Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
680.82
2
Randy Johnson
613.02
3
Kevin Brown
572.04
4
Curt Schilling
544.23
5
Greg Maddux
540.96
6
Mike Mussina
539.24
7
Chan Ho Park
536.3
8
Mike Hampton
535.01
9
Roger Clemens
529.38
10
Bartolo Colon
520.26
11
Al Leiter
508.86
12
Jon Lieber
508.42
13
Darryl Kile
503.03
14
Rick Reed
498.1
15
Tim Hudson
490.54
16
Pedro Astacio
489.13
17
David Wells
489.02
18
Tom Glavine
486.07
19
Andy Pettitte
485.86
20
Brad Radke
485.76
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Orlando Hernandez
484.31
22
Chuck Finley
479.51
23
Denny Neagle
478.99
24
Hideo Nomo
478.56
25
Aaron Sele
474.97
26
Eric Milton
473.99
27
Dave Burba
470.01
28
Robert Person
466.0
29
Kevin Millwood
465.73
30
Darren Dreifort
464.95
31
Woody Williams
464.03
32
Jeff Weaver
463.98
33
Javier Vazquez
463.92
34
Shawn Estes
455.45
35
Kenny Rogers
452.98
36
Pat Hentgen
452.95
37
Russ Ortiz
451.81
38
Freddy Garcia
451.71
39
Jeff Suppan
446.21
40
Rick Helling
444.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
James Baldwin
444.67
42
Randy Wolf
444.17
43
Ryan Dempster
443.67
44
Joe Mays
443.2
45
Esteban Loaiza
442.34
46
John Burkett
440.98
47
Kevin Appier
439.52
48
Sidney Ponson
438.05
49
Jamie Moyer
436.22
50
Omar Daal
436.17
51
Dustin Hermanson
435.74
52
Livan Hernandez
433.99
53
Kerry Wood
432.92
54
Andy Benes
429.28
55
Frank Castillo
428.28
56
Kevin Tapani
427.6
57
Mark Gardner
424.87
58
Bobby Jones
421.55
59
Todd Ritchie
419.82
60
Rick Ankiel
418.95
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Matt Clement
418.94
62
Barry Zito
418.56
63
Brian Anderson
417.66
64
Scott Elarton
416.99
65
Pete Harnisch
415.97
66
Brian Bohanon
415.65
67
Andy Ashby
414.86
68
Pat Rapp
414.64
69
Chris Carpenter
414.52
70
Wade Miller
414.47
71
Jamey Wright
410.49
72
Steve Trachsel
408.05
73
Tony Armas Jr.
407.01
74
Mac Suzuki
406.58
75
Kirk Rueter
405.56
76
Steve Parris
405.09
77
Mike Sirotka
404.79
78
Mark Mulder
404.7
79
Glendon Rusch
404.5
80
Bryan Rekar
403.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Jimmy Haynes
403.49
82
Jeff D'Amico
403.43
83
Kent Bottenfield
402.74
84
Jason Bere
401.83
85
Jose Lima
401.16
86
Kris Benson
399.37
87
Gil Heredia
398.91
88
Paul Abbott
397.9
89
John Halama
397.6
90
Ismael Valdes
397.45
91
Armando Reynoso
396.86
92
Adam Eaton
396.8
93
Jim Parque
395.79
94
Chuck Smith
395.39
95
Brian Moehler
395.37
96
Albie Lopez
395.3
97
Chris Holt
394.89
98
Matt Morris
393.52
99
Brad Penny
391.09
100
Dan Reichert
390.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Bruce Chen
388.23
102
Jimmy Anderson
386.32
103
Mark Redman
385.22
104
Scott Schoeneweis
384.51
105
David Cone
384.15
106
Kevin Jarvis
383.62
107
Elmer Dessens
382.86
108
Julian Tavarez
381.93
109
Brian Tollberg
380.44
110
Ramon Ortiz
380.01
111
Dave Mlicki
379.44
112
Jose Mercedes
378.37
113
Paul Rigdon
377.15
114
Rob Bell
375.61
115
Brian Meadows
374.36
116
Omar Olivares
373.54
117
Shane Reynolds
372.24
118
Steve Sparks
368.14
119
Rolando Arrojo
367.94
120
Eric Gagne
367.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Chris Michalak
367.65
122
Mark Buehrle
366.77
123
Jason Johnson
366.08
124
Masato Yoshii
365.01
125
Blake Stein
360.61
126
Tomo Ohka
358.84
127
Chris Reitsma
358.67
128
Luke Prokopec
357.97
129
Darren Oliver
356.21
130
Cory Lidle
354.3
131
Garrett Stephenson
353.38
132
Ben Sheets
353.38
133
Mike Thurman
352.14
134
Osvaldo Fernandez
349.69
135
Britt Reames
346.65
136
Ron Villone
346.26
137
Ryan Rupe
345.92
138
Joey Hamilton
344.72
139
CC Sabathia
342.22
140
Robert Ellis
341.25
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Rocky Biddle
341.14
142
Jarrod Washburn
340.35
143
Shawn Chacon
340.32
144
Amaury Telemaco
340.1
145
A.J. Burnett
339.3
146
J.C. Romero
339.2
147
Willis Roberts
336.96
148
Paul Wilson
335.27
149
Ramon Martinez
335.21
150
Todd Stottlemyre
333.22
151
Chad Durbin
333.19
152
Paxton Crawford
332.84
153
Odalis Perez
331.14
154
Ryan Glynn
330.86
155
Cal Eldred
329.06
156
Ted Lilly
327.64
157
Kip Wells
324.09
158
Victor Santos
323.73
159
Mike Matthews
323.3
160
Tanyon Sturtze
323.07
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jason Schmidt
321.86
162
Mark Leiter
320.88
163
Wascar Serrano
320.67
164
Doug Davis
319.6
165
Brian Reith
319.23
166
Tim Wakefield
318.4
167
Allen Levrault
318.21
168
John Thomson
318.14
169
Steve Woodard
318.13
170
Jesus Sanchez
317.59
171
Brian Rose
317.1
172
Bronson Arroyo
316.22
173
Miguel Batista
315.85
174
Dicky Gonzalez
315.51
175
Jaret Wright
315.25
176
Chris Peters
313.65
177
Chuck McElroy
313.6
178
Jon Garland
312.07
179
Jeff Fassero
311.84
180
Jason Grilli
311.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Octavio Dotel
311.22
182
John Smoltz
311.1
183
Tim Drew
311.04
184
Vladimir Nunez
310.07
185
Jay Witasick
310.05
186
Jason Marquis
309.29
187
Josh Towers
308.04
188
Jim Brower
306.92
189
Chad Zerbe
305.82
190
Ryan Jensen
305.04
191
Manny Aybar
303.53
192
Paul Byrd
301.85
193
Charles Nagy
301.5
194
Mike Judd
301.4
195
Brad Thomas
300.77
196
Al Levine
300.63
197
Matt Wise
300.45
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