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The Top Ranked Starting Pitchers of the 1960s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Sandy Koufax | 2 |
| 2 | Bob Gibson | 5 |
| 3 | Juan Marichal | 8 |
| 4 | Sam McDowell | 9 |
| 5 | Don Drysdale | 10 |
| 6 | Jim Maloney | 13 |
| 7 | Jim Bunning | 15 |
| 8 | Camilo Pascual | 16 |
| 9 | Gary Peters | 24 |
| 10 | Luis Tiant | 26 |
| 11 | Whitey Ford | 29 |
| 12 | Dean Chance | 31 |
| 13 | Bob Veale | 34 |
| 14 | Juan Pizarro | 35 |
| 15 | Mickey Lolich | 43 |
| 16 | Turk Farrell | 46 |
| 17 | Gaylord Perry | 48 |
| 18 | Al Downing | 51 |
| 19 | Denny McLain | 54 |
| 20 | Fergie Jenkins | 55 |
| 21 | Sonny Siebert | 59 |
| 22 | Jim O'Toole | 60 |
| 23 | Steve Barber | 64 |
| 24 | Jim Kaat | 65 |
| 25 | Chris Short | 68 |
| 26 | Bobby Bolin | 72 |
| 27 | Pete Richert | 88 |
| 28 | Warren Spahn | 90 |
| 29 | Stan Williams | 92 |
| 30 | Milt Pappas | 95 |
| 31 | Mike Cuellar | 98 |
| 32 | Dave Boswell | 102 |
| 33 | Tom Seaver | 104 |
| 34 | Ray Culp | 105 |
| 35 | Hank Aguirre | 111 |
| 36 | Bob Friend | 113 |
| 37 | Joe Horlen | 114 |
| 38 | Ralph Terry | 115 |
| 39 | Joey Jay | 116 |
| 40 | Pedro Ramos | 117 |
| 41 | Dave McNally | 118 |
| 42 | Larry Jackson | 119 |
| 43 | Earl Wilson | 121 |
| 44 | Bill Singer | 122 |
| 45 | Ernie Broglio | 126 |
| 46 | Mike F. McCormick | 130 |
| 47 | Bob Shaw | 132 |
| 48 | Johnny Podres | 133 |
| 49 | Dick Stigman | 139 |
| 50 | Jerry Koosman | 142 |
| 51 | Jack Sanford | 143 |
| 52 | Frank Lary | 144 |
| 53 | Phil Niekro | 145 |
| 54 | Steve Carlton | 147 |
| 55 | Jim Nash | 148 |
| 56 | Gary Nolan | 150 |
| 57 | Don Sutton | 154 |
| 58 | Mel Stottlemyre | 158 |
| 59 | Don Wilson | 160 |
| 60 | Bob Purkey | 164 |
| 61 | Don Mossi | 166 |
| 62 | Chuck Estrada | 167 |
| 63 | George Brunet | 169 |
| 64 | Andy Messersmith | 170 |
| 65 | Tony Cloninger | 172 |
| 66 | Larry Dierker | 173 |
| 67 | Vern Law | 174 |
| 68 | Joe Nuxhall | 175 |
| 69 | Jim Merritt | 176 |
| 70 | Jim Bouton | 178 |
| 71 | Dick Ellsworth | 180 |
| 72 | Mel Queen Jr. | 183 |
| 73 | Billy Hoeft | 184 |
| 74 | Jim Palmer | 187 |
| 75 | Bill Stafford | 192 |
| 76 | Bill Hands | 193 |
| 77 | Tom Phoebus | 194 |
| 78 | Sam Jones | 198 |
| 79 | Sammy Ellis | 202 |
| 80 | Bob Moose | 204 |
| 81 | Tom Griffin | 207 |
| 82 | Bob Buhl | 213 |
| 83 | Tom Cheney | 216 |
| 84 | Steve Hargan | 217 |
| 85 | Jim Lonborg | 223 |
| 86 | Dick Hughes | 224 |
| 87 | Steve Blass | 227 |
| 88 | Early Wynn | 229 |
| 89 | Dennis Bennett | 231 |
| 90 | Stan Bahnsen | 235 |
| 91 | Jim Hardin | 238 |
| 92 | Bob Bruce | 242 |
| 93 | Bill Monbouquette | 247 |
| 94 | Jim Perry | 248 |
| 95 | Frank Baumann | 254 |
| 96 | Denny Lemaster | 259 |
| 97 | Joe Sparma | 264 |
| 98 | Fritz Peterson | 265 |
| 99 | Wally Bunker | 268 |
| 100 | Tommy John | 269 |
| 101 | Bo Belinsky | 271 |
| 102 | Dick Bosman | 272 |
| 103 | Claude Osteen | 280 |
| 104 | Curt Simmons | 316 |
| 105 | Catfish Hunter | 318 |
| 106 | Bruce Howard | 320 |
| 107 | Dick Selma | 322 |
| 108 | Earl Francis | 323 |
| 109 | Lee Stange | 326 |
| 110 | Ken McBride | 329 |
| 111 | Nolan Ryan | 331 |
| 112 | Billy Muffett | 333 |
| 113 | Ken T. Johnson | 334 |
| 114 | Dick Donovan | 335 |
| 115 | Art Mahaffey | 337 |
