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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Martinez | 581.62 |
| 2 | Roger Clemens | 577.63 |
| 3 | Randy Johnson | 561.9 |
| 4 | Johan Santana | 558.19 |
| 5 | Roy Halladay | 550.99 |
| 6 | Roy Oswalt | 540.5 |
| 7 | Mark Buehrle | 527.13 |
| 8 | Ben Sheets | 526.14 |
| 9 | Freddy Garcia | 520.17 |
| 10 | Jason Schmidt | 519.07 |
| 11 | Curt Schilling | 518.8 |
| 12 | Carlos Zambrano | 513.06 |
| 13 | Jake Peavy | 512.28 |
| 14 | Chris Carpenter | 510.58 |
| 15 | Matt Clement | 506.59 |
| 16 | Mike Mussina | 503.4 |
| 17 | Bartolo Colon | 501.7 |
| 18 | Barry Zito | 499.38 |
| 19 | Livan Hernandez | 497.79 |
| 20 | Brandon Webb | 491.31 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Javier Vazquez | 489.16 |
| 22 | Mark Prior | 485.29 |
| 23 | Josh Beckett | 484.76 |
| 24 | Brad Radke | 481.98 |
| 25 | Jon Garland | 481.95 |
| 26 | Matt Morris | 480.47 |
| 27 | Dontrelle Willis | 479.65 |
| 28 | Doug Davis | 475.87 |
| 29 | Tim Hudson | 475.62 |
| 30 | Kerry Wood | 474.58 |
| 31 | Kenny Rogers | 473.09 |
| 32 | Jeremy Bonderman | 471.68 |
| 33 | Tim Wakefield | 469.68 |
| 34 | Ted Lilly | 467.47 |
| 35 | Andy Pettitte | 465.87 |
| 36 | Woody Williams | 464.94 |
| 37 | Kevin Millwood | 464.15 |
| 38 | Greg Maddux | 462.14 |
| 39 | CC Sabathia | 461.16 |
| 40 | John Lackey | 459.82 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Oliver Perez | 459.64 |
| 42 | David Wells | 459.36 |
| 43 | Brett Myers | 458.68 |
| 44 | Jarrod Washburn | 458.22 |
| 45 | Cory Lidle | 457.96 |
| 46 | Brad Penny | 457.92 |
| 47 | Jeff Weaver | 457.66 |
| 48 | Mark Mulder | 457.08 |
| 49 | Bronson Arroyo | 457.0 |
| 50 | John Thomson | 456.28 |
| 51 | Jake Westbrook | 456.09 |
| 52 | Kelvim Escobar | 454.22 |
| 53 | Esteban Loaiza | 453.58 |
| 54 | Brian Lawrence | 451.7 |
| 55 | Jeff Suppan | 451.67 |
| 56 | Carl Pavano | 451.42 |
| 57 | Rich Harden | 449.68 |
| 58 | Mark Redman | 449.27 |
| 59 | Derek Lowe | 448.95 |
| 60 | Mike Maroth | 448.71 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Kip Wells | 447.97 |
| 62 | Mike Hampton | 447.0 |
| 63 | Brett Tomko | 444.8 |
| 64 | Jason Marquis | 444.37 |
| 65 | Odalis Perez | 443.19 |
| 66 | Adam Eaton | 441.77 |
| 67 | Jamie Moyer | 440.94 |
| 68 | Jose Contreras | 440.3 |
| 69 | Jason Johnson | 439.41 |
| 70 | A.J. Burnett | 438.49 |
| 71 | Nate Robertson | 437.17 |
| 72 | Aaron Harang | 435.27 |
| 73 | Ryan Franklin | 434.04 |
| 74 | Cliff Lee | 433.27 |
| 75 | Jason Jennings | 432.63 |
| 76 | John Smoltz | 432.0 |
| 77 | Rodrigo Lopez | 431.24 |
| 78 | Randy Wolf | 430.57 |
| 79 | Al Leiter | 429.93 |
| 80 | Victor Zambrano | 428.63 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Josh Fogg | 428.56 |
| 82 | Kevin Brown | 427.82 |
| 83 | Paul Byrd | 425.6 |
| 84 | Shawn Estes | 424.3 |
| 85 | Kyle Lohse | 423.42 |
| 86 | Russ Ortiz | 421.73 |
| 87 | Carlos Silva | 420.39 |
| 88 | Kris Benson | 418.67 |
| 89 | Tom Glavine | 417.81 |
| 90 | Daniel Cabrera | 417.53 |
| 91 | Jon Lieber | 416.05 |
| 92 | Sidney Ponson | 414.04 |
| 93 | Scott Elarton | 413.63 |
| 94 | Tomo Ohka | 410.66 |
| 95 | Ryan Drese | 406.58 |
| 96 | Gil Meche | 405.72 |
| 97 | Dan Haren | 404.52 |
| 98 | Victor Santos | 404.52 |
| 99 | Chris Young | 402.18 |
| 100 | Vicente Padilla | 402.12 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Erik Bedard | 401.29 |
| 102 | Kirk Rueter | 401.11 |
| 103 | Noah Lowry | 400.39 |
| 104 | Zack Greinke | 398.9 |
| 105 | Joel Pineiro | 397.86 |
