Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
570.33
2
Nolan Ryan
513.43
3
Tom Seaver
509.46
4
Bert Blyleven
505.81
5
Don Sutton
499.43
6
Ron Guidry
498.43
7
Steve Rogers
493.1
8
Dennis Leonard
485.89
9
Larry Gura
485.77
10
Phil Niekro
485.41
11
Dennis Eckersley
479.79
12
Len Barker
477.06
13
Jack Morris
475.85
14
Rick Langford
472.71
15
Vida Blue
472.13
16
Britt Burns
470.25
17
Matt Keough
468.89
18
Burt Hooton
468.89
19
Rick Reuschel
468.58
20
Scott McGregor
466.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Mike Norris
466.13
22
Tommy John
463.14
23
Steve McCatty
462.32
24
Scott Sanderson
461.59
25
Ken Forsch
460.19
26
Jim Bibby
459.88
27
Mike Flanagan
457.66
28
Milt Wilcox
456.91
29
Jerry Reuss
455.49
30
Bob Forsch
455.37
31
Joe Niekro
454.25
32
Pete Vuckovich
452.49
33
Jim Palmer
447.99
34
Moose Haas
444.73
35
Jerry Koosman
444.06
36
Frank Tanana
443.75
37
Mike Caldwell
443.49
38
Gaylord Perry
443.36
39
Fergie Jenkins
443.04
40
Bill Gullickson
441.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Lary Sorensen
440.29
42
Floyd Bannister
439.21
43
Dave Stieb
434.41
44
Bob Knepper
431.99
45
Doc Medich
431.32
46
Steve Stone
430.23
47
Rick Honeycutt
429.47
48
Bob Welch
425.53
49
Dennis Martinez
423.5
50
Doyle Alexander
423.48
51
Dick Ruthven
422.58
52
Fernando Valenzuela
421.27
53
Paul Splittorff
420.19
54
Roger Erickson
419.33
55
Jon Matlack
418.61
56
Ed Whitson
417.21
57
Steve Trout
416.7
58
Mario Soto
416.56
59
John Candelaria
415.88
60
Frank Pastore
415.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Richard Dotson
414.5
62
Tom Underwood
414.48
63
Geoff Zahn
411.01
64
Rick Waits
407.09
65
Mike Krukow
406.3
66
Mike Torrez
406.09
67
Ross Baumgarten
405.99
68
Tommy Boggs
405.83
69
Brian Kingman
404.0
70
Dan Schatzeder
402.96
71
Dan Petry
402.43
72
Rudy May
401.82
73
Pat Zachry
396.01
74
Rich Gale
395.68
75
Ray Burris
395.15
76
Rick Wise
394.82
77
Jim Clancy
393.73
78
Larry Christenson
391.38
79
Glenn Abbott
386.52
80
Danny Darwin
385.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Silvio Martinez
384.63
82
Steve Mura
378.24
83
Steve Renko
375.63
84
Rick Rhoden
373.65
85
Vern Ruhle
371.92
86
Bruce Berenyi
368.28
87
Don Robinson
367.18
88
Pete Redfern
366.0
89
John Denny
365.09
90
Lynn McGlothen
363.92
91
Tom Griffin
363.4
92
Albert Williams
361.22
93
Dave Goltz
360.77
94
Randy Jones
360.55
95
Dave Righetti
359.31
96
Jackson Todd
358.46
97
Mike Witt
357.77
98
Juan Eichelberger
357.47
99
Chris Welsh
356.89
100
John Tudor
356.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Slaton
355.45
102
Mark Bomback
355.45
103
Craig Swan
355.23
104
Eddie Solomon
355.23
105
Allen Ripley
354.2
106
John Montefusco
353.14
107
Mike Scott
352.15
108
Bill Travers
350.32
109
Ken Kravec
347.53
110
Fernando Arroyo
343.96
111
John Curtis
343.52
112
John Martin
342.38
113
Luis Leal
340.98
114
Mike LaCoss
340.11
115
Bob Walk
339.77
116
Mike Parrott
336.74
117
Charlie Lea
334.73
118
Marty Bystrom
333.52
119
Ed Lynch
333.3
120
Bob Ojeda
333.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jim Beattie
332.43
122
Randy Martz
329.65
123
Jerry Don Gleaton
329.16
124
J.R. Richard
329.13
125
Doug Bird
329.04
126
Pascual Perez
326.54
127
Greg Harris
325.76
128
Dennis Lamp
325.54
129
Randy Lerch
325.27
130
Brian Allard
324.8
131
Rick Mahler
324.65
132
Wayne Garland
323.73
133
Dave Rozema
323.51
134
Juan Berenguer
321.44
135
Bob Shirley
320.67
136
Bryan Clark
319.91
137
Nino Espinosa
318.75
138
Steve Crawford
318.45
139
Ken Clay
317.73
140
Andy Rincon
317.68
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Mike Jones
316.64
142
Dave Frost
315.2
143
Joaquin Andujar
313.54
144
Dan Spillner
313.35
145
Odell Jones
313.25
146
Pete Falcone
312.86
147
Darrell Jackson
311.57
148
Brad Havens
309.93
149
Rod Scurry
309.14
150
Bill Caudill
309.01
151
Terry Leach
307.69
152
Luis Tiant
307.46
153
Gene Nelson
307.46
154
Tim Lollar
307.18
155
Jesse Jefferson
306.87
156
Aurelio Lopez
303.99
157
Sammy Stewart
303.12
158
Gary Lavelle
302.65
159
Jay Howell
302.42
160
Rick Sutcliffe
302.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Francisco Barrios
302.02
162
Mike Griffin
301.93
163
La Marr Hoyt
300.94
164
Steve Bedrosian
300.89
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