Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Gerrit Cole
534.01
2
Zack Wheeler
532.33
3
Corbin Burnes
517.85
4
Merrill Kelly
507.85
5
Zac Gallen
504.38
6
Blake Snell
501.89
7
Max Scherzer
490.84
8
Logan Webb
487.3
9
Aaron Nola
486.93
10
Nathan Eovaldi
483.17
11
Framber Valdez
481.42
12
Freddy Peralta
479.02
13
Pablo Lopez
476.21
14
Sonny Gray
475.73
15
Luis Castillo
475.56
16
Justin Verlander
475.11
17
Dylan Cease
475.09
18
Kevin Gausman
472.38
19
Spencer Strider
471.96
20
Jordan Montgomery
471.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Logan Gilbert
471.47
22
Chris Bassitt
469.78
23
Jose Berrios
468.63
24
Charlie Morton
467.18
25
Clayton Kershaw
464.69
26
Brandon Woodruff
459.51
27
Shohei Ohtani
455.56
28
Shane Bieber
455.37
29
Cristian Javier
454.32
30
Max Fried
449.54
31
Sandy Alcantara
448.84
32
Ranger Suarez
448.78
33
Yu Darvish
448.56
34
Kyle Bradish
448.4
35
Joe Ryan
436.35
36
George Kirby
435.65
37
Mitch Keller
431.98
38
Reid Detmers
431.71
39
Michael Wacha
430.8
40
Julio Urias
429.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Jon Gray
429.58
42
Justin Steele
429.31
43
Tyler Anderson
426.91
44
Jesus Luzardo
426.24
45
Lucas Giolito
425.49
46
Taijuan Walker
424.9
47
Marcus Stroman
423.93
48
Nick Pivetta
423.05
49
Brady Singer
420.53
50
Miles Mikolas
420.4
51
Eduardo Rodriguez
420.08
52
Kodai Senga
419.77
53
Dane Dunning
419.75
54
Lance Lynn
418.59
55
Tyler Glasnow
418.48
56
Yusei Kikuchi
417.35
57
Kyle Gibson
416.73
58
Jameson Taillon
415.89
59
Aaron Civale
415.67
60
Joe Musgrove
415.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Zach Eflin
413.09
62
Dean Kremer
410.43
63
Braxton Garrett
407.82
64
Hunter Greene
402.2
65
Andrew Heaney
401.63
66
Bailey Ober
400.47
67
Seth Lugo
399.5
68
Patrick Sandoval
398.82
69
Alex Cobb
397.24
70
Josiah Gray
396.56
71
Zack Greinke
393.49
72
Kutter Crawford
392.73
73
Tarik Skubal
392.19
74
Shane McClanahan
390.57
75
Tanner Bibee
390.47
76
JP Sears
389.3
77
Mike Clevinger
388.96
78
Bobby Miller
388.95
79
Jordan Lyles
386.57
80
Brayan Bello
386.43
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Johan Oviedo
384.23
82
Carlos Rodon
380.26
83
Cal Quantrill
380.13
84
Nestor Cortes
379.1
85
Bryce Miller
378.15
86
Kyle Freeland
378.01
87
Clarke Schmidt
377.33
88
MacKenzie Gore
377.04
89
Chris Sale
375.17
90
Grayson Rodriguez
374.97
91
Wade Miley
374.75
92
Andrew Abbott
374.75
93
Cristopher Sanchez
374.01
94
Bryce Elder
373.61
95
Triston McKenzie
372.96
96
Cole Ragans
372.6
97
Michael Kopech
371.2
98
Paul Blackburn
370.67
99
Patrick Corbin
367.99
100
Jake Irvin
367.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Graham Ashcraft
366.73
102
Michael Lorenzen
365.86
103
Austin Gomber
364.53
104
Logan Allen
364.17
105
Adrian Houser
362.53
106
Brandon Pfaadt
362.04
107
Alek Manoah
361.91
108
Martin Perez
361.9
109
Kenta Maeda
361.55
110
Jose Urquidy
360.05
111
Griffin Canning
360.04
112
Sean Manaea
