Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
660.84
2
Randy Johnson
651.56
3
Kevin Brown
570.98
4
Greg Maddux
536.37
5
Mike Mussina
518.38
6
Roger Clemens
513.1
7
Chuck Finley
504.18
8
Tom Glavine
503.57
9
David Wells
501.74
10
Mike Hampton
501.39
11
Kevin Millwood
500.34
12
Orlando Hernandez
499.37
13
Al Leiter
498.19
14
David Cone
497.34
15
Jon Lieber
493.61
16
John Smoltz
492.02
17
Brad Radke
490.74
18
Shane Reynolds
484.06
19
Denny Neagle
483.67
20
Rick Helling
482.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Dave Burba
480.53
22
Pedro Astacio
478.46
23
Jamie Moyer
476.51
24
Bartolo Colon
473.73
25
Curt Schilling
472.26
26
Aaron Sele
464.43
27
James Baldwin
464.03
28
Rick Reed
462.4
29
Andy Benes
461.75
30
Sterling Hitchcock
459.25
31
Kenny Rogers
457.64
32
Eric Milton
456.73
33
Chan Ho Park
452.94
34
Dustin Hermanson
449.58
35
Andy Pettitte
449.09
36
Omar Daal
444.66
37
Todd Stottlemyre
444.31
38
Francisco Cordova
443.46
39
Masato Yoshii
442.71
40
Jose Rosado
441.97
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Hideo Nomo
441.36
42
Andy Ashby
438.37
43
Kris Benson
438.18
44
Steve Trachsel
437.41
45
Jason Schmidt
437.37
46
Darryl Kile
435.89
47
Pat Hentgen
435.85
48
Charles Nagy
432.39
49
Tim Hudson
432.33
50
Jeff Fassero
430.79
51
Pete Harnisch
430.13
52
Gil Heredia
429.33
53
Dave Mlicki
428.92
54
Mike Sirotka
428.45
55
Shawn Estes
428.2
56
Juan Guzman
427.99
57
Darren Oliver
427.82
58
Livan Hernandez
427.4
59
Jose Lima
427.18
60
Javier Vazquez
425.62
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Woody Williams
424.67
62
Jeff Suppan
422.48
63
Robert Person
422.18
64
Ismael Valdes
421.36
65
Pat Rapp
419.98
66
Kirk Rueter
419.63
67
Scott Erickson
416.74
68
Omar Olivares
415.72
69
Darren Dreifort
414.97
70
Ryan Dempster
413.95
71
Brian Moehler
412.49
72
Todd Ritchie
412.31
73
Kent Bottenfield
411.62
74
Jaret Wright
411.48
75
Esteban Loaiza
410.78
76
Orel Hershiser
409.62
77
Rolando Arrojo
409.57
78
John Burkett
408.45
79
Brian Anderson
408.38
80
Matt Clement
408.09
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Kevin Tapani
407.49
82
Chris Carpenter
403.88
83
Russ Ortiz
401.79
84
Steve Woodard
400.05
85
Freddy Garcia
399.07
86
John Halama
398.92
87
Steve Parris
398.29
88
Brett Tomko
397.63
89
Sidney Ponson
396.23
90
Hideki Irabu
396.05
91
Kevin Appier
395.31
92
Ron Villone
393.67
93
Kelvim Escobar
393.64
94
Randy Wolf
392.51
95
Jim Parque
391.73
96
Joe Mays
390.57
97
Bret Saberhagen
389.52
98
Scott Karl
387.32
99
Jimmy Haynes
385.83
100
Mark Gardner
385.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Alex Fernandez
384.66
102
Pete Schourek
384.57
103
Wilson Alvarez
384.33
104
Chris Holt
383.32
105
Terry Mulholland
383.22
106
Garrett Stephenson
383.08
107
Paul Byrd
381.04
108
Kent Mercker
377.9
109
Jeff Weaver
375.87
110
Brian Meadows
375.85
111
Gil Meche
374.44
112
Armando Reynoso
374.09
113
Brian Bohanon
373.85
114
Carl Pavano
369.88
115
Dwight Gooden
368.29
116
Octavio Dotel
367.56
117
Cal Eldred
367.39
118
Jay Witasick
361.31
119
Rick Ankiel
358.45
120
Glendon Rusch
358.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jason Johnson
357.16
122
Frank Castillo
355.2
123
Ken Hill
354.13
124
Rob Bell
353.92
125
Ryan Rupe
352.15
126
Jason Bere
352.09
127
Tim Wakefield
350.96
128
Esteban Yan
348.54
129
Brad Penny
348.04
130
Scott Schoeneweis
345.18
131
Mark Mulder
343.57
132
Ramon Martinez
342.41
133
Ramiro Mendoza
340.78
134
Jesus Sanchez
340.21
135
Jeff D'Amico
338.83
136
Mike Thurman
336.22
137
Scott Elarton
335.36
138
Joe Nathan
335.02
139
Eric Gagne
333.44
140
Kyle Farnsworth
333.29
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Stan Spencer
332.84
142
Carlos Perez
332.17
143
Chris Fussell
332.03
144
Jamey Wright
331.14
145
Scott Downs
331.02
146
Jarrod Washburn
329.85
147
Jimmy Anderson
329.6
148
Mac Suzuki
328.71
149
Kerry Wood
328.52
150
Vladimir Nunez
328.19
151
Mark Redman
328.07
152
Kip Wells
327.93
153
Kevin Jarvis
326.97
154
Chris Brock
326.96
155
Brian Rose
325.17
156
Bobby Witt
324.65
157
Miguel Batista
323.74
158
Justin Thompson
323.6
159
Dave Eiland
321.79
160
Osvaldo Fernandez
321.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Dennis Springer
320.91
162
Andrew Lorraine
320.86
163
Tony Armas Jr.
320.19
164
C.J. Nitkowski
319.79
165
Chad Durbin
319.65
166
Jason Dickson
318.23
167
Paul Abbott
318.16
168
Brian Cooper
317.58
169
Peter Munro
317.3
170
Jeremy Powell
316.53
171
Ramon Ortiz
316.44
172
Pat Mahomes
315.54
173
Jim Brower
313.81
174
Paul Rigdon
313.3
175
Lance Painter
312.55
176
Roy Halladay
312.27
177
Mark Clark
311.27
178
Sean Bergman
310.75
179
Joey Hamilton
310.26
180
Everett Stull
309.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Bryan Rekar
309.1
182
LaTroy Hawkins
309.02
183
Albie Lopez
307.04
184
Bobby Jones
306.25
185
Jason Grimsley
306.07
186
Doug Davis
305.94
187
Jose Mercedes
305.21
188
Seth Etherton
305.04
189
Rodrigo Lopez
303.22
190
Tim Belcher
302.71
191
Horacio Estrada
301.92
192
Rob Ramsay
301.9
193
Mark J. Johnson
300.68
194
Al Levine
300.55
195
Tanyon Sturtze
300.33
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