Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
588.87
2
Gaylord Perry
588.15
3
Catfish Hunter
583.05
4
Bert Blyleven
580.23
5
Andy Messersmith
573.6
6
Jim Palmer
569.61
7
Frank Tanana
553.04
8
Fergie Jenkins
549.01
9
Don Sutton
548.01
10
Nolan Ryan
543.29
11
Vida Blue
532.65
12
Jon Matlack
525.24
13
Jerry Reuss
523.8
14
Phil Niekro
521.71
15
Steve Busby
521.0
16
Steve Carlton
513.5
17
Jim Kaat
510.72
18
Don Gullett
509.68
19
Randy Jones
504.23
20
Mike Cuellar
499.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Ken Holtzman
497.43
22
Luis Tiant
497.05
23
Burt Hooton
494.32
24
Jim Rooker
488.68
25
Rick Reuschel
484.88
26
Bill Lee
484.33
27
Jerry Koosman
483.73
28
Rudy May
482.95
29
Mickey Lolich
482.75
30
Wilbur Wood
480.4
31
Doc Medich
479.61
32
Doug Rau
478.48
33
Steve Rogers
475.3
34
Mike Torrez
474.74
35
Lynn McGlothen
474.65
36
Carl Morton
473.26
37
John Montefusco
471.59
38
Ross Grimsley
468.73
39
Jim Barr
468.67
40
Larry Dierker
468.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Pat Dobson
464.93
42
Ron Reed
464.84
43
Fred Norman
464.39
44
Rick Wise
463.65
45
Dave Goltz
461.62
46
Bob Forsch
454.42
47
Dock Ellis
454.15
48
Al Fitzmorris
451.94
49
Jack Billingham
451.43
50
Steve Renko
450.31
51
Jim Colborn
448.68
52
Jim Lonborg
446.18
53
Jim Slaton
445.51
54
Dave Roberts
444.25
55
Steve Stone
443.39
56
Paul Splittorff
441.63
57
Bill Bonham
441.51
58
Dennis Eckersley
438.66
59
Ed Figueroa
434.46
60
Gary Nolan
434.1
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jim Bibby
432.04
62
Bob Gibson
431.04
63
Clay Kirby
430.86
64
Woodie Fryman
428.68
65
Ed Halicki
427.75
66
Reggie Cleveland
425.97
67
Dennis Blair
424.84
68
Joe Coleman
424.8
69
Fritz Peterson
424.35
70
Claude Osteen
423.53
71
Bruce Kison
421.06
72
Ken Brett
420.85
73
Jim Perry
420.27
74
Nelson Briles
418.9
75
Dennis Leonard
417.84
76
Tom Underwood
417.79
77
Dave McNally
416.78
78
Jim Hughes
416.02
79
Stan Bahnsen
415.7
80
Pete Falcone
414.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Buzz Capra
412.18
82
Steve Hargan
410.6
83
John Curtis
410.1
84
Dave Freisleben
405.61
85
Vern Ruhle
404.82
86
Larry Christenson
402.96
87
Dick Bosman
402.19
88
John Candelaria
401.42
89
Ray Burris
399.02
90
J.R. Richard
394.74
91
Lerrin LaGrow
391.49
92
Dan Warthen
390.94
93
Joe Decker
388.76
94
Joe McIntosh
387.91
95
Bill Singer
387.68
96
Dan Spillner
386.28
97
Mike Caldwell
385.3
98
Ray Bare
384.16
99
Bill Hands
383.53
100
Roger Moret
383.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
John Denny
382.48
102
Randy Tate
382.09
103
Bill Travers
381.66
104
Pete Broberg
380.0
105
Pat Darcy
379.22
106
Doug Konieczny
378.48
107
Brent Strom
377.43
108
Andy Hassler
376.04
109
Jackie Brown
375.85
110
Sonny Siebert
375.81
111
Roric Harrison
375.29
112
Clyde Wright
374.06
113
Al Downing
372.85
114
Wayne Twitchell
372.65
115
Tom Griffin
372.4
116
Larry Gura
370.76
117
Marty Pattin
368.81
118
Jesse Jefferson
361.37
119
Rich Folkers
359.91
120
Don Carrithers
355.47
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Glenn Abbott
354.98
122
Vic Albury
353.14
123
Eric Rasmussen
352.88
124
John D'Acquisto
351.65
125
Hank Webb
350.91
126
Bill Champion
350.74
127
Jim Umbarger
350.53
128
Bruce Dal Canton
349.91
129
Don Hood
348.95
130
Doyle Alexander
340.61
131
Alan Foster
339.86
132
Dick Pole
337.82
133
Eric Raich
337.3
134
Don Wilson
331.97
135
Ron Schueler
331.79
136
Tom Hausman
330.81
137
Mike Thompson
329.86
138
Stan Perzanowski
328.72
139
Ken Forsch
325.74
140
Tom Bradley
325.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Rick Waits
324.69
142
Tom Walker
324.56
143
Rick Rhoden
323.07
144
George Stone
322.23
145
Wayne Simpson
321.86
146
Craig Swan
319.49
147
Mike Cosgrove
319.44
148
Geoff Zahn
319.4
149
Jamie Easterly
319.29
150
Joe Niekro
318.52
151
Tom Dettore
318.15
152
Tom Carroll
316.72
153
Fred Scherman
314.82
154
Jim York
314.46
155
Larry Demery
313.05
156
Jim Kern
311.79
157
Ed Sprague
311.73
158
Bill Campbell
311.58
159
Doug Bird
310.99
160
Adrian Devine
309.85
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dick Ruthven
308.69
162
Fernando Arroyo
308.26
163
Blue Moon Odom
308.26
164
Bill Butler
307.97
165
Dick Lange
307.95
166
Ray Corbin
307.91
167
Dave Lemanczyk
307.27
168
Paul Mitchell
305.29
169
Tippy Martinez
304.2
170
Chip Lang
303.26
171
Juan Marichal
303.21
172
Willie Prall
302.79
173
Don Kirkwood
302.66
174
Jerry Johnson
302.56
175
Jim Burton
302.07
176
Ken Kravec
301.67
177
Diego Segui
300.61
178
Lafayette Currence
300.32
179
Terry Forster
300.14
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