Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Pedro Martinez
610.18
2
Curt Schilling
607.4
3
Tim Hudson
569.57
4
Mike Mussina
565.84
5
Randy Johnson
564.55
6
Jason Schmidt
546.65
7
Mark Mulder
538.58
8
Barry Zito
533.14
9
Kerry Wood
532.32
10
Roy Halladay
531.26
11
Javier Vazquez
529.73
12
Hideo Nomo
529.4
13
Roger Clemens
525.88
14
Bartolo Colon
523.67
15
Livan Hernandez
511.97
16
Randy Wolf
511.96
17
Kevin Millwood
511.7
18
CC Sabathia
507.75
19
Jamie Moyer
506.56
20
Wade Miller
505.49
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Kevin Brown
502.32
22
Russ Ortiz
501.34
23
Woody Williams
499.06
24
Roy Oswalt
496.84
25
Matt Clement
496.58
26
Esteban Loaiza
496.17
27
Greg Maddux
495.88
28
Mark Buehrle
493.31
29
Andy Pettitte
492.75
30
Mark Prior
492.0
31
Jarrod Washburn
491.29
32
Sidney Ponson
477.47
33
Ben Sheets
474.85
34
Miguel Batista
472.71
35
Odalis Perez
470.04
36
Al Leiter
469.57
37
Freddy Garcia
469.28
38
Joel Pineiro
468.79
39
Matt Morris
467.69
40
Steve Trachsel
466.93
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Derek Lowe
464.34
42
Brad Penny
464.11
43
Tim Wakefield
461.73
44
Brad Radke
460.8
45
Kip Wells
460.74
46
Jeff Suppan
459.86
47
Carlos Zambrano
459.59
48
Rick Reed
457.77
49
John Burkett
456.58
50
Mark Redman
456.36
51
David Wells
456.02
52
Kevin Appier
452.99
53
Ramon Ortiz
452.17
54
Jon Garland
451.93
55
Tom Glavine
451.12
56
Kenny Rogers
451.04
57
Vicente Padilla
450.06
58
Brandon Webb
449.94
59
John Thomson
449.23
60
Brian Lawrence
447.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Darrell May
447.0
62
Elmer Dessens
447.0
63
Brian Anderson
444.19
64
Kyle Lohse
442.9
65
Tomo Ohka
442.85
66
Rick Helling
442.07
67
Cory Lidle
437.77
68
Jason Jennings
436.29
69
Jeff Weaver
436.24
70
A.J. Burnett
435.34
71
Jake Peavy
434.85
72
Jason Johnson
433.7
73
Mike Hampton
433.33
74
Shawn Chacon
430.33
75
John Lackey
429.71
76
Kirk Rueter
425.66
77
Kazuhisa Ishii
424.65
78
Paul Wilson
423.55
79
Damian Moss
422.59
80
Gil Meche
418.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Kelvim Escobar
417.37
82
Carl Pavano
415.51
83
Chan Ho Park
415.23
84
Tony Armas Jr.
