Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Randy Johnson
648.33
2
Pedro Martinez
604.52
3
Kevin Brown
583.11
4
Curt Schilling
563.95
5
David Cone
555.69
6
Roger Clemens
538.88
7
Mike Mussina
538.59
8
John Smoltz
533.05
9
Greg Maddux
531.95
10
Shane Reynolds
525.69
11
Mike Hampton
519.64
12
David Wells
512.01
13
Tom Glavine
506.24
14
Al Leiter
504.78
15
Jamie Moyer
504.3
16
Pete Harnisch
498.9
17
Jose Lima
496.23
18
Pedro Astacio
495.63
19
Chuck Finley
495.31
20
Ismael Valdes
495.08
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Kevin Millwood
494.61
22
Bartolo Colon
493.27
23
Omar Daal
491.83
24
Sterling Hitchcock
484.61
25
Brad Radke
484.01
26
Andy Benes
482.94
27
Juan Guzman
482.79
28
Rick Helling
482.15
29
Andy Pettitte
481.39
30
Aaron Sele
480.3
31
Andy Ashby
478.64
32
Orlando Hernandez
478.37
33
Dave Burba
478.35
34
Wilson Alvarez
473.91
35
Kenny Rogers
472.05
36
Jose Rosado
468.49
37
Dustin Hermanson
464.39
38
Francisco Cordova
463.88
39
Jason Schmidt
462.92
40
Scott Erickson
462.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Denny Neagle
459.94
42
Justin Thompson
459.85
43
Steve Trachsel
459.71
44
Jon Lieber
459.47
45
Charles Nagy
457.5
46
Darryl Kile
455.96
47
Brett Tomko
453.91
48
Rick Reed
453.71
49
Orel Hershiser
453.03
50
Todd Stottlemyre
450.45
51
Bret Saberhagen
449.88
52
Hideo Nomo
448.18
53
Mike Sirotka
446.35
54
Shawn Estes
446.16
55
Chan Ho Park
446.16
56
Eric Milton
444.91
57
Dave Mlicki
443.77
58
James Baldwin
443.65
59
Darren Oliver
443.4
60
Omar Olivares
443.32
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Kirk Rueter
442.23
62
Livan Hernandez
441.31
63
Kevin Tapani
441.12
64
Jeff Fassero
439.95
65
Pat Hentgen
438.21
66
Hideki Irabu
437.59
67
Woody Williams
435.66
68
Brian Moehler
435.39
69
Mark Gardner
431.86
70
Kent Bottenfield
431.09
71
Ken Hill
430.88
72
Chris Carpenter
430.71
73
Joey Hamilton
430.25
74
Sidney Ponson
429.65
75
Steve Woodard
429.08
76
Rolando Arrojo
427.35
77
Jeff Suppan
424.19
78
John Burkett
423.76
79
Tim Wakefield
421.18
80
Jaret Wright
420.25
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Freddy Garcia
419.55
82
Paul Byrd
418.4
83
Pat Rapp
417.92
84
Tim Belcher
415.15
85
Masato Yoshii
415.14
86
Russ Ortiz
414.84
87
Scott Karl
413.41
88
Mark Portugal
412.01
89
Todd Ritchie
410.44
90
Alex Fernandez
410.42
91
Darren Dreifort
409.19
92
Kevin Appier
408.98
93
Gil Heredia
408.9
94
Dwight Gooden
408.79
95
Kris Benson
408.01
96
Bobby Jones
407.34
97
Steve Sparks
405.77
98
Kent Mercker
405.38
99
Brian Bohanon
405.13
100
Tim Hudson
403.06
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Armando Reynoso
400.41
102
Jim Parque
399.17
103
Mike Oquist
399.09
104
Mike Thurman
399.09
105
Jimmy Haynes
399.07
106
Chad Ogea
398.46
107
Mike Morgan
398.25
108
Carlos Perez
394.3
109
Mark Clark
393.94
110
LaTroy Hawkins
393.15
111
Steve Parris
391.83
112
Carl Pavano
391.24
113
Steve Avery
391.06
114
Brian Anderson
