Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
671.83
2
Randy Johnson
620.26
3
Kevin Brown
567.54
4
Curt Schilling
553.41
5
Greg Maddux
550.43
6
Chan Ho Park
546.01
7
Roger Clemens
544.42
8
Mike Mussina
540.34
9
Mike Hampton
523.79
10
Tim Hudson
521.27
11
Bartolo Colon
516.49
12
Al Leiter
515.95
13
Jon Lieber
511.85
14
Rick Reed
507.14
15
Darryl Kile
506.09
16
Brad Radke
498.7
17
Andy Pettitte
493.0
18
Hideo Nomo
488.08
19
Pedro Astacio
487.18
20
David Wells
487.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Denny Neagle
485.14
22
Eric Milton
482.88
23
Orlando Hernandez
478.81
24
Chuck Finley
477.21
25
John Burkett
475.64
26
Shawn Estes
474.97
27
Freddy Garcia
469.64
28
Aaron Sele
469.18
29
Jeff Weaver
467.51
30
Tom Glavine
466.39
31
Javier Vazquez
462.19
32
Russ Ortiz
461.82
33
Ryan Dempster
461.18
34
Woody Williams
460.82
35
Kerry Wood
460.04
36
Kevin Millwood
459.98
37
Dave Burba
458.52
38
Kenny Rogers
458.32
39
Darren Dreifort
457.13
40
Kevin Appier
456.77
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Robert Person
456.39
42
Jeff Suppan
456.15
43
Rick Helling
450.69
44
Jamie Moyer
448.88
45
Sidney Ponson
447.7
46
Pat Hentgen
447.2
47
Andy Benes
446.02
48
Esteban Loaiza
445.11
49
Joe Mays
444.71
50
Livan Hernandez
443.97
51
James Baldwin
440.71
52
Frank Castillo
439.53
53
Todd Ritchie
439.45
54
Randy Wolf
434.34
55
Brian Bohanon
434.0
56
Omar Daal
432.31
57
Tony Armas Jr.
429.31
58
Dustin Hermanson
426.57
59
Kirk Rueter
426.09
60
Kevin Tapani
424.86
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Barry Zito
424.52
62
Brian Anderson
423.17
63
Pat Rapp
422.89
64
Scott Elarton
422.88
65
Wade Miller
422.54
66
Mark Gardner
420.91
67
Adam Eaton
420.78
68
Chris Carpenter
420.67
69
Steve Trachsel
420.58
70
Jimmy Haynes
419.95
71
Matt Clement
419.59
72
Paul Abbott
418.12
73
Jamey Wright
416.57
74
Brad Penny
415.79
75
Rick Ankiel
413.2
76
Jason Bere
413.07
77
Bobby Jones
412.48
78
Bryan Rekar
411.89
79
Gil Heredia
410.43
80
Pete Harnisch
410.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Mark Mulder
409.94
82
Andy Ashby
409.11
83
Steve Parris
408.78
84
Glendon Rusch
407.83
85
Ismael Valdes
407.81
86
Mark Buehrle
407.23
87
Elmer Dessens
405.93
88
Matt Morris
405.73
89
Scott Schoeneweis
404.71
90
Bruce Chen
403.9
91
Chuck Smith
403.5
92
David Cone
402.62
93
Chris Holt
402.31
94
Julian Tavarez
401.0
95
Mac Suzuki
399.79
96
Ramon Ortiz
398.75
97
Jeff D'Amico
397.68
98
John Halama
397.14
99
Shane Reynolds
396.46
100
Kent Bottenfield
395.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jose Lima
395.41
102
Steve Sparks
395.1
103
Armando Reynoso
394.04
104
Dan Reichert
393.7
105
Jimmy Anderson
393.14
106
Jim Parque
390.04
107
Brian Moehler
389.62
108
Jose Mercedes
389.53
109
Blake Stein
387.36
110
Chris Michalak
385.81
111
Albie Lopez
384.42
112
Kevin Jarvis
384.41
113
Jason Johnson
382.07
114
Mike Sirotka
381.79
115
Rob Bell
381.75
116
CC Sabathia
380.37
117
Mark Redman
379.47
118
Cory Lidle
378.98
119
Jarrod Washburn
377.9
120
Kris Benson
376.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
A.J. Burnett
376.32
122
Chris Reitsma
376.3
123
Darren Oliver
375.11
124
Shawn Chacon
374.83
125
Brian Tollberg
374.69
126
Masato Yoshii
374.27
127
Ben Sheets
372.77
128
Ryan Rupe
372.07
129
Dave Mlicki
371.29
130
Brian Meadows
369.11
131
Joey Hamilton
365.4
132
Rocky Biddle
364.91
133
Paul Rigdon
364.24
134
Odalis Perez
361.92
135
Omar Olivares
361.37
136
Amaury Telemaco
361.22
137
Luke Prokopec
360.25
138
Eric Gagne
360.12
139
Kip Wells
357.1
140
Doug Davis
356.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Rolando Arrojo
356.44
142
Robert Ellis
355.73
143
Tim Wakefield
355.34
144
Chad Durbin
354.87
145
Ted Lilly
353.78
146
Tomo Ohka
353.09
147
Ron Villone
351.49
148
Osvaldo Fernandez
350.87
149
Josh Towers
349.63
150
Mike Thurman
346.39
151
Willis Roberts
344.74
152
Tanyon Sturtze
344.54
153
Mike Matthews
340.12
154
J.C. Romero
339.61
155
Britt Reames
335.54
156
Roy Oswalt
335.06
157
Allen Levrault
334.49
158
Miguel Batista
331.07
159
Garrett Stephenson
330.38
160
Ramon Martinez
329.46
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Paxton Crawford
327.09
162
Jason Schmidt
327.09
163
Jaret Wright
325.36
164
Ryan Glynn
324.99
165
Paul Wilson
323.89
166
Cal Eldred
323.31
167
Kris Wilson
323.21
168
John Smoltz
320.77
169
Terry Adams
319.6
170
Dicky Gonzalez
318.94
171
Victor Santos
317.7
172
Hideki Irabu
316.44
173
Brian Reith
316.35
174
Joe Kennedy
315.57
175
Charles Nagy
315.46
176
Wascar Serrano
315.34
177
Mark Leiter
315.13
178
Nick Bierbrodt
314.87
179
Giovanni Carrara
314.29
180
Matt Blank
314.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Tony McKnight
313.57
182
Joe Beimel
313.24
183
Troy Mattes
312.88
184
Jon Garland
312.55
185
John Thomson
312.39
186
Randy Keisler
312.12
187
Bronson Arroyo
311.82
188
Brian Rose
311.35
189
Todd Stottlemyre
310.22
190
Brad Thomas
309.87
191
Matt Wise
308.45
192
Chris Peters
307.9
193
Chuck McElroy
307.85
194
Paul Byrd
307.68
195
Willie Blair
307.27
196
Adrian Hernandez
306.7
197
Jason Grilli
305.84
198
Jason Marquis
305.65
199
Octavio Dotel
305.47
200
Lance Davis
305.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Tim Drew
305.29
202
Bud Smith
304.95
203
Kyle Lohse
304.63
204
Vladimir Nunez
304.32
205
Ramiro Mendoza
304.03
206
Kyle Peterson
302.52
207
Jim Brower
301.17
208
Jose Acevedo
301.13
209
Chad Zerbe
300.07
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