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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	559.49
2	Tom Seaver	538.95
3	J.R. Richard	529.33
4	Jim Palmer	524.27
5	Phil Niekro	523.98
6	Dennis Eckersley	518.35
7	Bert Blyleven	516.02
8	Steve Carlton	511.91
9	Dennis Leonard	506.67
10	Dave Goltz	499.31
11	Nolan Ryan	492.58
12	Jon Matlack	491.84
13	Gaylord Perry	490.69
14	Burt Hooton	488.88
15	Fergie Jenkins	487.41
16	Vida Blue	481.89
17	Steve Rogers	477.65
18	Don Sutton	477.45
19	Luis Tiant	475.94
20	Bob Knepper	466.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Caldwell	465.67
22	Frank Tanana	465.1
23	Rick Reuschel	460.01
24	John Candelaria	459.98
25	Ed Halicki	457.72
26	Larry Christenson	453.12
27	Mike Torrez	452.29
28	Ed Figueroa	450.47
29	Paul Splittorff	448.35
30	John Denny	447.66
31	Jerry Koosman	447.56
32	Tommy John	447.47
33	John Montefusco	442.19
34	Craig Swan	440.21
35	Dick Ruthven	436.7
36	Geoff Zahn	436.3
37	Ross Grimsley	434.62
38	Lary Sorensen	434.19
39	Dennis Martinez	431.43
40	Catfish Hunter	429.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Flanagan	428.26
42	Dave Rozema	424.86
43	Fred Norman	423.25
44	Doug Rau	422.98
45	Bob Forsch	420.43
46	Jim Slaton	419.34
47	Roger Erickson	418.42
48	Rick Waits	414.01
49	Randy Jones	412.76
50	Ken Kravec	411.37
51	Doyle Alexander	410.54
52	Francisco Barrios	410.47
53	Joe Niekro	408.56
54	Rudy May	407.33
55	Larry Gura	406.48
56	Steve Stone	406.41
57	Don Robinson	405.41
58	Jim Rooker	404.03
59	Scott McGregor	401.64
60	Milt Wilcox	399.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bill Bonham	398.01
62	Eric Rasmussen	396.58
63	Dennis Lamp	394.29
64	Rick Rhoden	393.77
65	Pete Vuckovich	393.68
66	Dock Ellis	393.55
67	Jesse Jefferson	389.22
68	Doc Medich	388.66
69	Ray Burris	387.1
70	Matt Keough	385.97
71	Randy Lerch	384.78
72	Rich Gale	384.0
73	Tom Underwood	383.79
74	Mark Lemongello	383.77
75	Bob Owchinko	383.09
76	Jack Billingham	381.55
77	Chris Knapp	380.22
78	Rick Langford	379.75
79	Jim Barr	379.71
80	Rick Wise	378.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Clancy	378.43
82	Bill Travers	377.05
83	Don Aase	376.24
84	Jim Kaat	372.43
85	Paul Moskau	372.38
86	Jim Colborn	368.3
87	Nino Espinosa	366.08
88	Jerry Augustine	365.76
89	Glenn Abbott	364.4
90	Jim Beattie	363.19
91	John Henry Johnson	361.25
92	Mike Krukow	361.23
93	Mike Paxton	358.8
94	Jerry Reuss	357.06
95	Gary Serum	356.95
96	Paul Mitchell	355.61
97	Dick Tidrow	355.26
98	Steve Renko	354.96
99	Bob Shirley	353.69
100	Pat Zachry	353.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Bibby	349.45
102	Bob Welch	348.28
103	Kip Young	348.1
104	Larry McWilliams	348.08
105	Silvio Martinez	346.16
106	Dan Schatzeder	345.59
107	Byron McLaughlin	344.28
108	David Clyde	342.77
109	Jim Lonborg	341.47
110	Tom Hume	338.6
111	Woodie Fryman	334.31
112	Jim Wright	332.15
113	Preston Hanna	329.21
114	Vern Ruhle	328.99
115	Bill Lee	327.66
116	Mickey Mahler	326.13
117	Pete Broberg	324.04
118	Ken Forsch	323.11
119	Bruce Kison	322.77
120	Balor Moore	320.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Scott Sanderson	320.34
122	Rick Honeycutt	320.12
123	Tom Dixon	317.46
124	Steve Comer	316.51
125	Jerry Garvin	315.88
126	Floyd Bannister	315.4
127	Andy Replogle	312.17
128	Rich Wortham	310.99
129	Dave Frost	310.81
130	Andy Messersmith	310.22
131	Darrell Jackson	309.13
132	Mike Norris	308.79
133	Rick Matula	307.89
134	Mike LaCoss	307.79
135	Don Hood	307.21
136	Pete Falcone	306.1
137	Ken Holtzman	304.47
138	Dave Lemanczyk	304.34
139	Don Gullett	304.12
140	Mike Proly	303.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Bruhert	301.56
142	Kevin Kobel	301.02
143	Odell Jones	300.98

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