Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Steve Carlton
600.46
2
J.R. Richard
569.38
3
Don Sutton
540.9
4
Steve Rogers
535.23
5
Dennis Leonard
530.83
6
Phil Niekro
529.88
7
Tom Seaver
523.74
8
Dennis Eckersley
523.53
9
Ron Guidry
519.54
10
Mike Norris
508.09
11
Bert Blyleven
506.63
12
Nolan Ryan
505.77
13
Jerry Koosman
504.33
14
Larry Gura
502.09
15
Fergie Jenkins
499.43
16
Tommy John
498.21
17
Rick Langford
497.93
18
Steve Stone
496.78
19
Rick Reuschel
496.49
20
Scott McGregor
493.4
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Burt Hooton
490.29
22
Floyd Bannister
489.38
23
Matt Keough
488.87
24
Pete Vuckovich
487.02
25
Mike Flanagan
486.35
26
Vida Blue
485.7
27
Moose Haas
485.36
28
John Candelaria
477.98
29
Jim Bibby
477.26
30
Bob Forsch
476.46
31
Gaylord Perry
476.28
32
Jim Palmer
474.75
33
Mike Caldwell
471.98
34
Frank Tanana
471.93
35
Len Barker
471.7
36
Scott Sanderson
471.12
37
Jack Morris
469.08
38
Tom Underwood
467.6
39
Britt Burns
462.8
40
Rick Waits
461.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Craig Swan
459.5
42
Luis Tiant
458.27
43
Joe Niekro
456.21
44
Roger Erickson
455.31
45
Lary Sorensen
454.95
46
Jerry Reuss
454.12
47
Milt Wilcox
453.9
48
Dan Schatzeder
453.12
49
Paul Splittorff
453.01
50
Jim Clancy
452.24
51
Steve McCatty
451.64
52
Geoff Zahn
450.06
53
Jon Matlack
449.69
54
Bob Welch
448.38
55
Rich Gale
446.95
56
Dave Goltz
445.7
57
Ken Forsch
444.09
58
Dick Ruthven
442.34
59
Dave Stieb
441.05
60
Ed Whitson
440.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Rick Wise
440.1
62
Mike Krukow
438.74
63
Mike Torrez
438.04
64
Bill Travers
437.98
65
Randy Jones
437.31
66
Ross Baumgarten
435.91
67
Rick Honeycutt
434.41
68
Don Robinson
434.3
69
Doyle Alexander
434.01
70
Dennis Martinez
432.03
71
Brian Kingman
430.05
72
Doc Medich
429.88
73
Bob Knepper
429.68
74
Frank Pastore
427.34
75
Bill Gullickson
424.86
76
Richard Dotson
423.09
77
John Fulgham
422.21
78
Steve Trout
420.18
79
Pat Zachry
419.45
80
Rudy May
417.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Glenn Abbott
416.97
82
Vern Ruhle
415.98
83
Ken Kravec
414.55
84
John Denny
414.47
85
John Curtis
414.39
86
Lynn McGlothen
413.45
87
Dennis Lamp
413.42
88
Tommy Boggs
413.17
89
Steve Renko
408.38
90
Dan Petry
407.89
91
Darrell Jackson
405.54
92
Silvio Martinez
404.53
93
John Montefusco
402.94
94
Randy Lerch
401.63
95
Mike LaCoss
401.37
96
Rick Matula
399.45
97
Steve Mura
396.53
98
Larry McWilliams
395.58
99
Dan Spillner
395.36
100
David Palmer
391.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jim Beattie
390.08
102
Rick Rhoden
388.07
103
Pete Falcone
387.17
104
Ray Burris
386.99
105
Bob Walk
386.85
106
Jim Slaton
386.61
107
Dave Frost
386.09
108
Larry Christenson
385.53
109
Bob Stanley
385.14
110
Alfredo Martinez
383.69
111
Mario Soto
377.34
112
Charlie Leibrandt
376.98
113
Bill Lee
375.7
114
Bill Bonham
375.04
115
Bob Sykes
374.69
116
Bruce Kison
373.85
117
Eddie Solomon
372.66
118
Allen Ripley
372.14
119
Mark Bomback
371.7
120
Charlie Lea
371.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Rob Dressler
369.89
122
Ed Halicki
369.77
123
Wayne Garland
369.76
124
Don Aase
369.52
125
Mike Parrott
368.8
126
Paul Moskau
368.1
127
John Tudor
367.81
128
Eric Rasmussen
367.74
129
Bob Owchinko
366.04
130
Dave Rozema
364.58
131
Gary Lucas
363.67
132
Rick Sutcliffe
361.7
133
Renie Martin
358.76
134
Nino Espinosa
358.37
135
Chris Knapp
355.29
136
Ross Grimsley
354.92
137
Steve Comer
354.82
138
Reggie Cleveland
354.22
139
Chuck Rainey
352.1
140
Jackson Todd
351.99
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Alan Hargesheimer
351.35
142
Fred Norman
351.06
143
Jesse Jefferson
350.58
144
Joe Price
350.35
145
Joaquin Andujar
349.7
146
La Marr Hoyt
349.28
147
Juan Eichelberger
348.08
148
Ed Figueroa
347.95
149
Jim Kaat
347.01
150
Marty Bystrom
346.58
151
Paul Mitchell
346.04
152
Bob Shirley
345.46
153
Fernando Arroyo
343.08
154
Bob McClure
339.64
155
Doug Capilla
338.49
156
Rich Wortham
338.3
157
Albert Williams
337.95
158
Andy Rincon
336.89
159
Dick Drago
336.12
160
Pete Redfern
335.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Ken Clay
332.29
162
Jim Rooker
332.18
163
Paul Mirabella
331.92
164
John Pacella
330.56
165
Al Olmsted
329.71
166
Roy Lee Jackson
329.26
167
John Butcher
329.12
168
Mark Fidrych
327.73
169
Joey McLaughlin
327.51
170
Randy Martz
325.03
171
Dave LaRoche
322.72
172
Mike Scott
322.67
173
Tom Griffin
321.51
174
Ed Lynch
320.48
175
Luis Leal
320.02
176
Dave Lemanczyk
317.6
177
Gordie Pladson
317.17
178
Ralph Botting
316.72
179
Jack Kucek
316.67
180
Don Kainer
316.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Dan Larson
315.88
182
Don Hood
314.12
183
John Martin
312.66
184
Steve Crawford
312.65
185
Jim Barr
312.27
186
Charlie Hough
312.26
187
Steve Busby
312.02
188
Bob Ojeda
310.15
189
Jeff Little
309.56
190
Tom Tellmann
309.5
191
Roger Weaver
309.29
192
Preston Hanna
307.28
193
Bruce Robbins
305.35
194
Jim Dorsey
305.29
195
Keith Macwhorter
305.2
196
Bob Ferris
305.1
197
George Stablein
303.89
198
Dave LaPoint
303.24
199
Bill Bordley
302.44
200
Guy Hoffman
302.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Bill Caudill
301.54
202
Bruce Berenyi
301.41
203
Randy Niemann
300.07
204
Mike Griffin
300.03
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