Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Gaylord Perry
599.98
2
Nolan Ryan
599.3
3
Bert Blyleven
572.13
4
Fergie Jenkins
571.55
5
Luis Tiant
561.02
6
Tom Seaver
560.99
7
Jon Matlack
558.18
8
Catfish Hunter
554.55
9
Phil Niekro
551.62
10
Andy Messersmith
548.44
11
Don Sutton
532.7
12
Steve Carlton
530.63
13
Mickey Lolich
523.38
14
Don Wilson
513.96
15
Bob Gibson
512.75
16
Ross Grimsley
511.9
17
Vida Blue
510.99
18
Mike Cuellar
510.98
19
Don Gullett
509.91
20
Wilbur Wood
506.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Jerry Koosman
502.97
22
Carl Morton
500.83
23
Dock Ellis
500.76
24
Jim Palmer
498.17
25
Jack Billingham
496.94
26
Ken Holtzman
491.63
27
Steve Busby
488.42
28
Pat Dobson
488.29
29
Joe Coleman
485.76
30
Dave McNally
484.78
31
Tommy John
484.76
32
Jim Rooker
484.52
33
Doc Medich
481.44
34
Jim Perry
479.46
35
Dave Roberts
478.65
36
Jim Barr
475.62
37
Jim Kaat
474.06
38
Clay Kirby
471.88
39
Fred Norman
470.02
40
Steve Renko
468.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jerry Reuss
466.36
42
Paul Splittorff
465.04
43
Jim Lonborg
462.8
44
Jim Slaton
461.31
45
Joe Decker
461.2
46
Bill Lee
461.05
47
Rick Reuschel
459.95
48
Bill Singer
459.24
49
Dick Ruthven
456.69
50
Jim Bibby
454.18
51
Ken Brett
453.43
52
Reggie Cleveland
449.43
53
Lynn McGlothen
446.81
54
Larry Dierker
444.27
55
Rick Wise
443.51
56
John D'Acquisto
443.47
57
Randy Jones
441.05
58
Mel Stottlemyre
440.89
59
Nelson Briles
440.09
60
Ron Reed
439.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Tom Bradley
438.73
62
Bill Bonham
438.18
63
Steve Rogers
434.9
64
Fritz Peterson
434.6
65
Rudy May
433.4
66
Buzz Capra
432.64
67
Claude Osteen
432.56
68
Jim Colborn
430.4
69
Clyde Wright
429.79
70
Frank Tanana
429.12
71
John Curtis
428.95
72
Dick Tidrow
426.54
73
Stan Bahnsen
424.71
74
Mike Torrez
424.66
75
Alan Foster
423.73
76
Bill Greif
422.93
77
Tom Griffin
421.83
78
Bruce Dal Canton
420.85
79
Dave Freisleben
420.22
80
Al Downing
420.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Al Fitzmorris
417.11
82
Ron Schueler
415.86
83
Doug Rau
415.5
84
Woodie Fryman
413.03
85
Sonny Siebert
410.37
86
Mike Caldwell
409.14
87
Ron Bryant
406.67
88
Dick Drago
406.12
89
Ernie McAnally
405.29
90
Marty Pattin
404.39
91
Dennis Blair
403.51
92
Roger Moret
402.9
93
Jackie Brown
402.62
94
Burt Hooton
400.54
95
Juan Marichal
399.64
96
Lerrin LaGrow
399.18
97
Andy Hassler
397.02
98
Bill Champion
388.41
99
Bart Johnson
384.23
100
Steve Stone
383.83
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Steve Hargan
383.58
102
Roric Harrison
381.18
103
Wayne Twitchell
379.41
104
Vic Albury
373.45
105
Dave Hamilton
371.85
106
Dan Spillner
371.72
107
Steve Arlin
371.24
108
Kevin Kobel
370.58
109
Bill Hands
369.93
110
Bob Moose
369.55
111
Sam McDowell
368.15
112
Dick Lange
367.63
113
Dave Goltz
364.78
114
Dick Bosman
364.21
115
Larry Demery
362.93
116
Ed Figueroa
361.79
117
Bob Forsch
360.28
118
David Clyde
358.58
119
Harry Parker
355.21
120
Bruce Kison
354.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Tom Carroll
352.76
122
Roger Nelson
351.82
123
Dick Woodson
350.78
124
Glenn Abbott
350.71
125
Steve Kline
349.78
126
Ed Sprague
349.38
127
Blue Moon Odom
349.23
128
George Stone
347.65
129
Geoff Zahn
342.49
130
Ray Corbin
339.84
131
Bill Stoneman
339.35
132
Ray Sadecki
336.64
133
Ed Halicki
335.08
134
Bill Butler
334.79
135
Balor Moore
333.94
136
Ken Frailing
333.78
137
Bob Apodaca
331.64
138
Tom Walker
330.95
139
Doyle Alexander
330.53
140
J.R. Richard
327.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Charlie Williams
325.67
142
Eduardo Rodriguez
323.75
143
Larry Gura
322.8
144
Tug McGraw
322.2
145
Jack Kucek
320.95
146
Wayne Garland
319.77
147
Dave Pagan
317.94
148
Fred Holdsworth
316.61
149
Lew Krausse
316.59
150
Bob Johnson
315.16
151
Lowell Palmer
315.08
152
Tom Dettore
313.34
153
Jim Todd
312.32
154
Jim Kern
312.23
155
Dave Lemanczyk
311.13
156
Paul Siebert
309.56
157
Lindy McDaniel
309.37
158
Luke Walker
306.99
159
Dave LaRoche
306.4
160
Herb Hutson
302.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Clay Carroll
302.41
162
Skip Lockwood
302.38
163
Joe McIntosh
302.37
164
Max Leon
301.73
165
Darold Knowles
301.04
166
Dave Giusti
300.76
167
Vicente Romo
300.64
168
Skip Pitlock
300.37
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