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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	556.8
2	Don Sutton	496.65
3	Dennis Leonard	490.16
4	Phil Niekro	490.0
5	Steve Rogers	486.68
6	Tom Seaver	483.72
7	Dennis Eckersley	477.78
8	Ron Guidry	472.83
9	J.R. Richard	471.13
10	Larry Gura	465.9
11	Nolan Ryan	463.53
12	Mike Norris	462.34
13	Jerry Koosman	460.98
14	Bert Blyleven	460.13
15	Steve Stone	455.27
16	Tommy John	454.94
17	Rick Reuschel	452.34
18	Scott McGregor	451.92
19	Fergie Jenkins	450.91
20	Rick Langford	447.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Vida Blue	443.67
22	Burt Hooton	442.32
23	Matt Keough	441.62
24	Moose Haas	441.18
25	Floyd Bannister	440.91
26	Pete Vuckovich	440.77
27	Mike Flanagan	440.35
28	Joe Niekro	435.57
29	Jim Bibby	431.51
30	John Candelaria	430.98
31	Bob Forsch	430.46
32	Gaylord Perry	429.03
33	Scott Sanderson	428.76
34	Frank Tanana	428.69
35	Jim Palmer	428.25
36	Jack Morris	428.17
37	Mike Caldwell	426.95
38	Britt Burns	421.69
39	Tom Underwood	421.1
40	Rick Waits	421.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Len Barker	420.97
42	Paul Splittorff	418.22
43	Jerry Reuss	416.9
44	Dan Schatzeder	415.86
45	Dick Ruthven	414.46
46	Jim Clancy	412.52
47	Luis Tiant	412.27
48	Ken Forsch	408.83
49	Lary Sorensen	408.7
50	Milt Wilcox	406.65
51	Steve McCatty	405.14
52	Geoff Zahn	404.82
53	Roger Erickson	403.48
54	Rich Gale	402.57
55	Bob Welch	401.88
56	Don Robinson	401.8
57	Dave Goltz	399.12
58	Jon Matlack	399.06
59	Dave Stieb	395.3
60	Ed Whitson	393.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Wise	392.85
62	Mike Krukow	392.24
63	Doyle Alexander	391.96
64	Frank Pastore	391.19
65	Ross Baumgarten	390.16
66	Doc Medich	389.94
67	Craig Swan	389.75
68	Rick Honeycutt	388.41
69	Dennis Martinez	385.78
70	Mike Torrez	385.54
71	Rudy May	384.11
72	Brian Kingman	384.05
73	Lynn McGlothen	380.15
74	Bill Gullickson	378.86
75	Bill Travers	378.73
76	Bob Knepper	378.68
77	Steve Trout	377.84
78	Vern Ruhle	376.55
79	Tommy Boggs	374.5
80	Richard Dotson	373.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pat Zachry	372.2
82	John Curtis	368.39
83	Randy Jones	368.31
84	Dennis Lamp	367.67
85	Glenn Abbott	366.92
86	Darrell Jackson	363.81
87	Steve Mura	362.8
88	Steve Renko	362.38
89	Dan Petry	361.39
90	John Fulgham	356.96
91	Mike LaCoss	354.12
92	Silvio Martinez	352.78
93	Rick Matula	352.2
94	John Montefusco	351.19
95	Bob Walk	350.25
96	Larry Christenson	349.33
97	Dan Spillner	348.36
98	Larry McWilliams	348.36
99	Jim Beattie	346.49
100	David Palmer	346.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pete Falcone	345.02
102	Ken Kravec	344.05
103	Rick Rhoden	341.82
104	Ray Burris	341.24
105	Alfredo Martinez	341.05
106	Mario Soto	339.14
107	John Tudor	333.63
108	Mark Bomback	333.35
109	Bob Owchinko	331.75
110	Charlie Leibrandt	330.98
111	Bill Lee	329.45
112	Randy Lerch	328.88
113	Dave Frost	328.34
114	Charlie Lea	324.39
115	Rob Dressler	324.14
116	Ed Halicki	324.02
117	Wayne Garland	322.51
118	Allen Ripley	322.35
119	Eric Rasmussen	320.99
120	Paul Moskau	320.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Renie Martin	319.9
122	Jackson Todd	318.93
123	Joe Price	317.52
124	John Denny	316.97
125	Bob Sykes	316.94
126	Mike Parrott	316.3
127	Jesse Jefferson	314.17
128	La Marr Hoyt	311.87
129	Marty Bystrom	307.74
130	Nino Espinosa	305.12
131	Ross Grimsley	304.67
132	Dave Rozema	304.58
133	Alan Hargesheimer	304.1
134	Albert Williams	302.67
135	Joaquin Andujar	302.45
136	Doug Capilla	301.84
137	Juan Eichelberger	301.58
138	Dick Drago	301.53
139	Paul Mirabella	301.06

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