Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Randy Johnson
645.24
2
Pedro Martinez
639.41
3
Curt Schilling
635.74
4
Bartolo Colon
561.07
5
Barry Zito
554.7
6
Jamie Moyer
549.27
7
Tim Hudson
532.33
8
Greg Maddux
528.14
9
Mike Mussina
526.45
10
Roger Clemens
523.37
11
Roy Oswalt
520.17
12
Tom Glavine
517.84
13
Al Leiter
515.23
14
Kevin Millwood
513.81
15
Kerry Wood
511.31
16
Randy Wolf
510.45
17
Mark Buehrle
509.59
18
Matt Morris
509.04
19
A.J. Burnett
506.72
20
Freddy Garcia
504.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Russ Ortiz
503.41
22
Mark Mulder
503.35
23
Javier Vazquez
502.3
24
Kevin Appier
502.11
25
Matt Clement
501.31
26
Hideo Nomo
500.81
27
Wade Miller
500.1
28
Roy Halladay
497.9
29
Eric Milton
497.21
30
Rick Reed
495.09
31
Woody Williams
492.06
32
Chuck Finley
491.98
33
Jarrod Washburn
488.79
34
Jeff Weaver
488.45
35
Jon Lieber
487.83
36
Rick Helling
485.6
37
Darryl Kile
485.37
38
Orlando Hernandez
481.6
39
Kevin Brown
481.09
40
Jason Schmidt
480.13
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Chan Ho Park
479.59
42
Denny Neagle
478.66
43
Derek Lowe
477.59
44
Cory Lidle
476.58
45
CC Sabathia
474.84
46
Andy Pettitte
473.72
47
Ramon Ortiz
471.11
48
Pedro Astacio
470.01
49
Steve Trachsel
465.87
50
Kirk Rueter
464.1
51
Elmer Dessens
463.94
52
Aaron Sele
462.01
53
Brad Radke
460.84
54
Paul Byrd
458.98
55
John Burkett
458.95
56
Livan Hernandez
455.47
57
Odalis Perez
455.3
58
Jimmy Haynes
450.74
59
Tony Armas Jr.
450.66
60
Shawn Estes
448.56
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Glendon Rusch
448.5
62
Tomo Ohka
448.46
63
Miguel Batista
445.87
64
Jeff Suppan
444.26
65
David Wells
444.07
66
Robert Person
444.0
67
Paul Wilson
443.56
68
Mark Redman
442.08
69
Ryan Dempster
440.56
70
Joe Mays
440.55
71
Brian Lawrence
440.53
72
Vicente Padilla
439.97
73
Sidney Ponson
438.11
74
Omar Daal
437.76
75
Brad Penny
434.49
76
Joe Kennedy
434.15
77
Kenny Rogers
434.15
78
Ismael Valdez
431.01
79
Dave Burba
430.57
80
Steve Sparks
429.92
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
James Baldwin
429.2
82
Brian Anderson
429.09
83
Rodrigo Lopez
428.52
84
Damian Moss
426.42
85
Mark Prior
425.78
86
Kip Wells
425.73
87
Mike Hampton
425.27
88
Jason Bere
424.33
89
Kyle Lohse
423.54
90
Tanyon Sturtze
423.53
91
Frank Castillo
422.72
92
Ben Sheets
422.35
93
Joel Pineiro
421.71
94
Jason Jennings
421.32
95
Danys Baez
419.11
96
John Thomson
418.69
97
Andy Ashby
417.93
98
Chris Carpenter
417.64
99
Jamey Wright
416.98
100
Shawn Chacon
415.54
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Esteban Loaiza
414.71
102
Jason Johnson
414.18
103
Brett Tomko
414.05
104
Jon Garland
413.28
105
Shane Reynolds
410.85
106
Brandon Duckworth
407.87
107
Todd Ritchie
402.48
108
Julian Tavarez
400.58
109
Dan Wright
399.91
110
Jimmy Anderson
398.78
111
Josh Fogg
398.07
112
Kazuhisa Ishii
397.3
113
Masato Yoshii
397.14
114
Chris Reitsma
395.87
115
Johan Santana
395.58
116
Terry Adams
392.31
117
Jason Marquis
388.8
118
Scott Schoeneweis
388.4
119
Ted Lilly
387.4
120
Dave Mlicki
385.61
