Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Tom Seaver
639.67
2
Fergie Jenkins
604.4
3
Bob Gibson
590.16
4
Mickey Lolich
573.98
5
Gaylord Perry
558.16
6
Jim Palmer
555.16
7
Vida Blue
552.75
8
Don Wilson
551.85
9
Don Sutton
545.78
10
Mike Cuellar
543.82
11
Joe Coleman
541.8
12
Clay Kirby
535.82
13
Wilbur Wood
535.11
14
Dave McNally
533.89
15
Catfish Hunter
532.79
16
Fritz Peterson
532.6
17
Sam McDowell
532.6
18
Gary Nolan
526.87
19
Juan Marichal
526.38
20
Mel Stottlemyre
519.77
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Pat Dobson
519.56
22
Phil Niekro
519.36
23
Sonny Siebert
516.37
24
Ray Culp
515.64
25
Bert Blyleven
514.86
26
Bill Stoneman
513.16
27
Steve Blass
512.99
28
Bill Hands
508.75
29
Rick Wise
507.53
30
Andy Messersmith
507.16
31
Steve Carlton
505.85
32
Larry Dierker
503.04
33
Dave Roberts
502.26
34
Clyde Wright
501.48
35
Marty Pattin
501.41
36
Gary Gentry
497.71
37
Dick Drago
492.97
38
Al Downing
492.86
39
Stan Bahnsen
492.45
40
Jerry Koosman
491.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Dock Ellis
490.82
42
Milt Pappas
488.57
43
Jim Kaat
487.96
44
Ken Holtzman
484.11
45
Rudy May
482.21
46
Tommy John
481.65
47
Dick Bosman
480.49
48
Jim Perry
480.12
49
Jim McGlothlin
477.54
50
Claude Osteen
476.99
51
Tom Bradley
471.05
52
Steve Renko
468.22
53
Bob Johnson
467.15
54
Bill Singer
466.04
55
Jack Billingham
464.8
56
Chuck Dobson
462.9
57
Ron Reed
462.25
58
Don Gullett
459.84
59
Steve Kline
458.68
60
Gary Peters
458.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Tom Murphy
456.77
62
Pat Jarvis
449.8
63
Luke Walker
444.07
64
George Stone
443.37
65
Skip Lockwood
442.58
66
Bill Parsons
438.1
67
Barry Lersch
437.87
68
Mike Hedlund
436.87
69
Steve Arlin
436.14
70
Reggie Cleveland
436.05
71
Ken Forsch
433.02
72
Ray Sadecki
431.31
73
Chris Short
430.34
74
Lew Krausse
426.61
75
Jerry Reuss
424.92
76
Diego Segui
421.75
77
Bob Moose
420.29
78
Denny McLain
418.56
79
Carl Morton
415.45
80
Ernie McAnally
415.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Nolan Ryan
414.21
82
Paul Splittorff
413.97
83
Alan Foster
413.71
84
Les Cain
413.69
85
Blue Moon Odom
413.02
86
Tom Phoebus
412.11
87
Jim Lonborg
412.02
88
John Cumberland
411.22
89
Ross Grimsley
409.78
90
Jim McAndrew
407.38
91
Fred Norman
399.5
92
Tom Kelley
398.87
93
Jim Bunning
397.81
94
Pete Broberg
396.73
95
Wayne Simpson
396.51
96
Wade Blasingame
396.03
97
Jim Nash
395.96
98
Joe Horlen
395.1
99
Steve Dunning
394.41
100
Jim Merritt
394.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Woodie Fryman
393.23
102
Jim Slaton
390.39
103
Juan Pizarro
387.82
104
Bill Gogolewski
386.25
105
Dean Chance
383.3
106
Joe Niekro
381.67
107
Ray Lamb
381.4
108
Ken Reynolds
381.29
109
Mike Kekich
377.93
110
Ron Bryant
375.38
111
Bart Johnson
373.9
112
Nelson Briles
373.9
113
Bruce Dal Canton
373.88
114
Bruce Kison
364.78
115
Steve Stone
364.44
116
Steve Hargan
363.22
117
Jim Rooker
363.07
118
Luis Tiant
362.27
119
Tom Hall
359.72
120
Wally Bunker
354.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Roger Moret
354.59
122
Al Fitzmorris
353.95
123
Doyle Alexander
352.01
124
John Strohmayer
351.75
125
Mike Kilkenny
349.37
126
Ray Corbin
349.16
127
Don Carrithers
348.58
128
Tony Cloninger
348.2
129
Ed Acosta
340.27
130
Casey Cox
339.62
131
Ken Wright
338.13
132
Jim Shellenback
337.87
133
Vince Colbert
335.24
134
Grant Jackson
334.18
135
Rich Hand
333.79
136
Bill Champion
333.17
137
Rickey Clark
332.7
138
Burt Hooton
331.8
139
Mike Paul
330.17
140
Jerry Janeski
328.8
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Mike Nagy
327.24
142
Mike Torrez
327.11
143
J.R. Richard
326.04
144
Rollie Fingers
325.48
145
Marcelino Lopez
324.37
146
Danny Coombs
324.2
147
Steve Luebber
324.03
148
Mike Thompson
322.14
149
Dave Leonhard
321.89
150
Jon Matlack
321.12
151
John Curtis
319.22
152
Chris Zachary
318.65
153
Monty Montgomery
316.86
154
Pete Hamm
315.85
155
Jim Maloney
315.79
156
Frank Reberger
314.88
157
Scipio Spinks
314.34
158
Ron Cook
313.15
159
Tom Timmermann
311.39
160
Joe Decker
311.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jackie Brown
310.66
162
Al Santorini
310.05
163
Charlie Williams
310.02
164
Mike Garman
309.85
165
Terry Forster
308.96
166
Jim Hardin
308.73
167
Jim Britton
308.65
168
Daryl Patterson
308.51
169
Fred Scherman
308.12
170
Gary Neibauer
307.31
171
Bill Gilbreth
307.28
172
Tug McGraw
306.54
173
Bill Butler
305.18
174
Rich Robertson
304.7
175
Lance Clemons
303.72
176
Dan McGinn
302.31
177
Ken Brett
302.23
178
Bob O'Brien
302.14
179
Eddie Fisher
301.58
180
Jay Franklin
300.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Wayne Twitchell
300.15
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