Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Greg Maddux
596.48
2
John Smoltz
568.44
3
Kevin Brown
555.56
4
Randy Johnson
554.69
5
Kevin Appier
545.02
6
Alex Fernandez
540.89
7
Roger Clemens
532.42
8
Mike Mussina
522.23
9
Hideo Nomo
521.8
10
Pat Hentgen
517.49
11
Tom Glavine
510.81
12
David Cone
509.02
13
Charles Nagy
508.86
14
Juan Guzman
506.99
15
Ken Hill
505.76
16
Pedro Martinez
504.42
17
Shane Reynolds
504.3
18
Chuck Finley
503.26
19
Andy Benes
499.89
20
Jeff Fassero
499.65
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Al Leiter
498.97
22
Wilson Alvarez
497.62
23
Orel Hershiser
496.36
24
Denny Neagle
492.75
25
David Wells
486.34
26
John Smiley
482.4
27
Jaime Navarro
481.97
28
Ismael Valdes
479.42
29
Brad Radke
479.39
30
Todd Stottlemyre
475.52
31
Ben McDonald
475.47
32
Joey Hamilton
473.43
33
Mark Portugal
471.8
34
Andy Pettitte
469.44
35
Dennis Martinez
469.27
36
Roger Pavlik
468.77
37
Steve Trachsel
467.28
38
John Burkett
465.61
39
Kevin Tapani
462.1
40
Kenny Rogers
461.88
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Andy Ashby
461.2
42
Tim Belcher
459.45
43
Ramon Martinez
458.71
44
Jack McDowell
455.46
45
Mark Langston
452.49
46
Frank Castillo
451.58
47
Mark Leiter
451.5
48
Tom Gordon
450.72
49
Donovan Osborne
450.2
50
Curt Schilling
447.56
51
Erik Hanson
447.13
52
Kevin Ritz
446.55
53
Tim Wakefield
445.7
54
Steve Avery
445.7
55
Felipe Lira
445.53
56
Doug Drabek
443.49
57
Mark Clark
441.11
58
Mike Hampton
439.61
59
Bobby Jones
436.05
60
Scott Karl
436.0
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Bobby Witt
435.9
62
Tom Candiotti
432.83
63
Scott Erickson
430.05
64
Dave Burba
428.34
65
Sterling Hitchcock
427.66
66
Bob Tewksbury
426.3
67
Pete Schourek
424.96
68
Pedro Astacio
424.06
69
Pete Harnisch
421.34
70
Allen Watson
420.95
71
Jimmy Key
418.76
72
Darryl Kile
418.76
73
James Baldwin
418.52
74
Fernando Valenzuela
414.14
75
Chris Haney
413.85
76
Terry Mulholland
413.76
77
Armando Reynoso
413.51
78
Rich Robertson
412.04
79
Mark Gubicza
411.79
80
Frank Rodriguez
411.75
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Dwight Gooden
411.09
82
Danny Darwin
410.73
83
Sid Fernandez
410.06
84
Alan Benes
409.85
85
Pat Rapp
408.97
86
William Van Landingham
407.7
87
Kevin Gross
407.12
88
Rheal Cormier
405.55
89
Ricky Bones
402.45
90
Mark Thompson
401.93
91
Chad Ogea
399.75
92
Osvaldo Fernandez
399.68
93
Jason Isringhausen
398.68
94
Darren Oliver
398.37
95
Scott Sanders
396.16
96
Rick Aguilera
396.05
97
Donne Wall
395.06
98
Aaron Sele
391.78
99
Omar Olivares
391.61
100
Mike Williams
390.39
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Bob Wolcott
388.86
102
Shawn Boskie
388.02
103
Jose Rosado
387.92
104
Mark Gardner
384.99
105
Don Wengert
382.62
106
Ariel Prieto
381.63
107
Kevin Foster
378.41
108
Marvin Freeman
378.37
109
Paul Wagner
377.7
110
Jamie Moyer
377.58
111
Doug Linton
377.01
112
Ugueth Urbina
376.12
113
Mike Morgan
374.82
114
Jim Abbott
373.24
115
Willie Adams
373.16
116
Amaury Telemaco
370.36
117
Rocky Coppinger
369.84
118
Paul Quantrill
369.13
119
Jeff D'Amico
368.51
120
Shawn Estes
368.05
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Sean Bergman
368.01
122
Jon Lieber
365.64
123
Scott Aldred
365.18
124
John Wasdin
362.68
125
Dennis Springer
360.81
126
Steve Sparks
358.83
127
Jim Bullinger
358.41
128
Cal Eldred
358.12
129
Roger Salkeld
356.36
130
Doug Johns
356.06
131
Chris Bosio
354.58
132
Bob Wells
354.39
133
Jamey Wright
354.34
134
Kirk Rueter
354.02
135
Paul Wilson
353.56
136
Zane Smith
353.1
137
Mike Grace
352.76
138
Huck Flener
352.64
139
Jason Grimsley
348.06
140
Tim Van Egmond
348.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Roger Bailey
346.11
142
Brian Williams
345.97
143
Mike Mimbs
345.27
144
Terrell Wade
344.43
145
Dave Telgheder
343.92
146
Matt Wagner
343.81
147
Robert Person
342.18
148
Mark Hutton
341.62
149
Kent Mercker
339.75
150
Chan Ho Park
338.17
151
Tim Worrell
335.46
152
A.J. Sager
335.26
153
Kevin Jarvis
334.28
154
Chris Hammond
333.14
155
Angel Miranda
332.51
156
Greg Gohr
332.44
157
Steve Wojciechowski
332.3
158
Woody Williams
332.1
159
Mike Maddux
331.88
160
Justin Thompson
330.77
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Mike Bielecki
330.16
162
Greg Swindell
329.88
163
Matt Beech
327.88
164
Vaughn Eshelman
327.53
165
Mark Petkovsek
327.24
166
Danny Miceli
325.82
167
Jason Schmidt
325.74
168
Dave Mlicki
324.78
169
Marc Valdes
324.15
170
Chris Peters
323.57
171
Bobby Chouinard
322.98
172
David Weathers
322.84
173
Rich Hunter
321.53
174
Todd Van Poppel
320.39
175
Francisco Cordova
319.27
176
Pep Harris
317.92
177
Omar Daal
316.56
178
Giovanni Carrara
316.32
179
Jose Paniagua
315.79
180
Albie Lopez
315.69
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Rick Krivda
314.96
182
David West
314.94
183
Mike Remlinger
314.73
184
Dave Swartzbaugh
314.36
185
Steve Parris
313.64
186
Russ Springer
312.81
187
Carlos Reyes
310.55
188
Jason Bere
309.77
189
Marty Janzen
309.6
190
Jeff Suppan
309.24
191
Mike Campbell
308.82
192
Travis Miller
308.6
193
Jason Dickson
308.21
194
Rusty Meacham
308.13
195
Matt Ruebel
307.96
196
Wally Whitehurst
307.38
197
Brian Anderson
306.97
198
C.J. Nitkowski
306.92
199
Bryan Rekar
306.44
200
Ramiro Mendoza
306.28
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Esteban Loaiza
305.46
202
Luis Andujar
305.28
203
Salomon Torres
305.05
204
Bill Swift
303.8
205
Steve Bourgeois
303.38
206
Jose Bautista
303.12
207
Scott Klingenbeck
302.58
208
Danny Jackson
301.91
209
Bobby Munoz
301.59
210
Scott Ruffcorn
300.19
211
Mike Bertotti
300.13
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