Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Randy Johnson
655.36
2
Pedro Martinez
629.69
3
Curt Schilling
623.54
4
Barry Zito
560.65
5
Mike Mussina
546.43
6
Bartolo Colon
539.76
7
Jamie Moyer
536.39
8
Mark Mulder
536.02
9
Randy Wolf
535.38
10
Tim Hudson
533.17
11
Greg Maddux
529.98
12
Kerry Wood
527.7
13
Kevin Millwood
523.08
14
Roy Oswalt
522.42
15
Wade Miller
521.22
16
Roger Clemens
521.04
17
Javier Vazquez
516.91
18
Russ Ortiz
512.07
19
Roy Halladay
511.55
20
Mark Buehrle
511.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
Hideo Nomo
510.67
22
Al Leiter
506.88
23
A.J. Burnett
506.13
24
Jarrod Washburn
504.94
25
Matt Clement
503.85
26
Chuck Finley
503.43
27
Freddy Garcia
501.27
28
Woody Williams
501.01
29
Jason Schmidt
498.42
30
Kevin Appier
497.35
31
CC Sabathia
496.43
32
Jeff Weaver
495.95
33
Rick Reed
495.84
34
Matt Morris
491.38
35
Eric Milton
490.01
36
Chan Ho Park
488.52
37
Ramon Ortiz
488.3
38
Andy Pettitte
485.9
39
Cory Lidle
485.63
40
Derek Lowe
485.41
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Tom Glavine
483.58
42
Orlando Hernandez
482.83
43
Steve Trachsel
478.52
44
Jon Lieber
477.58
45
Brad Radke
477.17
46
Elmer Dessens
476.77
47
Darryl Kile
475.12
48
Odalis Perez
473.91
49
John Burkett
471.41
50
Rick Helling
471.11
51
Kevin Brown
468.67
52
Denny Neagle
464.5
53
Livan Hernandez
463.94
54
Tony Armas Jr.
463.26
55
Jimmy Haynes
460.33
56
Kirk Rueter
458.68
57
Paul Byrd
458.18
58
Tomo Ohka
458.17
59
David Wells
457.2
60
Aaron Sele
454.3
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Kenny Rogers
453.98
62
Glendon Rusch
453.33
63
Ben Sheets
453.12
64
Jeff Suppan
452.75
65
Joe Mays
451.49
66
Sidney Ponson
451.45
67
Pedro Astacio
447.96
68
Ryan Dempster
447.77
69
Miguel Batista
444.28
70
Kyle Lohse
440.19
71
Omar Daal
440.14
72
Kip Wells
439.88
73
Vicente Padilla
438.75
74
Jon Garland
438.59
75
Brad Penny
437.63
76
Brian Lawrence
436.78
77
Rodrigo Lopez
435.64
78
Joel Pineiro
434.8
79
Robert Person
433.75
80
Ismael Valdez
432.22
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Joe Kennedy
431.79
82
Shawn Estes
428.86
83
Dave Burba
427.48
84
Dan Wright
427.19
85
Damian Moss
426.83
86
Jason Jennings
426.6
87
Brian Anderson
425.54
88
Tanyon Sturtze
422.61
89
Frank Castillo
420.3
90
Jason Johnson
420.27
91
Mark Prior
419.95
92
John Thomson
419.72
93
Mike Hampton
419.7
94
Steve Sparks
419.54
95
James Baldwin
418.95
96
Paul Wilson
415.66
97
Mark Redman
415.51
98
Andy Benes
411.84
99
Josh Fogg
409.84
100
Jamey Wright
409.78
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Esteban Loaiza
409.66
102
Jason Bere
408.97
103
Danys Baez
408.86
104
Chris Carpenter
407.39
105
Tim Wakefield
407.03
106
Brett Tomko
405.91
107
Andy Ashby
405.89
108
Shawn Chacon
405.29
109
Brandon Duckworth
404.59
110
Jason Simontacchi
401.59
111
Denny Stark
400.86
112
Shane Reynolds
400.6
113
Kazuhisa Ishii
395.23
114
Julian Tavarez
393.89
115
Ryan Jensen
393.31
116
Todd Ritchie
392.23
117
Kris Benson
391.03
118
Jimmy Anderson
388.53
119
Carlos Zambrano
388.49
120
Josh Beckett
386.96
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Mike Maroth
386.68
122
Ted Lilly
386.39
123
Johan Santana
386.33
124
Masato Yoshii
385.99
125
Pete Walker
385.59
126
John Lackey
385.58
127
Oliver Perez
384.2
128
Carlos Hernandez
383.4
129
Miguel Asencio
383.24
130
Jason Marquis
382.41
131
Terry Adams
382.06
