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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: 4/15/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	563.2
2	3	Felix Hernandez	536.1
3	4	Max Scherzer	530.7
4	5	David Price	527.4
5	2	Madison Bumgarner	526.6
6	6	Chris Sale	517.9
7	9	Johnny Cueto	514.1
8	10	Zack Greinke	511.6
9	8	Cole Hamels	508.6
10	11	Adam Wainwright	501.8
11	7	Jon Lester	498.9
12	13	Corey Kluber	497.2
13	12	Jordan Zimmermann	484.0
14	17	James Shields	481.3
15	16	R.A. Dickey	481.1
16	14	Stephen Strasburg	473.3
17	20	Lance Lynn	470.0
18	18	Jeff Samardzija	469.5
19	19	Doug Fister	469.4
20	15	Jered Weaver	465.8
21	22	Gio Gonzalez	461.8
22	21	Hiroki Kuroda	459.3
23	23	Justin Verlander	459.1
24	24	Chris Tillman	454.2
25	29	Francisco Liriano	454.0
26	31	Julio Teheran	453.7
27	27	Jose Quintana	451.7
28	26	Phil Hughes	451.4
29	28	Alex Cobb	447.4
30	42	Sonny Gray	445.8
31	41	Miguel Gonzalez	441.7
32	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	441.4
33	25	Yu Darvish	438.9
34	39	Rick Porcello	438.3
35	45	Chris Archer	437.5
36	30	Kyle Lohse	437.1
37	33	Jake Peavy	436.9
38	34	John Lackey	436.2
39	55	Dallas Keuchel	433.6
40	38	Yovani Gallardo	433.0
41	49	Edinson Volquez	432.8
42	43	Anibal Sanchez	432.5
43	36	Ian Kennedy	432.1
44	37	Ervin Santana	431.2
45	40	Mark Buehrle	430.5
46	53	A.J. Burnett	429.6
47	47	Dan Haren	429.5
48	61	Bartolo Colon	428.3
49	63	Jake Arrieta	427.3
50	46	Mike Leake	427.3
51	50	Wade Miley	427.1
52	52	Wei-Yin Chen	427.0
53	58	Shelby Miller	426.4
54	35	Bud Norris	426.2
55	48	Tyson Ross	425.4
56	57	C.J. Wilson	423.9
57	54	Jason Vargas	423.6
58	51	Jeremy Guthrie	423.5
59	44	Jorge de la Rosa	423.0
60	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	421.8
61	69	Yordano Ventura	421.5
62	62	Jason Hammel	419.9
63	64	Wily Peralta	417.7
64	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	417.6
65	76	Aaron Harang	416.7
66	60	Scott Feldman	415.0
67	68	Brandon McCarthy	414.3
68	66	Matt Garza	413.0
69	67	Jonathon Niese	412.0
70	72	Collin McHugh	411.2
71	88	Scott Kazmir	410.1
72	73	Henderson Alvarez	408.5
73	71	Clay Buchholz	408.1
74	82	Gerrit Cole	406.0
75	77	Tim Hudson	405.3
76	59	Homer Bailey	405.2
77	65	Cliff Lee	401.0
78	79	Andrew Cashner	400.9
79	84	Tom Koehler	400.5
80	100	Jake Odorizzi	399.4
81	75	Tanner Roark	399.1
82	78	Zack Wheeler	397.0
83	87	Alex Wood	395.4
84	94	Jacob Degrom	394.3
85	85	Travis Wood	392.7
86	74	Garrett Richards	391.7
87	89	Drew Hutchison	391.3
88	83	Ryan Vogelsong	391.2
89	90	J.A. Happ	390.5
90	81	Mike Minor	390.4
91	92	Danny Duffy	388.6
92	98	Matthew Shoemaker	387.8
93	86	Josh Collmenter	386.9
94	80	Mat Latos	386.0
95	96	Jarred Cosart	385.9
96	93	Eric Stults	385.2
97	99	Kyle Kendrick	384.0
98	91	Ricky Nolasco	381.6
99	97	Dillon Gee	377.2
100	101	Tim Lincecum	376.7
101	104	Hector Santiago	373.9
102	95	Charlie Morton	372.0
103	105	John Danks	370.7
104	117	Trevor Bauer	370.5
105	108	Masahiro Tanaka	370.0
106	107	Nathan Eovaldi	368.6
107	103	Vidal Nuno	368.2
108	120	Carlos Carrasco	365.0
109	115	Michael Wacha	364.7
110	102	Drew Smyly	364.3
111	114	Hector Noesi	363.4
112	124	Jordan Lyles	363.3
113	106	Chris Young	362.1
114	118	Jeff Locke	361.8
115	111	Kyle Gibson	360.1
116	122	Tom Milone	359.9
117	109	Marcus Stroman	359.8
118	113	Justin Masterson	359.2
119	116	Fausto Carmona	359.0
120	123	Tyler Matzek	358.3
121	130	Colby Lewis	358.2
122	110	Roenis Elias	356.6
123	132	Joseph Kelly	355.8
124	112	Matt Cain	350.2
125	141	Nicholas Martinez	349.3
126	144	Shane Greene	348.7
127	121	Trevor Cahill	348.6
128	119	Felix Doubront	348.1
129	127	Chase Anderson	347.7
130	128	Vance Worley	344.8
131	126	Kevin Gausman	344.3
132	125	Brett Oberholtzer	343.0
133	134	Michael Fiers	340.2
134	140	Michael Pineda	339.8
135	136	Bradley Peacock	339.7
136	131	Danny Salazar	339.3
137	133	Edwin Jackson	333.9
138	135	T.J. House	332.6
139	129	Kevin Correia	332.4
140	139	Kyle Hendricks	332.1
141	138	Nicholas Tepesch	331.4
142	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	329.9
143	137	David Buchanan	328.0
144	152	James Paxton	323.5
145	159	Anthony DeSclafani	320.4
146	153	Jerome Williams	320.0
147	159	Matt Harvey	318.9
148	159	Chris Heston	318.4
149	150	Jeremy Hellickson	316.4
150	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	316.1
151	143	Zachary McAllister	315.3
152	159	Jimmy Nelson	314.5
153	159	Drew Pomeranz	314.2
154	147	Brad Hand	314.2
155	159	Eddie Butler	312.6
156	NR	Archie Bradley	312.5
157	159	Daniel Norris	312.3
158	159	Nate Karns	312.3
159	159	Jesse Hahn	311.5
160	156	Derek Holland	311.1
161	155	Alfredo Simon	310.9
162	159	CC Sabathia	309.8
163	154	Chris Capuano	308.6
164	159	Carlos Martinez	308.5
165	159	Brandon Morrow	308.1
166	145	Marco Estrada	308.0
167	159	Sean O'Sullivan	307.7
168	NR	Casey Sadler	307.0
169	159	Christian Bergman	307.0
170	159	Brett Anderson	306.8
171	159	Jason Marquis	306.4
172	146	Bronson Arroyo	306.1
173	159	Rubby De La Rosa	305.8
174	159	Adam Warren	305.8
175	NR	Steve Geltz	304.7
176	NR	Raisel Iglesias	304.0
177	NR	Matt Andriese	304.0
178	NR	Kendall Graveman	303.7
179	159	Kyle Lobstein	302.4
180	159	Mike Pelfrey	302.2
181	159	Trevor May	301.8
182	149	Franklin Morales	301.2
183	NR	Aaron Sanchez	300.4
184	159	David Huff	300.4
185	151	Josh Beckett	300.1

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