| 116 | Jack Fisher | 338 |
| 117 | Pat Jarvis | 343 |
| 118 | Ray Sadecki | 344 |
| 119 | Mudcat Grant | 345 |
| 120 | Dave Wickersham | 347 |
| 121 | Blue Moon Odom | 349 |
| 122 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 351 |
| 123 | Don Cardwell | 354 |
| 124 | Bob Turley | 359 |
| 125 | Billy Pierce | 362 |
| 126 | Ray Herbert | 363 |
| 127 | Robin Roberts | 371 |
| 128 | Ron Reed | 380 |
| 129 | Hal Brown | 387 |
| 130 | Bennie Daniels | 391 |
| 131 | John Buzhardt | 393 |
| 132 | Nelson Briles | 394 |
| 133 | Jack Kralick | 398 |
| 134 | Barry Latman | 400 |
| 135 | Joe Coleman Jr. | 404 |
| 136 | Ken Holtzman | 407 |
| 137 | Fred Newman | 408 |
| 138 | Dave Stenhouse | 410 |
| 139 | Grant Jackson | 414 |
| 140 | Lew Burdette | 422 |
| 141 | Ray Washburn | 423 |
| 142 | John Tsitouris | 424 |
| 143 | Marcelino Lopez | 425 |
| 144 | Lew Krausse Jr. | 426 |
| 145 | Rudy May | 429 |
| 146 | Jim McGlothlin | 435 |
| 147 | Jim Archer | 437 |
| 148 | Mike Kilkenny | 438 |
| 149 | Larry Jaster | 440 |
| 150 | Bud Daley | 445 |
| 151 | Art Ditmar | 448 |
| 152 | Gary Gentry | 449 |
| 153 | John Hiller | 455 |
| 154 | Rick Wise | 456 |
| 155 | Glen Hobbie | 459 |
| 156 | Dave Morehead | 462 |
| 157 | Gene Conley | 463 |
| 158 | Bob Hendley | 470 |
| 159 | Rollie Sheldon | 473 |
| 160 | Chuck Dobson | 477 |
| 161 | Bucky Brandon | 482 |
| 162 | Al Jackson | 485 |
| 163 | Ron Herbel | 486 |
| 164 | Dock Ellis | 489 |
| 165 | Woodie Fryman | 499 |
| 166 | Carl Willey | 505 |
| 167 | Don Ferrarese | 506 |
| 168 | Phil Ortega | 510 |
| 169 | Paul Foytack | 512 |
| 170 | Rickey Clark | 516 |
| 171 | Ed Rakow | 519 |
| 172 | Rich Nye | 527 |
| 173 | Gene Brabender | 532 |
| 174 | Chuck Taylor | 534 |
| 175 | Bill Butler | 542 |
| 176 | Tom Sturdivant | 545 |
| 177 | Dave Giusti | 551 |
| 178 | Tracy Stallard | 552 |
| 179 | Jim McAndrew | 562 |
| 180 | Wade Blasingame | 564 |
| 181 | Bob Anderson | 565 |
| 182 | Cal McLish | 568 |
| 183 | Tom Hall | 573 |
| 184 | Jack Hamilton | 581 |
| 185 | George H. Stone | 586 |
| 186 | Ken R. Hunt | 588 |
| 187 | Ned Garver | 601 |
| 188 | Dick Kelley | 606 |
| 189 | Dennis Ribant | 607 |
| 190 | Frank Sullivan | 613 |
| 191 | Jay Hook | 614 |
| 192 | Paul Toth | 629 |
| 193 | Don Newcombe | 645 |
| 194 | Jim Golden | 646 |
| 195 | Roger Craig | 650 |
| 196 | Ike Delock | 652 |
| 197 | Don Rudolph | 653 |
| 198 | Mike Nagy | 659 |
| 199 | Fred Talbot | 660 |
| 200 | Dan Pfister | 672 |
| 201 | Bob Sadowski | 674 |
| 202 | Joe Niekro | 675 |
| 203 | Dick Drago | 676 |
| 204 | Joe McClain | 678 |
| 205 | Tom Brewer | 680 |
| 206 | Joe Moeller | 682 |
| 207 | Norm Bass | 695 |
| 208 | Mike Hedlund | 698 |
| 209 | Barry Moore | 700 |
| 210 | Buster Narum | 704 |
| 211 | Bill Burbach | 714 |
| 212 | Bill Dillman | 715 |
| 213 | Wynn Hawkins | 721 |
| 214 | Jerry Robertson | 737 |
| 215 | Pete Burnside | 742 |
| 216 | Clyde Wright | 754 |
| 217 | Bob G. Miller | 760 |
| 218 | Mike Wegener | 768 |
| 219 | Al Santorini | 774 |
| 220 | Rob Gardner | 783 |
| 221 | Clay Kirby | 787 |
| 222 | Cisco Carlos | 790 |
| 223 | Frank Bertaina | 798 |
| 224 | Craig Anderson | 804 |
| 225 | Tom Murphy | 815 |
| 226 | Jerry Johnson | 822 |
| 227 | Billy Wynne | 825 |
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