The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

AL-Only Starting Pitchers

March 05, 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	Roy Halladay	216.0	21	6	146	3.01	195	35	1.07	0.235	963.44
3	John Lackey	218.3	18	9	203	3.36	190	65	1.17	0.228	943.65
4	Felix Hernandez	220.3	16	12	218	3.77	197	63	1.18	0.233	877.50
5	Scott Kazmir	201.6	16	12	220	3.33	176	83	1.29	0.229	876.75
6	C.C. Sabathia	201.3	17	8	171	3.47	185	52	1.18	0.238	830.29
7	Jonathan Papelbon	202.0	15	7	192	3.49	168	65	1.15	0.220	828.99
8	Jeremy Bonderman	217.6	16	10	199	4.08	208	65	1.26	0.245	781.56
9	Dan Haren	215.3	16	11	170	3.80	208	47	1.18	0.247	769.89
10	Kelvim Escobar	213.0	14	9	181	3.68	197	65	1.23	0.239	754.53
11	Erik Bedard	222.0	15	11	194	3.79	217	80	1.34	0.249	747.34
12	Mike Mussina	203.3	17	10	167	3.97	208	43	1.23	0.257	742.53
13	Jered Weaver	205.3	12	8	180	3.46	196	61	1.25	0.245	734.14
14	A.J. Burnett	204.0	15	10	171	3.67	190	65	1.25	0.240	733.77
15	Curt Schilling	209.0	17	9	184	4.26	234	33	1.28	0.275	726.28
16	Mark Buehrle	226.0	17	11	137	3.72	236	46	1.25	0.261	719.92
17	Javier Vazquez	206.6	14	11	188	4.37	200	51	1.22	0.247	690.54
18	Josh Beckett	205.3	14	10	184	4.36	182	67	1.21	0.231	687.56
19	Boof Bonser	198.3	13	10	171	3.89	201	46	1.25	0.256	673.50
20	Ervin Santana	199.6	13	10	162	3.94	171	72	1.22	0.225	672.66
21	Daisuke Matsuzaka	191.0	13	8	162	3.97	179	48	1.19	0.241	665.95
22	Kevin Millwood	204.6	15	12	155	4.15	215	55	1.32	0.263	633.17
23	Rich Harden	142.0	13	8	144	3.62	109	62	1.20	0.206	632.26
24	Cliff Lee	192.6	14	10	159	4.09	200	54	1.32	0.260	630.86
25	Nate Robertson	211.6	15	11	141	4.03	208	67	1.30	0.250	618.23
26	Jeremy Sowers	181.3	15	8	108	3.66	173	42	1.19	0.245	617.70
27	Andy Pettitte	200.6	15	10	160	4.50	214	57	1.35	0.265	602.84
28	Justin Verlander	198.0	13	8	142	3.92	191	66	1.30	0.246	598.37
29	Brandon McCarthy	191.6	13	10	154	4.40	179	70	1.30	0.241	573.38
30	Chien-Ming Wang	213.6	17	8	85	3.90	226	53	1.31	0.264	563.83
31	Daniel Cabrera	195.0	10	12	201	4.49	161	113	1.40	0.219	563.06
32	Jose Contreras	184.0	12	8	136	4.07	170	59	1.24	0.239	556.34
33	James Shields	184.3	13	13	150	4.37	204	54	1.40	0.273	530.95
34	Jon Garland	210.6	15	13	108	4.35	235	47	1.34	0.275	514.01
35	Kei Igawa	194.6	12	10	153	4.60	221	53	1.41	0.278	488.13
36	Gustavo Chacin	183.3	13	11	109	4.19	184	67	1.37	0.254	480.16
37	Jake Westbrook	201.0	13	11	108	4.23	225	53	1.38	0.275	476.54
