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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Santana | 559.32 |
| 2 | Pedro Martinez | 539.22 |
| 3 | Randy Johnson | 534.85 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | 522.33 |
| 5 | Roy Oswalt | 505.92 |
| 6 | Carlos Zambrano | 501.51 |
| 7 | Andy Pettitte | 494.98 |
| 8 | Jake Peavy | 494.89 |
| 9 | Chris Carpenter | 493.89 |
| 10 | Mark Buehrle | 493.46 |
| 11 | Freddy Garcia | 486.96 |
| 12 | Jason Schmidt | 484.46 |
| 13 | Ben Sheets | 480.98 |
| 14 | Brandon Webb | 480.83 |
| 15 | Dontrelle Willis | 474.16 |
| 16 | Jose Contreras | 472.02 |
| 17 | Barry Zito | 471.76 |
| 18 | Bartolo Colon | 470.62 |
| 19 | Doug Davis | 468.62 |
| 20 | Jon Garland | 468.32 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Curt Schilling | 467.82 |
| 22 | Tim Wakefield | 467.01 |
| 23 | Mark Prior | 466.02 |
| 24 | Kevin Millwood | 464.98 |
| 25 | John Lackey | 464.75 |
| 26 | CC Sabathia | 462.46 |
| 27 | Josh Beckett | 460.33 |
| 28 | Javier Vazquez | 459.76 |
| 29 | Tim Hudson | 454.71 |
| 30 | Greg Maddux | 452.65 |
| 31 | Brad Radke | 452.28 |
| 32 | Tom Glavine | 452.03 |
| 33 | Mike Mussina | 449.88 |
| 34 | Jeff Weaver | 447.67 |
| 35 | Brett Myers | 446.74 |
| 36 | Mark Mulder | 445.39 |
| 37 | Jeff Suppan | 445.06 |
| 38 | Matt Clement | 442.32 |
| 39 | Livan Hernandez | 440.44 |
| 40 | John Smoltz | 439.78 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Jarrod Washburn | 439.73 |
| 42 | David Wells | 437.93 |
| 43 | Derek Lowe | 437.26 |
| 44 | Kenny Rogers | 434.44 |
| 45 | Jon Lieber | 434.15 |
| 46 | Roy Halladay | 433.49 |
| 47 | Noah Lowry | 432.92 |
| 48 | Cliff Lee | 430.83 |
| 49 | Esteban Loaiza | 429.9 |
| 50 | A.J. Burnett | 428.67 |
| 51 | Matt Morris | 424.8 |
| 52 | Brad Penny | 423.3 |
| 53 | Jamie Moyer | 421.54 |
| 54 | Brett Tomko | 420.69 |
| 55 | Jake Westbrook | 420.25 |
| 56 | Dan Haren | 420.05 |
| 57 | Aaron Harang | 419.45 |
| 58 | Joe Blanton | 418.48 |
| 59 | Bronson Arroyo | 418.18 |
| 60 | Jeremy Bonderman | 415.33 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Ted Lilly | 414.4 |
| 62 | John Patterson | 413.67 |
| 63 | Cory Lidle | 413.23 |
| 64 | Rich Harden | 412.77 |
| 65 | Jason Marquis | 412.47 |
| 66 | Paul Byrd | 412.02 |
| 67 | Oliver Perez | 411.78 |
| 68 | Josh Towers | 408.54 |
| 69 | Vicente Padilla | 407.36 |
| 70 | Brian Lawrence | 407.05 |
| 71 | Mike Maroth | 406.89 |
| 72 | Woody Williams | 405.3 |
| 73 | Nate Robertson | 404.27 |
| 74 | Odalis Perez | 404.26 |
| 75 | Kyle Lohse | 403.73 |
| 76 | Carlos Silva | 402.81 |
| 77 | Jason Johnson | 402.11 |
| 78 | Scott Elarton | 401.64 |
| 79 | John Thomson | 401.18 |
| 80 | Scott Kazmir | 399.66 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Bruce Chen | 399.55 |
| 82 | Daniel Cabrera | 399.18 |
| 83 | Rodrigo Lopez | 397.91 |
| 84 | Tomo Ohka | 397.73 |
