Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Randy Johnson
646.79
2
Pedro Martinez
646.1
3
Curt Schilling
577.89
4
Mike Mussina
556.94
5
Greg Maddux
556.28
6
Roger Clemens
554.8
7
Kevin Brown
552.39
8
Chan Ho Park
552.12
9
Bartolo Colon
537.26
10
Javier Vazquez
535.55
11
Darryl Kile
535.01
12
Tim Hudson
531.07
13
Jon Lieber
522.0
14
Al Leiter
521.17
15
John Burkett
512.65
16
Freddy Garcia
509.65
17
Jamie Moyer
504.76
18
Aaron Sele
502.37
19
Hideo Nomo
500.9
20
Russ Ortiz
500.66
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Pedro Astacio
499.42
22
Tom Glavine
498.38
23
Andy Pettitte
495.55
24
Barry Zito
494.63
25
Brad Radke
493.16
26
Eric Milton
492.01
27
Robert Person
489.37
28
Mike Hampton
487.47
29
Joe Mays
482.27
30
Rick Reed
482.23
31
Jeff Weaver
481.98
32
Kevin Appier
481.44
33
Ryan Dempster
477.45
34
Kerry Wood
476.97
35
Denny Neagle
475.48
36
David Wells
475.16
37
Rick Helling
474.61
38
Jeff Suppan
470.64
39
Wade Miller
470.34
40
Mark Buehrle
469.11
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Dustin Hermanson
466.65
42
Steve Trachsel
465.7
43
Kevin Tapani
465.08
44
Kevin Millwood
464.94
45
Mark Mulder
463.83
46
Jason Bere
463.36
47
Todd Ritchie
460.32
48
Woody Williams
459.66
49
Livan Hernandez
458.89
50
Chuck Finley
457.92
51
Orlando Hernandez
457.79
52
Shawn Estes
457.36
53
Tony Armas Jr.
457.36
54
Dave Burba
457.05
55
James Baldwin
456.53
56
Paul Abbott
453.58
57
Matt Morris
448.91
58
Brad Penny
448.15
59
Pat Rapp
447.66
60
Kirk Rueter
447.42
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Randy Wolf
446.96
62
Sidney Ponson
443.46
63
CC Sabathia
442.63
64
Jarrod Washburn
442.22
65
Darren Dreifort
441.31
66
Jimmy Haynes
441.01
67
Matt Clement
439.97
68
Ismael Valdes
438.33
69
Esteban Loaiza
437.32
70
Elmer Dessens
437.31
71
Chris Carpenter
435.15
72
Glendon Rusch
435.0
73
Ramon Ortiz
434.98
74
Kevin Jarvis
434.94
75
Albie Lopez
434.68
76
Roy Oswalt
434.44
77
Jamey Wright
433.96
78
Cory Lidle
433.73
79
Kenny Rogers
433.12
80
Frank Castillo
430.47
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Omar Daal
430.05
82
Pat Hentgen
429.95
83
Steve Sparks
429.83
84
Shane Reynolds
429.22
85
Bruce Chen
429.08
86
Jose Lima
427.26
87
Andy Benes
425.95
88
David Cone
425.53
89
Brian Bohanon
425.19
90
Brian Anderson
424.57
91
Adam Eaton
424.24
92
Steve Parris
423.82
93
Jason Johnson
416.57
94
Bobby Jones
415.87
95
Mark Gardner
415.73
96
Scott Schoeneweis
413.02
97
Darren Oliver
412.77
98
Doug Davis
412.11
99
Chad Durbin
408.65
100
Jason Schmidt
408.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Shawn Chacon
407.82
102
Mac Suzuki
407.72
103
Scott Elarton
407.65
104
Gil Heredia
406.17
105
Jose Mercedes
406.14
106
Eric Gagne
403.83
107
Rolando Arrojo
403.63
108
Julian Tavarez
403.29
109
Bryan Rekar
403.1
110
Tanyon Sturtze
401.44
111
Chuck Smith
398.87
112
Rick Ankiel
395.95
113
Chris Holt
393.94
114
Chris Reitsma
393.5
115
Pete Harnisch
392.97
116
Andy Ashby
391.86
117
A.J. Burnett
391.65
118
Brian Tollberg
389.95
119
Jimmy Anderson
386.53
120
Ryan Rupe
