Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Mario Soto
568.22
2
Steve Carlton
557.67
3
Jack Morris
557.27
4
Dave Stieb
556.11
5
Nolan Ryan
547.23
6
Steve Rogers
534.9
7
Floyd Bannister
518.63
8
Dave Righetti
514.66
9
Joe Niekro
510.86
10
Bob Welch
508.66
11
Ron Guidry
503.67
12
Don Sutton
501.85
13
La Marr Hoyt
500.11
14
Scott McGregor
495.22
15
Bill Gullickson
494.02
16
Dan Petry
493.32
17
Fernando Valenzuela
493.05
18
Jerry Reuss
489.78
19
Jim Clancy
487.66
20
Joaquin Andujar
484.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Richard Dotson
481.39
22
Larry McWilliams
480.39
23
Rick Sutcliffe
477.97
24
John Candelaria
476.57
25
Moose Haas
475.22
26
Charlie Hough
475.19
27
Rick Rhoden
473.48
28
Charlie Lea
472.83
29
John Denny
472.43
30
Phil Niekro
470.73
31
Mike Krukow
467.14
32
Atlee Hammaker
463.56
33
Ken Forsch
463.37
34
Len Barker
460.39
35
Fergie Jenkins
460.24
36
Milt Wilcox
459.51
37
Luis Leal
458.32
38
John Tudor
458.03
39
Geoff Zahn
456.85
40
Rick Honeycutt
456.35
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Mike Caldwell
455.15
42
Bruce Berenyi
452.26
43
Tim Lollar
450.01
44
Jim Palmer
447.68
45
Dick Ruthven
443.96
46
Gaylord Perry
443.16
47
Tom Seaver
442.54
48
Tommy John
441.08
49
Mike Flanagan
440.99
50
Mike Norris
440.49
51
Bob Knepper
440.36
52
Mike Torrez
440.3
53
Larry Gura
439.02
54
Burt Hooton
437.38
55
Britt Burns
434.35
56
Bobby Castillo
434.35
57
Matt Young
434.22
58
Storm Davis
433.77
59
Shane Rawley
432.72
60
Bob Forsch
431.5
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Albert Williams
431.33
62
Paul Splittorff
429.12
63
Dennis Eckersley
428.93
64
Lary Sorensen
428.45
65
Bill Laskey
428.23
66
Mike Boddicker
426.94
67
Jim Beattie
425.9
68
John Stuper
425.63
69
Scott Sanderson
422.61
70
Eric Show
422.55
71
Frank Tanana
421.89
72
Dave LaPoint
420.46
73
Mike Smithson
419.45
74
Craig McMurtry
418.52
75
Chris Codiroli
418.26
76
Larry Christenson
417.43
77
Dave Dravecky
414.15
78
Vida Blue
414.14
79
Bruce Hurst
411.38
80
Fred Breining
411.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Chuck Rainey
410.07
82
Joe Price
409.2
83
Frank Viola
408.85
84
Bob McClure
408.75
85
Alejandro Pena
408.3
86
Bert Blyleven
408.08
87
Dennis Leonard
407.74
88
Pascual Perez
406.28
89
Jim Gott
406.26
90
Frank Pastore
405.56
91
Steve McCatty
405.46
92
Dennis Martinez
398.26
93
Jose DeLeon
396.98
94
Jerry Koosman
396.89
95
Bruce Kison
395.49
96
Charles Hudson
394.69
97
Bud Black
391.34
98
Mike Witt
391.26
99
Ken Schrom
389.55
100
Steve Trout
389.16
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Juan Berenguer
388.24
102
Bob Ojeda
388.22
103
Danny Darwin
387.87
104
Bob Stoddard
383.9
105
Steve Renko
379.77
106
Mike Moore
379.1
107
Matt Keough
377.62
108
Dickie Noles
377.3
109
Mark Thurmond
375.04
110
Ed Lynch
375.02
111
Chuck Porter
374.42
112
Lee Tunnell
372.96
113
John Montefusco
370.95
114
Mike Scott
370.74
115
Rick Camp
370.55
116
Walt Terrell
367.98
117
Neil Allen
367.47
118
Charlie Puleo
367.03
119
Tim Conroy
366.79
120
Mark Davis
366.26
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Rick Langford
366.24
122
Neal Heaton
365.71
123
Brad Havens
365.09
124
Ray Burris
364.93
125
Dave Rozema
364.61
126
Bill Krueger
364.46
127
Ray Fontenot
363.2
128
Pete Falcone
362.21
129
Kevin Gross
362.11
130
Glenn Abbott
359.72
131
Marty Bystrom
358.55
132
Bryn Smith
357.24
133
Doyle Alexander
356.49
134
Gorman Heimueller
355.39
135
Ed Whitson
354.54
136
Ken Dayley
354.43
137
Mike Brown
353.95
138
Juan Eichelberger
353.41
139
Bob Shirley
352.73
140
Craig Swan
350.78
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Jerry Ujdur
348.98
142
Andy McGaffigan
348.8
143
Oil Can Boyd
346.36
144
Dennis Lamp
344.02
145
Andy Hawkins
343.84
146
Bryan Clark
342.79
147
Mike Madden
342.66
148
Allan Ramirez
341.28
149
Vern Ruhle
340.5
150
Danny Cox
337.89
151
Jay Howell
335.22
152
Jeff Russell
334.23
153
Jon Matlack
332.5
154
Tom Candiotti
332.34
155
Mike LaCoss
330.98
156
Tom Underwood
329.39
157
John Butcher
327.59
158
Bob Gibson
326.08
159
Tom Brennan
324.72
160
Jack O'Connor
324.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Mike Warren
323.54
162
Rick Steirer
322.11
163
Eric Rasmussen
321.73
164
Scott Holman
320.32
165
Pete Vuckovich
317.71
166
Dave Stewart
316.8
167
Larry Pashnick
315.6
168
Doug Bird
314.65
169
John Curtis
310.81
170
Don Robinson
310.72
171
Craig Lefferts
310.15
172
Rich Gale
309.74
173
Renie Martin
309.33
174
Pat Zachry
308.78
175
Keith Creel
308.61
176
Doug Bair
308.13
177
Mike Jeffcoat
306.28
178
Rick Lysander
305.91
179
Greg Bargar
305.76
180
Byron McLaughlin
305.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Tony Ghelfi
304.37
182
Elias Sosa
304.32
183
Jim Acker
304.05
184
Jim Bibby
303.9
185
Steve Comer
302.82
186
Mark Smith
302.29
187
Bill Swaggerty
302.03
188
Rich Bordi
301.82
189
Bill Travers
301.77
190
Tug McGraw
301.63
191
Howard Bailey
301.59
192
John Martin
301.22
193
Paul Moskau
300.5
194
Chris Welsh
300.43
195
Ted Power
300.32
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