Please help support the Day by Day Database with a donation during the Baseball Musings Pledge Drive.

Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

Enter morning of date, then click Submit to see pitchers ranked.

Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Steve Carlton	585.84
2	J.R. Richard	581.13
3	Don Sutton	528.83
4	Ron Guidry	527.34
5	Larry Gura	525.46
6	Phil Niekro	524.58
7	Dennis Eckersley	515.44
8	Dennis Leonard	512.62
9	Fergie Jenkins	510.52
10	Steve Rogers	508.61
11	Nolan Ryan	507.42
12	Mike Flanagan	504.24
13	Bert Blyleven	503.78
14	Rick Langford	497.57
15	Rick Reuschel	494.29
16	Burt Hooton	493.65
17	Steve Stone	489.57
18	Jerry Koosman	488.96
19	Moose Haas	488.34
20	John Candelaria	487.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	486.62
22	Jim Palmer	486.4
23	Mike Norris	485.85
24	Tommy John	482.83
25	Tom Seaver	482.2
26	Jim Bibby	481.89
27	Bob Forsch	480.13
28	Pete Vuckovich	478.29
29	Craig Swan	477.68
30	Scott McGregor	474.38
31	Mike Caldwell	474.34
32	Matt Keough	474.0
33	Floyd Bannister	460.98
34	Frank Tanana	460.8
35	Milt Wilcox	460.79
36	Vida Blue	458.73
37	Rich Gale	458.38
38	Mike Torrez	454.98
39	Randy Jones	453.37
40	Rick Waits	452.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jack Morris	450.56
42	Bill Travers	450.31
43	Luis Tiant	449.27
44	Rick Wise	449.16
45	Tom Underwood	448.74
46	Scott Sanderson	446.81
47	Dave Stieb	445.58
48	Joe Niekro	444.29
49	Jerry Reuss	443.52
50	Len Barker	441.84
51	Bob Knepper	441.06
52	Ed Whitson	439.07
53	Lary Sorensen	438.81
54	Doyle Alexander	438.48
55	Ken Forsch	438.32
56	Britt Burns	437.59
57	Jon Matlack	437.05
58	Dave Goltz	436.49
59	Geoff Zahn	436.07
60	Paul Splittorff	435.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Honeycutt	433.94
62	Mike Krukow	432.01
63	Ross Baumgarten	431.63
64	Brian Kingman	430.54
65	Jim Clancy	429.31
66	John Fulgham	428.89
67	Dennis Lamp	426.93
68	John Denny	426.22
69	Ken Kravec	426.18
70	Dennis Martinez	424.64
71	John Montefusco	422.67
72	Bob Welch	421.64
73	Dan Schatzeder	419.38
74	Dick Ruthven	417.98
75	Steve Trout	415.94
76	Steve McCatty	415.31
77	Doc Medich	412.5
78	Don Robinson	411.19
79	Silvio Martinez	409.3
80	Roger Erickson	407.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Frank Pastore	407.41
82	Pat Zachry	406.47
83	Randy Lerch	406.47
84	Dan Petry	406.27
85	Glenn Abbott	404.87
86	Steve Renko	401.05
87	Richard Dotson	400.72
88	Jim Slaton	398.36
89	Lynn McGlothen	398.11
90	Dave Frost	397.99
91	Bob Stanley	396.89
92	Mike LaCoss	392.23
93	Larry McWilliams	390.17
94	Ray Burris	390.05
95	Pete Falcone	389.42
96	Bill Bonham	386.79
97	Darrell Jackson	386.13
98	Bruce Kison	385.6
99	Ed Halicki	385.21
100	Rick Matula	385.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Eddie Solomon	383.91
102	Charlie Leibrandt	382.49
103	Don Aase	381.27
104	Bob Sykes	380.72
105	Bill Lee	380.51
106	Jim Beattie	380.09
107	John Curtis	379.79
108	Steve Mura	379.0
109	Dan Spillner	377.75
110	Tommy Boggs	377.33
111	David Palmer	376.07
112	Gary Lucas	375.42
113	Eric Rasmussen	375.39
114	Rick Sutcliffe	372.81
115	Dave Rozema	371.88
116	Rudy May	370.43
117	Mark Bomback	370.36
118	Bob Walk	369.3
119	Mike Parrott	367.08
120	Steve Comer	366.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	364.29
122	Reggie Cleveland	364.08
123	Chuck Rainey	363.85
124	Vern Ruhle	363.08
125	Allen Ripley	362.48
126	Wayne Garland	359.87
127	Ross Grimsley	359.46
128	Charlie Lea	357.3
129	Renie Martin	357.05
130	Chris Knapp	356.92
131	Bob Owchinko	356.65
132	Nino Espinosa	356.33
133	Jim Kaat	355.98
134	Larry Christenson	355.28
135	Bill Gullickson	353.71
136	Rich Wortham	350.05
137	Ed Figueroa	349.65
138	Paul Moskau	348.07
139	Fred Norman	346.13
140	Pete Redfern	344.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Rooker	343.93
142	Paul Mirabella	343.9
143	Rick Rhoden	339.96
144	John Pacella	338.91
145	Alfredo Martinez	338.54
146	John Tudor	335.8
147	Fernando Arroyo	335.79
148	Doug Capilla	335.77
149	Dave LaRoche	331.99
150	Mario Soto	329.89
151	Joe Price	329.85
152	Dave Lemanczyk	329.35
153	Jack Kucek	328.7
154	Juan Eichelberger	328.5
155	Alan Hargesheimer	328.33
156	Dan Larson	327.38
157	Roy Lee Jackson	327.28
158	Bob Shirley	326.85
159	Paul Mitchell	326.27
160	La Marr Hoyt	322.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Ojeda	321.4
162	Joaquin Andujar	321.4
163	Rob Dressler	321.29
164	Gordie Pladson	318.36
165	Bruce Robbins	317.1
166	Steve Busby	315.25
167	Bill Bordley	314.19
168	Bill Caudill	313.29
169	Bruce Berenyi	313.16
170	Mike Griffin	311.78
171	Jackson Todd	310.21
172	Jim Barr	309.61
173	Rickey Keeton	307.94
174	Pat Underwood	307.51
175	Charlie Hough	306.8
176	Roger Weaver	306.23
177	Don Hood	305.99
178	Sammy Stewart	305.26
179	Mark Fidrych	305.11
180	Skip Lockwood	304.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Balor Moore	304.2
182	Mike Proly	303.99
183	Luis Leal	303.85
184	Jim Otten	303.63
185	Dave Roberts	303.18
186	Tom Hausman	303.12
187	Hal Dues	302.65
188	Jeff Stember	302.11
189	Joey McLaughlin	301.24
190	Kevin Kobel	300.89

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711. Newer data was purchased from Baseball Info Solutions.

Baseball Musings home
Day by Day Database

None