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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerrit Cole | 540.26 |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | 524.82 |
| 3 | Blake Snell | 509.27 |
| 4 | Corbin Burnes | 506.41 |
| 5 | Merrill Kelly | 497.48 |
| 6 | Max Scherzer | 497.09 |
| 7 | Zac Gallen | 496.84 |
| 8 | Aaron Nola | 490.13 |
| 9 | Kevin Gausman | 488.41 |
| 10 | Logan Webb | 487.84 |
| 11 | Luis Castillo | 486.48 |
| 12 | Justin Verlander | 481.36 |
| 13 | Shohei Ohtani | 480.56 |
| 14 | Framber Valdez | 479.39 |
| 15 | Jordan Montgomery | 477.83 |
| 16 | Spencer Strider | 476.34 |
| 17 | Pablo Lopez | 476.03 |
| 18 | Sonny Gray | 475.96 |
| 19 | Chris Bassitt | 474.47 |
| 20 | Sandy Alcantara | 472.34 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 21 | Clayton Kershaw | 470.94 |
| 22 | Brandon Woodruff | 468.01 |
| 23 | Nathan Eovaldi | 466.02 |
| 24 | Dylan Cease | 465.95 |
| 25 | Freddy Peralta | 465.11 |
| 26 | Charlie Morton | 464.9 |
| 27 | Logan Gilbert | 458.66 |
| 28 | Max Fried | 457.62 |
| 29 | Jose Berrios | 457.39 |
| 30 | Kyle Bradish | 454.65 |
| 31 | Julio Urias | 454.61 |
| 32 | George Kirby | 444.4 |
| 33 | Shane Bieber | 442.89 |
| 34 | Cristian Javier | 442.05 |
| 35 | Yu Darvish | 440.89 |
| 36 | Ranger Suarez | 433.37 |
| 37 | Mitch Keller | 431.77 |
| 38 | Lucas Giolito | 431.74 |
| 39 | Taijuan Walker | 431.15 |
| 40 | Jesus Luzardo | 428.26 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 41 | Justin Steele | 428.04 |
| 42 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 426.33 |
| 43 | Jon Gray | 426.29 |
| 44 | Kodai Senga | 426.02 |
| 45 | Jameson Taillon | 422.14 |
| 46 | Joe Ryan | 421.99 |
| 47 | Michael Wacha | 421.87 |
| 48 | Joe Musgrove | 418.56 |
| 49 | Miles Mikolas | 417.95 |
| 50 | Shane McClanahan | 415.57 |
| 51 | Kyle Gibson | 415.36 |
| 52 | Braxton Garrett | 414.07 |
| 53 | Nick Pivetta | 412.28 |
| 54 | Tyler Anderson | 412.01 |
| 55 | Zach Eflin | 411.78 |
| 56 | Marcus Stroman | 411.49 |
| 57 | Dane Dunning | 410.48 |
| 58 | Lance Lynn | 409.77 |
| 59 | Alex Cobb | 408.74 |
| 60 | Josiah Gray | 408.73 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 61 | Reid Detmers | 408.48 |
| 62 | Dean Kremer | 408.4 |
| 63 | Bailey Ober | 407.18 |
| 64 | Yusei Kikuchi | 404.84 |
| 65 | Andrew Heaney | 402.58 |
| 66 | Zack Greinke | 399.74 |
| 67 | Aaron Civale | 399.35 |
| 68 | Patrick Sandoval | 397.12 |
| 69 | Brady Singer | 397.11 |
| 70 | Kyle Freeland | 396.55 |
| 71 | Mike Clevinger | 395.21 |
| 72 | Jordan Lyles | 392.82 |
| 73 | Hunter Greene | 391.66 |
| 74 | Johan Oviedo | 390.48 |
| 75 | Tanner Bibee | 389.83 |
| 76 | Tyler Glasnow | 387.35 |
| 77 | Alek Manoah | 386.91 |
| 78 | Michael Lorenzen | 383.36 |
| 79 | Seth Lugo | 382.44 |
| 80 | JP Sears | 382.34 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 81 | Michael Kopech | 381.95 |
| 82 | Bobby Miller | 380.75 |
| 83 | Bryce Elder | 379.86 |
| 84 | Cal Quantrill | 379.61 |
