Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Zack Wheeler
575.41
2
Framber Valdez
533.39
3
Aaron Nola
533.2
4
Logan Gilbert
526.88
5
Blake Snell
525.85
6
Dylan Cease
524.17
7
Corbin Burnes
523.78
8
Logan Webb
520.97
9
Pablo Lopez
516.33
10
Sonny Gray
516.16
11
Nathan Eovaldi
515.18
12
Luis Castillo
514.3
13
Freddy Peralta
512.88
14
Tarik Skubal
512.02
15
Kevin Gausman
509.72
16
Hunter Greene
506.58
17
Jose Berrios
505.34
18
Max Fried
504.15
19
Zac Gallen
503.17
20
Chris Sale
499.45
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Justin Steele
493.79
22
Bailey Ober
491.1
23
Charlie Morton
490.6
24
George Kirby
489.89
25
Chris Bassitt
488.84
26
Ranger Suarez
488.72
27
Joe Ryan
488.35
28
Seth Lugo
488.12
29
Michael Wacha
485.37
30
Gerrit Cole
485.17
31
Tyler Glasnow
483.72
32
Mitch Keller
480.94
33
Cole Ragans
480.83
34
Brady Singer
479.37
35
Tyler Anderson
477.48
36
Zach Eflin
476.8
37
Sean Manaea
472.2
38
Merrill Kelly
471.92
39
Justin Verlander
471.8
40
Tanner Bibee
471.66
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Yusei Kikuchi
470.25
42
Bryce Miller
468.74
43
Andrew Heaney
466.58
44
Hunter Brown
464.88
45
Jameson Taillon
462.57
46
Kyle Gibson
461.85
47
Kutter Crawford
461.49
48
Jack Flaherty
461.48
49
Nick Pivetta
459.47
50
Max Scherzer
458.19
51
Tanner Houck
455.93
52
JP Sears
454.57
53
Michael King
453.04
54
Kyle Bradish
452.61
55
Michael Lorenzen
452.01
56
Carlos Rodon
451.85
57
Cristopher Sanchez
451.33
58
Aaron Civale
451.32
59
Marcus Stroman
450.82
60
Nestor Cortes
448.57
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Jake Irvin
447.68
62
Brandon Pfaadt
447.66
63
Yu Darvish
447.16
64
Miles Mikolas
446.81
65
Ronel Blanco
444.81
66
Brayan Bello
444.62
67
Lance Lynn
443.37
68
Cal Quantrill
442.02
69
Andrew Abbott
441.99
70
Reynaldo Lopez
440.61
71
Garrett Crochet
440.48
72
Jordan Montgomery
440.39
73
Paul Skenes
440.28
74
Jon Gray
440.17
75
Dean Kremer
439.89
76
Shota Imanaga
439.83
77
Spencer Strider
436.71
78
Erick Fedde
435.51
79
Austin Gomber
434.83
80
Colin Rea
433.88
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Joe Musgrove
431.59
82
Luis Severino
431.57
83
Jose Quintana
431.5
84
Grayson Rodriguez
428.89
85
Jesus Luzardo
427.53
86
Gavin Stone
426.66
87
MacKenzie Gore
424.54
88
Cristian Javier
424.23
89
Luis Gil
424.11
90
Reese Olson
424.01
91
Dane Dunning
423.69
92
Spencer Arrighetti
423.64
93
Patrick Corbin
423.35
94
Ryne Nelson
421.46
95
Zack Littell
420.57
96
Javier Assad
420.56
97
Bryan Woo
420.27
98
Shane Bieber
420.12
99
Kyle Freeland
416.94
100
Tobias Myers
415.41
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Patrick Sandoval
412.88
102
Griffin Canning
412.54
103
Mitchell Parker
410.54
104
Simeon Woods Richardson
409.11
105
Ben Lively
408.0
106
Spencer Schwellenbach
406.98
107
Jose Soriano
406.08
108
Ryan Pepiot
406.05
109
Matt Waldron
404.48
110
Clarke Schmidt
402.95
111
Taijuan Walker
402.95
112
Frankie Montas
402.11
113
Ryan Feltner
398.73
114
David Peterson
398.23
115
Reid Detmers
398.06
116
Kyle Harrison
397.83
117
James Paxton
396.96
118
Joey Estes
396.7
119
Taj Bradley
396.26
120
Martin Perez
395.24
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Albert Suarez
394.93
122
Nick Lodolo
393.29
123
Edward Cabrera
392.72
124
Triston McKenzie
392.53
125
Bailey Falter
389.21
126
Clayton Kershaw
388.15
127
Chris Flexen
387.98
128
Braxton Garrett
386.75
129
Alec Marsh
386.38
130
Andre Pallante
385.15
131
DJ Herz
384.88
132
Trevor Rogers
384.23
133
Jared Jones
383.75
134
Logan Allen
383.38
135
Cole Irvin
382.14
136
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
380.61
137
Mitch Spence
380.45
138
Luis Ortiz
379.04
139
Graham Ashcraft
378.39
140
Trevor Williams
374.89
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Paul Blackburn
374.28
142
Kyle Hendricks
373.6
143
Cooper Criswell
