Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Greg Maddux
618.87
2
Pedro Martinez
608.96
3
Roger Clemens
583.96
4
Curt Schilling
577.11
5
Randy Johnson
569.48
6
Kevin Brown
565.31
7
Mike Mussina
552.2
8
John Smoltz
551.04
9
David Cone
547.14
10
Tom Glavine
534.08
11
Jeff Fassero
525.5
12
Denny Neagle
522.69
13
Brad Radke
519.79
14
Andy Ashby
519.69
15
Andy Pettitte
517.91
16
David Wells
508.92
17
Al Leiter
508.82
18
Chuck Finley
505.97
19
Jamie Moyer
504.12
20
Ismael Valdes
503.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Rick Reed
501.71
22
Justin Thompson
501.01
23
Scott Erickson
499.93
24
Todd Stottlemyre
495.51
25
Hideo Nomo
490.64
26
Tim Wakefield
487.72
27
Darryl Kile
485.09
28
Orel Hershiser
484.38
29
Kenny Rogers
481.91
30
Mark Clark
479.63
31
Jon Lieber
478.72
32
Shane Reynolds
478.02
33
Andy Benes
477.95
34
Steve Trachsel
476.52
35
Dave Burba
473.61
36
Ramon Martinez
469.48
37
Pat Hentgen
469.46
38
Wilson Alvarez
465.86
39
Bobby Jones
465.5
40
Francisco Cordova
462.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Shawn Estes
460.16
42
Pedro Astacio
458.97
43
John Burkett
458.89
44
Brian Moehler
458.46
45
Joey Hamilton
457.57
46
Tim Belcher
456.76
47
Chan Ho Park
455.75
48
Mike Hampton
454.53
49
Bartolo Colon
451.91
50
Aaron Sele
451.07
51
Charles Nagy
450.18
52
Carlos Perez
449.3
53
Scott Karl
449.16
54
Jimmy Key
445.62
55
Woody Williams
444.43
56
Jason Schmidt
443.95
57
Mark Gardner
443.87
58
Kirk Rueter
442.78
59
Kerry Wood
442.1
60
Bob Tewksbury
441.17
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ken Hill
438.66
62
Brett Tomko
438.43
63
Rolando Arrojo
436.14
64
Mike Morgan
435.91
65
Jaret Wright
434.97
66
Pete Harnisch
433.34
67
Dave Mlicki
429.56
68
Livan Hernandez
429.1
69
Dustin Hermanson
428.63
70
John Thomson
427.19
71
Sterling Hitchcock
423.95
72
Juan Guzman
423.35
73
Kevin Tapani
421.2
74
Cal Eldred
419.58
75
Pat Rapp
417.71
76
Jimmy Haynes
416.5
77
Tony Saunders
414.97
78
Jose Rosado
414.42
79
Danny Darwin
414.14
80
Willie Blair
414.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Jeff Juden
414.08
82
Matt Morris
414.01
83
Rick Helling
413.91
84
Omar Olivares
409.71
85
James Baldwin
409.39
86
Darren Oliver
409.01
87
Darren Dreifort
408.18
88
Tom Candiotti
406.2
89
Hideki Irabu
406.04
90
Jeremi Gonzalez
405.69
91
Jose Lima
404.72
92
Esteban Loaiza
403.8
93
Jaime Navarro
403.32
94
Mike Remlinger
402.57
95
Doug Drabek
402.27
96
Tyler Green
402.03
97
Brian Anderson
400.76
98
Matt Beech
399.96
99
Bret Saberhagen
398.11
100
Mike Oquist
395.85
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Masato Yoshii
395.15
102
LaTroy Hawkins
395.08
103
Chad Ogea
394.02
104
Alex Fernandez
390.33
105
Eric Milton
390.23
106
Kevin Millwood
389.95
107
Bobby Witt
389.44
108
Kevin Appier
389.21
109
Allen Watson
389.16
110
Frank Castillo
389.15
111
Glendon Rusch
388.78
112
Mike Sirotka
387.94
113
Sean Bergman
381.25
114
Brian Meadows
381.15
115
Dennis Springer
381.07
116
Dwight Gooden
380.94
117
Kent Mercker
380.66
118
Jamey Wright
379.54
119
Jason Dickson
379.44
120
Ken Cloude
379.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Terry Mulholland
377.38
122
Jose Silva
375.28
123
Scott Kamieniecki
374.82
124
Orlando Hernandez
374.47
125
Steve Woodard
373.39
126
Javier Vazquez
370.45
127
Jesus Sanchez
369.55
128
Omar Daal
369.17
129
Pete Schourek
368.65
130
Ramiro Mendoza
366.14
131
Mark Portugal
365.09
132
Bill Swift
364.81
133
Steve Avery
361.75
134
Juan Acevedo
360.45
135
Chris Carpenter
358.26
136
Blake Stein
357.94
137
Hipolito Pichardo
356.83
138
Jose Mercedes
354.74
139
Jarrod Washburn
354.63
140
Carl Pavano
353.53
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Donovan Osborne
351.43
142
Brian Bohanon
347.74
143
Jeff Suppan
347.67
144
Kent Bottenfield
347.31
145
Brad Woodall
345.86
146
Steve Sparks
345.52
147
Bobby Jones
345.11
148
Steve Cooke
342.95
149
Scott Winchester
341.94
150
Chris Peters
340.95
151
Jason Johnson
340.23
152
Scott Eyre
339.38
153
Jim Parque
338.68
154
Pete Smith
338.64
155
Sidney Ponson
337.85
156
Seth Greisinger
335.85
157
Garrett Stephenson
335.46
158
Jason Bere
333.57
159
Mark Langston
333.47
160
Mark Petkovsek
331.42
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Julio Santana
330.87
162
Ryan Dempster
330.75
163
Trey Moore
330.68
164
Amaury Telemaco
327.72
165
Miguel Batista
325.39
166
Steve Parris
325.18
167
Derek Lowe
324.97
168
Mike Grace
324.41
169
Carlton Loewer
323.92
170
Dan Serafini
323.49
171
Doug Johns
320.78
172
Joe Fontenot
318.31
173
John Snyder
318.15
174
Manny Aybar
317.8
175
Jack McDowell
317.24
176
Tim Worrell
316.97
177
Bryce Florie
316.6
178
Mark Brownson
316.45
179
Brian Powell
315.28
180
David Weathers
314.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Brian Rose
314.11
182
Andy Larkin
313.78
183
Nerio Rodriguez
313.49
184
Armando Reynoso
313.33
185
Scott Sanders
313.14
186
Todd Van Poppel
312.69
187
Greg Keagle
312.48
188
Dennys Reyes
312.4
189
Bryan Rekar
310.73
190
Russ Ortiz
310.49
191
Jeremy Powell
310.03
192
Jin Ho Cho
309.88
193
Kirt Ojala
309.34
194
Paul Wagner
309.05
195
Tom Gordon
309.01
196
Don Wengert
308.21
197
Dennis Martinez
308.17
198
John Wasdin
307.23
199
Mike Thurman
307.03
200
Scott Klingenbeck
306.91
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Mike Williams
306.71
202
Carlos Castillo
305.87
203
Eric Ludwick
305.27
204
Scott Elarton
305.25
205
Cliff Politte
304.72
206
Mike Trombley
304.64
207
John Halama
304.4
208
Frank Rodriguez
304.16
209
Bronswell Patrick
304.03
210
Erik Hanson
302.86
211
Dave Stieb
302.57
212
Shawn Boskie
301.71
213
Jim Pittsley
301.67
214
Bob Wolcott
301.5
215
Tom Fordham
300.77
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