Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings
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Rank
Pitcher
Rating
1
Zack Wheeler
551.37
2
Corbin Burnes
542.56
3
Aaron Nola
516.76
4
Sonny Gray
513.53
5
Luis Castillo
513.06
6
Logan Webb
510.13
7
Zac Gallen
510.03
8
Logan Gilbert
508.7
9
Ranger Suarez
506.35
10
Max Fried
503.54
11
Merrill Kelly
496.32
12
Dylan Cease
496.06
13
Kevin Gausman
495.96
14
Nathan Eovaldi
492.52
15
Chris Bassitt
489.9
16
Charlie Morton
489.6
17
Jose Berrios
489.44
18
Framber Valdez
488.07
19
Justin Verlander
487.46
20
Freddy Peralta
486.6
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
21
George Kirby
486.08
22
Pablo Lopez
479.84
23
Joe Ryan
479.3
24
Tyler Glasnow
477.04
25
Mitch Keller
473.18
26
Blake Snell
471.56
27
Kyle Bradish
470.86
28
Gerrit Cole
469.76
29
Tyler Anderson
467.88
30
Yu Darvish
466.16
31
Kyle Gibson
464.14
32
Seth Lugo
461.96
33
Tarik Skubal
458.96
34
Jordan Montgomery
456.95
35
Spencer Strider
455.71
36
Miles Mikolas
454.71
37
Hunter Greene
453.23
38
Jon Gray
452.73
39
Max Scherzer
451.34
40
Justin Steele
450.87
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
41
Marcus Stroman
450.66
42
Michael Wacha
447.85
43
Chris Sale
447.6
44
Jesus Luzardo
445.28
45
Yusei Kikuchi
445.11
46
Brady Singer
443.94
47
Cristian Javier
443.23
48
Nick Pivetta
441.66
49
Tanner Bibee
440.97
50
Jameson Taillon
440.94
51
Cole Ragans
440.88
52
Cal Quantrill
440.68
53
Tanner Houck
440.05
54
Lance Lynn
439.96
55
Bailey Ober
439.51
56
Zach Eflin
439.2
57
Shane Bieber
439.12
58
Dane Dunning
437.82
59
Carlos Rodon
437.71
60
Kutter Crawford
436.52
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
61
Andrew Heaney
433.7
62
Bryce Miller
428.79
63
Jake Irvin
428.77
64
Dean Kremer
428.54
65
Nestor Cortes
427.75
66
Jack Flaherty
427.68
67
Patrick Sandoval
426.62
68
Michael Lorenzen
426.61
69
Taijuan Walker
425.89
70
Aaron Civale
425.15
71
MacKenzie Gore
424.97
72
JP Sears
424.44
73
Clarke Schmidt
421.95
74
Andrew Abbott
421.41
75
Cristopher Sanchez
421.41
76
Joe Musgrove
419.68
77
Reid Detmers
417.06
78
Brandon Pfaadt
414.85
79
Garrett Crochet
414.7
80
Grayson Rodriguez
414.66
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
81
Luis Gil
414.59
82
Triston McKenzie
414.56
83
Reese Olson
411.9
84
Clayton Kershaw
407.94
85
Griffin Canning
407.5
86
Braxton Garrett
404.25
87
Michael King
402.85
88
Ronel Blanco
402.65
89
Brayan Bello
402.22
90
Hunter Brown
402.21
91
Austin Gomber
401.49
92
Javier Assad
401.38
93
Cole Irvin
400.1
94
Reynaldo Lopez
399.54
95
Shota Imanaga
398.77
96
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
398.61
97
Luis Severino
398.53
98
Colin Rea
397.1
99
Sean Manaea
396.8
100
Brandon Woodruff
394.51
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
101
Erick Fedde
394.21
102
Trevor Williams
393.89
103
James Paxton
391.62
104
Patrick Corbin
391.44
105
Graham Ashcraft
390.81
106
Shohei Ohtani
390.56
107
Logan Allen
390.28
108
Zack Littell
388.66
109
Jose Quintana
388.13
110
Matt Waldron
385.07
111
Jared Jones
383.87
112
Sandy Alcantara
383.84
113
Jordan Hicks
383.44
114
Gavin Stone
383.37
115
Ryan Weathers
381.67
116
Kenta Maeda
381.57
117
Josiah Gray
380.31
118
Alec Marsh
377.31
119
Mitchell Parker
377.24
120
Jose Soriano
377.03
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
121
Bailey Falter
375.1
122
Bobby Miller
373.45
123
Nick Lodolo
373.31
