Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Roger Clemens
608.43
2
Greg Maddux
592.36
3
Pedro Martinez
587.14
4
John Smoltz
567.61
5
Randy Johnson
559.37
6
David Cone
557.06
7
Mike Mussina
548.86
8
Kevin Appier
546.72
9
Kevin Brown
546.27
10
Pat Hentgen
533.61
11
Alex Fernandez
533.15
12
Curt Schilling
532.96
13
Chuck Finley
526.73
14
Brad Radke
526.66
15
Tom Glavine
526.51
16
Darryl Kile
523.48
17
Denny Neagle
518.81
18
Andy Benes
518.06
19
Andy Pettitte
516.67
20
Wilson Alvarez
508.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Jeff Fassero
503.89
22
Hideo Nomo
503.03
23
Todd Stottlemyre
503.0
24
Ben McDonald
502.94
25
Jimmy Key
500.95
26
Charles Nagy
500.01
27
David Wells
497.98
28
Tom Gordon
494.17
29
Ismael Valdes
492.22
30
Al Leiter
488.77
31
Alan Benes
485.88
32
Shane Reynolds
480.18
33
Scott Erickson
477.34
34
John Smiley
470.83
35
Orel Hershiser
470.4
36
Tim Wakefield
469.95
37
Joey Hamilton
467.06
38
John Burkett
465.88
39
Steve Trachsel
464.15
40
Bobby Jones
462.1
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Bobby Witt
461.48
42
Ramon Martinez
461.11
43
Ken Hill
460.91
44
Mike Hampton
460.23
45
Tim Belcher
458.34
46
Pedro Astacio
454.26
47
Scott Karl
452.94
48
Justin Thompson
452.55
49
Juan Guzman
452.31
50
Darren Oliver
451.82
51
Allen Watson
451.04
52
Andy Ashby
450.87
53
Mark Gardner
448.41
54
Terry Mulholland
444.25
55
James Baldwin
441.79
56
Doug Drabek
440.24
57
Jose Rosado
440.04
58
Dave Burba
439.72
59
Matt Morris
435.57
60
Jaime Navarro
435.44
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Shawn Estes
432.78
62
Mark Clark
432.36
63
Bob Tewksbury
432.34
64
Francisco Cordova
430.18
65
Frank Castillo
429.99
66
Jamie Moyer
427.81
67
Cal Eldred
427.68
68
Kevin Foster
427.48
69
Chan Ho Park
423.35
70
Danny Darwin
422.62
71
Kirk Rueter
422.27
72
Omar Olivares
421.52
73
Felipe Lira
421.17
74
Aaron Sele
420.99
75
Rick Reed
420.35
76
Sterling Hitchcock
420.2
77
Kevin Ritz
417.89
78
Jason Schmidt
417.77
79
Jon Lieber
414.71
80
Carlos Perez
414.16
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Kenny Rogers
413.52
82
Jason Dickson
412.83
83
Mark Leiter
412.28
84
Jack McDowell
411.87
85
Roger Bailey
410.92
86
Jeff Juden
408.08
87
Jeff D'Amico
407.07
88
Steve Avery
406.73
89
Rich Robertson
406.12
90
Armando Reynoso
406.02
91
Pat Rapp
405.89
92
Woody Williams
405.59
93
Steve Cooke
404.35
94
Chad Ogea
402.36
95
Roger Pavlik
400.96
96
Dave Mlicki
400.05
97
William Van Landingham
399.7
98
Erik Hanson
397.38
99
Donovan Osborne
396.06
100
Mike Morgan
395.96
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Scott Kamieniecki
395.8
102
Brian Moehler
394.48
103
Chris Holt
393.57
104
Ariel Prieto
392.8
105
Mark Portugal
392.68
106
Fernando Valenzuela
392.64
107
Dustin Hermanson
389.53
108
Willie Blair
389.08
109
John Thomson
387.79
110
Robert Person
387.33
111
Bob Wolcott
386.4
112
Kent Mercker
385.32
113
Esteban Loaiza
385.03
114
Dennis Springer
384.32
115
Dwight Gooden
384.26
116
Steve Karsay
381.73
117
Mark Langston
374.6
118
Dennis Martinez
374.34
119
Jose Mercedes
374.31
120
Jeremi Gonzalez
372.74
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jeff Suppan
369.56
122
Jim Bullinger
368.97
123
Pete Schourek
368.03
124
Osvaldo Fernandez
367.96
125
Tony Saunders
367.41
126
Jamey Wright
367.15
127
Frank Rodriguez
366.97
128
Garrett Stephenson
364.77
129
Pete Harnisch
362.85
130
Brett Tomko
361.89
131
Scott Sanders
361.5
132
Tom Candiotti
359.73
133
Ramon Garcia
357.0
134
Livan Hernandez
355.55
135
Shawn Boskie
352.98
136
Chris Haney
352.56
137
Glendon Rusch
350.65
138
Matt Beech
348.49
139
Dave Telgheder
347.79
140
Mark Thompson
347.69
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Mike Oquist
346.95
142
Brad Rigby
346.19
143
Scott Aldred
345.65
144
Jim Pittsley
345.5
145
Rocky Coppinger
342.07
146
Ramiro Mendoza
340.22
147
Jaret Wright
340.21
148
John Wasdin
338.53
149
Bartolo Colon
337.95
150
Ricky Bones
337.78
151
Donne Wall
335.82
152
Bill Swift
332.16
153
LaTroy Hawkins
330.02
154
Derek Lowe
328.69
155
Kevin Tapani
328.19
156
Brian Anderson
325.22
157
Willie Adams
325.0
158
Don Wengert
324.86
159
John Burke
324.7
160
Julio Santana
324.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Pete Smith
324.31
162
Bryce Florie
323.97
163
Brian Bohanon
323.45
164
Tim Worrell
321.79
165
Tyler Green
319.91
166
Carlos Reyes
318.2
167
Matt Perisho
317.87
168
Vaughn Eshelman
317.09
169
Rick Helling
316.71
170
Sean Bergman
316.58
171
Darren Holmes
316.42
172
Terrell Wade
316.21
173
Chris Hammond
316.16
174
Steve Woodard
315.68
175
Calvin Maduro
315.6
176
Jimmy Haynes
315.26
177
Keith Foulke
314.53
178
Dave Stevens
314.0
179
Terry Clark
314.0
180
Shane Bowers
312.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Jason Jacome
312.91
182
Kevin Millwood
312.91
183
Mike Mohler
312.26
184
Danny Jackson
311.79
185
Dennys Reyes
311.46
186
Chris Brock
310.93
187
Hideki Irabu
309.9
188
Mike Remlinger
309.02
189
Paul Byrd
308.81
190
Rick Krivda
308.73
191
Doug Creek
308.48
192
Luis Andujar
308.45
193
Amaury Telemaco
308.15
194
Glenn Dishman
307.99
195
Joel Adamson
306.24
196
Travis Miller
306.08
197
Scott Ruffcorn
305.67
198
Rheal Cormier
305.21
199
Albie Lopez
304.14
200
Chris Carpenter
303.77
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Will Cunnane
303.76
202
Mike Johnson
303.42
203
Tanyon Sturtze
303.08
204
Manny Aybar
302.8
205
Giovanni Carrara
302.38
206
Steve Wojciechowski
302.27
207
Brian Rose
301.14
208
Bryan Rekar
300.81
209
Kevin Gross
300.79
210
Chris Clemons
300.76
211
Tommy Greene
300.74
212
Jose Alberro
300.2
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