Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
579.58
2
J.R. Richard
566.88
3
Phil Niekro
559.11
4
Ron Guidry
556.97
5
Jim Palmer
547.18
6
Vida Blue
543.15
7
Steve Rogers
541.12
8
Steve Carlton
540.86
9
Frank Tanana
538.49
10
Bert Blyleven
533.08
11
Nolan Ryan
533.08
12
Dennis Leonard
530.5
13
Dennis Eckersley
526.22
14
Burt Hooton
526.08
15
Dave Goltz
523.3
16
Rick Reuschel
518.15
17
Don Sutton
516.16
18
Jon Matlack
508.23
19
Luis Tiant
507.38
20
John Candelaria
498.7
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Gaylord Perry
498.62
22
Mike Torrez
497.99
23
Paul Splittorff
486.63
24
Ed Figueroa
486.32
25
Ed Halicki
486.07
26
Larry Christenson
485.27
27
Fergie Jenkins
481.97
28
Jerry Koosman
481.69
29
Bob Forsch
479.58
30
John Montefusco
478.73
31
Fred Norman
476.15
32
Tommy John
475.66
33
Mike Flanagan
472.22
34
Bob Knepper
468.59
35
Jim Rooker
466.44
36
Jim Slaton
462.71
37
Randy Jones
461.9
38
Dock Ellis
461.58
39
Rick Wise
461.23
40
Dick Ruthven
457.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Mike Caldwell
457.71
42
John Denny
454.93
43
Doug Rau
454.28
44
Lary Sorensen
453.18
45
Craig Swan
452.23
46
Steve Stone
449.98
47
Pat Zachry
449.16
48
Bill Bonham
447.58
49
Eric Rasmussen
444.13
50
Francisco Barrios
443.75
51
Bob Owchinko
441.81
52
Ross Grimsley
441.59
53
Rudy May
441.43
54
Rick Rhoden
440.76
55
Catfish Hunter
439.85
56
Dave Rozema
436.66
57
Doyle Alexander
435.99
58
Geoff Zahn
435.66
59
Mark Lemongello
433.0
60
Jim Barr
432.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ken Kravec
431.33
62
Rick Waits
430.15
63
Jesse Jefferson
429.71
64
Rich Gale
425.32
65
Don Gullett
420.87
66
Jack Billingham
420.68
67
Jerry Augustine
419.6
68
Rick Langford
419.4
69
Don Aase
417.8
70
Dennis Lamp
415.38
71
Bob Shirley
415.16
72
Milt Wilcox
414.48
73
Nino Espinosa
413.82
74
Matt Keough
413.79
75
Ray Burris
413.31
76
Steve Renko
412.95
77
Jim Lonborg
412.59
78
Doc Medich
410.81
79
John Henry Johnson
407.92
80
Scott McGregor
407.6
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Bill Lee
406.53
82
Jim Bibby
406.45
83
Tom Underwood
405.65
84
Joaquin Andujar
405.51
85
Jim Colborn
403.53
86
Dennis Martinez
402.68
87
Don Robinson
402.6
88
Jim Clancy
400.5
89
Glenn Abbott
399.59
90
Wayne Garland
397.85
91
Chris Knapp
396.25
92
Roger Erickson
395.97
93
Joe Niekro
395.6
94
Jim Kaat
392.8
95
Preston Hanna
392.27
96
Dave Lemanczyk
392.22
97
Jerry Garvin
390.41
98
Paul Moskau
389.61
99
Pete Vuckovich
389.47
100
Jerry Reuss
388.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Wayne Twitchell
386.67
102
Woodie Fryman
386.55
103
Mike Paxton
386.36
104
Randy Lerch
380.67
105
Wilbur Wood
379.09
106
Ken Brett
378.34
107
Larry Gura
378.25
108
Paul Mitchell
375.43
109
Silvio Martinez
375.25
110
Paul Thormodsgard
374.13
111
Jim Wright
373.42
112
Bill Travers
372.61
113
Dave Roberts
371.58
114
Floyd Bannister
366.54
115
Pete Falcone
364.7
116
Hal Dues
364.29
117
Dick Tidrow
363.99
118
Pete Broberg
362.89
119
Mike Krukow
361.99
120
Tom Dixon
357.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
David Clyde
356.03
122
Mickey Mahler
355.95
123
Moose Haas
355.47
124
Nelson Briles
355.19
125
Dan Schatzeder
355.17
126
Rick Honeycutt
353.64
127
Darrell Jackson
351.73
128
Dave Frost
351.61
129
Tom Hume
351.61
130
Jim Beattie
351.3
131
Don Hood
351.23
132
Gary Serum
349.54
133
Andy Hassler
346.22
134
Balor Moore
345.86
135
Dick Pole
343.67
136
Dave Freisleben
342.3
137
Kip Young
337.02
138
Steve Baker
334.9
139
Larry McWilliams
334.81
140
Bob Sykes
334.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Paul Hartzell
333.33
142
John Urrea
332.92
143
Alan Wirth
329.7
144
Allen Ripley
329.14
145
Vern Ruhle
327.74
146
Bob Welch
326.87
147
Andy Replogle
325.58
148
Ron Schueler
325.23
149
Jim Umbarger
324.65
150
Mike LaCoss
324.63
151
Bruce Kison
323.56
152
Mike Bruhert
322.95
153
Kevin Kobel
322.2
154
Byron McLaughlin
321.43
155
Rick Camp
320.82
156
Pete Redfern
320.07
157
Adrian Devine
319.62
158
Mark Fidrych
319.25
159
Tom House
318.29
160
Eddie Solomon
318.2
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Tom Hausman
317.76
162
Tommy Boggs
317.48
163
Steve Comer
316.98
164
Aurelio Lopez
316.49
165
Mike Parrott
315.02
166
Stan Perzanowski
314.52
167
Manny Sarmiento
313.88
168
Mike Proly
313.06
169
Andy Messersmith
312.82
170
Ken Clay
310.27
171
Ken Holtzman
310.22
172
Scott Sanderson
307.37
173
Doug Bird
307.17
174
Joe Kerrigan
306.07
175
Paul Mirabella
304.54
176
Stan Bahnsen
304.28
177
John Caneira
303.53
178
Eduardo Rodriguez
303.23
179
Jamie Easterly
302.94
180
Tom Burgmeier
301.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Al Fitzmorris
301.57
182
Dwight Bernard
301.4
183
Pablo Torrealba
300.93
184
Britt Burns
300.68
185
Dave Rajsich
300.35
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