| 106 | Chris Capuano | 397.51 |
| 107 | Kazuhisa Ishii | 396.11 |
| 108 | Joe Kennedy | 394.04 |
| 109 | John Patterson | 393.07 |
| 110 | Eric Milton | 392.67 |
| 111 | Gustavo Chacin | 388.9 |
| 112 | Josh Towers | 388.46 |
| 113 | Brandon Backe | 386.55 |
| 114 | Bruce Chen | 386.5 |
| 115 | Orlando Hernandez | 386.2 |
| 116 | Runelvys Hernandez | 386.03 |
| 117 | Jeff Francis | 385.78 |
| 118 | Joe Blanton | 385.11 |
| 119 | Scott Kazmir | 383.45 |
| 120 | Mark Hendrickson | 380.81 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Wade Miller | 380.79 |
| 122 | Jamey Wright | 380.67 |
| 123 | Jerome Williams | 379.58 |
| 124 | Jaret Wright | 378.71 |
| 125 | Paul Wilson | 378.23 |
| 126 | Hideo Nomo | 378.13 |
| 127 | Jose Lima | 378.04 |
| 128 | Aaron Sele | 377.83 |
| 129 | Dave Bush | 374.34 |
| 130 | Brian Anderson | 373.88 |
| 131 | Darrell May | 372.78 |
| 132 | Kirk Saarloos | 371.8 |
| 133 | Chan Ho Park | 369.91 |
| 134 | Glendon Rusch | 368.88 |
| 135 | Brandon Claussen | 368.33 |
| 136 | Chien-Ming Wang | 368.23 |
| 137 | Horacio Ramirez | 368.16 |
| 138 | Dave Williams | 367.94 |
| 139 | Joe Mays | 367.93 |
| 140 | Brad Halsey | 366.85 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Brian Moehler | 366.72 |
| 142 | Ramon Ortiz | 359.76 |
| 143 | D.J. Carrasco | 353.91 |
| 144 | Casey Fossum | 353.28 |
| 145 | Shawn Chacon | 351.51 |
| 146 | Byung-Hyun Kim | 351.25 |
| 147 | Tim Stauffer | 351.0 |
| 148 | Pedro Astacio | 347.5 |
| 149 | Tony Armas Jr. | 345.38 |
| 150 | Robinson Tejeda | 345.1 |
| 151 | Kyle Davies | 344.07 |
| 152 | Jorge Sosa | 342.26 |
| 153 | Steve Trachsel | 338.54 |
| 154 | Jae Seo | 336.73 |
| 155 | Dewon Brazelton | 333.76 |
| 156 | Doug Waechter | 332.67 |
| 157 | Dennis Houlton | 331.88 |
| 158 | Claudio Vargas | 330.96 |
| 159 | Sergio Mitre | 330.03 |
| 160 | Ervin Santana | 329.97 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Elmer Dessens | 328.2 |
| 162 | Ricardo Rodriguez | 328.17 |
| 163 | Gary Glover | 326.3 |
| 164 | Wandy Rodriguez | 326.18 |
| 165 | Aaron Heilman | 326.15 |
| 166 | Roman Colon | 324.27 |
| 167 | Seth McClung | 323.8 |
| 168 | Sean Douglass | 321.62 |
| 169 | Zach Duke | 321.56 |
| 170 | Wes Obermueller | 319.96 |
| 171 | Denny Bautista | 319.28 |
| 172 | Hayden Penn | 318.44 |
| 173 | Wil Ledezma | 317.57 |
| 174 | Tim Redding | 316.7 |
| 175 | Bobby Madritsch | 316.67 |
| 176 | Jason Davis | 316.36 |
| 177 | Jeff Fassero | 316.14 |
| 178 | Ryan Dempster | 315.86 |
| 179 | Scott Olsen | 315.08 |
| 180 | J.P. Howell | 312.67 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 181 | Rob Bell | 310.78 |
| 182 | Luke Hudson | 310.67 |
| 183 | Sun-Woo Kim | 310.31 |
| 184 | Derek Thompson | 309.98 |
| 185 | Kevin Correia | 309.9 |
| 186 | John Wasdin | 309.83 |
| 187 | Pete Walker | 309.24 |
| 188 | Brandon McCarthy | 309.05 |
| 189 | Brad Hennessey | 308.57 |
| 190 | Matt Belisle | 308.06 |
| 191 | Miguel Batista | 307.24 |
| 192 | Scott Baker | 306.69 |
| 193 | Seth Etherton | 305.3 |
| 194 | Ryan Glynn | 304.87 |
| 195 | Scott Erickson | 304.61 |
| 196 | Zach Day | 304.38 |
| 197 | Justin Verlander | 303.08 |
| 198 | Tanyon Sturtze | 302.97 |
| 199 | Ryan Jensen | 302.83 |
| 200 | Jesse Foppert | 302.48 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 201 | Ezequiel Astacio | 302.39 |
| 202 | John Koronka | 301.81 |
| 203 | Dennys Reyes | 301.14 |
| 204 | C.J. Wilson | 300.28 |
| 205 | Sean Henn | 300.05 |
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