Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
600.56
2
Don Sutton
588.15
3
Bob Gibson
577.87
4
Nolan Ryan
562.93
5
Bert Blyleven
556.25
6
Jim Palmer
541.77
7
Gaylord Perry
531.93
8
Fergie Jenkins
531.42
9
Catfish Hunter
530.46
10
Mickey Lolich
526.71
11
Steve Carlton
523.9
12
Don Wilson
521.75
13
Ken Holtzman
515.7
14
Wilbur Wood
514.01
15
Rick Wise
511.74
16
Jack Billingham
507.25
17
Andy Messersmith
506.77
18
Mike Cuellar
497.18
19
Joe Coleman
496.84
20
Dave McNally
490.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Tom Bradley
488.22
22
Dock Ellis
486.61
23
Phil Niekro
486.23
24
Marty Pattin
483.81
25
Claude Osteen
483.54
26
Vida Blue
483.24
27
Bill Singer
482.63
28
Luis Tiant
480.2
29
Stan Bahnsen
479.27
30
Nelson Briles
477.25
31
Mel Stottlemyre
474.92
32
Pat Dobson
473.88
33
Dick Drago
471.22
34
Jerry Koosman
470.78
35
Al Downing
470.27
36
Tommy John
470.26
37
Jon Matlack
470.14
38
Paul Splittorff
468.23
39
Fred Norman
466.68
40
Ron Bryant
465.31
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jerry Reuss
462.99
42
Rudy May
462.36
43
Milt Pappas
461.06
44
Rick Reuschel
456.63
45
Clay Kirby
455.85
46
Reggie Cleveland
454.05
47
Dick Woodson
454.03
48
Fritz Peterson
453.15
49
Dave Roberts
452.86
50
Jim Perry
452.12
51
Ross Grimsley
452.03
52
Clyde Wright
450.3
53
Juan Marichal
447.98
54
Ken Forsch
447.22
55
Sam McDowell
442.87
56
Bob Moose
442.48
57
Bill Hands
439.56
58
Jim Barr
437.83
59
Dick Tidrow
436.09
60
Jim Colborn
432.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Carl Morton
431.69
62
Steve Renko
431.48
63
Gary Gentry
429.82
64
Burt Hooton
429.74
65
Steve Arlin
429.09
66
Sonny Siebert
428.52
67
Jim Kaat
426.79
68
Jim Lonborg
423.77
69
Ron Reed
422.79
70
Wayne Twitchell
421.17
71
John Curtis
421.14
72
Ernie McAnally
420.88
73
Steve Kline
419.73
74
Steve Blass
418.51
75
Bill Stoneman
417.7
76
Balor Moore
414.91
77
Bill Lee
410.85
78
Mike Torrez
410.83
79
Don Gullett
410.54
80
Bill Parsons
409.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Blue Moon Odom
408.0
82
Dick Bosman
404.12
83
Woodie Fryman
403.45
84
Roger Nelson
403.19
85
Steve Busby
401.61
86
Doc Medich
400.19
87
Bill Greif
392.23
88
Gary Nolan
392.05
89
Skip Lockwood
389.06
90
Jim Slaton
382.29
91
Alan Foster
381.37
92
Ken Brett
377.78
93
Steve Stone
376.67
94
Jim Bibby
376.22
95
Luke Walker
374.26
96
Larry Dierker
370.5
97
Dick Ruthven
368.4
98
Jim McAndrew
366.9
99
Roric Harrison
364.61
100
Jim McGlothlin
362.26
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Pete Broberg
359.13
102
Ken Wright
356.1
103
Doyle Alexander
356.0
104
Jerry Bell
355.21
105
Jim Willoughby
355.06
106
Joe Decker
353.21
107
Jim Merritt
352.2
108
Mike Paul
350.44
109
Ron Schueler
349.75
110
Tom Murphy
349.62
111
Rich Hand
346.29
112
Mike Caldwell
344.72
113
George Stone
344.21
114
Randy Jones
343.36
115
Milt Wilcox
342.6
116
Dave Hamilton
340.84
117
Wayne Simpson
340.51
118
Ray Culp
340.42
119
David Clyde
337.95
120
Steve Dunning
334.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Eddie Fisher
333.89
122
Brent Strom
333.43
123
Tom Hall
332.99
124
Mike Strahler
331.72
125
Ray Corbin
331.09
126
Jim Rooker
330.64
127
Lynn McGlothen
329.08
128
Rich Folkers
328.56
129
Jesse Jefferson
328.56
130
Rich Troedson
327.95
131
Steve Rogers
325.78
132
Harry Parker
325.77
133
Bart Johnson
323.62
134
Clay Carroll
323.51
135
J.R. Richard
322.25
136
Eddie Bane
320.84
137
Gene Garber
315.22
138
Mike Corkins
314.05
139
Scipio Spinks
313.91
140
Larry Gura
313.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Chris Short
312.7
142
Mark Littell
310.8
143
Lindy McDaniel
310.67
144
Ray Sadecki
308.84
145
Roger Moret
308.61
146
Mike Wallace
307.81
147
Jimmy Freeman
307.22
148
Don Carrithers
304.93
149
Dave Goltz
304.38
150
Fred Beene
303.6
151
Larry Christenson
303.18
152
Bill Bonham
302.96
153
Jim Geddes
302.85
154
Bruce Dal Canton
302.59
155
Al Fitzmorris
302.35
156
Tom Timmermann
302.02
157
Doug Rau
301.76
158
John Morlan
301.37
159
Bob Johnson
301.25
160
Dick Lange
301.01
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Don Stanhouse
300.64
162
Bob Reynolds
300.32
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