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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	563.23
2	Tom Seaver	536.74
3	J.R. Richard	530.63
4	Jim Palmer	520.47
5	Steve Carlton	520.0
6	Phil Niekro	519.54
7	Bert Blyleven	514.08
8	Dennis Eckersley	511.77
9	Dennis Leonard	504.61
10	Nolan Ryan	504.0
11	Dave Goltz	498.21
12	Jon Matlack	493.09
13	Burt Hooton	487.53
14	Gaylord Perry	486.92
15	Vida Blue	481.89
16	Fergie Jenkins	481.68
17	Luis Tiant	477.19
18	Steve Rogers	474.34
19	Don Sutton	469.52
20	Frank Tanana	465.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Knepper	464.12
22	Rick Reuschel	462.57
23	John Candelaria	461.23
24	Ed Halicki	460.25
25	Mike Caldwell	459.4
26	Ed Figueroa	455.65
27	Larry Christenson	454.37
28	Jerry Koosman	452.56
29	Mike Torrez	449.23
30	Tommy John	444.17
31	Paul Splittorff	442.39
32	Ross Grimsley	440.95
33	John Denny	439.84
34	John Montefusco	439.74
35	Dick Ruthven	437.95
36	Craig Swan	436.58
37	Dennis Martinez	434.82
38	Catfish Hunter	430.33
39	Lary Sorensen	430.16
40	Mike Flanagan	429.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Doug Rau	428.14
42	Geoff Zahn	425.4
43	Fred Norman	424.5
44	Dave Rozema	424.31
45	Randy Jones	422.31
46	Jim Slaton	420.59
47	Bob Forsch	418.78
48	Ken Kravec	412.74
49	Doyle Alexander	411.79
50	Francisco Barrios	411.72
51	Roger Erickson	410.1
52	Steve Stone	409.16
53	Rudy May	408.58
54	Jim Rooker	406.03
55	Scott McGregor	402.89
56	Larry Gura	402.4
57	Rick Waits	402.34
58	Don Robinson	399.7
59	Dock Ellis	398.55
60	Joe Niekro	397.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Eric Rasmussen	396.94
62	Milt Wilcox	396.1
63	Dennis Lamp	395.54
64	Rick Rhoden	395.02
65	Bill Bonham	392.83
66	Jesse Jefferson	390.47
67	Doc Medich	389.91
68	Tom Underwood	389.06
69	Ray Burris	388.35
70	Bob Owchinko	387.95
71	Mark Lemongello	387.83
72	Pete Vuckovich	384.47
73	Jack Billingham	382.8
74	Rich Gale	381.22
75	Jim Barr	380.96
76	Matt Keough	380.66
77	Rick Wise	380.54
78	Chris Knapp	380.33
79	Randy Lerch	379.94
80	Rick Langford	378.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Clancy	377.82
82	Bill Travers	375.63
83	Don Aase	374.3
84	Jim Kaat	373.68
85	Paul Moskau	373.63
86	Jerry Augustine	370.76
87	Jim Colborn	369.55
88	Mike Paxton	365.17
89	Jim Beattie	364.44
90	Glenn Abbott	364.4
91	Nino Espinosa	363.98
92	Mike Krukow	362.48
93	John Henry Johnson	362.47
94	Bob Shirley	358.69
95	Jerry Reuss	358.31
96	Gary Serum	358.2
97	Dick Tidrow	358.01
98	Steve Renko	357.71
99	Jim Bibby	354.45
100	Paul Mitchell	351.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Kip Young	349.35
102	Pat Zachry	348.66
103	Larry McWilliams	348.4
104	Silvio Martinez	347.41
105	Dan Schatzeder	346.84
106	Jim Lonborg	346.47
107	David Clyde	344.02
108	Bob Welch	343.27
109	Woodie Fryman	339.31
110	Jim Wright	337.15
111	Byron McLaughlin	336.59
112	Preston Hanna	334.21
113	Bill Lee	332.66
114	Tom Hume	332.63
115	Pete Broberg	329.04
116	Mickey Mahler	328.55
117	Balor Moore	321.75
118	Rick Honeycutt	321.37
119	Jerry Garvin	320.88
120	Vern Ruhle	319.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Dixon	318.71
122	Steve Comer	317.76
123	Scott Sanderson	315.27
124	Bruce Kison	314.37
125	Andy Replogle	313.42
126	Dave Frost	312.06
127	Pete Falcone	311.1
128	Darrell Jackson	310.38
129	Dave Lemanczyk	309.34
130	Don Gullett	309.12
131	Don Hood	308.46
132	Mike LaCoss	307.85
133	Ken Forsch	307.5
134	Floyd Bannister	307.47
135	Mike Bruhert	302.81
136	Kevin Kobel	302.27
137	Dave Roberts	301.49
138	Paul Hartzell	301.3

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