Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Dwight Gooden
579.42
2
Dave Stieb
577.16
3
Fernando Valenzuela
558.2
4
Bert Blyleven
550.79
5
Jack Morris
543.04
6
John Tudor
541.53
7
Mario Soto
538.11
8
Charlie Hough
530.54
9
Dan Petry
514.3
10
Ron Guidry
511.65
11
Mike Witt
510.61
12
Tom Seaver
507.02
13
Nolan Ryan
506.45
14
Joaquin Andujar
503.3
15
Rick Sutcliffe
500.03
16
Dennis Eckersley
498.8
17
Mike Boddicker
489.38
18
Don Sutton
487.22
19
Orel Hershiser
484.1
20
Doyle Alexander
483.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Bob Welch
482.29
22
Oil Can Boyd
481.52
23
John Denny
479.76
24
Joe Niekro
479.07
25
Frank Tanana
477.51
26
Phil Niekro
477.36
27
Bryn Smith
477.13
28
Floyd Bannister
476.39
29
Mike Moore
474.42
30
Bruce Hurst
472.37
31
Bret Saberhagen
471.69
32
Danny Darwin
470.49
33
Rick Rhoden
470.31
34
La Marr Hoyt
469.88
35
Mike Krukow
469.27
36
Mike Smithson
469.17
37
Jerry Reuss
468.52
38
Shane Rawley
468.47
39
Ron Darling
468.45
40
Steve Carlton
468.38
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Bud Black
468.03
42
Frank Viola
467.81
43
Eric Show
466.89
44
Britt Burns
463.25
45
Charlie Leibrandt
462.7
46
Walt Terrell
461.07
47
Bill Gullickson
460.3
48
Scott Sanderson
457.84
49
Rick Mahler
455.45
50
Danny Cox
455.45
51
Dave LaPoint
453.49
52
Bob Knepper
452.67
53
Mike Scott
452.2
54
Dave Dravecky
448.75
55
Storm Davis
446.39
56
Ray Burris
442.52
57
Moose Haas
438.54
58
Tom Browning
437.95
59
Richard Dotson
437.19
60
Mark Langston
436.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ed Whitson
433.78
62
Jose DeLeon
433.36
63
Steve Trout
433.31
64
Tim Lollar
432.72
65
John Butcher
431.79
66
Mark Gubicza
430.32
67
Jim Clancy
429.83
68
Joe Hesketh
428.56
69
Al Nipper
427.8
70
Ron Romanick
427.03
71
Sid Fernandez
426.43
72
Charles Hudson
423.46
73
Larry McWilliams
423.46
74
Chris Codiroli
423.17
75
Jerry Koosman
422.05
76
Jimmy Key
421.93
77
Andy Hawkins
421.82
78
Danny Jackson
419.41
79
Neal Heaton
419.3
80
Scott McGregor
419.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Rick Honeycutt
418.58
82
Matt Young
418.04
83
Rick Reuschel
416.86
84
Steve Bedrosian
415.42
85
Milt Wilcox
414.8
86
Ed Lynch
414.64
87
Roger Clemens
413.91
88
Jay Tibbs
413.47
89
Jim Beattie
411.85
90
Kevin Gross
409.45
91
Bob Ojeda
407.17
92
Kurt Kepshire
406.97
93
Atlee Hammaker
406.66
94
Ken Schrom
406.15
95
Geoff Zahn
405.7
96
Luis Leal
405.55
97
Bill Laskey
404.24
98
Dennis Rasmussen
402.64
99
Kirk McCaskill
400.39
100
Teddy Higuera
400.31
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Pascual Perez
400.06
102
Tim Birtsas
397.9
103
Mark Thurmond
396.95
104
Joe Cowley
389.35
105
Ray Fontenot
386.44
106
Juan Berenguer
384.5
107
Dennis Martinez
381.12
108
Jim Gott
380.44
109
David Palmer
380.36
110
Bruce Berenyi
380.04
111
Jim Slaton
378.08
112
Steve Rogers
378.01
113
Mike Mason
376.99
114
Len Barker
376.2
115
Tommy John
374.72
116
Dick Ruthven
371.87
117
Zane Smith
369.74
118
Rick Aguilera
366.83
119
Joe Price
365.39
120
Pete Vuckovich
362.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Randy O'Neal
360.14
122
Ken Dixon
358.98
123
Bill Krueger
358.05
124
Lee Tunnell
357.88
125
Mike Flanagan
356.15
126
Bob Forsch
355.62
127
Tom Filer
351.8
128
Burt Hooton
350.71
129
Craig McMurtry
350.65
130
Bill Swift
348.8
131
Andy McGaffigan
348.13
132
Frank Wills
347.48
133
Dan Schatzeder
343.61
134
Vida Blue
342.67
135
Urbano Lugo
340.03
136
Vern Ruhle
338.67
137
Gene Nelson
338.22
138
Ramon Romero
337.62
139
Joe Johnson
333.93
140
Roy Smith
333.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Tom Waddell
333.5
142
Floyd Youmans
331.74
143
John Candelaria
329.87
144
Steve McCatty
329.5
145
Marty Bystrom
328.32
146
Dickie Noles
326.78
147
Mickey Mahler
325.46
148
Jaime Cocanower
324.19
149
Rick Camp
324.05
150
Joel Davis
324.01
151
Bob Shirley
323.54
152
Jose Rijo
321.53
153
Curt Wardle
320.79
154
Bruce Kison
320.69
155
Jim Winn
319.49
156
Don Robinson
319.47
157
Frank Pastore
318.46
158
Derek Botelho
315.95
159
Jay Baller
315.73
160
Ron Robinson
315.62
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Terry Leach
315.02
162
Jerry Reed
314.62
163
Steve Engel
314.39
164
Don Schulze
313.68
165
Bob Walk
313.11
166
John Stuper
313.04
167
Steve Shields
312.47
168
Ron Musselman
312.37
169
Ed Wojna
310.45
170
Ron Mathis
310.3
171
Roy Lee Jackson
309.78
172
Mike Trujillo
309.66
173
Glen Cook
309.36
174
Charlie Lea
308.83
175
Dave Stewart
308.18
176
Chris Welsh
307.43
177
Jamie Easterly
306.9
178
Dan Spillner
305.49
179
Lary Sorensen
303.63
180
Jeff Russell
303.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Steve Mura
303.23
182
Pete Filson
303.06
183
Jeff Heathcock
301.18
184
Brian Snyder
301.13
185
Steve Farr
301.08
186
Mark Portugal
300.41
187
Bill Latham
300.07
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