132
Chris Reitsma
381.86
133
Dave Mlicki
379.07
134
Darrell May
378.24
135
Scott Schoeneweis
378.15
136
Kevin Jarvis
375.16
137
Jake Peavy
374.99
138
Ryan Rupe
374.73
139
Jeff D'Amico
372.23
140
Bobby Jones
371.83
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Gary Glover
370.39
142
Doug Davis
369.96
143
Runelvys Hernandez
364.07
144
Paul Abbott
363.8
145
Rob Bell
363.21
146
Casey Fossum
362.54
147
Justin Miller
362.47
148
Jose Lima
361.98
149
Albie Lopez
358.39
150
Kirk Saarloos
358.26
151
Ryan Drese
358.14
152
Michael Tejera
357.51
153
Ruben Quevedo
356.5
154
Scott Erickson
354.1
155
Travis Driskill
353.82
156
Peter Munro
353.81
157
Carl Pavano
353.6
158
Brian Meadows
353.6
159
Aaron Harang
353.59
160
John Stephens
352.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Victor Zambrano
351.03
162
Jorge Sosa
350.39
163
Joe Roa
348.28
164
Darren Oliver
347.79
165
Dave Williams
347.23
166
Brett Myers
347.15
167
Joey Hamilton
343.37
168
Ryan Franklin
341.44
169
Brian Moehler
340.92
170
Luke Prokopec
340.67
171
Mark Hendrickson
339.82
172
Tim Redding
337.08
173
Alan Benes
335.7
174
Bruce Chen
335.64
175
Shawn Sedlacek
334.18
176
Steve Parris
334.01
177
Rocky Biddle
333.97
178
Adam Eaton
333.28
179
Mickey Callaway
331.69
180
Joaquin Benoit
331.34
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Ricardo Rodriguez
330.82
182
Danny Graves
330.13
183
Brian Tollberg
329.73
184
Wayne Franklin
329.45
185
Salomon Torres
329.41
186
Brian Powell
328.98
187
Matt Kinney
327.92
188
Jared Fernandez
325.82
189
Mike Bacsik
324.69
190
John Patterson
324.5
191
Nick Neugebauer
324.48
192
Aaron Cook
323.99
193
Sun-Woo Kim
322.93
194
Andy Van Hekken
322.43
195
Aaron Myette
319.82
196
Chad Durbin
319.29
197
Justin Wayne
319.28
198
Clay Condrey
318.85
199
Jon Rauch
317.5
200
Jason Middlebrook
317.29
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Hector Mercado
316.08
202
Terry Mulholland
316.06
203
Colby Lewis
315.35
204
Jason Phillips
315.31
205
Rolando Arrojo
314.69
206
Brian Tallet
314.45
207
Cliff Lee
314.4
208
Jason Davis
314.24
209
Adam Bernero
314.12
210
Calvin Maduro
314.03
211
Bud Smith
313.97
212
Steve Smyth
312.3
213
Joe Beimel
312.29
214
Kevin Beirne
312.29
215
Luther Hackman
312.12
216
Ben Diggins
312.06
217
Nate Cornejo
311.09
218
Rafael Soriano
311.04
219
Garrett Stephenson
310.41
220
Nelson Cruz
310.36
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Juan Cruz
310.23
222
Dave Coggin
310.06
223
Bronson Arroyo
309.29
224
Victor Alvarez
308.52
225
Brandon Lyon
308.21
226
Dewon Brazelton
307.92
227
Sean Douglass
307.78
228
Britt Reames
307.74
229
Jake Westbrook
307.35
230
Tim Drew
307.22
231
Wilson Alvarez
307.08
232
Nelson Figueroa
307.06
233
Dennys Reyes
307.04
234
Pat Hentgen
306.41
235
John Halama
305.6
236
Cory Vance
305.22
237
Erik Hiljus
305.18
238
Josh Hancock
305.04
239
Randy Flores
304.9
240
Ben Kozlowski
304.78
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
241
Mike Bynum
304.7
242
Giovanni Carrara
304.49
243
Brad Lidge
304.27
244
Bryan Rekar
304.17
245
Jason Beverlin
304.01
246
Jose Cabrera
303.59
247
Roy Smith
303.53
248
Eric Junge
302.72
249
Jose Rijo
302.29
250
Scot Shields
302.15
251
Shane Loux
302.14
252
Kurt Ainsworth
301.56
253
Jim Parque
300.86
254
Pat Mahomes
300.78
255
Charles Nagy
300.49
256
Jeremy Affeldt
300.19
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