Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Curt Schilling
605.98
2
Pedro Martinez
603.24
3
Tim Hudson
562.94
4
Mike Mussina
560.94
5
Randy Johnson
557.55
6
Jason Schmidt
556.69
7
Roy Halladay
551.53
8
Javier Vazquez
546.38
9
Kerry Wood
544.06
10
Barry Zito
540.45
11
Mark Mulder
535.58
12
Bartolo Colon
534.27
13
Livan Hernandez
524.16
14
Kevin Millwood
523.78
15
Hideo Nomo
520.46
16
Wade Miller
514.91
17
Jamie Moyer
514.77
18
Esteban Loaiza
512.66
19
Greg Maddux
509.52
20
Mark Prior
509.02
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Kevin Brown
507.26
22
Roger Clemens
505.7
23
Randy Wolf
504.61
24
Matt Clement
502.77
25
CC Sabathia
501.62
26
Jarrod Washburn
494.43
27
Russ Ortiz
493.98
28
Sidney Ponson
493.65
29
Roy Oswalt
492.84
30
Woody Williams
491.19
31
Mark Buehrle
488.08
32
Andy Pettitte
485.45
33
Al Leiter
485.32
34
Steve Trachsel
480.75
35
Matt Morris
480.04
36
Carlos Zambrano
477.6
37
Ben Sheets
473.56
38
Kip Wells
471.62
39
Vicente Padilla
471.18
40
Freddy Garcia
470.59
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Miguel Batista
469.5
42
John Thomson
469.18
43
Derek Lowe
468.68
44
Odalis Perez
468.65
45
Brad Radke
468.57
46
Brad Penny
468.03
47
Jon Garland
465.26
48
Darrell May
464.98
49
Joel Pineiro
464.5
50
Brandon Webb
464.1
51
John Burkett
462.94
52
Brian Lawrence
462.1
53
Mark Redman
461.38
54
Tim Wakefield
459.46
55
Jeff Suppan
457.24
56
Brian Anderson
456.31
57
Rick Reed
454.27
58
Tom Glavine
453.73
59
Kevin Appier
452.28
60
Ramon Ortiz
450.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Elmer Dessens
450.17
62
Kenny Rogers
447.01
63
Kyle Lohse
446.18
64
David Wells
444.59
65
Jason Johnson
442.25
66
Mike Hampton
441.72
67
Cory Lidle
438.76
68
Tomo Ohka
438.46
69
John Lackey
438.15
70
Rick Helling
438.07
71
Jake Peavy
436.88
72
Jason Jennings
434.35
73
Jeff Weaver
432.99
74
Paul Wilson
432.76
75
Carl Pavano
432.67
76
A.J. Burnett
431.34
77
Josh Beckett
426.85
78
Ted Lilly
426.61
79
Shawn Chacon
426.58
80
Ryan Franklin
423.21
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Kazuhisa Ishii
421.82
82
Gil Meche
421.7
83
Kelvim Escobar
421.63
84
Rodrigo Lopez
418.47
85
Damian Moss
414.81
86
Adam Eaton
413.83
87
Dontrelle Willis
413.51
88
Kirk Rueter
413.2
89
Victor Zambrano
412.47
90
Tim Redding
412.09
91
Jeremi Gonzalez
411.27
92
Chan Ho Park
411.23
93
Tony Armas Jr.
