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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Johnson | 574.73 |
| 2 | Curt Schilling | 550.23 |
| 3 | Pedro Martinez | 544.56 |
| 4 | Jason Schmidt | 543.46 |
| 5 | Johan Santana | 533.23 |
| 6 | Ben Sheets | 518.4 |
| 7 | Roger Clemens | 513.76 |
| 8 | Kerry Wood | 483.6 |
| 9 | Mark Buehrle | 483.15 |
| 10 | Livan Hernandez | 481.29 |
| 11 | Mike Mussina | 479.91 |
| 12 | Carlos Zambrano | 478.53 |
| 13 | Roy Oswalt | 475.67 |
| 14 | Freddy Garcia | 471.27 |
| 15 | Brad Radke | 471.18 |
| 16 | Tim Hudson | 470.71 |
| 17 | Roy Halladay | 468.03 |
| 18 | Oliver Perez | 465.03 |
| 19 | Barry Zito | 464.37 |
| 20 | Jake Peavy | 463.02 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Greg Maddux | 458.93 |
| 22 | Matt Clement | 458.66 |
| 23 | Bartolo Colon | 458.51 |
| 24 | Josh Beckett | 458.0 |
| 25 | Carl Pavano | 454.24 |
| 26 | Ted Lilly | 450.9 |
| 27 | Mark Prior | 450.8 |
| 28 | Al Leiter | 449.51 |
| 29 | John Thomson | 449.05 |
| 30 | CC Sabathia | 447.6 |
| 31 | Woody Williams | 445.53 |
| 32 | Kelvim Escobar | 441.99 |
| 33 | Brandon Webb | 440.71 |
| 34 | Javier Vazquez | 440.57 |
| 35 | Odalis Perez | 438.33 |
| 36 | David Wells | 436.45 |
| 37 | Matt Morris | 434.45 |
| 38 | Jeff Suppan | 434.35 |
| 39 | Doug Davis | 433.75 |
| 40 | Russ Ortiz | 432.92 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Kevin Brown | 431.28 |
| 42 | Derek Lowe | 429.98 |
| 43 | Mark Mulder | 428.02 |
| 44 | Steve Trachsel | 424.29 |
| 45 | Jamie Moyer | 424.06 |
| 46 | Brett Tomko | 424.03 |
| 47 | Brad Penny | 422.95 |
| 48 | Tim Wakefield | 422.21 |
| 49 | Jon Garland | 421.57 |
| 50 | Kevin Millwood | 419.92 |
| 51 | Jeremy Bonderman | 418.71 |
| 52 | Tom Glavine | 417.85 |
| 53 | John Lackey | 416.58 |
| 54 | Mike Hampton | 416.57 |
| 55 | Brian Lawrence | 415.59 |
| 56 | Chris Carpenter | 415.36 |
| 57 | Jake Westbrook | 413.09 |
| 58 | Cory Lidle | 412.75 |
| 59 | Kenny Rogers | 411.77 |
| 60 | Jeff Weaver | 411.25 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Sidney Ponson | 411.2 |
| 62 | Adam Eaton | 410.51 |
| 63 | Esteban Loaiza | 409.18 |
| 64 | Jarrod Washburn | 409.05 |
| 65 | Kip Wells | 408.79 |
| 66 | Jaret Wright | 408.46 |
| 67 | Dontrelle Willis | 407.15 |
| 68 | Jason Jennings | 403.75 |
| 69 | Andy Pettitte | 403.43 |
| 70 | Rich Harden | 403.27 |
| 71 | Bronson Arroyo | 401.35 |
| 72 | Miguel Batista | 401.24 |
| 73 | Joe Kennedy | 400.5 |
| 74 | Mike Maroth | 400.13 |
| 75 | Ryan Franklin | 399.57 |
| 76 | Mark Redman | 399.32 |
| 77 | Vicente Padilla | 399.23 |
| 78 | Randy Wolf | 399.02 |
| 79 | Paul Wilson | 398.86 |
| 80 | Jason Marquis | 397.03 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Darrell May | 394.98 |
| 82 | Rodrigo Lopez | 394.31 |
| 83 | Josh Fogg | 391.97 |
| 84 | Kyle Lohse | 391.42 |
| 85 | Jason Johnson | 390.14 |
| 86 | Eric Milton | 387.78 |
| 87 | Kris Benson | 387.24 |
| 88 | Kirk Rueter | 386.29 |
| 89 | Zack Greinke | 385.67 |
| 90 | Jon Lieber | 385.39 |
| 91 | Tomo Ohka | 382.01 |
| 92 | Ryan Drese | 381.59 |
| 93 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 380.01 |
| 94 | Jose Contreras | 379.89 |
| 95 | Brian Anderson | 379.18 |
| 96 | Shawn Estes | 377.99 |
| 97 | Joel Pineiro | 373.61 |
| 98 | Victor Zambrano | 373.21 |
| 99 | Jerome Williams | 372.99 |
| 100 | Brett Myers | 372.5 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Gil Meche | 371.61 |
| 102 | Carlos Silva | 370.96 |
| 103 | Nate Robertson | 368.64 |
| 104 | Jose Lima | 365.79 |
| 105 | Cliff Lee | 365.24 |
| 106 | Wade Miller | 364.13 |
| 107 | Mark Hendrickson | 363.41 |
| 108 | Scott Elarton | 363.38 |
| 109 | A.J. Burnett | 361.71 |
| 110 | Hideo Nomo | 361.39 |
| 111 | Orlando Hernandez | 360.26 |
| 112 | Aaron Harang | 355.22 |
| 113 | Ismael Valdez | 351.35 |
| 114 | Dave Bush | 346.26 |
| 115 | Daniel Cabrera | 345.03 |
| 116 | Victor Santos | 344.22 |
| 117 | Paul Byrd | 343.85 |
| 118 | Jae Seo | 343.2 |
| 119 | Glendon Rusch | 339.36 |
| 120 | Erik Bedard | 337.59 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Dewon Brazelton | 337.24 |
| 122 | Noah Lowry | 337.21 |
| 123 | Bobby Madritsch | 335.88 |
| 124 | Jimmy Gobble | 334.28 |
| 125 | Aaron Sele | 332.64 |
| 126 | Rob Bell | 332.49 |
| 127 | Tim Redding | 331.71 |
| 128 | Brandon Backe | 331.33 |
| 129 | Ramon Ortiz | 329.74 |
| 130 | Jamey Wright | 328.51 |
| 131 | Casey Fossum | 326.24 |
| 132 | John Patterson | 324.74 |
| 133 | Josh Towers | 321.82 |
| 134 | Ryan Vogelsong | 320.98 |
| 135 | Gary Knotts | 320.6 |
| 136 | Peter Munro | 320.1 |
| 137 | Luke Hudson | 318.44 |
| 138 | Mike Wood | 317.11 |
| 139 | Elmer Dessens | 314.93 |
| 140 | Tony Armas Jr. | 314.4 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Wes Obermueller | 313.68 |
| 142 | Terry Mulholland | 309.13 |
| 143 | Sun-Woo Kim | 308.99 |
| 144 | Gustavo Chacin | 308.72 |
| 145 | Jose Acevedo | 308.49 |
| 146 | Scott Kazmir | 308.12 |
| 147 | Chan Ho Park | 307.49 |
| 148 | Joaquin Benoit | 306.16 |
| 149 | Wilson Alvarez | 304.9 |
| 150 | Zach Day | 304.69 |
| 151 | Bruce Chen | 303.83 |
| 152 | Jason Davis | 303.29 |
| 153 | Scott Downs | 300.34 |
| 154 | Matt Riley | 300.3 |
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