413.91
85
Jeremi Gonzalez
413.35
86
Ryan Franklin
413.19
87
Brett Myers
410.81
88
Dontrelle Willis
410.51
89
Shawn Estes
408.97
90
Tim Redding
408.79
91
Aaron Sele
408.31
92
Ismael Valdez
408.19
93
Josh Beckett
407.62
94
Garrett Stephenson
406.8
95
Ted Lilly
406.29
96
Victor Zambrano
406.21
97
Jason Davis
405.31
98
Rodrigo Lopez
405.29
99
Jeff D'Amico
403.63
100
Jimmy Haynes
402.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Ryan Dempster
402.44
102
Brett Tomko
402.34
103
Mike Maroth
401.74
104
Matt Kinney
400.55
105
Joe Mays
400.02
106
Adam Eaton
397.28
107
Darren Oliver
396.42
108
Joe Kennedy
395.2
109
Oliver Perez
394.51
110
Omar Daal
393.68
111
Brandon Duckworth
392.73
112
Jae Seo
392.29
113
Wayne Franklin
390.67
114
Josh Fogg
390.58
115
Glendon Rusch
388.51
116
Mark Hendrickson
387.24
117
Johan Santana
386.9
118
Horacio Ramirez
385.89
119
Jeriome Robertson
384.86
120
Jerome Williams
382.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jesse Foppert
382.23
122
Jeremy Bonderman
380.58
123
Ron Villone
380.04
124
Kris Benson
379.89
125
Jeremy Affeldt
379.88
126
Zach Day
378.94
127
Runelvys Hernandez
377.02
128
Danny Graves
374.55
129
Dan Wright
372.25
130
Shane Reynolds
372.12
131
Claudio Vargas
371.64
132
Pat Hentgen
369.5
133
Jason Simontacchi
367.0
134
Pedro Astacio
366.91
135
Nate Cornejo
366.76
136
Billy Traber
366.61
137
Joaquin Benoit
362.97
138
Andy Ashby
362.64
139
Tanyon Sturtze
361.9
140
Jose Lima
361.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Denny Neagle
360.16
142
Kyle Snyder
359.04
143
Byung-Hyun Kim
357.3
144
Casey Fossum
355.59
145
R.A. Dickey
352.79
146
Rob Bell
350.29
147
Doug Davis
346.86
148
Jake Westbrook
346.47
149
Miguel Asencio
345.05
150
Adam Bernero
344.14
151
Colby Lewis
343.54
152
Kevin Jarvis
342.82
153
Ricardo Rodriguez
341.82
154
Dan Haren
341.73
155
Jorge Sosa
341.5
156
Kurt Ainsworth
339.94
157
Gary Knotts
339.43
158
Andy Good
339.22
159
Rich Harden
339.0
160
Darren Dreifort
338.87
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Aaron Harang
337.94
162
Chuck Finley
336.47
163
Wilson Alvarez
335.98
164
Jose Acevedo
335.31
165
Denny Stark
335.08
166
Chris George
333.33
167
Jeff Fassero
332.92
168
Matt Roney
332.82
169
Aaron Cook
331.84
170
Eric Milton
330.9
171
Salomon Torres
326.49
172
Scot Shields
326.48
173
John Bale
325.29
174
Dustin Hermanson
324.81
175
Aaron Heilman
324.23
176
Jim Brower
323.72
177
Tony Mounce
321.79
178
Chin-hui Tsao
321.57
179
Josh Towers
321.45
180
John Halama
320.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Brian Meadows
320.21
182
Wil Ledezma
320.11
183
Pete Walker
319.35
184
Nelson Figueroa
319.01
185
Jason Standridge
316.1
186
Robert Ellis
315.45
187
Jared Fernandez
315.0
188
John Patterson
314.74
189
Juan Cruz
313.83
190
Tommy Phelps
313.65
191
Eric DuBose
313.62
192
Jason Marquis
313.38
193
Ramiro Mendoza
312.54
194
Jimmy Gobble
312.38
195
Dewon Brazelton
311.91
196
Wes Obermueller
311.37
197
Amaury Telemaco
310.87
198
Michael Tejera
310.47
199
Nate Robertson
310.46
200
Jason Stanford
310.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Neal Cotts
310.26
202
Juan Dominguez
309.95
203
Jose Jimenez
309.45
204
Ryan Jensen
308.94
205
Kevin Gregg
308.86
206
Chad Gaudin
307.32
207
Scott Linebrink
307.08
208
Sterling Hitchcock
306.92
209
Cliff Lee
306.86
210
Kris Wilson
306.66
211
Jeremy Griffiths
306.52
212
Mike Porzio
306.42
213
Paul Abbott
306.35
214
Kevin Correia
306.21
215
Masao Kida
306.13
216
Rodrigo Rosario
306.09
217
Jose Contreras
305.71
218
Ruben Quevedo
305.64
219
Chris Capuano
305.22
220
Corey Thurman
305.08
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Orlando Hernandez
305.08
222
Scott Elarton
304.92
223
Nelson Cruz
304.59
224
Dave Burba
304.2
225
Todd Ritchie
303.64
226
Josh Hall
303.51
227
T.J. Tucker
302.77
228
Jeff Austin
302.21
229
Seth Etherton
301.91
230
Mario Ramos
301.84
231
Ryan Drese
301.8
232
Victor Santos
301.56
233
Seth McClung
301.51
234
Brian Tallet
300.63
235
Shane Loux
300.56
236
Carlos Silva
300.09
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