The Hook

Columnist: James Meyerriecks

NL-Only Starting Pitchers

March 05, 2007

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

1	Jake Peavy	233.6	20	7	243	3.13	196	59	1.09	0.221	1141.16
2	Chris Carpenter	225.6	20	7	193	3.12	199	46	1.08	0.230	1038.63
3	Roy Oswalt	226.6	20	7	192	3.10	221	44	1.17	0.248	998.10
4	John Smoltz	224.0	18	7	183	3.49	221	53	1.23	0.251	869.21
5	Brandon Webb	233.0	16	11	181	3.39	222	59	1.21	0.244	859.88
6	Matt Cain	208.3	17	11	195	3.77	157	85	1.16	0.203	850.68
7	Carlos Zambrano	223.6	16	9	202	3.47	180	109	1.29	0.214	847.80
8	Aaron Harang	229.6	17	11	204	3.77	232	55	1.25	0.255	841.37
9	Ben Sheets	180.3	14	7	190	3.42	171	23	1.07	0.243	830.39
10	Dontrelle Willis	224.6	18	8	165	3.32	214	71	1.27	0.244	829.42
11	John Patterson	198.3	12	9	202	3.50	168	60	1.15	0.223	787.66
12	Brett Myers	209.3	16	10	191	3.95	197	66	1.26	0.242	772.41
13	Chris Young	193.0	15	9	173	3.65	156	64	1.14	0.215	771.18
14	Jason Schmidt	203.3	15	9	186	3.79	181	69	1.23	0.232	767.55
15	Barry Zito	220.3	15	12	169	3.61	187	89	1.25	0.223	751.76
16	Cole Hamels	168.3	14	8	183	3.68	142	58	1.19	0.222	743.96
17	Adam Wainwright	185.0	15	9	162	3.75	166	60	1.22	0.233	713.81
18	Freddy Garcia	222.6	16	11	153	4.15	216	51	1.20	0.247	692.38
19	Chuck James	188.6	15	10	167	4.11	156	73	1.21	0.219	687.90
20	Chris Capuano	215.0	14	9	175	4.14	209	59	1.25	0.248	678.17
21	Randy Johnson	187.0	13	10	175	4.26	162	47	1.23	0.227	650.55
22	Derek Lowe	209.6	15	10	131	3.97	205	56	1.24	0.249	631.24
23	Bronson Arroyo	214.6	14	11	141	3.88	216	58	1.28	0.254	630.24
24	Zach Duke	224.0	14	11	140	3.84	231	66	1.32	0.259	630.10
25	John Maine	188.0	14	9	143	4.08	154	77	1.23	0.217	624.04
26	Dave Bush	202.0	13	11	151	4.28	203	38	1.19	0.254	622.77
27	Anibal Sanchez	192.6	13	10	125	3.98	144	80	1.16	0.203	607.19
28	Jason Jennings	218.3	13	10	151	3.90	216	80	1.36	0.251	605.05
29	Clay Hensley	192.6	14	10	125	3.66	176	75	1.30	0.236	601.11
30	Jeff Francis	202.0	16	11	136	4.31	205	63	1.33	0.255	587.19
31	Tom Glavine	205.0	14	8	121	3.80	214	64	1.35	0.261	581.87
32	Noah Lowry	193.6	12	13	153	4.13	190	67	1.33	0.249	578.28
33	Ted Lilly	197.3	11	9	172	4.23	181	80	1.32	0.237	574.38
34	Josh Johnson	183.6	12	11	157	4.21	155	80	1.28	0.223	572.35
35	Tom Gorzelanny	205.6	13	11	146	4.31	163	96	1.26	0.212	571.16
36	Brad Penny	169.6	12	7	135	3.91	172	45	1.28	0.256	570.39
37	Tim Hudson	208.3	14	11	133	4.15	209	66	1.32	0.254	562.48