390.88
115
Joe Mays
390.64
116
Bobby Witt
389.41
117
Terry Mulholland
389.41
118
Jose Jimenez
387.9
119
Jeff Weaver
387.04
120
Kelvim Escobar
385.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Javier Vazquez
384.46
122
Chris Holt
384.42
123
John Halama
381.81
124
Dennis Springer
381.6
125
Robert Person
380.47
126
Matt Clement
380.2
127
Ryan Rupe
379.3
128
Pete Schourek
379.28
129
Brian Meadows
378.84
130
Jamey Wright
378.68
131
Tony Saunders
377.9
132
John Snyder
375.31
133
Tom Candiotti
373.89
134
Jaime Navarro
373.88
135
Ron Villone
373.64
136
Bobby Jones
372.32
137
Sean Bergman
372.24
138
Esteban Loaiza
371.75
139
Ryan Dempster
370.14
140
John Thomson
369.99
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Randy Wolf
369.49
142
Brian Rose
364.91
143
Chris Brock
359.84
144
Jay Witasick
358.4
145
Jesus Sanchez
354.88
146
Octavio Dotel
351.98
147
Miguel Batista
351.22
148
Brian Boehringer
350.98
149
Dave Eiland
350.9
150
Willie Blair
350.17
151
Scott Elarton
350.07
152
Jason Johnson
348.98
153
Dan Smith
344.89
154
Kyle Peterson
344.56
155
Jeremy Powell
344.42
156
Odalis Perez
342.55
157
Gil Meche
340.21
158
Carlton Loewer
339.7
159
Roy Halladay
339.62
160
Garrett Stephenson
339.31
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Blake Stein
335.8
162
Kyle Farnsworth
334.59
163
Donovan Osborne
332.75
164
Chris Peters
331.99
165
Andrew Lorraine
331.3
166
Jason Bere
331.28
167
Bryan Rekar
329.33
168
Mike Lincoln
329.17
169
Bill Pulsipher
327.27
170
Vladimir Nunez
324.7
171
Jim Abbott
324.25
172
Juan Acevedo
323.95
173
Ryan Glynn
321.15
174
Jin Ho Cho
321.03
175
Steve Karsay
320.56
176
Dan Reichert
319.36
177
Joe Nathan
317.99
178
Anthony Shumaker
316.01
179
Paul Abbott
316.0
180
Larry Luebbers
315.38
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Kip Wells
315.26
182
Bruce Chen
314.89
183
Jose Silva
314.87
184
Frank Rodriguez
313.81
185
Ramon Ortiz
313.48
186
Dave Borkowski
313.17
187
Micah Bowie
312.88
188
Mark Langston
312.39
189
Mark Brownson
311.75
190
Jimmy Anderson
310.89
191
Ramiro Mendoza
310.75
192
Mike Fyhrie
309.16
193
Heath Murray
308.87
194
Rafael Roque
308.67
195
Dan Perkins
308.57
196
Chris Haney
308.4
197
Dan Serafini
307.86
198
Mike Judd
307.86
199
A.J. Burnett
307.84
200
Bryce Florie
307.08
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Nelson Cruz
306.84
202
Lance Painter
306.2
203
Cal Eldred
306.07
204
Ken Cloude
305.77
205
Roberto Ramirez
305.52
206
Steve Schrenk
305.3
207
Tony Armas Jr.
305.21
208
Doug Linton
304.49
209
Jack McDowell
304.15
210
Ricky Bones
303.69
211
Scott Sanders
303.1
212
Robinson Checo
302.98
213
Jason Isringhausen
302.28
214
Jarrod Washburn
302.24
215
Pat Daneker
301.85
216
Mac Suzuki
300.94
217
Juan Pena
300.69
218
Allen Watson
300.59
219
Chris Fussell
300.55
220
Mike Johnson
300.42
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Mickey Callaway
300.39
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