The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

Mixed League Starting Pitcher Rankings

March 04, 2007

Rank	Player	IP	W	L	SO	ERA	H	BB	WHIP	BAA	Overall 5X5 Value

1	Johan Santana	225.0	22	5	245	2.71	174	44	0.97	0.208	1268.35
2	Jake Peavy	233.6	20	7	243	3.13	196	59	1.09	0.221	1141.16
3	Chris Carpenter	225.6	20	7	193	3.12	199	46	1.08	0.230	1038.63
4	Roy Oswalt	226.6	20	7	192	3.10	221	44	1.17	0.248	998.10
5	Roy Halladay	216.0	21	6	146	3.01	195	35	1.07	0.235	963.44
6	John Lackey	218.3	18	9	203	3.36	190	65	1.17	0.228	943.65
7	Felix Hernandez	220.3	16	12	218	3.77	197	63	1.18	0.233	877.50
8	Scott Kazmir	201.6	16	12	220	3.33	176	83	1.29	0.229	876.75
9	John Smoltz	224.0	18	7	183	3.49	221	53	1.23	0.251	869.21
10	Brandon Webb	233.0	16	11	181	3.39	222	59	1.21	0.244	859.88
11	Matt Cain	208.3	17	11	195	3.77	157	85	1.16	0.203	850.68
12	Carlos Zambrano	223.6	16	9	202	3.47	180	109	1.29	0.214	847.80
13	Aaron Harang	229.6	17	11	204	3.77	232	55	1.25	0.255	841.37
14	Ben Sheets	180.3	14	7	190	3.42	171	23	1.07	0.243	830.39
15	C.C. Sabathia	201.3	17	8	171	3.47	185	52	1.18	0.238	830.29
16	Dontrelle Willis	224.6	18	8	165	3.32	214	71	1.27	0.244	829.42
17	Jonathan Papelbon	202.0	15	7	192	3.49	168	65	1.15	0.220	828.99
18	John Patterson	198.3	12	9	202	3.50	168	60	1.15	0.223	787.66
19	Jeremy Bonderman	217.6	16	10	199	4.08	208	65	1.26	0.245	781.56
20	Brett Myers	209.3	16	10	191	3.95	197	66	1.26	0.242	772.41
21	Chris Young	193.0	15	9	173	3.65	156	64	1.14	0.215	771.18
22	Dan Haren	215.3	16	11	170	3.80	208	47	1.18	0.247	769.89
23	Jason Schmidt	203.3	15	9	186	3.79	181	69	1.23	0.232	767.55
24	Kelvim Escobar	213.0	14	9	181	3.68	197	65	1.23	0.239	754.53
25	Barry Zito	220.3	15	12	169	3.61	187	89	1.25	0.223	751.76
26	Erik Bedard	222.0	15	11	194	3.79	217	80	1.34	0.249	747.34
27	Cole Hamels	168.3	14	8	183	3.68	142	58	1.19	0.222	743.96
28	Mike Mussina	203.3	17	10	167	3.97	208	43	1.23	0.257	742.53
29	Jered Weaver	205.3	12	8	180	3.46	196	61	1.25	0.245	734.14
30	A.J. Burnett	204.0	15	10	171	3.67	190	65	1.25	0.240	733.77
31	Curt Schilling	209.0	17	9	184	4.26	234	33	1.28	0.275	726.28
32	Mark Buehrle	226.0	17	11	137	3.72	236	46	1.25	0.261	719.92
33	Adam Wainwright	185.0	15	9	162	3.75	166	60	1.22	0.233	713.81
34	Freddy Garcia	222.6	16	11	153	4.15	216	51	1.20	0.247	692.38
35	Javier Vazquez	206.6	14	11	188	4.37	200	51	1.22	0.247	690.54
36	Chuck James	188.6	15	10	167	4.11	156	73	1.21	0.219	687.90
37	Josh Beckett	205.3	14	10	184	4.36	182	67	1.21	0.231	687.56