| 85 | Tony Gonsolin | 379.45 |
| 86 | Rich Hill | 377.21 |
| 87 | Brayan Bello | 377.14 |
| 88 | Patrick Corbin | 375.28 |
| 89 | Triston McKenzie | 374.78 |
| 90 | Wade Miley | 374.44 |
| 91 | Graham Ashcraft | 373.52 |
| 92 | Kutter Crawford | 370.82 |
| 93 | Nestor Cortes | 370.17 |
| 94 | Tarik Skubal | 370.1 |
| 95 | Clarke Schmidt | 369.99 |
| 96 | Carlos Rodon | 369.85 |
| 97 | Jose Urquidy | 366.3 |
| 98 | Griffin Canning | 365.7 |
| 99 | MacKenzie Gore | 363.54 |
| 100 | Cristopher Sanchez | 363.09 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 101 | Kyle Hendricks | 361.82 |
| 102 | Chris Sale | 361.6 |
| 103 | Adrian Houser | 361.5 |
| 104 | Austin Gomber | 360.9 |
| 105 | Cole Irvin | 359.83 |
| 106 | Andrew Abbott | 359.18 |
| 107 | Bryce Miller | 358.88 |
| 108 | Eury Perez | 358.52 |
| 109 | Brandon Williamson | 358.17 |
| 110 | Brandon Pfaadt | 356.57 |
| 111 | Logan Allen | 356.2 |
| 112 | Grayson Rodriguez | 356.02 |
| 113 | Hunter Brown | 355.72 |
| 114 | Kenta Maeda | 354.92 |
| 115 | Edward Cabrera | 353.95 |
| 116 | Cole Ragans | 353.61 |
| 117 | Reese Olson | 353.59 |
| 118 | J.P. France | 352.66 |
| 119 | Jake Irvin | 352.43 |
| 120 | David Peterson | 351.72 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 121 | Martin Perez | 348.51 |
| 122 | Sean Manaea | 348.22 |
| 123 | Bryan Woo | 347.74 |
| 124 | Adam Wainwright | 346.67 |
| 125 | Jose Quintana | 346.58 |
| 126 | Drew Smyly | 345.97 |
| 127 | Tyler Wells | 345.94 |
| 128 | Colin Rea | 345.03 |
| 129 | Jack Flaherty | 343.72 |
| 130 | Paul Blackburn | 342.62 |
| 131 | Chris Flexen | 342.3 |
| 132 | Gavin Williams | 341.94 |
| 133 | Tanner Houck | 341.36 |
| 134 | Zach Davies | 341.09 |
| 135 | James Paxton | 339.97 |
| 136 | Eric Lauer | 339.75 |
| 137 | Tylor Megill | 339.3 |
| 138 | Kyle Wright | 339.16 |
| 139 | Matt Manning | 335.67 |
| 140 | Zack Littell | 334.55 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 141 | Ken Waldichuk | 333.64 |
| 142 | Luis Severino | 331.06 |
| 143 | Trevor Williams | 330.52 |
| 144 | Ryne Nelson | 330.2 |
| 145 | Taj Bradley | 329.58 |
| 146 | Touki Toussaint | 326.68 |
| 147 | Noah Syndergaard | 326.53 |
| 148 | Johnny Cueto | 324.87 |
| 149 | Carlos Carrasco | 324.31 |
| 150 | Domingo German | 323.27 |
| 151 | Alex Wood | 323.17 |
| 152 | Ross Stripling | 322.97 |
| 153 | Chase Anderson | 322.67 |
| 154 | Luke Weaver | 321.57 |
| 155 | Michael King | 321.2 |
| 156 | Javier Assad | 318.06 |
| 157 | Luis Medina | 317.03 |
| 158 | Ryan Walker | 316.35 |
| 159 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | 313.08 |
| 160 | Steven Matz | 310.84 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Rating |
| 161 | Emmet Sheehan | 309.43 |
| 162 | Peter Lambert | 309.4 |
| 163 | Ty Blach | 309.01 |
| 164 | Zack Thompson | 305.78 |
| 165 | Alex Faedo | 302.42 |
| 166 | Dakota Hudson | 302.19 |
| 167 | Chase Silseth | 300.55 |
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