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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 | 576.74 |
| 2 | Pedro Martinez | 562.17 |
| 3 | Johan Santana | 549.17 |
| 4 | Jason Schmidt | 546.31 |
| 5 | Roger Clemens | 539.62 |
| 6 | Curt Schilling | 536.3 |
| 7 | Ben Sheets | 517.62 |
| 8 | Roy Oswalt | 497.87 |
| 9 | Tim Hudson | 492.18 |
| 10 | Jake Peavy | 489.31 |
| 11 | Mark Buehrle | 488.72 |
| 12 | Carlos Zambrano | 487.72 |
| 13 | Freddy Garcia | 486.93 |
| 14 | Kerry Wood | 482.1 |
| 15 | Livan Hernandez | 481.43 |
| 16 | Roy Halladay | 479.75 |
| 17 | Josh Beckett | 478.79 |
| 18 | Mike Mussina | 475.55 |
| 19 | Brad Radke | 471.31 |
| 20 | Mark Prior | 468.46 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Greg Maddux | 466.13 |
| 22 | Matt Clement | 465.67 |
| 23 | Oliver Perez | 464.06 |
| 24 | Bartolo Colon | 464.06 |
| 25 | Brandon Webb | 461.06 |
| 26 | John Thomson | 460.27 |
| 27 | Carl Pavano | 459.57 |
| 28 | Barry Zito | 459.35 |
| 29 | Woody Williams | 456.52 |
| 30 | Javier Vazquez | 451.77 |
| 31 | Derek Lowe | 450.82 |
| 32 | David Wells | 449.42 |
| 33 | Jon Garland | 449.11 |
| 34 | CC Sabathia | 448.78 |
| 35 | Al Leiter | 447.73 |
| 36 | Ted Lilly | 447.01 |
| 37 | Kelvim Escobar | 446.17 |
| 38 | Odalis Perez | 446.16 |
| 39 | Tim Wakefield | 444.4 |
| 40 | Mark Mulder | 443.42 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Mike Hampton | 442.72 |
| 42 | Russ Ortiz | 442.36 |
| 43 | Matt Morris | 440.62 |
| 44 | Jamie Moyer | 439.43 |
| 45 | Jeff Suppan | 438.11 |
| 46 | Doug Davis | 436.06 |
| 47 | Dontrelle Willis | 435.89 |
| 48 | Kevin Millwood | 432.4 |
| 49 | Adam Eaton | 426.9 |
| 50 | Tom Glavine | 426.81 |
| 51 | Jeremy Bonderman | 426.77 |
| 52 | Rich Harden | 424.85 |
| 53 | Kevin Brown | 423.57 |
| 54 | Kenny Rogers | 422.81 |
| 55 | Ryan Franklin | 421.53 |
| 56 | Jake Westbrook | 421.18 |
| 57 | Mark Redman | 420.76 |
| 58 | Chris Carpenter | 420.64 |
| 59 | Brett Tomko | 420.58 |
| 60 | Jason Jennings | 420.49 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Jarrod Washburn | 418.7 |
| 62 | Andy Pettitte | 417.9 |
| 63 | Jason Marquis | 417.64 |
| 64 | John Lackey | 416.98 |
| 65 | Esteban Loaiza | 416.39 |
| 66 | Cory Lidle | 415.6 |
| 67 | Bronson Arroyo | 414.14 |
| 68 | Jeff Weaver | 412.63 |
| 69 | Mike Maroth | 411.97 |
| 70 | Kip Wells | 411.79 |
| 71 | Brad Penny | 411.63 |
| 72 | Sidney Ponson | 411.56 |
| 73 | Steve Trachsel | 411.54 |
| 74 | Brian Lawrence | 410.59 |
| 75 | Rodrigo Lopez | 409.14 |
| 76 | Jon Lieber | 408.54 |
| 77 | Zack Greinke | 405.41 |
| 78 | Josh Fogg | 403.95 |
| 79 | Brett Myers | 403.08 |
| 80 | Paul Wilson | 402.47 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Jason Johnson | 401.41 |
| 82 | Randy Wolf | 401.35 |
| 83 | Joe Kennedy | 400.55 |
| 84 | Jose Contreras | 398.57 |
| 85 | Shawn Estes | 397.38 |
| 86 | Jaret Wright | 396.21 |
| 87 | Kyle Lohse | 394.14 |
