Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Mario Soto
566.03
2
Jack Morris
562.63
3
Steve Carlton
557.33
4
Dave Stieb
553.04
5
Floyd Bannister
538.89
6
Nolan Ryan
537.1
7
Steve Rogers
525.83
8
Ron Guidry
525.05
9
Bob Welch
517.08
10
La Marr Hoyt
511.33
11
Richard Dotson
505.6
12
Don Sutton
505.34
13
Fernando Valenzuela
504.02
14
Joe Niekro
503.1
15
Bill Gullickson
499.88
16
Dave Righetti
499.37
17
Jerry Reuss
498.94
18
Scott McGregor
497.29
19
John Candelaria
494.47
20
Dan Petry
493.96
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Charlie Hough
493.67
22
Larry McWilliams
489.8
23
Rick Rhoden
489.16
24
John Denny
488.47
25
Jim Clancy
478.55
26
Moose Haas
477.44
27
Charlie Lea
475.96
28
Joaquin Andujar
473.84
29
Phil Niekro
471.6
30
Luis Leal
468.8
31
Len Barker
468.07
32
Atlee Hammaker
467.79
33
Milt Wilcox
466.72
34
Britt Burns
465.96
35
Bruce Berenyi
465.9
36
Geoff Zahn
464.39
37
Ken Forsch
463.87
38
John Tudor
463.73
39
Mike Boddicker
463.0
40
Tom Seaver
461.16
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Mike Krukow
458.69
42
Rick Sutcliffe
456.06
43
Fergie Jenkins
455.05
44
Tommy John
452.19
45
Dick Ruthven
452.04
46
Tim Lollar
451.07
47
Mike Flanagan
449.42
48
Albert Williams
448.74
49
Jim Beattie
447.84
50
John Stuper
444.85
51
Mike Caldwell
444.81
52
Craig McMurtry
441.86
53
Jim Palmer
441.4
54
Matt Young
439.97
55
Shane Rawley
439.66
56
Gaylord Perry
439.42
57
Paul Splittorff
438.35
58
Rick Honeycutt
438.32
59
Lary Sorensen
437.63
60
Bob Knepper
435.79
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Mike Norris
435.24
62
Burt Hooton
432.38
63
Pascual Perez
432.24
64
Fred Breining
431.83
65
Frank Tanana
431.61
66
Storm Davis
430.64
67
Mike Torrez
429.96
68
Bobby Castillo
429.1
69
Larry Gura
428.87
70
Bob Forsch
428.03
71
Bruce Hurst
426.83
72
Mike Smithson
425.52
73
Alejandro Pena
425.39
74
Dennis Eckersley
424.45
75
Bill Laskey
422.98
76
Bob Ojeda
418.87
77
Scott Sanderson
418.18
78
Eric Show
416.71
79
Charles Hudson
416.16
80
Steve McCatty
416.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Frank Pastore
413.75
82
Jim Gott
413.47
83
Larry Christenson
412.18
84
Dave LaPoint
411.65
85
Jose DeLeon
411.58
86
Dave Dravecky
408.9
87
Vida Blue
408.89
88
Juan Berenguer
408.43
89
Jerry Koosman
407.97
90
Bert Blyleven
407.45
91
Chris Codiroli
406.86
92
Frank Viola
404.46
93
Joe Price
404.24
94
Bud Black
404.04
95
Ken Schrom
403.84
96
Bob McClure
403.5
97
Danny Darwin
402.9
98
Dennis Leonard
402.49
99
Chuck Rainey
399.47
100
Mike Moore
391.71
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Lee Tunnell
391.36
102
Mike Witt
390.3
103
Bruce Kison
390.24
104
Dennis Martinez
390.22
105
Mike Scott
389.99
106
Glenn Abbott
389.22
107
Mark Davis
388.71
108
Mark Thurmond
388.31
109
Steve Trout
387.35
110
Bob Stoddard
383.98
111
Walt Terrell
383.0
112
Ed Whitson
380.55
113
John Montefusco
379.93
114
Bryn Smith
378.07
115
Tim Conroy
377.2
116
Dickie Noles
376.09
117
Chuck Porter
375.89
118
Steve Renko
374.52
119
Neil Allen
373.89
120
Ray Fontenot
373.49
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Matt Keough
372.37
122
Marty Bystrom
370.0
123
Ray Burris
369.9
124
Bob Shirley
368.39
125
Doyle Alexander
366.89
126
Kevin Gross
365.89
127
Andy Hawkins
365.78
128
Rick Camp
365.3
129
Ed Lynch
365.13
130
Bryan Clark
361.16
131
Rick Langford
360.99
132
Charlie Puleo
360.27
133
Neal Heaton
360.14
134
Brad Havens
359.84
135
Dave Rozema
359.36
136
Bill Krueger
359.21
137
Jeff Russell
357.95
138
Gorman Heimueller
357.03
139
Pete Falcone
356.96
140
Danny Cox
355.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Dave Stewart
355.09
142
Mike Warren
353.59
143
Oil Can Boyd
352.87
144
Ken Dayley
352.87
145
Mike Madden
348.98
146
Mike Brown
348.95
147
Juan Eichelberger
348.16
148
Craig Swan
345.53
149
Allan Ramirez
344.48
150
Jerry Ujdur
343.73
151
Andy McGaffigan
343.55
152
Eric Rasmussen
340.92
153
Dennis Lamp
338.77
154
Tom Candiotti
337.23
155
Vern Ruhle
336.39
156
Jay Howell
329.97
157
John Butcher
328.36
158
Jon Matlack
327.25
159
Mike LaCoss
325.73
160
Ron Darling
325.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Bob Gibson
325.49
162
Frank Wills
324.43
163
Tom Underwood
324.14
164
Pete Filson
321.8
165
Pete Vuckovich
321.05
166
Rick Behenna
319.76
167
Tom Brennan
319.47
168
Jack O'Connor
319.28
169
Scott Garrelts
318.68
170
Jay Pettibone
317.15
171
Rick Steirer
316.86
172
Steve Brown
315.88
173
Tony Ghelfi
315.57
174
Scott Holman
315.57
175
Rick Reuschel
314.52
176
Jaime Cocanower
314.41
177
John Curtis
312.05
178
Gene Nelson
310.84
179
Larry Pashnick
310.35
180
Doug Bird
309.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Mark Calvert
309.03
182
Don Robinson
305.47
183
Renie Martin
305.33
184
Craig Lefferts
304.9
185
Keith Creel
304.86
186
Rich Gale
304.49
187
Pat Zachry
304.03
188
Al Nipper
303.92
189
Doug Bair
302.88
190
Rick Lysander
302.53
191
Bill Swaggerty
301.68
192
Mike Jeffcoat
301.03
193
Greg Bargar
300.51
194
Byron McLaughlin
300.34
195
Jim Acker
300.05
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