385.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Dave Mlicki
385.35
122
Rob Bell
384.63
123
Luke Prokopec
384.19
124
Tim Wakefield
383.1
125
Blake Stein
380.69
126
Jeff D'Amico
380.43
127
Terry Adams
378.83
128
Kent Bottenfield
378.33
129
John Halama
378.31
130
Josh Towers
376.94
131
Armando Reynoso
376.79
132
Paul Byrd
375.89
133
Ted Lilly
375.21
134
Dan Reichert
375.12
135
Ben Sheets
375.04
136
Joe Kennedy
373.58
137
Jim Parque
372.79
138
Brian Moehler
372.37
139
Rocky Biddle
370.14
140
Roy Halladay
369.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Mark Redman
367.88
142
Miguel Batista
366.88
143
Kip Wells
366.87
144
Dave Coggin
365.33
145
Lance Davis
365.22
146
Nelson Figueroa
363.47
147
Chris Michalak
363.27
148
Mike Thurman
363.17
149
Willis Roberts
362.76
150
Brian Lawrence
362.64
151
Paul Wilson
362.26
152
Kelvim Escobar
360.63
153
Jason Marquis
360.26
154
Joel Pineiro
359.29
155
Odalis Perez
359.11
156
Dave Williams
359.08
157
Kyle Lohse
358.13
158
Tomo Ohka
357.98
159
Kris Wilson
357.71
160
Masato Yoshii
357.27
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Joey Hamilton
355.86
162
Allen Levrault
354.35
163
Robert Ellis
352.31
164
Aaron Myette
352.09
165
Brian Meadows
351.86
166
Jose Acevedo
348.89
167
Paul Rigdon
348.12
168
Sean Lowe
345.83
169
Jon Garland
345.15
170
Ron Villone
344.85
171
Nick Bierbrodt
344.13
172
Omar Olivares
344.12
173
Tony McKnight
343.64
174
Bud Smith
343.2
175
John Thomson
341.08
176
Mike Matthews
340.56
177
Amaury Telemaco
339.29
178
Steve Woodard
339.26
179
Brandon Duckworth
338.2
180
Charles Nagy
338.14
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Sterling Hitchcock
338.07
182
Ruben Quevedo
338.07
183
Jesus Sanchez
336.12
184
Osvaldo Fernandez
333.62
185
Calvin Maduro
333.61
186
Erik Hiljus
333.47
187
Carlos Hernandez
333.2
188
Adam Pettyjohn
332.69
189
Chris George
331.74
190
Joe Beimel
328.98
191
Gary Glover
328.22
192
Randy Keisler
327.87
193
Tim Redding
325.01
194
Brandon Lyon
324.71
195
J.C. Romero
323.61
196
Jim Brower
321.26
197
Dan Wright
321.22
198
Matt Wise
321.12
199
Nate Cornejo
321.06
200
Junior Herndon
320.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Juan Cruz
320.22
202
Jason Jennings
319.76
203
Bobby Munoz
319.63
204
Troy Mattes
318.3
205
Britt Reames
318.29
206
Casey Fossum
317.72
207
Victor Santos
317.27
208
Jake Westbrook
316.99
209
Ryan Jensen
316.1
210
Mike Sirotka
312.79
211
Dennys Reyes
312.65
212
Ramon Martinez
312.21
213
Nick Neugebauer
310.34
214
Bobby Witt
310.24
215
Paxton Crawford
309.84
216
Adam Johnson
309.48
217
Jaret Wright
309.36
218
Jason Standridge
308.37
219
Ryan Glynn
307.74
220
Bret Saberhagen
307.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Kris Benson
307.37
222
Giovanni Carrara
306.95
223
Cal Eldred
306.06
224
Rocky Coppinger
305.33
225
Dennis Springer
303.82
226
Lou Pote
303.77
227
John Smoltz
303.52
228
Bronson Arroyo
303.05
229
Johan Santana
302.37
230
Dicky Gonzalez
301.69
231
Brian Reith
300.41
232
Brad Thomas
300.13
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