| 88 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 391.89 |
| 89 | A.J. Burnett | 390.14 |
| 90 | Cliff Lee | 390.04 |
| 91 | Eric Milton | 389.82 |
| 92 | Kirk Rueter | 388.62 |
| 93 | Vicente Padilla | 386.37 |
| 94 | Tomo Ohka | 382.86 |
| 95 | Darrell May | 382.23 |
| 96 | Ryan Drese | 381.84 |
| 97 | Carlos Silva | 380.58 |
| 98 | Brian Anderson | 380.26 |
| 99 | Miguel Batista | 380.24 |
| 100 | Orlando Hernandez | 378.19 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Jerome Williams | 377.88 |
| 102 | Aaron Harang | 377.71 |
| 103 | Kris Benson | 376.74 |
| 104 | Jose Lima | 374.94 |
| 105 | Joel Pineiro | 374.02 |
| 106 | Victor Zambrano | 373.67 |
| 107 | Gil Meche | 373.25 |
| 108 | Victor Santos | 372.23 |
| 109 | Nate Robertson | 371.83 |
| 110 | Hideo Nomo | 368.5 |
| 111 | Mark Hendrickson | 367.08 |
| 112 | Scott Elarton | 363.6 |
| 113 | Dave Bush | 363.54 |
| 114 | John Patterson | 360.92 |
| 115 | Erik Bedard | 358.11 |
| 116 | Noah Lowry | 354.73 |
| 117 | Paul Byrd | 353.49 |
| 118 | Daniel Cabrera | 350.96 |
| 119 | Aaron Sele | 345.4 |
| 120 | Dewon Brazelton | 345.39 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Wade Miller | 343.13 |
| 122 | Ismael Valdez | 342.35 |
| 123 | Brandon Backe | 341.41 |
| 124 | Jamey Wright | 340.65 |
| 125 | Josh Towers | 339.78 |
| 126 | John Smoltz | 338.49 |
| 127 | Joe Blanton | 335.69 |
| 128 | Gustavo Chacin | 335.23 |
| 129 | Bobby Madritsch | 334.92 |
| 130 | Jae Seo | 333.88 |
| 131 | Bruce Chen | 332.87 |
| 132 | Chan Ho Park | 332.68 |
| 133 | Ramon Ortiz | 331.88 |
| 134 | Tim Redding | 330.55 |
| 135 | Pedro Astacio | 330.17 |
| 136 | Rob Bell | 329.03 |
| 137 | Jeff Francis | 327.64 |
| 138 | Glendon Rusch | 327.36 |
| 139 | Ryan Dempster | 325.62 |
| 140 | Brad Halsey | 325.36 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Scott Kazmir | 325.11 |
| 142 | Aaron Heilman | 324.49 |
| 143 | Denny Bautista | 324.43 |
| 144 | Shawn Chacon | 324.24 |
| 145 | Dan Haren | 324.03 |
| 146 | Elmer Dessens | 323.75 |
| 147 | Dave Williams | 320.81 |
| 148 | Brian Moehler | 318.87 |
| 149 | Runelvys Hernandez | 318.77 |
| 150 | Jimmy Gobble | 318.53 |
| 151 | Chris Young | 317.71 |
| 152 | Zach Day | 316.99 |
| 153 | Chris Capuano | 316.1 |
| 154 | Joe Mays | 315.26 |
| 155 | Horacio Ramirez | 314.93 |
| 156 | Peter Munro | 314.85 |
| 157 | Kirk Saarloos | 314.59 |
| 158 | Casey Fossum | 314.24 |
| 159 | Gary Glover | 314.12 |
| 160 | Brandon Claussen | 313.57 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Wil Ledezma | 311.92 |
| 162 | Gary Knotts | 310.85 |
| 163 | Matt Belisle | 310.12 |
| 164 | Scott Erickson | 309.01 |
| 165 | Ryan Vogelsong | 308.98 |
| 166 | David Gassner | 308.41 |
| 167 | Luke Hudson | 306.44 |
| 168 | Gavin Floyd | 306.01 |
| 169 | Mike Wood | 305.11 |
| 170 | Kevin Gregg | 303.91 |
| 171 | Jason Davis | 302.29 |
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