Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
654.09
2
Randy Johnson
647.04
3
Curt Schilling
576.24
4
Chan Ho Park
557.43
5
Roger Clemens
554.87
6
Kevin Brown
553.79
7
Greg Maddux
547.53
8
Tim Hudson
545.93
9
Mike Mussina
542.76
10
Darryl Kile
536.87
11
Bartolo Colon
535.33
12
Jon Lieber
513.75
13
Al Leiter
513.12
14
Javier Vazquez
512.25
15
Andy Pettitte
506.46
16
Tom Glavine
502.35
17
John Burkett
501.19
18
Hideo Nomo
497.52
19
Freddy Garcia
495.75
20
Pedro Astacio
493.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Aaron Sele
492.81
22
Rick Reed
491.07
23
Russ Ortiz
490.5
24
Mike Hampton
488.35
25
Brad Radke
486.94
26
Jeff Weaver
485.42
27
Eric Milton
485.32
28
Ryan Dempster
485.01
29
Jamie Moyer
484.57
30
Kerry Wood
480.97
31
Kevin Appier
479.5
32
David Wells
479.16
33
Barry Zito
474.3
34
Rick Helling
474.22
35
Jeff Suppan
474.02
36
Mark Mulder
471.55
37
Denny Neagle
470.19
38
Robert Person
470.0
39
Joe Mays
466.85
40
Dustin Hermanson
466.69
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Orlando Hernandez
465.56
42
Shawn Estes
463.79
43
Mark Buehrle
463.75
44
Todd Ritchie
463.66
45
Jason Bere
460.98
46
Woody Williams
459.67
47
Kevin Tapani
457.75
48
Wade Miller
457.25
49
Chuck Finley
457.25
50
Kevin Millwood
456.75
51
James Baldwin
455.93
52
Sidney Ponson
454.4
53
Paul Abbott
453.78
54
Livan Hernandez
451.47
55
Randy Wolf
450.96
56
Steve Trachsel
450.34
57
Glendon Rusch
449.18
58
Dave Burba
448.97
59
Pat Rapp
447.61
60
Kirk Rueter
447.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Ismael Valdes
446.43
62
Darren Dreifort
445.31
63
Tony Armas Jr.
444.94
64
Esteban Loaiza
441.61
65
Matt Morris
440.98
66
Brad Penny
438.2
67
Omar Daal
437.9
68
Brian Anderson
437.65
69
Kenny Rogers
437.12
70
Jamey Wright
434.66
71
Pat Hentgen
433.95
72
Jose Lima
433.85
73
Elmer Dessens
433.68
74
Shane Reynolds
431.97
75
Jimmy Haynes
431.93
76
Brian Bohanon
431.5
77
Cory Lidle
430.57
78
Matt Clement
430.4
79
Andy Benes
429.95
80
CC Sabathia
429.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Adam Eaton
428.24
82
Steve Parris
427.82
83
Chris Carpenter
426.19
84
Ramon Ortiz
425.32
85
David Cone
425.07
86
Bruce Chen
421.99
87
Jarrod Washburn
421.51
88
Bobby Jones
421.05
89
Jason Johnson
420.17
90
Frank Castillo
419.82
91
Mark Gardner
419.73
92
Julian Tavarez
415.64
93
Scott Schoeneweis
413.61
94
Kevin Jarvis
411.68
95
Scott Elarton
411.65
96
Steve Sparks
411.51
97
Gil Heredia
410.17
98
Albie Lopez
409.83
99
Mac Suzuki
406.97
100
Rolando Arrojo
406.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jose Mercedes
405.45
102
Bryan Rekar
404.84
103
Chuck Smith
402.87
104
Doug Davis
401.53
105
Rick Ankiel
399.95
106
Shawn Chacon
399.21
107
Darren Oliver
398.75
108
Chris Holt
397.94
109
Roy Oswalt
397.2
110
Pete Harnisch
396.97
111
Andy Ashby
395.86
112
Eric Gagne
395.45
113
Chad Durbin
393.32
114
Jason Schmidt
390.94
115
Ryan Rupe
390.9
116
Brian Tollberg
389.3
117
Jimmy Anderson
388.28
118
Tanyon Sturtze
387.57
119
A.J. Burnett
386.44
120
Rob Bell
386.12
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jeff D'Amico
