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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Martinez | 561.66 |
| 2 | Curt Schilling | 554.3 |
| 3 | Randy Johnson | 533.14 |
| 4 | Jason Schmidt | 529.62 |
| 5 | Roy Halladay | 528.05 |
| 6 | Kerry Wood | 527.86 |
| 7 | Tim Hudson | 524.8 |
| 8 | Javier Vazquez | 511.47 |
| 9 | Bartolo Colon | 509.67 |
| 10 | Barry Zito | 498.84 |
| 11 | Roger Clemens | 496.68 |
| 12 | Mike Mussina | 496.61 |
| 13 | Mark Prior | 486.09 |
| 14 | Roy Oswalt | 483.27 |
| 15 | Kevin Brown | 483.09 |
| 16 | CC Sabathia | 478.67 |
| 17 | Wade Miller | 477.82 |
| 18 | Livan Hernandez | 475.75 |
| 19 | Jamie Moyer | 474.26 |
| 20 | Esteban Loaiza | 469.3 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Mark Mulder | 469.09 |
| 22 | Andy Pettitte | 465.07 |
| 23 | Matt Clement | 464.49 |
| 24 | Kip Wells | 464.3 |
| 25 | Josh Beckett | 464.04 |
| 26 | Kevin Millwood | 462.42 |
| 27 | Hideo Nomo | 458.74 |
| 28 | Mark Buehrle | 458.07 |
| 29 | Greg Maddux | 457.31 |
| 30 | Al Leiter | 455.03 |
| 31 | Matt Morris | 454.83 |
| 32 | Tim Wakefield | 454.8 |
| 33 | Freddy Garcia | 453.63 |
| 34 | Randy Wolf | 449.48 |
| 35 | Woody Williams | 448.84 |
| 36 | Brad Radke | 448.64 |
| 37 | Russ Ortiz | 446.86 |
| 38 | Carlos Zambrano | 443.36 |
| 39 | Derek Lowe | 442.82 |
| 40 | Steve Trachsel | 440.4 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Brad Penny | 440.25 |
| 42 | John Thomson | 439.73 |
| 43 | Sidney Ponson | 439.61 |
| 44 | Jarrod Washburn | 436.43 |
| 45 | David Wells | 435.53 |
| 46 | Ben Sheets | 433.49 |
| 47 | Vicente Padilla | 432.66 |
| 48 | Odalis Perez | 432.09 |
| 49 | Tom Glavine | 429.4 |
| 50 | Brandon Webb | 427.41 |
| 51 | Mark Redman | 424.38 |
| 52 | Jon Garland | 423.74 |
| 53 | Kenny Rogers | 423.32 |
| 54 | Miguel Batista | 423.04 |
| 55 | Joel Pineiro | 422.57 |
| 56 | Jeff Suppan | 418.89 |
| 57 | Darrell May | 417.47 |
| 58 | Jake Peavy | 417.28 |
| 59 | Brian Lawrence | 416.86 |
| 60 | Tomo Ohka | 416.17 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Brian Anderson | 413.4 |
| 62 | Cory Lidle | 410.49 |
| 63 | Kyle Lohse | 409.83 |
| 64 | Ted Lilly | 409.64 |
| 65 | Carl Pavano | 409.16 |
| 66 | John Burkett | 403.78 |
| 67 | Ryan Franklin | 401.86 |
| 68 | Adam Eaton | 401.32 |
| 69 | Dontrelle Willis | 399.78 |
| 70 | Victor Zambrano | 399.19 |
| 71 | John Lackey | 398.17 |
| 72 | Mike Hampton | 397.93 |
| 73 | Elmer Dessens | 391.61 |
| 74 | Kelvim Escobar | 388.98 |
| 75 | Jason Johnson | 388.26 |
| 76 | Ramon Ortiz | 387.93 |
| 77 | Kirk Rueter | 386.43 |
| 78 | Paul Wilson | 386.03 |
| 79 | Brett Tomko | 381.55 |
| 80 | Horacio Ramirez | 381.41 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Johan Santana | 381.35 |
| 82 | Tim Redding | 380.9 |
| 83 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 378.24 |
| 84 | Jason Jennings | 377.89 |