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Kevin Jarvis
385.41
122
Ryan Rupe
384.98
123
Josh Beckett
384.49
124
Bobby Jones
383.86
125
Ryan Jensen
383.72
126
Jeff D'Amico
382.48
127
Doug Davis
380.21
128
Jason Simontacchi
378.83
129
Kris Benson
374.72
130
Paul Abbott
374.05
131
Andy Benes
373.93
132
Rob Bell
373.46
133
Carlos Hernandez
373.46
134
John Lackey
373.36
135
Jose Lima
372.23
136
Denny Stark
372.01
137
Gary Glover
371.51
138
Michael Tejera
370.97
139
Scott Erickson
369.18
140
Albie Lopez
368.64
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Miguel Asencio
367.92
142
Mike Maroth
367.73
143
Ruben Quevedo
366.75
144
Aaron Harang
365.67
145
Oliver Perez
364.04
146
Pete Walker
361.53
147
Ryan Drese
359.42
148
Tim Wakefield
358.56
149
Travis Driskill
358.07
150
Darren Oliver
358.04
151
Dave Williams
357.48
152
Darrell May
357.27
153
Carlos Zambrano
355.0
154
Jake Peavy
354.69
155
Joey Hamilton
353.62
156
Jorge Sosa
353.27
157
Kirk Saarloos
351.9
158
Peter Munro
350.93
159
Luke Prokopec
350.92
160
Tim Redding
347.33
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Bruce Chen
345.89
162
Shawn Sedlacek
344.84
163
Runelvys Hernandez
344.67
164
Steve Parris
343.26
165
Brian Moehler
342.94
166
Brett Myers
342.3
167
Brian Meadows
342.22
168
Brian Tollberg
339.98
169
Matt Kinney
338.17
170
John Stephens
336.39
171
Jared Fernandez
336.07
172
Joe Roa
335.36
173
Justin Miller
332.82
174
Casey Fossum
332.46
175
Chad Durbin
329.54
176
Brian Powell
327.52
177
Carl Pavano
326.05
178
Rolando Arrojo
324.94
179
Jason Phillips
324.81
180
Adam Bernero
324.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Calvin Maduro
324.28
182
Bud Smith
324.22
183
Victor Zambrano
324.19
184
Mike Bacsik
323.02
185
Joe Beimel
322.54
186
Aaron Myette
322.39
187
Joaquin Benoit
322.13
188
Rafael Soriano
321.29
189
Nelson Cruz
320.61
190
Juan Cruz
320.48
191
Dave Coggin
319.31
192
Brandon Lyon
318.46
193
Bronson Arroyo
318.29
194
Jake Westbrook
317.35
195
Wilson Alvarez
317.33
196
Mickey Callaway
315.86
197
John Halama
315.85
198
Britt Reames
315.56
199
Erik Hiljus
315.43
200
Bryan Rekar
314.42
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Ricardo Rodriguez
314.42
202
Mike Bynum
314.2
203
Jose Cabrera
313.84
204
Steve Smyth
313.08
205
Luther Hackman
311.53
206
John Patterson
310.75
207
Jim Parque
310.61
208
Jeremy Affeldt
310.44
209
Charles Nagy
310.33
210
Kevin Olsen
310.11
211
Jose Acevedo
309.74
212
Blake Stein
309.48
213
Nelson Figueroa
309.16
214
Alan Benes
309.05
215
Seth Greisinger
308.83
216
Garrett Stephenson
308.65
217
Travis Smith
308.2
218
Nick Neugebauer
307.81
219
Chris George
307.5
220
Jose Rijo
307.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Ryan Franklin
307.26
222
Dustin Hermanson
307.17
223
Dennys Reyes
305.33
224
Josh Towers
305.07
225
Bobby Jones
304.82
226
Aaron Cook
304.36
227
Jimmy Osting
304.26
228
Rocky Biddle
302.58
229
Travis Harper
302.25
230
Rick Bauer
301.66
231
Ron Villone
301.41
232
Mike Smith
301.4
233
Dennis Tankersley
301.07
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