38	Anthony Reyes	156.3	12	8	140	4.05	141	55	1.26	0.234	555.64
39	Oliver Perez	185.3	12	9	184	4.63	178	96	1.48	0.246	532.06
40	Scott Olsen	185.6	10	11	168	4.45	175	76	1.35	0.242	526.87
41	Rich Hill	181.0	11	10	152	4.60	152	76	1.26	0.222	517.79
42	Greg Maddux	204.0	14	12	114	4.41	224	36	1.27	0.272	515.62
43	Doug Davis	195.0	8	10	187	4.45	183	86	1.38	0.242	510.10
44	Paul Maholm	196.3	13	12	132	4.26	201	76	1.41	0.258	503.61
45	Ian Snell	198.3	11	12	169	4.62	216	75	1.46	0.269	484.51
46	Orlando Hernandez	162.3	11	10	144	4.76	161	63	1.38	0.251	451.86
47	Aaron Cook	201.0	14	11	87	4.26	226	50	1.38	0.276	443.10
48	Randy Wolf	150.0	11	10	116	4.45	153	61	1.42	0.256	424.84
49	Jeff Suppan	196.0	11	11	108	4.16	217	69	1.46	0.273	420.14
50	Jamie Moyer	196.0	12	11	103	4.50	225	47	1.39	0.280	417.46
51	Roger Clemens	93.3	6	3	80	2.56	72	31	1.11	0.208	401.61
52	Woody Williams	184.0	11	15	103	4.51	200	52	1.37	0.269	387.46
53	Matt Morris	190.3	10	14	115	4.81	199	52	1.32	0.262	379.10
54	Homer Bailey	78.0	8	4	83	3.45	67	32	1.27	0.225	367.59
55	Jerome Williams	185.0	8	12	109	4.20	176	82	1.39	0.244	363.94
56	Livan Hernandez	202.3	11	13	120	4.69	233	69	1.49	0.281	358.43
57	Adam Eaton	140.0	10	11	101	4.80	149	46	1.39	0.265	355.25
58	Kip Wells	187.3	11	13	127	4.88	201	82	1.51	0.266	352.17
59	Jon Rauch	99.3	6	6	88	3.47	87	40	1.28	0.229	351.16
60	Edgar Gonzalez	172.6	10	11	121	4.81	198	55	1.47	0.280	346.81
61	Kyle Lohse	168.0	11	13	113	5.06	195	51	1.47	0.283	333.62
62	Eric Milton	183.6	10	15	120	5.44	202	50	1.37	0.271	324.50
63	Mark Prior	98.3	5	3	107	4.44	87	42	1.31	0.231	314.70
64	Yovani Gallardo	73.3	5	3	90	3.92	59	30	1.22	0.215	312.83
65	Chad Billingsley	121.0	8	7	83	4.56	118	55	1.42	0.248	296.84
66	Rodrigo Lopez	173.6	12	15	113	5.51	214	55	1.55	0.294	285.10
67	Jason Marquis	154.6	10	14	81	5.07	164	56	1.42	0.264	283.88
68	Mike Pelfrey	108.3	8	4	77	4.55	109	52	1.49	0.255	278.95
69	Mark Hendrickson	133.0	9	10	76	4.70	152	45	1.48	0.280	266.76
70	Chris Sampson	90.0	7	9	42	4.24	83	20	1.14	0.238	261.64
71	Pedro Martinez	61.3	5	3	59	3.85	50	20	1.14	0.216	259.52
72	Mike Hampton	150.0	9	9	63	4.45	174	49	1.49	0.283	256.87
73	Tim Redding	166.0	8	13	101	4.87	190	61	1.51	0.280	252.52
74	Tony Armas	113.6	7	9	75	4.76	108	49	1.38	0.243	243.93
75	Kyle Davies	135.0	9	10	106	5.25	167	69	1.75	0.296	233.33
76	Matt Belisle	79.0	5	5	56	3.83	85	29	1.44	0.267	228.25