| 85 | Kris Benson | 395.02 |
| 86 | Gustavo Chacin | 394.44 |
| 87 | Adam Eaton | 394.36 |
| 88 | Chris Capuano | 393.44 |
| 89 | Kip Wells | 392.6 |
| 90 | Chris Young | 392.56 |
| 91 | Shawn Chacon | 392.04 |
| 92 | Ryan Franklin | 387.08 |
| 93 | Victor Zambrano | 385.62 |
| 94 | Mark Redman | 383.22 |
| 95 | Dave Bush | 379.86 |
| 96 | Jerome Williams | 378.59 |
| 97 | Erik Bedard | 378.57 |
| 98 | Kerry Wood | 378.37 |
| 99 | Eric Milton | 376.74 |
| 100 | Al Leiter | 375.57 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Brandon Claussen | 374.78 |
| 102 | Brandon Backe | 373.92 |
| 103 | Zack Greinke | 373.68 |
| 104 | Joel Pineiro | 369.36 |
| 105 | Jorge Sosa | 368.83 |
| 106 | Shawn Estes | 366.63 |
| 107 | Horacio Ramirez | 366.6 |
| 108 | Mark Hendrickson | 365.06 |
| 109 | Orlando Hernandez | 362.79 |
| 110 | Josh Fogg | 362.65 |
| 111 | Ramon Ortiz | 362.2 |
| 112 | Joe Kennedy | 358.7 |
| 113 | Byung-Hyun Kim | 357.85 |
| 114 | Felix Hernandez | 357.23 |
| 115 | Ervin Santana | 356.31 |
| 116 | Kirk Saarloos | 354.79 |
| 117 | Gil Meche | 354.54 |
| 118 | Jeff Francis | 354.2 |
| 119 | Jason Jennings | 353.86 |
| 120 | Pedro Astacio | 352.19 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Russ Ortiz | 350.63 |
| 122 | Jaret Wright | 349.14 |
| 123 | Jamey Wright | 348.79 |
| 124 | Zach Duke | 348.65 |
| 125 | Jae Seo | 347.92 |
| 126 | Casey Fossum | 347.2 |
| 127 | Mike Hampton | 346.57 |
| 128 | Claudio Vargas | 345.15 |
| 129 | Runelvys Hernandez | 340.11 |
| 130 | Jose Lima | 338.65 |
| 131 | Chien-Ming Wang | 338.44 |
| 132 | Chan Ho Park | 337.03 |
| 133 | Brad Hennessey | 335.78 |
| 134 | Dave Williams | 334.89 |
| 135 | Wandy Rodriguez | 333.6 |
| 136 | Glendon Rusch | 333.01 |
| 137 | Seth McClung | 330.16 |
| 138 | Dennis Houlton | 327.9 |
| 139 | Scott Downs | 325.16 |
| 140 | Carl Pavano | 324.17 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Aaron Cook | 323.87 |
| 142 | Sidney Ponson | 322.41 |
| 143 | Brad Halsey | 321.97 |
| 144 | Victor Santos | 321.74 |
| 145 | Brian Moehler | 321.46 |
| 146 | Doug Waechter | 320.18 |
| 147 | Ryan Drese | 319.48 |
| 148 | Matt Cain | 319.38 |
| 149 | Robinson Tejeda | 318.36 |
| 150 | Jason Vargas | 316.05 |
| 151 | Kelvim Escobar | 312.72 |
| 152 | Rick Helling | 312.4 |
| 153 | Juan Dominguez | 311.76 |
| 154 | Sean Douglass | 311.73 |
| 155 | Kevin Brown | 310.78 |
| 156 | Aaron Small | 309.71 |
| 157 | D.J. Carrasco | 308.67 |
| 158 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 308.38 |
| 159 | Kameron Loe | 308.07 |
| 160 | J.P. Howell | 307.24 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Wade Miller | 306.41 |
| 162 | Brandon McCarthy | 306.16 |
| 163 | Paul Maholm | 305.74 |
| 164 | Joe Mays | 304.21 |
| 165 | Scott Baker | 303.43 |
| 166 | Kyle Davies | 302.84 |
| 167 | Tony Armas Jr. | 301.17 |
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