38	Joe Blanton	203.0	12	11	117	4.26	221	61	1.39	0.270	470.26
39	Luke Hudson	184.6	12	10	120	4.40	171	78	1.35	0.239	469.75
40	Kenny Rogers	197.6	14	13	94	4.21	209	57	1.34	0.264	465.66
41	Jeff Weaver	196.0	11	14	135	4.77	209	47	1.31	0.265	455.81
42	Esteban Loaiza	190.6	12	13	129	4.77	218	50	1.40	0.279	427.54
43	Vicente Padilla	180.3	11	12	129	4.60	188	68	1.42	0.261	425.62
44	Gil Meche	187.6	11	14	148	4.92	204	84	1.54	0.270	396.47
45	Matt Garza	149.6	10	9	122	4.61	158	62	1.47	0.263	395.25
46	Adam Loewen	149.6	9	11	134	4.57	141	77	1.45	0.242	388.62
47	Tomo Ohka	150.0	11	11	76	4.49	159	49	1.38	0.264	342.39
48	Jarrod Washburn	171.3	9	12	97	4.66	182	52	1.37	0.265	334.84
49	Robinson Tejeda	124.6	9	9	83	4.20	124	61	1.49	0.252	330.31
50	Odalis Perez	149.0	9	11	100	4.94	169	35	1.36	0.277	324.48
51	Miguel Batista	185.3	11	15	102	4.59	209	77	1.55	0.277	321.94
52	Zack Greinke	115.0	7	6	82	4.16	125	26	1.31	0.270	321.76
53	Paul Byrd	160.3	10	11	82	4.77	188	28	1.35	0.284	313.18
54	Carlos Silva	186.6	12	15	73	4.84	234	26	1.39	0.299	305.05
55	Jaret Wright	178.6	8	13	115	4.79	194	73	1.49	0.269	304.84
56	Brian Bannister	163.6	11	12	86	4.90	154	90	1.49	0.242	300.47
57	Charlie Haeger	97.7	7	6	87	4.35	73	65	1.41	0.202	291.06
58	Joe Saunders	130.3	6	5	97	4.44	123	58	1.38	0.242	284.42
59	Mike Maroth	102.0	9	8	55	4.29	111	26	1.35	0.270	281.32
60	Tim Wakefield	128.0	8	9	83	4.81	132	42	1.36	0.259	279.71
61	Jae Seo	167.6	10	15	97	4.98	196	56	1.50	0.283	278.48
62	Cha Seung Baek	84.6	6	4	58	4.05	71	33	1.22	0.221	257.43
63	John Thomson	151.6	8	12	88	4.82	177	54	1.52	0.283	254.52
64	Humberto Sanchez	85.0	6	4	80	4.61	70	49	1.40	0.219	250.39
65	Joe Kennedy	132.0	8	12	91	4.81	153	55	1.58	0.282	244.89
66	Jorge De La Rosa	139.6	11	16	123	5.93	151	94	1.76	0.269	236.95
67	Casey Fossum	142.3	8	12	101	5.49	154	64	1.53	0.269	213.97
68	Jason Hammel	94.6	5	8	76	5.05	98	41	1.47	0.261	194.09
69	John Koronka	117.0	6	9	60	4.93	126	43	1.44	0.268	186.64
70	Josh Towers	75.0	5	5	44	4.35	86	16	1.36	0.280	185.42
71	Horacio Ramirez	132.6	6	10	58	4.68	149	50	1.50	0.276	177.50
72	Steve Trachsel	171.0	8	10	85	5.00	197	81	1.63	0.281	172.52
73	Bartolo Colon	71.6	4	4	49	4.42	74	24	1.36	0.260	171.80
74	Carl Pavano	66.6	5	4	37	4.22	80	14	1.41	0.290	171.38
75	Jon Lester	55.6	5	3	42	4.29	59	27	1.56	0.265	160.82
76	Brad Halsey	102.0	4	6	56	4.66	118	38	1.53	0.282	142.67
77	Ramon Ortiz	102.6	4	8