38	Chris Capuano	215.0	14	9	175	4.14	209	59	1.25	0.248	678.17
39	Boof Bonser	198.3	13	10	171	3.89	201	46	1.25	0.256	673.50
40	Ervin Santana	199.6	13	10	162	3.94	171	72	1.22	0.225	672.66
41	Daisuke Matsuzaka	191.0	13	8	162	3.97	179	48	1.19	0.241	665.95
42	Randy Johnson	187.0	13	10	175	4.26	162	47	1.23	0.227	650.55
43	Kevin Millwood	204.6	15	12	155	4.15	215	55	1.32	0.263	633.17
44	Rich Harden	142.0	13	8	144	3.62	109	62	1.20	0.206	632.26
45	Derek Lowe	209.6	15	10	131	3.97	205	56	1.24	0.249	631.24
46	Cliff Lee	192.6	14	10	159	4.09	200	54	1.32	0.260	630.86
47	Bronson Arroyo	214.6	14	11	141	3.88	216	58	1.28	0.254	630.24
48	Zach Duke	224.0	14	11	140	3.84	231	66	1.32	0.259	630.10
49	John Maine	188.0	14	9	143	4.08	154	77	1.23	0.217	624.04
50	Dave Bush	202.0	13	11	151	4.28	203	38	1.19	0.254	622.77
51	Nate Robertson	211.6	15	11	141	4.03	208	67	1.30	0.250	618.23
52	Jeremy Sowers	181.3	15	8	108	3.66	173	42	1.19	0.245	617.70
53	Anibal Sanchez	192.6	13	10	125	3.98	144	80	1.16	0.203	607.19
54	Jason Jennings	218.3	13	10	151	3.90	216	80	1.36	0.251	605.05
55	Andy Pettitte	200.6	15	10	160	4.50	214	57	1.35	0.265	602.84
56	Clay Hensley	192.6	14	10	125	3.66	176	75	1.30	0.236	601.11
57	Justin Verlander	198.0	13	8	142	3.92	191	66	1.30	0.246	598.37
58	Jeff Francis	202.0	16	11	136	4.31	205	63	1.33	0.255	587.19
59	Tom Glavine	205.0	14	8	121	3.80	214	64	1.35	0.261	581.87
60	Noah Lowry	193.6	12	13	153	4.13	190	67	1.33	0.249	578.28
61	Ted Lilly	197.3	11	9	172	4.23	181	80	1.32	0.237	574.38
62	Brandon McCarthy	191.6	13	10	154	4.40	179	70	1.30	0.241	573.38
63	Josh Johnson	183.6	12	11	157	4.21	155	80	1.28	0.223	572.35
64	Tom Gorzelanny	205.6	13	11	146	4.31	163	96	1.26	0.212	571.16
65	Brad Penny	169.6	12	7	135	3.91	172	45	1.28	0.256	570.39
66	Chien-Ming Wang	213.6	17	8	85	3.90	226	53	1.31	0.264	563.83
67	Daniel Cabrera	195.0	10	12	201	4.49	161	113	1.40	0.219	563.06
68	Tim Hudson	208.3	14	11	133	4.15	209	66	1.32	0.254	562.48
69	Jose Contreras	184.0	12	8	136	4.07	170	59	1.24	0.239	556.34
70	Anthony Reyes	156.3	12	8	140	4.05	141	55	1.26	0.234	555.64
71	Oliver Perez	185.3	12	9	184	4.63	178	96	1.48	0.246	532.06
72	James Shields	184.3	13	13	150	4.37	204	54	1.40	0.273	530.95
73	Scott Olsen	185.6	10	11	168	4.45	175	76	1.35	0.242	526.87
74	Rich Hill	181.0	11	10	152	4.60	152	76	1.26	0.222	517.79
75	Greg Maddux	204.0	14	12	114	4.41	224	36	1.27	0.272	515.62
76	Jon Garland	210.6	15	13	108	4.35	235	47	1.34	0.275	514.01
77	Doug Davis	195.0	8	10	187	4.45	183	86	1.38	0.242	510.10