409.91
94
Jae Seo
408.69
95
Ismael Valdez
408.02
96
Darren Oliver
405.73
97
Brett Tomko
405.24
98
Josh Fogg
403.48
99
Matt Kinney
403.06
100
Brett Myers
402.67
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jason Davis
402.31
102
Aaron Sele
402.15
103
Wayne Franklin
401.62
104
Garrett Stephenson
401.08
105
Johan Santana
399.16
106
Jimmy Haynes
398.98
107
Ryan Dempster
398.44
108
Horacio Ramirez
398.02
109
Joe Mays
397.86
110
Oliver Perez
396.4
111
Shawn Estes
395.57
112
Jerome Williams
393.18
113
Jeriome Robertson
392.77
114
Omar Daal
389.68
115
Mike Maroth
389.49
116
Brandon Duckworth
388.73
117
Joe Kennedy
388.63
118
Pat Hentgen
387.81
119
Nate Cornejo
387.46
120
Ron Villone
386.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Jeff D'Amico
386.33
122
Glendon Rusch
384.51
123
Mark Hendrickson
380.98
124
Shane Reynolds
380.2
125
Jesse Foppert
379.48
126
Kris Benson
375.89
127
Jeremy Affeldt
375.88
128
Runelvys Hernandez
373.27
129
Doug Davis
372.22
130
Zach Day
372.2
131
Jason Simontacchi
372.08
132
Danny Graves
372.05
133
Jeremy Bonderman
371.47
134
Dan Wright
368.25
135
Claudio Vargas
367.64
136
Rob Bell
364.73
137
Billy Traber
364.07
138
Jorge Sosa
362.94
139
Pedro Astacio
362.91
140
Joaquin Benoit
358.97
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Andy Ashby
358.83
142
Tanyon Sturtze
357.9
143
Jose Lima
357.57
144
Jake Westbrook
357.2
145
Denny Neagle
356.16
146
Kyle Snyder
355.04
147
Byung-Hyun Kim
353.3
148
Casey Fossum
353.09
149
Dan Haren
352.17
150
Rich Harden
351.34
151
R.A. Dickey
350.49
152
Colby Lewis
348.85
153
Wilson Alvarez
343.58
154
Gary Knotts
343.42
155
Kevin Jarvis
342.81
156
Aaron Harang
342.03
157
Miguel Asencio
341.05
158
Adam Bernero
340.14
159
Ricardo Rodriguez
337.82
160
John Bale
337.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Salomon Torres
336.34
162
Kurt Ainsworth
335.94
163
Andy Good
335.22
164
Darren Dreifort
334.87
165
Eric DuBose
333.91
166
Wes Obermueller
333.75
167
Denny Stark
332.41
168
Jose Acevedo
331.31
169
Jeff Fassero
329.92
170
Sterling Hitchcock
329.72
171
Chris George
329.33
172
Matt Roney
328.82
173
Jose Contreras
328.69
174
Paul Abbott
328.6
175
Jimmy Gobble
328.41
176
Scot Shields
327.99
177
Aaron Cook
327.84
178
Dustin Hermanson
327.38
179
Cliff Lee
327.35
180
Amaury Telemaco
326.38
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
John Halama
326.21
182
Juan Cruz
326.12
183
Jared Fernandez
325.99
184
Aaron Heilman
324.49
185
Kevin Correia
323.35
186
Seth Etherton
323.17
187
Chin-hui Tsao
322.0
188
Pete Walker
321.71
189
Brian Meadows
320.72
190
Chuck Finley
320.47
191
Jim Brower
319.72
192
Jose Jimenez
318.95
193
Josh Towers
318.7
194
T.J. Tucker
318.35
195
Doug Waechter
318.24
196
Tony Mounce
317.79
197
Nate Robertson
316.6
198
Nelson Figueroa
316.51
199
Kevin Gregg
316.49
200
Wil Ledezma
316.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Eric Milton
314.9
202
Ben Howard
313.53
203
Jason Stanford
313.4
204
Neal Cotts
312.74
205
Jason Standridge
312.1
206
Robert Ellis
311.7
207
Chad Gaudin
310.79
208
John Patterson
310.74
209
Juan Dominguez
310.69
210
Jamey Wright
309.74
211
Tommy Phelps
309.65
212
Jason Marquis
309.38
213
Brad Voyles
309.17
214
Ramiro Mendoza
308.54
215
Dewon Brazelton
307.91
216
Jeremy Griffiths
307.17
217
Pat Mahomes
306.78
218
Michael Tejera
306.47
219
Mickey Callaway
304.99
220
Ryan Jensen
304.94
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Shane Loux
304.57
222
Scott Linebrink
303.08
223
Kris Wilson
302.66
224
Mike Porzio
302.42
225
Masao Kida
302.13
226
Rodrigo Rosario
302.09
227
Dan Serafini
301.78
228
Chris Mears
301.72
229
Ruben Quevedo
301.64
230
Luis Martinez
301.63
231
Corey Thurman
301.08
232
Scott Elarton
300.92
233
Grant Balfour
300.67
234
Nelson Cruz
300.59
235
Chris Capuano
300.36
236
Dave Burba
300.2
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