Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Gaylord Perry
598.54
2
Nolan Ryan
596.21
3
Bert Blyleven
577.67
4
Tom Seaver
560.61
5
Fergie Jenkins
558.95
6
Luis Tiant
556.95
7
Andy Messersmith
555.85
8
Jon Matlack
555.48
9
Phil Niekro
552.67
10
Catfish Hunter
546.54
11
Mickey Lolich
532.59
12
Don Sutton
531.54
13
Steve Carlton
531.4
14
Vida Blue
514.0
15
Don Gullett
508.97
16
Ross Grimsley
507.43
17
Bob Gibson
507.41
18
Don Wilson
506.93
19
Wilbur Wood
504.02
20
Jerry Koosman
501.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Mike Cuellar
501.49
22
Jack Billingham
498.83
23
Carl Morton
496.58
24
Ken Holtzman
493.17
25
Jim Palmer
492.43
26
Dock Ellis
492.27
27
Tommy John
486.01
28
Pat Dobson
485.29
29
Steve Busby
485.13
30
Joe Coleman
482.85
31
Jim Perry
480.57
32
Clay Kirby
479.08
33
Dave Roberts
478.65
34
Jim Rooker
477.7
35
Dave McNally
474.12
36
Fred Norman
471.27
37
Doc Medich
471.06
38
Paul Splittorff
470.33
39
Jerry Reuss
467.96
40
Jim Barr
467.52
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Steve Renko
465.09
42
Rick Reuschel
462.82
43
Bill Lee
461.04
44
Bill Singer
460.49
45
Jim Lonborg
459.89
46
Jim Kaat
458.95
47
Ken Brett
454.68
48
Jim Slaton
452.92
49
Dick Ruthven
452.69
50
Joe Decker
451.33
51
Reggie Cleveland
449.68
52
Jim Bibby
448.99
53
Lynn McGlothen
446.92
54
Rick Wise
444.76
55
Larry Dierker
444.27
56
Mel Stottlemyre
442.14
57
Nelson Briles
441.34
58
Tom Bradley
439.98
59
Rudy May
438.27
60
Randy Jones
435.2
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Claude Osteen
433.81
62
Ron Reed
433.59
63
John D'Acquisto
432.8
64
Buzz Capra
432.64
65
Dick Tidrow
432.46
66
Jim Colborn
431.91
67
Steve Rogers
431.18
68
Clyde Wright
431.04
69
Bill Bonham
429.29
70
John Curtis
428.95
71
Fritz Peterson
428.26
72
Stan Bahnsen
425.96
73
Alan Foster
425.81
74
Frank Tanana
423.55
75
Mike Torrez
423.43
76
Bruce Dal Canton
423.07
77
Bill Greif
421.83
78
Al Downing
421.25
79
Dave Freisleben
420.22
80
Tom Griffin
418.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Ron Schueler
415.86
82
Doug Rau
414.42
83
Sonny Siebert
411.12
84
Al Fitzmorris
407.12
85
Ron Bryant
406.69
86
Ernie McAnally
406.54
87
Roger Moret
406.39
88
Marty Pattin
405.64
89
Mike Caldwell
405.18
90
Woodie Fryman
405.0
91
Juan Marichal
404.28
92
Dennis Blair
402.49
93
Burt Hooton
402.42
94
Lerrin LaGrow
399.18
95
Dick Drago
398.8
96
Jackie Brown
396.1
97
Wayne Twitchell
383.58
98
Bill Champion
382.72
99
Roric Harrison
382.43
100
Steve Stone
379.41
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Andy Hassler
378.12
102
Bart Johnson
375.11
103
Steve Hargan
374.29
104
Dan Spillner
373.96
105
Steve Arlin
372.49
106
Bob Moose
370.8
107
Kevin Kobel
370.69
108
Dave Hamilton
370.18
109
Bill Hands
370.18
110
Sam McDowell
369.4
111
Dick Lange
368.88
112
Dick Bosman
364.21
113
Vic Albury
363.77
114
Larry Demery
363.43
115
David Clyde
358.58
116
Dave Goltz
356.49
117
Harry Parker
356.46
118
Bruce Kison
354.64
119
Roger Nelson
353.07
120
Tom Carroll
352.76
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Dick Woodson
352.03
122
Steve Kline
351.03
123
Ed Sprague
350.63
124
Blue Moon Odom
350.48
125
Ed Figueroa
350.42
126
Glenn Abbott
349.44
127
George Stone
348.9
128
Bob Forsch
346.79
129
Ray Corbin
341.09
130
Bill Stoneman
340.6
131
Geoff Zahn
335.86
132
Ed Halicki
335.33
133
Balor Moore
335.19
134
Ken Frailing
335.03
135
Bill Butler
334.79
136
Bob Apodaca
332.89
137
Doyle Alexander
331.78
138
Ray Sadecki
331.07
139
Tom Walker
330.95
140
Charlie Williams
326.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Tug McGraw
322.45
142
Eduardo Rodriguez
321.03
143
Wayne Garland
321.02
144
Dave Pagan
319.19
145
J.R. Richard
318.18
146
Fred Holdsworth
316.61
147
Bob Johnson
316.41
148
Lowell Palmer
315.83
149
Jack Kucek
315.44
150
Tom Dettore
314.54
151
Jim Todd
313.57
152
Dave Lemanczyk
312.38
153
Lindy McDaniel
310.62
154
Lew Krausse
310.33
155
Larry Gura
309.93
156
Dave LaRoche
307.65
157
Herb Hutson
304.0
158
Clay Carroll
303.66
159
Skip Lockwood
303.63
160
Max Leon
302.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Luke Walker
302.82
162
Darold Knowles
302.29
163
Dave Giusti
302.01
164
Vicente Romo
301.89
165
Skip Pitlock
301.62
166
Jim Kremmel
300.58
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