Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Randy Johnson
648.38
2
Pedro Martinez
637.22
3
Curt Schilling
590.02
4
Mike Mussina
581.36
5
Roger Clemens
559.48
6
Chan Ho Park
553.64
7
Kevin Brown
550.79
8
Bartolo Colon
549.04
9
Greg Maddux
547.4
10
Javier Vazquez
546.01
11
Al Leiter
542.22
12
Darryl Kile
539.94
13
Freddy Garcia
534.52
14
Tim Hudson
526.7
15
Barry Zito
514.96
16
Jamie Moyer
514.28
17
Russ Ortiz
512.2
18
Jon Lieber
511.91
19
Tom Glavine
507.36
20
Joe Mays
506.04
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Aaron Sele
505.09
22
Eric Milton
504.44
23
Brad Radke
504.17
24
Robert Person
503.65
25
Woody Williams
502.47
26
Kevin Appier
497.99
27
John Burkett
496.47
28
Wade Miller
494.88
29
Hideo Nomo
491.21
30
Pedro Astacio
490.92
31
Jeff Weaver
489.78
32
Andy Pettitte
488.53
33
Kerry Wood
487.93
34
Rick Reed
486.39
35
Steve Trachsel
484.28
36
Rick Helling
483.67
37
Mike Hampton
481.88
38
Denny Neagle
480.98
39
Mark Mulder
478.16
40
Jeff Suppan
477.25
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Orlando Hernandez
476.27
42
Randy Wolf
476.02
43
Chuck Finley
473.14
44
Dustin Hermanson
473.12
45
Mark Buehrle
472.35
46
Kevin Millwood
470.96
47
Ryan Dempster
469.84
48
Matt Morris
468.79
49
David Wells
466.66
50
Shawn Estes
464.54
51
Livan Hernandez
462.85
52
Todd Ritchie
462.8
53
Brad Penny
462.74
54
Steve Sparks
461.32
55
Jason Bere
459.75
56
Paul Abbott
457.15
57
Cory Lidle
456.47
58
CC Sabathia
456.17
59
Tony Armas Jr.
455.55
60
Chris Carpenter
453.96
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
James Baldwin
453.85
62
Roy Oswalt
450.94
63
Kevin Tapani
450.78
64
Kirk Rueter
449.76
65
Glendon Rusch
447.76
66
Elmer Dessens
445.29
67
Matt Clement
445.27
68
Shane Reynolds
445.24
69
Esteban Loaiza
444.24
70
Jarrod Washburn
443.84
71
Ramon Ortiz
443.21
72
Omar Daal
440.57
73
Dave Burba
438.92
74
Frank Castillo
438.76
75
Kevin Jarvis
437.39
76
Albie Lopez
436.33
77
Sidney Ponson
435.96
78
Jose Lima
435.93
79
Pat Rapp
435.09
80
Darren Dreifort
432.81
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Jimmy Haynes
432.51
82
Ismael Valdes
431.55
83
David Cone
430.86
84
Jamey Wright
430.72
85
Shawn Chacon
430.06
86
Jason Schmidt
429.15
87
Kenny Rogers
424.62
88
Pat Hentgen
421.45
89
Bruce Chen
420.61
90
A.J. Burnett
418.54
91
Scott Elarton
418.0
92
Scott Schoeneweis
417.95
93
Andy Benes
417.45
94
Brian Anderson
417.44
95
Brian Bohanon
416.69
96
Adam Eaton
415.74
97
Steve Parris
415.32
98
Doug Davis
414.46
99
Jason Johnson
413.83
100
Tanyon Sturtze
413.72
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Jimmy Anderson
412.5
102
Chad Durbin
409.45
103
Mac Suzuki
409.34
104
Jose Mercedes
408.0
105
Mark Gardner
407.23
106
Terry Adams
407.09
107
Bobby Jones
405.82
108
Dave Mlicki
405.39
109
Roy Halladay
404.56
110
Bryan Rekar
401.91
111
Eric Gagne
401.38
112
Brian Tollberg
400.21
113
Gil Heredia
397.67
114
Darren Oliver
397.35
115
Julian Tavarez
395.7
116
Rob Bell
395.59
117
Rolando Arrojo
395.13
118
Ryan Rupe
394.76
119
Brian Lawrence
392.93
120
Joe Kennedy
390.38
