Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
581.13
2
J.R. Richard
564.35
3
Phil Niekro
553.83
4
Ron Guidry
549.22
5
Jim Palmer
546.92
6
Steve Rogers
538.48
7
Frank Tanana
537.08
8
Vida Blue
536.27
9
Bert Blyleven
535.23
10
Dennis Leonard
533.61
11
Nolan Ryan
532.75
12
Steve Carlton
532.15
13
Dave Goltz
524.57
14
Don Sutton
524.51
15
Burt Hooton
518.76
16
Dennis Eckersley
518.73
17
Rick Reuschel
517.32
18
Jon Matlack
501.3
19
John Candelaria
499.7
20
Luis Tiant
498.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Gaylord Perry
496.95
22
Mike Torrez
494.6
23
Paul Splittorff
487.13
24
Jerry Koosman
481.7
25
Bob Forsch
481.62
26
Ed Figueroa
480.09
27
Ed Halicki
479.6
28
John Montefusco
478.73
29
Bob Knepper
476.2
30
Fred Norman
476.15
31
Larry Christenson
474.44
32
Fergie Jenkins
472.98
33
Rick Wise
469.54
34
Tommy John
468.67
35
Mike Flanagan
468.66
36
Dock Ellis
462.83
37
Jim Rooker
459.98
38
Randy Jones
459.77
39
Mike Caldwell
457.71
40
John Denny
455.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jim Slaton
452.8
42
Dick Ruthven
452.2
43
Doug Rau
451.14
44
Pat Zachry
450.41
45
Eric Rasmussen
449.18
46
Craig Swan
448.78
47
Steve Stone
448.08
48
Lary Sorensen
446.22
49
Bill Bonham
445.45
50
Francisco Barrios
443.5
51
Ross Grimsley
443.31
52
Rudy May
442.68
53
Rick Rhoden
441.01
54
Bob Owchinko
439.96
55
Ken Kravec
437.16
56
Mark Lemongello
436.81
57
Dave Rozema
436.2
58
Geoff Zahn
435.72
59
Jim Barr
431.88
60
Jesse Jefferson
431.24
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Doyle Alexander
428.38
62
Catfish Hunter
428.24
63
Rick Waits
427.92
64
Rich Gale
423.34
65
Don Gullett
422.12
66
Nino Espinosa
420.65
67
Bob Shirley
416.41
68
Milt Wilcox
414.98
69
Don Aase
413.55
70
Jim Lonborg
413.34
71
Jerry Augustine
413.27
72
Rick Langford
412.69
73
Doc Medich
411.06
74
Matt Keough
410.88
75
Jim Bibby
409.98
76
Bill Lee
409.27
77
Ray Burris
408.1
78
Jack Billingham
407.94
79
Steve Renko
407.31
80
Dennis Lamp
407.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Joaquin Andujar
406.76
82
Tom Underwood
406.15
83
Glenn Abbott
404.27
84
Jim Colborn
401.93
85
Scott McGregor
400.79
86
John Henry Johnson
399.56
87
Wayne Garland
399.1
88
Jim Kaat
395.79
89
Dave Lemanczyk
393.24
90
Joe Niekro
393.03
91
Don Robinson
392.96
92
Chris Knapp
392.77
93
Jerry Garvin
391.66
94
Jerry Reuss
390.84
95
Roger Erickson
390.46
96
Preston Hanna
389.6
97
Jim Clancy
388.24
98
Woodie Fryman
388.14
99
Wayne Twitchell
387.92
100
Pete Vuckovich
385.23
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Paul Moskau
383.64
102
Randy Lerch
381.6
103
Dennis Martinez
380.85
104
Wilbur Wood
379.92
105
Ken Brett
379.59
106
Paul Mitchell
376.34
107
Dave Roberts
375.76
108
Paul Thormodsgard
375.38
109
Mike Paxton
374.73
110
Jim Wright
374.17
111
Larry Gura
373.28
112
Bill Travers
369.33
113
Silvio Martinez
368.57
114
Floyd Bannister
367.79
115
Pete Falcone
367.41
116
Hal Dues
365.54
117
Dick Tidrow
363.99
118
Pete Broberg
362.48
119
Mike Krukow
361.04
120
Tom Dixon
357.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Moose Haas
356.72
122
Nelson Briles
356.44
123
David Clyde
356.03
124
Dan Schatzeder
355.17
125
Rick Honeycutt
354.47
126
Balor Moore
352.57
127
Don Hood
352.48
128
Dave Frost
352.11
129
Tom Hume
352.11
130
Jim Beattie
351.72
131
Mickey Mahler
351.09
132
Gary Serum
350.79
133
Darrell Jackson
347.78
134
Andy Hassler
346.22
135
Dick Pole
344.92
136
Dave Freisleben
342.3
137
Steve Baker
336.15
138
Bob Sykes
335.79
139
John Urrea
334.17
140
Alan Wirth
330.95
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Allen Ripley
330.39
142
Andy Replogle
326.83
143
Kip Young
326.65
144
Ron Schueler
326.23
145
Jim Umbarger
325.9
146
Larry McWilliams
325.42
147
Mike Bruhert
324.2
148
Bruce Kison
323.56
149
Kevin Kobel
323.45
150
Rick Camp
322.07
151
Pete Redfern
321.32
152
Paul Hartzell
321.02
153
Adrian Devine
320.87
154
Mark Fidrych
320.5
155
Eddie Solomon
319.45
156
Tom Hausman
317.76
157
Steve Comer
317.48
158
Bob Welch
316.59
159
Mike Parrott
316.27
160
Tommy Boggs
315.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Manny Sarmiento
315.13
162
Tom House
314.78
163
Andy Messersmith
314.07
164
Byron McLaughlin
313.39
165
Mike Proly
313.06
166
Vern Ruhle
311.84
167
Mike LaCoss
311.75
168
Ken Clay
311.02
169
Stan Perzanowski
309.25
170
Doug Bird
308.42
171
Aurelio Lopez
308.01
172
Joe Kerrigan
307.32
173
Paul Mirabella
305.54
174
Stan Bahnsen
305.03
175
John Caneira
304.78
176
Ken Holtzman
304.46
177
Jamie Easterly
304.19
178
Eduardo Rodriguez
303.38
179
Tom Burgmeier
302.83
180
Dwight Bernard
302.65
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Pablo Torrealba
302.18
182
Dave Rajsich
301.6
183
Marty Pattin
301.21
184
Tom Griffin
301.1
185
Jack Morris
300.87
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