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Here's something to jazz up your baseball debates: a ranking of the top starting pitchers in the major leagues. These rankings (which include postseason performances) will be updated every morning, though we'll show each pitcher's rank as of April 1st of each year (that's the "Started Season" column). If you're interested in how we put this together, read about Bill's concept in this article.

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Starting Pitcher Rankings

Rank	Started Season	Name	Current Score
World's #1 Starting Pitcher Rankings: 4/1/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	572.8
2	2	Madison Bumgarner	536.7
3	3	Felix Hernandez	536.2
4	4	Max Scherzer	524.8
5	5	David Price	519.3
6	6	Chris Sale	516.5
7	7	Jon Lester	510.3
8	8	Cole Hamels	506.3
9	9	Johnny Cueto	504.6
10	10	Zack Greinke	501.3
11	11	Adam Wainwright	499.6
12	12	Jordan Zimmermann	495.1
13	13	Corey Kluber	490.1
14	14	Stephen Strasburg	484.7
15	15	Jered Weaver	476.9
16	16	R.A. Dickey	475.6
17	17	James Shields	474.7
18	18	Jeff Samardzija	472.8
19	19	Doug Fister	468.0
20	20	Lance Lynn	465.3
21	21	Hiroki Kuroda	464.3
22	22	Gio Gonzalez	463.0
23	23	Justin Verlander	462.6
24	24	Chris Tillman	457.9
25	25	Yu Darvish	452.9
26	26	Phil Hughes	451.8
27	27	Jose Quintana	451.2
28	28	Alex Cobb	450.9
29	29	Francisco Liriano	449.7
30	30	Kyle Lohse	449.1
31	31	Julio Teheran	448.8
32	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	447.3
33	33	Jake Peavy	442.4
34	34	John Lackey	438.3
35	35	Bud Norris	437.8
36	36	Ian Kennedy	435.8
37	37	Ervin Santana	435.4
38	38	Yovani Gallardo	433.9
39	39	Rick Porcello	431.9
40	40	Mark Buehrle	431.8
41	41	Miguel Gonzalez	430.4
42	42	Sonny Gray	430.3
43	43	Anibal Sanchez	429.6
44	44	Jorge de la Rosa	429.5
45	45	Chris Archer	427.9
46	46	Mike Leake	427.1
47	47	Dan Haren	426.3
48	48	Tyson Ross	426.1
49	49	Edinson Volquez	425.7
50	50	Wade Miley	425.5
51	51	Jeremy Guthrie	424.0
52	52	Wei-Yin Chen	423.6
53	53	A.J. Burnett	422.6
54	54	Jason Vargas	422.0
55	55	Dallas Keuchel	422.0
56	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	421.1
57	57	C.J. Wilson	420.2
58	58	Shelby Miller	420.1
59	59	Homer Bailey	419.2
60	60	Scott Feldman	418.3
61	61	Bartolo Colon	418.3
62	62	Jason Hammel	417.9
63	63	Jake Arrieta	417.3
64	64	Wily Peralta	415.3
65	65	Cliff Lee	415.0
66	66	Matt Garza	414.5
67	67	Jonathon Niese	414.0
68	68	Brandon McCarthy	412.8
69	69	Yordano Ventura	412.8
70	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	412.2
71	71	Clay Buchholz	409.8
72	72	Collin McHugh	407.6
73	73	Henderson Alvarez	406.0
74	74	Garrett Richards	405.7
75	75	Tanner Roark	405.6
76	76	Aaron Harang	404.5
77	77	Tim Hudson	403.2
78	78	Zack Wheeler	402.0
79	79	Andrew Cashner	400.9
80	80	Mat Latos	400.1
81	81	Mike Minor	399.2
82	82	Gerrit Cole	398.1
83	83	Ryan Vogelsong	397.3
84	84	Tom Koehler	396.6
85	85	Travis Wood	392.5
86	86	Josh Collmenter	391.5
87	87	Alex Wood	391.5
88	88	Scott Kazmir	391.3
89	89	Drew Hutchison	390.4
90	90	J.A. Happ	389.2
91	91	Ricky Nolasco	388.8
92	92	Danny Duffy	387.3
93	93	Eric Stults	387.0
94	94	Jacob Degrom	386.4
95	95	Charlie Morton	383.7
96	96	Jarred Cosart	382.2
97	97	Dillon Gee	382.1
98	98	Matthew Shoemaker	381.1
99	99	Kyle Kendrick	381.1
100	100	Jake Odorizzi	379.7
101	101	Tim Lincecum	379.3
102	102	Drew Smyly	378.3
103	103	Vidal Nuno	374.0
104	104	Hector Santiago	373.5
105	105	John Danks	372.6
106	106	Chris Young	370.9
107	107	Nathan Eovaldi	370.2
108	108	Masahiro Tanaka	368.9
109	109	Marcus Stroman	368.6
110	110	Roenis Elias	368.4
111	111	Kyle Gibson	368.2
112	112	Matt Cain	364.2
113	113	Justin Masterson	363.4
114	114	Hector Noesi	361.9
115	115	Michael Wacha	360.9
116	116	Fausto Carmona	360.2
117	117	Trevor Bauer	360.0
118	118	Jeff Locke	359.7
119	119	Felix Doubront	356.9
120	120	Carlos Carrasco	354.9
121	121	Trevor Cahill	354.4
122	122	Tom Milone	354.4
123	123	Tyler Matzek	354.0
124	124	Jordan Lyles	351.8
125	125	Brett Oberholtzer	349.5
126	126	Kevin Gausman	349.3
127	127	Chase Anderson	347.2
128	128	Vance Worley	346.8
129	129	Kevin Correia	346.4
130	130	Colby Lewis	346.0
131	131	Danny Salazar	345.8
132	132	Joseph Kelly	345.7
133	133	Edwin Jackson	343.4
134	134	Michael Fiers	340.8
135	135	T.J. House	340.8
136	136	Bradley Peacock	339.4
137	137	David Buchanan	336.3
138	138	Nicholas Tepesch	335.7
139	139	Kyle Hendricks	334.2
140	140	Michael Pineda	331.9
141	141	Nicholas Martinez	331.3
142	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	327.2
143	143	Zachary McAllister	326.1
144	144	Shane Greene	324.5
145	145	Marco Estrada	322.0
146	146	Bronson Arroyo	320.1
147	147	Brad Hand	319.9
148	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	319.6
149	149	Franklin Morales	315.2
150	150	Jeremy Hellickson	315.1
151	151	Josh Beckett	314.1
152	152	James Paxton	314.0
153	153	Jerome Williams	313.1
154	154	Chris Capuano	312.8
155	155	Alfredo Simon	309.9
156	156	Derek Holland	308.9
157	157	Jesse Chavez	306.6
158	158	Jhoulys Chacin	303.1

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