Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Zack Wheeler
553.69
2
Corbin Burnes
524.62
3
Zac Gallen
510.08
4
Gerrit Cole
507.76
5
Dylan Cease
506.57
6
Merrill Kelly
505.82
7
Luis Castillo
505.18
8
Aaron Nola
501.8
9
Sonny Gray
494.4
10
Pablo Lopez
494.24
11
Nathan Eovaldi
492.55
12
Logan Webb
492.01
13
Kevin Gausman
489.96
14
Ranger Suarez
488.8
15
Logan Gilbert
488.43
16
Charlie Morton
487.5
17
Freddy Peralta
486.24
18
Max Scherzer
484.09
19
Blake Snell
483.15
20
Jose Berrios
479.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Framber Valdez
478.91
22
Justin Verlander
475.98
23
Max Fried
473.03
24
Jordan Montgomery
471.49
25
Chris Bassitt
470.05
26
Spencer Strider
465.21
27
George Kirby
463.62
28
Jon Gray
459.91
29
Yu Darvish
458.72
30
Cristian Javier
454.37
31
Joe Ryan
453.51
32
Tyler Glasnow
451.56
33
Shane Bieber
448.62
34
Mitch Keller
448.53
35
Kyle Bradish
447.51
36
Clayton Kershaw
445.94
37
Yusei Kikuchi
442.36
38
Tyler Anderson
442.33
39
Brady Singer
442.31
40
Kyle Gibson
439.91
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Dean Kremer
436.92
42
Jameson Taillon
436.9
43
Zach Eflin
436.2
44
Dane Dunning
435.55
45
Seth Lugo
433.38
46
Brandon Woodruff
432.51
47
Bailey Ober
431.59
48
Michael Wacha
430.44
49
Hunter Greene
429.93
50
Justin Steele
429.09
51
Shohei Ohtani
428.56
52
Reid Detmers
426.78
53
Lance Lynn
426.68
54
Jesus Luzardo
426.4
55
Marcus Stroman
425.41
56
Andrew Heaney
423.92
57
Tarik Skubal
422.79
58
Kutter Crawford
422.46
59
Sandy Alcantara
421.84
60
Joe Musgrove
419.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Taijuan Walker
416.52
62
Patrick Sandoval
416.4
63
Miles Mikolas
416.3
64
Nick Pivetta
413.65
65
Cal Quantrill
413.54
66
JP Sears
410.46
67
Aaron Civale
409.56
68
Chris Sale
409.28
69
Tanner Bibee
409.06
70
Clarke Schmidt
405.28
71
Bryce Miller
404.08
72
Nestor Cortes
403.81
73
Julio Urias
402.61
74
Lucas Giolito
402.24
75
Carlos Rodon
401.72
76
Tanner Houck
399.16
77
Cole Ragans
398.8
78
Brayan Bello
398.79
79
Eduardo Rodriguez
396.83
80
Andrew Abbott
395.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Austin Gomber
395.17
82
Triston McKenzie
394.92
83
Kodai Senga
393.52
84
Reese Olson
392.41
85
Cristopher Sanchez
390.28
86
Josiah Gray
389.81
87
Cole Irvin
389.16
88
Graham Ashcraft
388.71
89
MacKenzie Gore
387.78
90
Braxton Garrett
386.82
91
Brandon Pfaadt
386.63
92
Michael Lorenzen
386.47
93
Griffin Canning
385.28
94
Jack Flaherty
384.83
95
Bobby Miller
382.95
96
Jake Irvin
382.44
97
Grayson Rodriguez
380.84
98
Patrick Corbin
380.8
99
Bryce Elder
378.17
100
Sean Manaea
378.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Trevor Williams
377.42
102
Paul Blackburn
376.91
103
Colin Rea
375.91
104
Martin Perez
374.56
105
Zack Littell
373.71
106
Kyle Freeland
372.73
107
Javier Assad
372.37
108
Luis Severino
370.35
109
Alex Cobb
370.24
110
Zack Greinke
370.24
111
Michael King
368.78
112
Wade Miley
368.61
113
Shota Imanaga
368.25
114
Kenta Maeda
367.54
115
Jared Jones
367.2
116
Mike Clevinger
366.8
117
Logan Allen
366.44
118
Jose Quintana
365.39
119
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
364.65
120
Shane McClanahan
363.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Ronel Blanco