384.43
122
Luke Prokopec
383.83
123
Kent Bottenfield
382.33
124
John Halama
382.31
125
Chris Reitsma
382.23
126
Ted Lilly
382.23
127
Tim Wakefield
381.96
128
Dave Mlicki
381.41
129
Armando Reynoso
380.79
130
Dan Reichert
379.12
131
Ben Sheets
379.04
132
Jim Parque
376.79
133
Brian Moehler
376.37
134
Rocky Biddle
374.66
135
Blake Stein
374.36
136
Josh Towers
372.23
137
Kip Wells
370.87
138
Terry Adams
369.95
139
Paul Byrd
367.67
140
Chris Michalak
367.27
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Willis Roberts
366.76
142
Mark Redman
366.22
143
Odalis Perez
363.11
144
Dave Coggin
361.94
145
Masato Yoshii
361.27
146
Miguel Batista
361.24
147
Mike Thurman
361.22
148
Joey Hamilton
359.86
149
Kris Wilson
357.88
150
Nelson Figueroa
357.57
151
Joe Kennedy
357.55
152
Robert Ellis
356.31
153
Allen Levrault
356.12
154
Brian Meadows
355.86
155
Joel Pineiro
355.09
156
Lance Davis
353.8
157
Paul Rigdon
352.12
158
Paul Wilson
351.19
159
Sean Lowe
349.08
160
Tomo Ohka
348.82
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jason Marquis
348.69
162
Omar Olivares
348.12
163
Bud Smith
347.08
164
Roy Halladay
346.52
165
Mike Matthews
344.56
166
Kyle Lohse
344.18
167
Amaury Telemaco
343.29
168
Dave Williams
343.15
169
Jose Acevedo
343.08
170
Charles Nagy
341.29
171
Brian Lawrence
341.19
172
Ron Villone
339.24
173
Osvaldo Fernandez
337.62
174
Calvin Maduro
337.44
175
Nick Bierbrodt
336.77
176
Randy Keisler
331.87
177
Joe Beimel
331.61
178
Tony McKnight
329.39
179
Tim Redding
329.01
180
Mike Sirotka
328.79
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Bobby Munoz
328.53
182
Aaron Myette
328.26
183
J.C. Romero
327.61
184
Adam Pettyjohn
326.87
185
Dan Wright
326.77
186
Jim Brower
325.26
187
Matt Wise
325.12
188
John Thomson
324.29
189
Jon Garland
324.03
190
Kris Benson
323.37
191
Troy Mattes
322.3
192
Jesus Sanchez
322.29
193
Britt Reames
322.29
194
Sterling Hitchcock
321.58
195
Victor Santos
321.27
196
Kelvim Escobar
321.18
197
Junior Herndon
321.15
198
Jake Westbrook
320.99
199
Erik Hiljus
320.96
200
Brandon Duckworth
319.68
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Chris George
318.77
202
Ramon Martinez
316.21
203
Ryan Jensen
315.47
204
Paxton Crawford
313.84
205
Jaret Wright
313.36
206
Jason Standridge
312.12
207
Steve Woodard
312.09
208
Ryan Glynn
311.74
209
Bret Saberhagen
311.51
210
Gary Glover
311.48
211
Ruben Quevedo
311.39
212
Cal Eldred
310.06
213
Adam Johnson
309.13
214
Brandon Lyon
308.54
215
Dennis Springer
307.82
216
Lou Pote
307.77
217
John Smoltz
307.52
218
Bronson Arroyo
307.05
219
Johan Santana
306.37
220
Dicky Gonzalez
305.69
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Brian Reith
304.41
222
Justin Duchscherer
303.8
223
Gary Knotts
303.67
224
Brad Thomas
303.38
225
Hideki Irabu
303.19
226
Jeff Wallace
302.95
227
Dennys Reyes
302.45
228
Wascar Serrano
302.09
229
Matt Blank
302.06
230
Mark Leiter
301.88
231
John Parrish
301.4
232
Scott Winchester
301.1
233
Giovanni Carrara
301.04
234
Joaquin Benoit
300.76
235
Nate Cornejo
300.02
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