124
Chris Flexen
372.0
125
Ryan Pepiot
371.69
126
Bryan Woo
370.89
127
Kyle Harrison
369.76
128
Bryce Elder
369.61
129
Ben Lively
369.6
130
Paul Blackburn
368.91
131
Mike Clevinger
367.98
132
Martin Perez
367.29
133
Julio Urias
364.61
134
Lucas Giolito
364.24
135
Dakota Hudson
364.19
136
Alek Manoah
364.15
137
Simeon Woods Richardson
363.25
138
Kyle Freeland
363.23
139
Frankie Montas
362.03
140
Paul Skenes
361.73
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
141
Wade Miley
359.11
142
Eduardo Rodriguez
358.83
143
Tylor Megill
357.88
144
Cooper Criswell
356.67
145
Ryan Feltner
355.78
146
Chris Paddack
355.71
147
Kodai Senga
355.52
148
Trevor Rogers
355.38
149
Casey Mize
353.67
150
Edward Cabrera
353.41
151
Ben Brown
352.91
152
Ryne Nelson
350.93
153
Carlos Carrasco
349.5
154
Taj Bradley
349.5
155
Adrian Houser
348.68
156
Tobias Myers
348.35
157
Spencer Arrighetti
347.57
158
Albert Suarez
346.03
159
Spencer Turnbull
346.02
160
J.P. France
345.17
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
161
Jose Butto
343.48
162
Kyle Hendricks
340.8
163
Jose Urena
340.36
164
Joe Ross
339.34
165
Alex Wood
338.49
166
Bryse Wilson
337.02
167
Keaton Winn
336.49
168
Ross Stripling
335.77
169
Ty Blach
335.5
170
Mitch Spence
333.86
171
Matt Manning
333.24
172
Walker Buehler
332.98
173
Robert Gasser
332.44
174
Alex Cobb
332.24
175
Zack Greinke
332.24
176
Jared Koenig
331.79
177
Joey Estes
330.38
178
Christian Scott
329.7
179
Tyler Wells
329.23
180
Emerson Hancock
329.19
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
181
Slade Cecconi
326.98
182
John Means
326.61
183
Randy Vasquez
325.72
184
Shane McClanahan
325.57
185
Roddery Munoz
325.42
186
Hogan Harris
325.05
187
Tyler Alexander
324.76
188
Andre Pallante
324.37
189
Jordan Lyles
323.82
190
DJ Herz
323.46
191
Erik Miller
323.03
192
Landon Knack
322.85
193
David Peterson
322.68
194
Mike Soroka
322.11
195
Cody Poteet
321.28
196
Joe Boyle
321.1
197
Jordan Wicks
320.75
198
Johan Oviedo
319.98
199
Sixto Sanchez
319.68
200
Cody Bradford
319.43
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
201
Shawn Armstrong
319.09
202
Garrett Whitlock
317.03
203
Quinn Priester
316.27
204
Hayden Wesneski
315.71
205
Brent Suter
315.7
206
Carmen Mlodzinski
315.66
207
Tommy Henry
315.56
208
Trevor Richards
314.85
209
Nick Nastrini
314.02
210
Spencer Schwellenbach
313.52
211
Max Meyer
312.75
212
Jose Urquidy
312.3
213
Blake Walston
311.84
214
Jonathan Cannon
311.54
215
Cade Povich
311.5
216
Luis Medina
311.41
217
Scott McGough
311.13
218
Josh Winckowski
311.07
219
Louie Varland
310.79
220
Josh Fleming
309.23
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
221
Marco Gonzales
308.1
222
Aaron Brooks
308.0
223
Daniel Lynch
307.7
224
Bowden Francis
307.62
225
Yariel Rodriguez
307.41
226
Zack Kelly
307.16
227
Ben Joyce
307.13
228
Adam Mazur
307.01
229
Zach Plesac
306.49
230
Michael Kopech
306.2
231
Aaron Ashby
305.56
232
Carlos Rodriguez
305.17
233
Steven Matz
305.14
234
Carson Spiers
304.91
235
Spencer Howard
304.55
236
Brandon Hughes
304.25
237
AJ Smith-Shawver
304.22
238
Matthew Liberatore
304.12
239
Michael Grove
302.72
240
Brennan Bernardino
302.58
Rank
Pitcher
Rating
241
Ray Kerr
302.58
242
Jhonathan Diaz
302.56
243
Xzavion Curry
302.46
244
Andrew Thorpe
302.08
245
Gerson Garabito
302.05
246
Joe Mantiply
301.51
247
Jose Suarez
300.56
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