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Chuck Smith
390.37
122
Mike Thurman
390.1
123
Blake Stein
388.97
124
Dave Williams
388.31
125
Rick Ankiel
387.45
126
Paul Wilson
387.08
127
Chris Holt
385.44
128
Pete Harnisch
384.47
129
Andy Ashby
383.36
130
Miguel Batista
382.83
131
Chris Reitsma
382.2
132
John Thomson
381.27
133
Tomo Ohka
380.2
134
Kelvim Escobar
379.54
135
Lance Davis
378.94
136
Jeff D'Amico
378.56
137
Ben Sheets
376.0
138
Luke Prokopec
375.94
139
Joel Pineiro
375.27
140
Josh Towers
375.18
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Jason Marquis
375.07
142
Tim Wakefield
374.6
143
Rocky Biddle
372.59
144
Bud Smith
371.68
145
Dave Coggin
371.48
146
Ted Lilly
370.36
147
Kent Bottenfield
369.83
148
John Halama
369.81
149
Paul Byrd
368.84
150
Jose Acevedo
368.58
151
Armando Reynoso
368.29
152
Brandon Duckworth
366.66
153
Dan Reichert
366.62
154
Jim Parque
364.29
155
Brian Moehler
363.87
156
Kip Wells
363.26
157
Aaron Myette
360.98
158
Masato Yoshii
360.97
159
Jon Garland
360.92
160
Mark Redman
360.63
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Nelson Figueroa
358.99
162
Joey Hamilton
358.36
163
Ron Villone
358.03
164
Gary Glover
357.93
165
Ruben Quevedo
357.88
166
Calvin Maduro
355.59
167
Chris Michalak
354.77
168
Willis Roberts
354.26
169
Brandon Lyon
352.33
170
Allen Levrault
351.93
171
Tony McKnight
351.43
172
Odalis Perez
350.61
173
Nick Bierbrodt
350.6
174
Kris Wilson
349.95
175
Kyle Lohse
349.46
176
Sean Lowe
349.26
177
Erik Hiljus
348.44
178
Chris George
347.45
179
Robert Ellis
343.81
180
Brian Meadows
343.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Sterling Hitchcock
342.57
182
Juan Cruz
341.7
183
Dan Wright
340.31
184
Paul Rigdon
339.62
185
Carl Pavano
337.01
186
Omar Olivares
335.62
187
Jesus Sanchez
334.93
188
Bobby Witt
332.4
189
Mike Matthews
332.06
190
Steve Woodard
330.91
191
Amaury Telemaco
330.79
192
Charles Nagy
329.64
193
Derek Lowe
328.91
194
Matt Wise
327.67
195
Ryan Drese
327.57
196
Adam Pettyjohn
327.52
197
Tim Redding
326.66
198
Josh Beckett
326.55
199
Carlos Hernandez
325.95
200
Jason Jennings
325.41
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Osvaldo Fernandez
325.12
202
Bronson Arroyo
323.25
203
Ryan Jensen
323.19
204
Nate Cornejo
323.16
205
Casey Fossum
323.15
206
Sean Douglass
322.03
207
Joe Beimel
321.23
208
Rick Bauer
320.62
209
Randy Keisler
319.37
210
Junior Herndon
319.0
211
Kevin Olsen
318.12
212
Mike MacDougal
315.74
213
Terry Mulholland
315.28
214
J.C. Romero
315.11
215
Jim Brower
314.89
216
Dennys Reyes
314.65
217
Rocky Coppinger
312.19
218
Bobby Munoz
311.63
219
Brett Jodie
310.22
220
Heath Murray
309.98
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Troy Mattes
309.8
222
Britt Reames
309.79
223
Jason Middlebrook
308.97
224
Victor Santos
308.77
225
Jake Westbrook
308.49
226
Alan Benes
304.66
227
Ramon Martinez
303.71
228
Pasqual Coco
303.26
229
Jared Fernandez
302.4
230
Nick Neugebauer
301.84
231
Paxton Crawford
301.34
232
Adam Johnson
300.98
233
Jaret Wright
300.86
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