Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
579.47
2
Tom Seaver
517.14
3
Don Sutton
513.33
4
Bert Blyleven
512.1
5
Nolan Ryan
506.93
6
Dennis Leonard
505.4
7
Ron Guidry
503.99
8
Larry Gura
497.96
9
Jack Morris
493.76
10
Phil Niekro
492.47
11
Steve Rogers
490.08
12
Dennis Eckersley
486.94
13
Rick Reuschel
485.14
14
Mike Norris
484.73
15
Steve McCatty
482.6
16
Britt Burns
480.92
17
Tommy John
480.74
18
Rick Langford
475.67
19
Burt Hooton
474.22
20
Vida Blue
473.31
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Matt Keough
471.12
22
Joe Niekro
469.84
23
Dave Stieb
468.65
24
Ken Forsch
467.99
25
Bob Forsch
462.88
26
Jerry Reuss
462.82
27
Pete Vuckovich
462.5
28
Scott McGregor
461.96
29
Len Barker
461.65
30
Scott Sanderson
459.5
31
Milt Wilcox
459.34
32
Jim Bibby
454.88
33
Bob Knepper
453.48
34
Mike Flanagan
452.91
35
Fernando Valenzuela
452.14
36
Dennis Martinez
449.97
37
Lary Sorensen
448.28
38
Rick Honeycutt
448.22
39
Moose Haas
445.07
40
Mike Caldwell
445.02
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jerry Koosman
443.97
42
Fergie Jenkins
441.16
43
Bill Gullickson
439.56
44
Doyle Alexander
437.48
45
Frank Tanana
436.83
46
Gaylord Perry
436.78
47
Steve Stone
436.66
48
Floyd Bannister
436.18
49
Jim Palmer
435.21
50
Bob Welch
429.43
51
Doc Medich
429.26
52
Dan Petry
429.08
53
Geoff Zahn
428.91
54
Frank Pastore
424.1
55
Steve Trout
423.96
56
Rudy May
422.7
57
Mario Soto
421.13
58
Dick Ruthven
419.33
59
Tommy Boggs
415.9
60
Paul Splittorff
415.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jon Matlack
414.81
62
Jim Clancy
414.7
63
Roger Erickson
414.33
64
Mike Krukow
414.12
65
Ed Whitson
413.73
66
Mike Torrez
413.57
67
Ross Baumgarten
411.3
68
Richard Dotson
411.01
69
John Candelaria
410.88
70
Tom Underwood
409.48
71
Pat Zachry
405.78
72
Glenn Abbott
404.84
73
John Denny
402.59
74
Rick Waits
400.39
75
Dave Righetti
398.38
76
Brian Kingman
397.53
77
Danny Darwin
395.45
78
Dan Schatzeder
395.42
79
Ray Burris
395.04
80
Rick Wise
394.83
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Vern Ruhle
392.23
82
Rich Gale
392.18
83
Tom Griffin
391.69
84
Bruce Berenyi
389.49
85
Larry Christenson
386.88
86
Steve Mura
385.82
87
Silvio Martinez
383.43
88
Steve Renko
379.3
89
Mike Scott
378.03
90
Rick Rhoden
373.84
91
Juan Eichelberger
371.32
92
Albert Williams
371.24
93
Pete Redfern
368.84
94
Bob Ojeda
368.04
95
Luis Leal
367.53
96
Mike Witt
365.38
97
Dave Goltz
364.9
98
Eddie Solomon
363.66
99
Don Robinson
362.18
100
Fernando Arroyo
359.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Slaton
359.16
102
Lynn McGlothen
358.92
103
John Martin
358.35
104
Ken Kravec
358.08
105
Doug Bird
355.96
106
Chris Welsh
355.27
107
Randy Jones
354.66
108
Jackson Todd
353.46
109
Jim Beattie
352.47
110
John Tudor
352.36
111
Mark Bomback
350.45
112
Craig Swan
350.23
113
Dennis Lamp
349.14
114
John Montefusco
348.14
115
Allen Ripley
347.62
116
Ed Lynch
346.0
117
Bill Travers
345.32
118
Randy Lerch
344.28
119
Mike Jones
343.37
120
Brad Havens
343.07
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Juan Berenguer
341.57
122
Rick Mahler
340.35
123
John Curtis
338.52
124
Charlie Lea
336.94
125
Dickie Noles
336.92
126
Mike LaCoss
336.73
127
Greg Harris
336.0
128
Randy Martz
335.24
129
Bob Walk
334.77
130
Ken Clay
333.01
131
Mike Parrott
332.99
132
Odell Jones
331.65
133
Darrell Jackson
331.2
134
Luis Tiant
330.74
135
Pascual Perez
328.92
136
Marty Bystrom
328.52
137
Jerry Don Gleaton
328.15
138
Joaquin Andujar
326.42
139
Mike Griffin
323.95
140
Bob Stoddard
323.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Charlie Hough
321.1
142
Charlie Leibrandt
320.38
143
Dave Rozema
320.01
144
Brian Allard
319.8
145
Dave Frost
319.75
146
Larry McWilliams
319.23
147
Wayne Garland
318.73
148
Tim Lollar
316.51
149
Atlee Hammaker
316.22
150
Mark Davis
316.2
151
Pete Falcone
315.87
152
Bob Shirley
315.67
153
Bryan Clark
314.91
154
Bruce Hurst
314.89
155
Tom Brennan
314.18
156
Steve Crawford
313.45
157
Andy Rincon
312.68
158
Nino Espinosa
311.73
159
Bill Lee
310.32
160
Dan Spillner
310.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
J.R. Richard
309.13
162
Stan Bahnsen
308.89
163
Fred Kuhaulua
308.75
164
Jerry Ujdur
308.74
165
Bruce Kison
307.48
166
Dan Larson
307.16
167
Sammy Stewart
307.06
168
Billy Smith
306.45
169
Rod Scurry
305.64
170
Steve Fireovid
304.52
171
Bill Caudill
304.01
172
Don Cooper
303.95
173
Bobby Castillo
303.71
174
Bob Stanley
303.28
175
Jim Wright
302.98
176
Angel Moreno
302.98
177
Terry Leach
302.69
178
Mark Littell
302.57
179
Gene Nelson
302.46
180
Ed Figueroa
302.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
George Cappuzzello
302.01
182
Jesse Jefferson
301.87
183
Bob Long
301.64
184
Paul Moskau
300.95
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