373.1
144
Jordan Hicks
372.29
145
Bryce Elder
372.2
146
Carlos Carrasco
371.69
147
Bowden Francis
369.65
148
Bobby Miller
369.06
149
Yariel Rodriguez
367.13
150
Ryan Weathers
362.67
151
Josiah Gray
361.31
152
Kenta Maeda
359.62
153
Casey Mize
358.26
154
Tylor Megill
356.8
155
Jonathan Cannon
356.41
156
Randy Vasquez
356.17
157
Osvaldo Bido
354.73
158
Chris Paddack
354.7
159
Cody Bradford
354.05
160
Shane Baz
353.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Keider Montero
353.5
162
Gavin Williams
352.88
163
Hayden Birdsong
351.76
164
Mike Clevinger
348.98
165
David Festa
345.42
166
Alek Manoah
345.15
167
Roddery Munoz
344.94
168
Dakota Hudson
344.72
169
Carson Fulmer
342.93
170
Robbie Ray
342.37
171
Wade Miley
340.11
172
Hogan Harris
340.05
173
Erik Miller
339.41
174
Landon Knack
338.1
175
Valente Bellozo
338.05
176
Slade Cecconi
335.84
177
Matt Boyd
335.05
178
Davis Martin
334.88
179
Beau Brieske
334.71
180
Spencer Turnbull
334.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Ben Brown
333.91
182
Jeffrey Springs
333.89
183
Nick Martinez
333.78
184
Ross Stripling
332.49
185
Andrew Thorpe
332.08
186
Tyler Holton
331.57
187
Christian Scott
331.5
188
Alex Faedo
329.93
189
Adrian Houser
329.68
190
Eduardo Rodriguez
329.46
191
Jack Kochanowicz
328.99
192
River Ryan
327.63
193
J.P. France
326.17
194
Carson Spiers
324.83
195
Max Meyer
324.62
196
Jose Butto
324.48
197
Adam Oller
324.12
198
Walker Buehler
323.54
199
Jose Urena
322.62
200
Cade Povich
322.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Luis Medina
322.27
202
Tyler Phillips
322.12
203
Joe Ross
322.11
204
Joe Boyle
321.96
205
Grant Holmes
321.67
206
Tanner Gordon
320.25
207
Alex Wood
319.49
208
Kodai Senga
319.28
209
Bryse Wilson
319.18
210
Kyle Tyler
319.1
211
Brandon Woodruff
318.51
212
Alex Cobb
318.47
213
Keaton Winn
318.34
214
Hayden Wesneski
317.84
215
Ty Blach
317.26
216
Bradley Blalock
317.24
217
Yilber Diaz
317.08
218
DL Hall
317.01
219
Fernando Cruz
316.44
220
Shawn Armstrong
315.5
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Davis Daniel
315.3
222
Emerson Hancock
315.25
223
Justin Wrobleski
315.22
224
Josh Winckowski
315.06
225
Shohei Ohtani
314.56
226
Matt Manning
314.24
227
Jared Koenig
313.79
228
Robert Gasser
313.44
229
Tyler Mahle
312.64
230
Zebby Matthews
312.54
231
Ky Bush
312.48
232
Drew Rasmussen
312.46
233
Kolby Allard
312.22
234
Jakob Junis
310.52
235
Jordan Wicks
310.48
236
Tyler Wells
310.23
237
Tyler Alexander
310.08
238
Zack Kelly
309.93
239
Jake Woodford
309.9
240
Nick Nastrini
309.86
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
241
Julian Aguiar
309.78
242
Domingo German
309.5
243
Jacob Lopez
309.48
244
Caden Dana
309.07
245
Adam Mazur
308.93
246
Matthew Liberatore
308.76
247
Yonny Chirinos
308.4
248
Rob Zastryzny
308.07
249
Rhett Lowder
307.9
250
Sandy Alcantara
307.84
251
John Means
307.61
252
Buck Farmer
307.52
253
Mason Black
307.43
254
Mason Englert
307.39
255
Brandon Williamson
307.01
256
Will Warren
306.99
257
Nick Sandlin
306.76
258
Brant Hurter
306.76
259
Joey Cantillo
306.48
260
Walter Pennington
306.37
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
261
Ty Madden
306.35
262
Matt Foster
306.27
263
Johnny Cueto
306.0
264
Louie Varland
304.97
265
Ryan Burr
304.95
266
J.T. Ginn
304.89
267
Marco Gonzales
304.66
268
Dallas Keuchel
304.64
269
Brennan Bernardino
304.34
270
Michael McGreevy
304.16
271
Emilio Pagan
303.84
272
Jack Leiter
303.27
273
Tayler Scott
303.13
274
Mike Soroka
303.11
275
Richard Kerkering
302.92
276
Carmen Mlodzinski
302.62
277
Cody Poteet
302.53
278
Samuel Aldegheri
302.47
279
Brenan Hanifee
302.28
280
Darren McCaughan
302.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
281
Brock Burke
300.75
282
Sixto Sanchez
300.68
283
Hunter Bigge
300.38
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