| 85 | Jeff Weaver | 377.01 |
| 86 | Shawn Estes | 376.25 |
| 87 | Jae Seo | 375.91 |
| 88 | Jeremi Gonzalez | 374.53 |
| 89 | Gil Meche | 371.45 |
| 90 | Kevin Appier | 369.53 |
| 91 | Jerome Williams | 368.53 |
| 92 | Darren Oliver | 368.24 |
| 93 | Rick Reed | 366.27 |
| 94 | Jason Davis | 361.85 |
| 95 | Pat Hentgen | 361.17 |
| 96 | Rodrigo Lopez | 358.81 |
| 97 | Oliver Perez | 358.56 |
| 98 | Jeff D'Amico | 358.29 |
| 99 | Aaron Sele | 357.96 |
| 100 | Brett Myers | 356.06 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Mike Maroth | 355.65 |
| 102 | Josh Fogg | 353.21 |
| 103 | Matt Kinney | 350.65 |
| 104 | Jeriome Robertson | 350.2 |
| 105 | Damian Moss | 349.84 |
| 106 | Doug Davis | 347.36 |
| 107 | Rick Helling | 347.07 |
| 108 | Zach Day | 346.53 |
| 109 | Ron Villone | 346.32 |
| 110 | Mark Hendrickson | 343.22 |
| 111 | Garrett Stephenson | 339.62 |
| 112 | Wayne Franklin | 339.11 |
| 113 | Shawn Chacon | 337.83 |
| 114 | Claudio Vargas | 336.85 |
| 115 | Joe Kennedy | 334.04 |
| 116 | Nate Cornejo | 333.06 |
| 117 | Ismael Valdez | 332.52 |
| 118 | Colby Lewis | 331.44 |
| 119 | Jeremy Bonderman | 331.28 |
| 120 | Omar Daal | 328.35 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Wilson Alvarez | 327.43 |
| 122 | R.A. Dickey | 327.37 |
| 123 | Shane Reynolds | 327.14 |
| 124 | Matt Riley | 323.57 |
| 125 | Rob Bell | 323.44 |
| 126 | Dan Wright | 322.68 |
| 127 | Jose Contreras | 321.59 |
| 128 | Paul Abbott | 321.05 |
| 129 | Jake Westbrook | 320.4 |
| 130 | Chan Ho Park | 320.13 |
| 131 | Joe Mays | 318.86 |
| 132 | Dustin Hermanson | 318.49 |
| 133 | Joaquin Benoit | 317.04 |
| 134 | Jason Stanford | 316.75 |
| 135 | Jose Acevedo | 316.59 |
| 136 | Jaret Wright | 316.51 |
| 137 | Eric DuBose | 316.39 |
| 138 | Jimmy Gobble | 316.12 |
| 139 | Jorge Sosa | 316.02 |
| 140 | Cliff Lee | 315.03 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | John Patterson | 314.62 |
| 142 | Wes Obermueller | 314.35 |
| 143 | Eric Milton | 314.09 |
| 144 | Kris Benson | 313.61 |
| 145 | Aaron Harang | 312.82 |
| 146 | Scot Shields | 312.6 |
| 147 | Chris Capuano | 311.78 |
| 148 | Sergio Mitre | 311.73 |
| 149 | Jason Marquis | 311.08 |
| 150 | Rich Harden | 309.56 |
| 151 | Dennys Reyes | 309.51 |
| 152 | Tyler Yates | 308.3 |
| 153 | Josh Towers | 308.12 |
| 154 | Nate Robertson | 308.02 |
| 155 | Brian Cooper | 307.94 |
| 156 | Jimmy Haynes | 306.86 |
| 157 | Carlos Silva | 306.61 |
| 158 | Ryan Vogelsong | 305.92 |
| 159 | Chris Carpenter | 305.73 |
| 160 | Jose Lima | 305.25 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Bronson Arroyo | 304.24 |
| 162 | Scott Schoeneweis | 304.14 |
| 163 | Dan Wheeler | 302.61 |
| 164 | Jorge DePaula | 302.19 |
| 165 | Steve Sparks | 302.05 |
| 166 | Erik Bedard | 301.69 |
| 167 | Casey Daigle | 300.7 |
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