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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Steve Carlton	556.64
2	Nolan Ryan	508.53
3	Steve Rogers	507.86
4	Mario Soto	496.67
5	Dave Stieb	493.02
6	Don Sutton	481.54
7	Joe Niekro	477.67
8	Fernando Valenzuela	473.22
9	Jim Palmer	460.88
10	Jack Morris	459.39
11	Floyd Bannister	459.11
12	Jerry Reuss	458.97
13	Joaquin Andujar	455.28
14	Bill Gullickson	455.05
15	Len Barker	450.3
16	Jim Clancy	448.09
17	Bob Welch	447.77
18	Larry Gura	446.27
19	Ron Guidry	445.99
20	Dan Petry	445.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Phil Niekro	445.68
22	Bob Forsch	439.0
23	Dennis Eckersley	437.93
24	Scott Sanderson	437.15
25	Pete Vuckovich	434.3
26	Mike Caldwell	431.5
27	Milt Wilcox	430.04
28	Fergie Jenkins	427.23
29	Tommy John	426.06
30	Dennis Martinez	425.28
31	Vida Blue	424.37
32	Mike Krukow	421.2
33	Ken Forsch	420.11
34	Larry Christenson	419.06
35	Bruce Berenyi	418.82
36	Mike Flanagan	418.67
37	Britt Burns	413.28
38	Geoff Zahn	410.92
39	Rick Sutcliffe	410.63
40	Tim Lollar	410.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Langford	409.06
42	Dick Ruthven	408.89
43	Rick Rhoden	408.77
44	Dave Righetti	408.13
45	Mike Norris	406.48
46	John Candelaria	405.56
47	Dennis Leonard	403.75
48	Scott McGregor	401.52
49	Burt Hooton	398.94
50	Steve McCatty	398.36
51	Frank Tanana	397.75
52	Richard Dotson	396.88
53	Luis Leal	396.0
54	Gaylord Perry	395.85
55	John Tudor	391.58
56	La Marr Hoyt	391.49
57	Moose Haas	390.64
58	Bobby Castillo	389.9
59	Jim Beattie	389.42
60	Charlie Lea	384.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Charlie Hough	383.49
62	Mike Torrez	383.33
63	Doc Medich	382.41
64	Jerry Koosman	382.37
65	Mike Witt	381.3
66	Bob Knepper	380.84
67	Jerry Ujdur	379.89
68	Brad Havens	377.37
69	John Denny	376.67
70	Paul Splittorff	375.85
71	Frank Pastore	374.04
72	Bill Laskey	373.71
73	Tom Seaver	372.6
74	Matt Keough	368.13
75	John Stuper	366.33
76	Albert Williams	366.02
77	Steve Mura	365.44
78	Rick Mahler	364.38
79	John Montefusco	364.32
80	Larry McWilliams	362.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Don Robinson	359.72
82	Bruce Kison	359.67
83	Atlee Hammaker	359.58
84	Bob McClure	358.87
85	Dennis Lamp	356.0
86	Pete Falcone	352.71
87	Lary Sorensen	350.27
88	Rich Gale	349.51
89	Dickie Noles	348.44
90	Juan Eichelberger	348.41
91	Vern Ruhle	346.5
92	Rick Honeycutt	345.42
93	Bob Shirley	343.45
94	Doug Bird	343.17
95	Dave LaPoint	342.66
96	Jack O'Connor	337.19
97	Rick Camp	334.52
98	Craig Swan	334.03
99	Tommy Boggs	333.33
100	Shane Rawley	333.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Eric Show	333.08
102	Jon Matlack	331.83
103	Mike Moore	329.2
104	Jim Gott	329.14
105	Rick Waits	328.99
106	Allen Ripley	328.95
107	Manny Sarmiento	328.6
108	Frank Viola	327.66
109	Steve Renko	327.6
110	Renie Martin	326.36
111	Chuck Rainey	325.26
112	Bob Stoddard	325.07
113	Randy Martz	324.95
114	Pat Zachry	324.15
115	Brian Kingman	321.29
116	Randy Lerch	321.23
117	Doyle Alexander	318.87
118	Ray Burris	314.7
119	Dave Dravecky	313.64
120	Steve Trout	312.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Whitson	311.03
122	Mike Morgan	310.31
123	Mike Smithson	306.0
124	Ed Lynch	304.52
125	Marty Bystrom	303.98
126	Fred Breining	300.73
127	Charlie Puleo	300.67
128	Bob Walk	300.4
129	Mike LaCoss	300.12

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