358.88
113
Tanner Houck
358.75
114
Jose Quintana
358.45
115
Zack Littell
355.41
116
Reese Olson
354.61
117
Rich Hill
354.46
118
Tony Gonsolin
354.45
119
Colin Rea
353.46
120
Brandon Williamson
351.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jack Flaherty
350.5
122
J.P. France
350.4
123
Kyle Hendricks
350.06
124
Cole Irvin
347.93
125
Eury Perez
347.77
126
Edward Cabrera
347.7
127
David Peterson
345.47
128
Tyler Wells
344.23
129
James Paxton
343.81
130
Hunter Brown
343.49
131
Luis Severino
342.68
132
Bryan Woo
341.49
133
Trevor Williams
340.74
134
Chris Flexen
340.5
135
Matt Manning
340.23
136
Tylor Megill
339.77
137
Drew Smyly
339.72
138
Ryne Nelson
339.23
139
Ronel Blanco
337.86
140
Cody Bradford
334.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Zach Davies
334.84
142
Michael King
334.75
143
Garrett Crochet
334.73
144
Adam Wainwright
334.42
145
Eric Lauer
333.5
146
Javier Assad
332.72
147
Shota Imanaga
330.45
148
Gavin Williams
328.94
149
Carlos Carrasco
328.33
150
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
328.23
151
Jordan Hicks
327.74
152
Max Meyer
327.5
153
Ken Waldichuk
327.39
154
Kyle Wright
326.91
155
Spencer Turnbull
326.41
156
Garrett Whitlock
325.72
157
Alex Wood
325.62
158
Jared Jones
324.73
159
Ross Stripling
324.28
160
Frankie Montas
323.01
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Marco Gonzales
322.85
162
Ryan Pepiot
321.94
163
Reynaldo Lopez
321.84
164
Taj Bradley
321.83
165
Ryan Feltner
321.71
166
Touki Toussaint
320.43
167
Bailey Falter
320.12
168
Johnny Cueto
318.62
169
Ryan Weathers
318.61
170
Joe Boyle
318.47
171
Steven Matz
318.13
172
Alec Marsh
318.13
173
Dakota Hudson
318.06
174
Matt Waldron
318.02
175
Kyle Harrison
317.69
176
Keaton Winn
317.41
177
Chase Anderson
316.42
178
Erick Fedde
316.14
179
Luis Gil
316.14
180
Joe Ross
316.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Luke Weaver
315.32
182
Tommy Henry
315.05
183
Nick Lodolo
313.73
184
Gavin Stone
313.06
185
Trevor Rogers
312.66
186
Jordan Wicks
311.84
187
Simeon Woods Richardson
311.45
188
Luis Medina
310.78
189
Mike Soroka
310.36
190
Casey Mize
309.58
191
Chase Silseth
309.54
192
Jose Butto
309.47
193
Ben Brown
309.2
194
Zack Thompson
308.91
195
Ryan Walker
308.6
196
Emerson Hancock
308.51
197
Cody Poteet
308.32
198
A.J. Puk
308.16
199
Chris Paddack
308.07
200
Jacob Waguespack
307.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Hyun-Jin Ryu
306.83
202
Nick Martinez
306.62
203
Yariel Rodriguez
306.57
204
Tanner Banks
306.53
205
Luke Little
306.31
206
Jakob Junis
305.98
207
Cooper Criswell
305.78
208
Ryan Brasier
305.63
209
Joan Adon
305.61
210
DL Hall
305.28
211
Jose Soriano
303.22
212
Emmet Sheehan
303.18
213
Louie Varland
303.01
214
Ty Blach
302.76
215
Tyler Alexander
302.47
216
Bowden Francis
301.78
217
Noah Syndergaard
301.53
218
Shawn Armstrong
301.5
219
Julio Teheran
300.88
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