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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Morning of Date:
RankPitcherRating
1Tim Lincecum572.94
2Dan Haren562.76
3Roy Halladay554.12
4Johan Santana552.59
5CC Sabathia545.21
6Josh Beckett543.23
7Matt Cain533.9
8Javier Vazquez531.92
9Roy Oswalt529.45
10Justin Verlander525.23
11Felix Hernandez523.79
12Cole Hamels515.02
13Jon Lester514.14
14Cliff Lee511.23
15A.J. Burnett509.14
16Ted Lilly508.25
17Zack Greinke507.29
18Ubaldo Jimenez502.89
19Jake Peavy501.88
20Adam Wainwright500.75
RankPitcherRating
21Carlos Zambrano500.19
22James Shields499.08
23Wandy Rodriguez496.0
24Matt Garza494.74
25Edwin Jackson493.01
26Mark Buehrle490.04
27Jered Weaver489.66
28Derek Lowe485.13
29John Lackey484.43
30Chad Billingsley481.99
31Joe Blanton480.98
32Gavin Floyd480.49
33John Danks478.96
34Scott Baker476.81
35Kevin Millwood475.58
36Ricky Nolasco474.78
37Jair Jurrjens474.05
38Jason Marquis472.38
39Rich Harden472.21
40Jarrod Washburn471.13
RankPitcherRating
41Gil Meche469.83
42Aaron Harang469.27
43Andy Pettitte467.43
44Doug Davis466.33
45Ryan Dempster466.26
46Brandon Webb463.85
47Aaron Cook463.05
48Tim Wakefield459.24
49Josh Johnson458.62
50Randy Wolf458.26
51Jeremy Guthrie456.31
52John Lannan455.57
53Bronson Arroyo455.01
54Clayton Kershaw454.31
55Scott Kazmir452.45
56Barry Zito451.23
57Paul Maholm450.22
58Jamie Moyer449.81
59Randy Johnson447.47
60Zach Duke443.84
RankPitcherRating
61Jon Garland443.43
62Kyle Lohse439.23
63Erik Bedard437.37
64Dave Bush436.62
65Armando Galarraga434.67
66Vicente Padilla434.34
67Joel Pineiro433.61
68Jorge de la Rosa433.45
69Chris Young433.41
70Brian Bannister432.55
71Braden Looper432.0
72Johnny Cueto431.74
73Daisuke Matsuzaka428.61
74Edinson Volquez428.41
75Joe Saunders428.32
76Scott Feldman428.28
77Yovani Gallardo427.44
78Chris Carpenter425.85
79Mike Pelfrey424.84
80Chris Volstad424.43
RankPitcherRating
81Nick Blackburn424.1
82Hiroki Kuroda422.67
83Ervin Santana420.24
84Oliver Perez419.88
85Ian Snell416.09
86Jonathan Sanchez413.87
87Brett Myers411.14
88Kevin Slowey409.97
89Brad Bergesen409.0
90Joba Chamberlain407.64
91John Maine406.06
92Jeff Niemann405.52
93J.A. Happ403.94
94Randy Wells403.79
95Max Scherzer402.48
96Todd Wellemeyer401.42
97Andy Sonnanstine400.77
98Jeff Suppan400.55
99Brett Anderson399.89
100Jose Contreras398.67
RankPitcherRating
101Scott Olsen398.6
102Livan Hernandez397.72
103Brad Penny397.25
104Ross Ohlendorf397.01
105Brian Moehler396.22
106Dallas Braden394.21
107Ricky Romero390.69
108Francisco Liriano390.44
109Kevin Correia389.7
110Kenshin Kawakami388.71
111Carl Pavano384.98
112Rick Porcello378.06
113Manny Parra377.65
114Jordan Zimmermann376.75
115Jason Hammel375.14
116Fausto Carmona373.59
117Clayton Richard372.85
118Chad Gaudin371.77
119Glen Perkins370.98
120Mike Hampton370.13
RankPitcherRating
121Jesse Litsch369.85
122Tommy Hanson369.18
123Scott Richmond367.65
124Brian Tallet367.21
125Trevor Cahill365.45
126Luke Hochevar365.02
127Kyle Davies360.65
128Craig Stammen358.73
129David Price358.52
130Josh Outman358.38
131Koji Uehara357.78
132Ben Sheets355.47
133Andrew Miller352.51
134Mike Mussina352.38
135Micah Owings352.32
136Daniel Cabrera352.17
137Shairon Martis351.83
138Josh Geer350.34
139Tommy Hunter349.97
140Derek Holland349.96
RankPitcherRating
141Jeremy Sowers349.2
142Jason Vargas348.39
143Brett Cecil347.73
144Charlie Morton346.9
145Brandon McCarthy346.2
146Matt Palmer343.32
147Tim Redding342.54
148Marc Rzepczynski341.21
149David Hernandez341.08
150Yusmeiro Petit340.91
151David Huff340.61
152Bartolo Colon340.53
153Anthony Swarzak339.43
154Matt Harrison338.59
155Aaron Laffey337.6
156Sean West337.27
157Fernando Nieve335.95
158Garrett Olson335.64
159Jason Berken334.99
160Rich Hill333.65
RankPitcherRating
161Mat Latos332.89
162Tim Stauffer332.06
163Vin Mazzaro331.81
164Dana Eveland330.15
165Gio Gonzalez330.14
166Bruce Chen329.31
167Russ Ortiz328.29
168Sean O'Sullivan328.11
169Ryan Sadowski326.41
170Luke French326.3
171Jeff Karstens326.23
172Felipe Paulino325.75
173Kevin Hart325.18
174Eric Stults324.43
175John Smoltz324.06
176Sidney Ponson323.94
177Homer Bailey323.73
178Dustin Nippert323.24
179Brad Thompson323.15
180Carlos Silva322.98
RankPitcherRating
181Ross Detwiler322.97
182Rick VandenHurk322.88
183Sean Marshall322.58
184Rodrigo Lopez322.54
185Phil Hughes322.52
186Brandon Morrow322.2
187Virgil Vasquez321.96
188Jonathon Niese319.67
189Justin Lehr319.27
190Collin Balester318.69
191Ryan Rowland-Smith317.74
192Dontrelle Willis317.71
193Chien-Ming Wang315.35
194Justin Masterson314.41
195Jason Schmidt314.21
196Tom Gorzelanny313.15
197Tomo Ohka313.01
198Bud Norris312.97
199Mike Burns312.79
200Clay Buchholz312.17
RankPitcherRating
201J.D. Martin311.9
202Eric Milton311.64
203Zach Miner311.59
204Jeff Weaver310.66
205Anthony Reyes309.68
206Antonio Bastardo309.57
207Carlos Villanueva308.87
208Anibal Sanchez308.34
209Mitchell Boggs307.8
210Brian Duensing307.43
211Brian Matusz307.41
212Chris Tillman306.92
213Kris Medlen306.65
214Garrett Mock306.38
215Chris Jakubauskas306.14
216Jo-Jo Reyes306.06
217Billy Buckner305.82
218Sergio Mitre305.34
219Shane Loux304.85
220Eddie Bonine304.42
RankPitcherRating
221Joe Martinez304.19
222Matt Maloney304.13
223Doug Mathis303.9
224Carlos Torres303.83
225Chan Ho Park303.52
226Robert Ray303.35
227Chad Reineke302.16
228Mark Hendrickson301.1

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