79
113
Bob Tewksbury
363.36
114
Eric King
362.59
115
Matt Young
362.2
116
Joe Johnson
361.28
117
Bobby Witt
360.26
118
Rick Aguilera
357.32
119
Mike Morgan
356.09
120
Richard Dotson
355.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
John Cerutti
351.18
122
Greg Mathews
351.11
123
Don Schulze
347.43
124
Eric Plunk
346.94
125
Chris Welsh
345.49
126
Bob Kipper
344.62
127
John Candelaria
343.97
128
Bob Walk
340.57
129
Jeff Sellers
339.09
130
Doug Drabek
337.25
131
Jim Slaton
336.78
132
Scott Bankhead
336.65
133
Mike Brown
336.04
134
Mark Portugal
334.34
135
Juan Berenguer
331.78
136
Allan Anderson
330.29
137
Roger Mason
329.36
138
Ed Lynch
327.02
139
Kurt Kepshire
326.89
140
Lance McCullers
326.74
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Britt Burns
326.49
142
Milt Wilcox
325.69
143
Randy O'Neal
325.51
144
Bruce Ruffin
324.46
145
Alejandro Pena
322.79
146
Tommy John
321.17
147
Guy Hoffman
320.01
148
Don Carman
318.82
149
Mark Knudson
317.74
150
Jamie Moyer
316.89
151
Terry Mulholland
316.81
152
Rick Langford
315.86
153
Tim Conroy
315.42
154
Craig McMurtry
315.29
155
Scott Nielsen
315.18
156
Rob Woodward
314.54
157
Jim Acker
314.11
158
Dennis Martinez
314.11
159
Bill Mooneyham
313.9
160
Dave Stewart
313.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Freddie Toliver
313.48
162
Jim Beattie
313.18
163
Jose DeLeon
313.01
164
Bill Swift
311.82
165
Bruce Berenyi
311.28
166
Bryan Oelkers
310.57
167
Mike Maddux
310.0
168
Manny Hernandez
309.87
169
Lee Guetterman
308.5
170
Mark Davis
307.51
171
Jim Gott
307.16
172
Bob Shirley
306.68
173
Rich Sauveur
306.47
174
Scott Terry
306.28
175
Jerry Reed
305.2
176
Mike Madden
304.93
177
Mickey Mahler
303.64
178
Rich Bordi
303.47
179
Rick Anderson
301.84
180
Dennis Lamp
301.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Gene Nelson
301.42
182
Dan Schatzeder
301.03
183
Ricky Horton
300.18
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