Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
589.58
2
J.R. Richard
577.38
3
Don Sutton
530.94
4
Larry Gura
528.81
5
Phil Niekro
525.15
6
Dennis Eckersley
523.91
7
Ron Guidry
519.78
8
Nolan Ryan
514.72
9
Dennis Leonard
513.73
10
Rick Reuschel
507.96
11
Steve Rogers
507.77
12
Bert Blyleven
507.17
13
Fergie Jenkins
502.17
14
Rick Langford
501.46
15
Burt Hooton
501.26
16
Mike Flanagan
500.15
17
Scott McGregor
495.27
18
Mike Norris
494.82
19
Gaylord Perry
493.75
20
Steve Stone
493.02
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Tom Seaver
491.9
22
Bob Forsch
489.93
23
John Candelaria
487.35
24
Moose Haas
486.67
25
Jerry Koosman
482.92
26
Tommy John
482.3
27
Jim Palmer
479.61
28
Pete Vuckovich
472.64
29
Vida Blue
471.75
30
Craig Swan
467.5
31
Matt Keough
466.12
32
Floyd Bannister
465.76
33
Jim Bibby
464.66
34
Len Barker
464.38
35
Milt Wilcox
461.75
36
Frank Tanana
461.49
37
Jack Morris
461.05
38
Mike Caldwell
458.96
39
Tom Underwood
455.83
40
Rich Gale
455.76
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Scott Sanderson
455.34
42
Luis Tiant
452.96
43
Britt Burns
452.65
44
Rick Waits
452.27
45
Jerry Reuss
450.4
46
Dave Stieb
449.42
47
Rick Wise
448.74
48
Mike Torrez
448.56
49
Jon Matlack
448.53
50
Joe Niekro
448.51
51
Geoff Zahn
448.06
52
Ed Whitson
446.78
53
Randy Jones
445.31
54
Bill Travers
445.16
55
Doyle Alexander
444.68
56
Paul Splittorff
439.7
57
Ken Forsch
438.57
58
Jim Clancy
437.52
59
Lary Sorensen
436.32
60
Dave Goltz
435.27
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Dick Ruthven
435.18
62
Dennis Lamp
434.8
63
Mike Krukow
433.9
64
Brian Kingman
433.87
65
Dan Schatzeder
433.68
66
Bob Knepper
433.02
67
Roger Erickson
432.48
68
Ross Baumgarten
430.07
69
John Fulgham
429.46
70
Steve McCatty
428.32
71
Bob Welch
424.92
72
Rick Honeycutt
423.68
73
Ken Kravec
422.55
74
John Denny
422.47
75
Steve Trout
420.56
76
Dennis Martinez
419.67
77
Steve Renko
419.1
78
John Montefusco
418.92
79
Don Robinson
418.92
80
Randy Lerch
409.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Pat Zachry
408.91
82
Silvio Martinez
407.92
83
Doc Medich
403.39
84
Richard Dotson
403.27
85
Dan Petry
402.93
86
Frank Pastore
402.78
87
Glenn Abbott
399.58
88
Mike LaCoss
398.15
89
Lynn McGlothen
398.08
90
Dan Spillner
396.69
91
Darrell Jackson
395.29
92
Jim Slaton
394.61
93
Dave Frost
394.24
94
Bob Stanley
393.14
95
Tommy Boggs
388.25
96
Larry McWilliams
388.06
97
John Curtis
387.93
98
Rick Matula
387.88
99
Pete Falcone
386.67
100
Vern Ruhle
386.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Beattie
386.2
102
Ray Burris
385.58
103
Bill Bonham
383.04
104
Bob Sykes
382.86
105
Rudy May
382.71
106
Bruce Kison
381.85
107
Ed Halicki
381.46
108
Eddie Solomon
380.66
109
Steve Mura
380.18
110
Charlie Leibrandt
378.75
111
Don Aase
377.52
112
Bill Lee
376.76
113
Bill Gullickson
375.81
114
Mark Bomback
374.91
115
David Palmer
372.32
116
Gary Lucas
371.67
117
Eric Rasmussen
371.64
118
Rick Sutcliffe
369.2
119
Paul Moskau
369.15
120
Dave Rozema
368.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Allen Ripley
365.5
122
Bob Walk
364.98
123
Wayne Garland
364.5
124
Charlie Lea
363.53
125
Rick Rhoden
363.45
126
Mike Parrott
363.33
127
Steve Comer
362.82
128
Reggie Cleveland
362.22
129
Chris Knapp
361.89
130
Chuck Rainey
360.1
131
Ross Grimsley
359.96
132
Larry Christenson
359.8
133
Alfredo Martinez
358.94
134
Jesse Jefferson
358.08
135
Fred Norman
357.52
136
John Tudor
354.7
137
Renie Martin
353.3
138
Bob Owchinko
353.16
139
Nino Espinosa
352.55
140
Ed Figueroa
350.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Jim Kaat
346.65
142
Rich Wortham
346.3
143
Fernando Arroyo
344.41
144
Doug Capilla
342.57
145
Paul Mitchell
341.73
146
Pete Redfern
340.51
147
Jim Rooker
340.18
148
Paul Mirabella
340.15
149
Rob Dressler
339.62
150
Alan Hargesheimer
339.43
151
Joaquin Andujar
337.42
152
Roy Lee Jackson
335.76
153
John Pacella
335.16
154
Joe Price
334.91
155
Mario Soto
334.63
156
Dave LaRoche
329.72
157
La Marr Hoyt
328.79
158
Jackson Todd
328.32
159
Juan Eichelberger
328.0
160
Gordie Pladson
325.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dave Lemanczyk
325.6
162
Jack Kucek
324.67
163
Don Hood
324.25
164
Bob Shirley
324.09
165
Dan Larson
323.88
166
Ken Clay
323.77
167
Charlie Hough
319.76
168
Steve Busby
319.52
169
Bob Ojeda
318.15
170
Jim Barr
314.62
171
Bruce Robbins
313.35
172
Bill Bordley
310.44
173
Bill Caudill
309.54
174
Bruce Berenyi
309.41
175
Mike Griffin
308.03
176
Joey McLaughlin
306.6
177
Albert Williams
306.45
178
Mark Fidrych
305.6
179
Pat Underwood
305.26
180
Bruce Hurst
304.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Rickey Keeton
304.19
182
Jerry Ujdur
303.86
183
Roger Weaver
302.73
184
Mike Proly
301.74
185
Sammy Stewart
301.51
186
Skip Lockwood
301.21
187
Balor Moore
300.45
188
Luis Leal
300.1
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