362.76
122
Chris Flexen
362.67
123
Edward Cabrera
362.16
124
Jordan Lyles
361.82
125
Garrett Crochet
360.96
126
James Paxton
358.83
127
Johan Oviedo
357.98
128
Adrian Houser
357.44
129
Hunter Brown
357.18
130
Erick Fedde
356.56
131
Jordan Hicks
355.87
132
Spencer Turnbull
355.52
133
Ryan Pepiot
355.1
134
J.P. France
354.67
135
Kyle Harrison
354.33
136
Reynaldo Lopez
354.04
137
Luis Gil
352.91
138
Jose Urquidy
350.3
139
Alex Wood
346.24
140
Nick Lodolo
345.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Kyle Hendricks
345.23
142
Gavin Stone
345.12
143
Michael Kopech
344.2
144
Jose Butto
344.18
145
Alec Marsh
343.75
146
Bailey Falter
343.35
147
Carlos Carrasco
342.99
148
Ryne Nelson
342.29
149
Ryan Weathers
342.03
150
Casey Mize
339.02
151
Alek Manoah
338.81
152
Tyler Wells
338.73
153
Ross Stripling
338.32
154
Matt Manning
338.24
155
Keaton Winn
337.8
156
Mitchell Parker
337.69
157
Ben Lively
336.85
158
Bryse Wilson
335.9
159
Chris Paddack
335.28
160
Frankie Montas
334.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jose Soriano
333.76
162
Tylor Megill
333.02
163
Ryan Feltner
332.0
164
Joe Ross
331.81
165
Simeon Woods Richardson
331.66
166
Cooper Criswell
331.1
167
Emerson Hancock
330.37
168
Joe Boyle
330.35
169
Cody Bradford
328.93
170
Slade Cecconi
327.69
171
Rich Hill
327.46
172
Tony Gonsolin
327.45
173
Brandon Williamson
327.17
174
Garrett Whitlock
326.53
175
Bryan Woo
326.43
176
Ben Brown
326.25
177
Mike Soroka
326.03
178
Matt Waldron
325.93
179
Tommy Henry
325.06
180
Dakota Hudson
324.9
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Hayden Wesneski
324.21
182
Landon Knack
322.71
183
Jordan Wicks
322.57
184
Max Meyer
322.25
185
Albert Suarez
320.97
186
Eury Perez
320.77
187
Tobias Myers
320.71
188
Josh Winckowski
320.57
189
David Peterson
319.97
190
Trevor Rogers
319.88
191
Tyler Alexander
319.4
192
Quinn Priester
318.28
193
Roddery Munoz
318.12
194
Marco Gonzales
317.6
195
Yariel Rodriguez
316.91
196
Drew Smyly
316.47
197
John Means
315.17
198
Steven Matz
314.64
199
Spencer Arrighetti
314.42
200
Randy Vasquez
313.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Robert Gasser
312.44
202
Brennan Bernardino
312.08
203
Daniel Lynch
311.62
204
Christian Scott
310.66
205
Taj Bradley
310.55
206
Shawn Armstrong
310.36
207
Eric Lauer
309.5
208
Sixto Sanchez
308.17
209
Matthew Liberatore
308.07
210
Zach Davies
307.84
211
Adam Wainwright
307.42
212
Darius Vines
307.01
213
Nick Martinez
306.98
214
Jose Urena
306.73
215
Xzavion Curry
306.43
216
Erik Miller
306.37
217
Jonathan Cannon
306.34
218
Brandon Hughes
305.98
219
Anthony Maldonado
305.42
220
Brad Keller
304.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Ryan Walker
303.76
222
Walker Buehler
303.74
223
Josh Fleming
303.5
224
Cody Poteet
303.07
225
DL Hall
302.82
226
Chase Silseth
302.79
227
Ken Waldichuk
302.64
228
Osvaldo Bido
302.33
229
Nick Nastrini
302.21
230
Zack Thompson
302.16
231
Gavin Williams
301.94
232
Jacob Waguespack
301.72
233
Ty Blach
301.69
234
Kyle Hurt
301.54
235
Chase Anderson
301.21
236
Michael Grove
300.83
237
Louie Varland
300.7
238
Jack Leiter
300.23
239
Tanner Banks
300.03
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