Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Bob Gibson
641.92
2
Luis Tiant
589.21
3
Juan Marichal
579.46
4
Denny McLain
575.55
5
Dean Chance
560.78
6
Sam McDowell
559.82
7
Gaylord Perry
556.66
8
Fergie Jenkins
551.91
9
Tom Seaver
534.68
10
Bob Veale
533.63
11
Don Drysdale
530.79
12
Dave McNally
523.98
13
Sonny Siebert
516.85
14
Jim Bunning
516.6
15
Chris Short
510.51
16
Mel Stottlemyre
509.56
17
Tommy John
509.23
18
Jim Kaat
503.14
19
Earl Wilson
502.92
20
George Brunet
502.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Larry Jackson
500.94
22
Joe Horlen
498.61
23
Jim Nash
498.24
24
Don Wilson
495.16
25
Jim Maloney
495.12
26
Gary Peters
494.76
27
Pat Jarvis
490.72
28
Mike Cuellar
488.39
29
Ray Sadecki
487.99
30
Jim Hardin
487.83
31
Tom Phoebus
487.44
32
Mickey Lolich
487.42
33
Phil Niekro
487.22
34
Jim Merritt
485.81
35
Bill Singer
483.04
36
Catfish Hunter
482.35
37
Denny Lemaster
481.45
38
Steve Carlton
479.47
39
Jerry Koosman
478.26
40
Dave Giusti
478.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Dave Boswell
477.95
42
Chuck Dobson
475.81
43
Gary Bell
474.2
44
Nelson Briles
468.0
45
Mike McCormick
467.03
46
Milt Pappas
466.44
47
Claude Osteen
461.39
48
Woodie Fryman
456.81
49
Ray Washburn
454.98
50
Jim McGlothlin
453.31
51
Ken Holtzman
452.27
52
Steve Hargan
449.23
53
Don Sutton
448.79
54
Ken Johnson
447.97
55
Stan Bahnsen
447.88
56
Bill Hands
447.88
57
Camilo Pascual
447.39
58
Jim Lonborg
442.34
59
Gary Nolan
441.86
60
Fritz Peterson
441.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Blue Moon Odom
436.22
62
Dick Ellsworth
432.02
63
Joe Sparma
430.67
64
Larry Dierker
428.01
65
Al Downing
427.42
66
Ray Culp
427.01
67
Jose Santiago
425.11
68
Sammy Ellis
420.63
69
Rich Nye
419.66
70
Rick Wise
418.95
71
Phil Ortega
414.62
72
Steve Barber
413.29
73
Joe Coleman
412.6
74
Gerry Arrigo
411.2
75
Rickey Clark
409.55
76
Steve Blass
409.5
77
George Culver
409.06
78
Lew Krausse
407.91
79
Jack Fisher
407.15
80
Don Cardwell
406.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Al McBean
404.33
82
Nolan Ryan
402.95
83
Joe Niekro
402.94
84
Ron Reed
402.25
85
Jim Perry
401.31
86
Tommie Sisk
400.5
87
Dick Hughes
399.17
88
Tom Murphy
398.12
89
Dick Selma
393.15
90
Tony Cloninger
392.82
91
Bob Moose
392.49
92
Stan Williams
391.96
93
Larry Jaster
391.22
94
Bobby Bolin
382.9
95
Dave Leonhard
371.93
96
Mike Kekich
367.52
97
Mel Queen
366.88
98
Barry Moore
366.77
99
Jim Hannan
365.0
100
Gene Brabender
364.01
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Frank Bertaina
363.31
102
Jeff James
361.55
103
Juan Pizarro
355.92
104
Bob Priddy
353.25
105
Fred Talbot
344.12
106
Cisco Carlos
343.67
107
Gary Waslewski
342.89
108
Wally Bunker
342.21
109
Mudcat Grant
341.5
110
Dick Kelley
339.21
111
John Hiller
338.5
112
Lee Stange
336.59
113
Dave Morehead
335.59
114
Pat Dobson
331.8
115
Al Jackson
331.2
116
Clyde Wright
330.22
117
Bill Monbouquette
325.79
118
Bruce Howard
324.7
119
Jim Britton
323.72
120
George Stone
322.17
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Dock Ellis
321.45
122
Jim McAndrew
321.42
123
Gary Ross
318.78
124
Bill Harrelson
317.17
125
Jack Hamilton
317.15
126
John Buzhardt
316.76
127
Mel Nelson
316.53
128
Dick Bosman
315.5
129
Joe Verbanic
313.46
130
Jim Ray
312.79
131
Jack Billingham
309.5
132
Grant Jackson
307.3
133
Danny Frisella
306.63
134
Jim Roland
306.6
135
Jerry Johnson
306.55
136
Vicente Romo
306.16
137
Jerry Stephenson
306.01
138
Wilbur Wood
304.25
139
Tom Hall
303.27
140
Daryl Patterson
302.43
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Bob Lee
301.03
142
Danny Lazar
300.63
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