Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
623.79
2
Randy Johnson
619.12
3
Kevin Brown
552.08
4
John Smoltz
515.77
5
Mike Mussina
506.38
6
Roger Clemens
504.53
7
Greg Maddux
499.0
8
Curt Schilling
497.11
9
David Cone
496.03
10
Mike Hampton
492.74
11
Kevin Millwood
492.34
12
Orlando Hernandez
492.09
13
Jamie Moyer
490.32
14
David Wells
489.29
15
Tom Glavine
478.06
16
Al Leiter
477.26
17
Bartolo Colon
474.99
18
Chuck Finley
472.46
19
Shane Reynolds
468.89
20
Dave Burba
465.88
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Rick Reed
456.72
22
Jose Lima
456.69
23
Brad Radke
455.8
24
Omar Daal
451.13
25
Denny Neagle
451.11
26
Kenny Rogers
450.49
27
Jon Lieber
450.01
28
Jose Rosado
449.86
29
Aaron Sele
449.46
30
Pedro Astacio
448.73
31
Sterling Hitchcock
446.73
32
Eric Milton
445.07
33
Pete Harnisch
443.8
34
Scott Erickson
443.23
35
Rick Helling
443.16
36
Andy Ashby
442.6
37
Dustin Hermanson
442.22
38
Andy Benes
442.2
39
Juan Guzman
439.49
40
Francisco Cordova
437.49
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Hideo Nomo
435.46
42
Jason Schmidt
435.09
43
James Baldwin
433.42
44
Ismael Valdes
432.58
45
Andy Pettitte
430.29
46
Steve Trachsel
429.81
47
Woody Williams
428.73
48
Charles Nagy
427.21
49
Wilson Alvarez
426.83
50
Chan Ho Park
425.69
51
Pat Hentgen
423.3
52
Orel Hershiser
422.51
53
Todd Stottlemyre
421.44
54
Bret Saberhagen
420.77
55
Masato Yoshii
419.46
56
Darren Oliver
413.65
57
Mike Sirotka
413.15
58
Brian Moehler
410.07
59
Freddy Garcia
409.11
60
Dave Mlicki
408.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Omar Olivares
407.34
62
Darryl Kile
406.07
63
Shawn Estes
404.03
64
Russ Ortiz
403.9
65
Jeff Fassero
402.95
66
John Burkett
399.28
67
Tim Hudson
396.65
68
Livan Hernandez
396.28
69
Pat Rapp
394.39
70
Kirk Rueter
393.81
71
Rolando Arrojo
392.72
72
Kent Bottenfield
392.4
73
Kris Benson
392.37
74
Todd Ritchie
390.5
75
Hideki Irabu
390.1
76
Mark Gardner
389.95
77
Scott Karl
389.78
78
Brett Tomko
389.74
79
Steve Woodard
388.83
80
Jeff Suppan
388.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Darren Dreifort
387.69
82
Brian Bohanon
384.83
83
Gil Heredia
383.21
84
Jaret Wright
382.39
85
Kevin Appier
380.31
86
Javier Vazquez
377.34
87
Brian Anderson
377.3
88
Esteban Loaiza
376.53
89
Kent Mercker
376.25
90
Chris Carpenter
374.61
91
Tim Wakefield
374.19
92
Justin Thompson
373.6
93
Matt Clement
372.0
94
Steve Parris
371.35
95
Sidney Ponson
370.01
96
Ryan Dempster
369.55
97
Robert Person
369.26
98
Joe Mays
367.4
99
Kevin Tapani
366.92
100
Alex Fernandez
366.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
John Halama
365.69
102
Ken Hill
363.88
103
Paul Byrd
363.29
104
Kelvim Escobar
362.24
105
Mike Thurman
361.88
106
Armando Reynoso
361.4
107
Joey Hamilton
360.26
108
Ryan Rupe
360.25
109
Dwight Gooden
358.85
110
Jamey Wright
357.56
111
Jay Witasick
356.92
112
Terry Mulholland
356.72
113
Ron Villone
356.71
114
LaTroy Hawkins
353.02
115
Tim Belcher
352.71
116
Jim Parque
350.91
117
Chris Holt
350.72
118
Mark Portugal
349.33
119
Bobby Witt
347.64
120
Randy Wolf
347.31
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Mike Oquist
343.41
122
Jose Jimenez
343.24
123
Jeff Weaver
342.91
124
Jimmy Haynes
341.53
125
Brian Meadows
341.39
126
John Thomson
337.29
127
Kyle Farnsworth
337.03
128
Jason Johnson
336.94
129
Roy Halladay
334.96
130
Dennis Springer
334.66
131
Pete Schourek
334.14
132
Gil Meche
332.65
133
Scott Elarton
332.14
134
Garrett Stephenson
331.41
135
Steve Sparks
330.11
136
Octavio Dotel
328.03
137
Joe Nathan
323.57
138
Blake Stein
322.16
139
Mike Morgan
321.81
140
Chad Ogea
319.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Jaime Navarro
314.47
142
Jeremy Powell
313.5
143
Jason Bere
313.13
144
Esteban Yan
312.79
145
Carl Pavano
312.73
146
Rob Bell
312.19
147
Chad Durbin
312.16
148
Rick Ankiel
311.15
149
Willie Blair
310.8
150
Vladimir Nunez
310.25
151
Brad Penny
309.56
152
Jason Dickson
308.84
153
Brian Boehringer
308.65
154
Miguel Batista
308.56
155
Pat Mahomes
308.26
156
Andrew Lorraine
308.23
157
Johan Santana
308.09
158
Jarrod Washburn
306.97
159
John Snyder
306.69
160
Dave Eiland
306.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Kip Wells
305.95
162
Kyle Peterson
305.92
163
Scott Downs
305.84
164
Cal Eldred
305.42
165
Jesus Sanchez
305.03
166
Valerio de los Santos
303.96
167
Chris Peters
303.87
168
Dan Wheeler
303.86
169
Jose Mercedes
303.35
170
Mark Clark
303.24
171
C.J. Nitkowski
303.13
172
Mac Suzuki
302.99
173
Scott Schoeneweis
301.87
174
Frank Castillo
300.54
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