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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	561.1
2	Dennis Leonard	497.03
3	Phil Niekro	493.87
4	Tom Seaver	490.59
5	Don Sutton	486.76
6	Dennis Eckersley	483.35
7	Steve Rogers	480.82
8	Mike Norris	469.62
9	Ron Guidry	467.3
10	J.R. Richard	466.13
11	Larry Gura	464.07
12	Bert Blyleven	463.35
13	Nolan Ryan	462.28
14	Jerry Koosman	460.8
15	Tommy John	457.38
16	Rick Reuschel	455.94
17	Rick Langford	454.18
18	Steve Stone	454.06
19	Fergie Jenkins	451.13
20	Matt Keough	451.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Scott McGregor	450.67
22	Vida Blue	449.97
23	Burt Hooton	443.36
24	Floyd Bannister	441.03
25	Moose Haas	439.93
26	Pete Vuckovich	439.52
27	Mike Flanagan	439.42
28	Joe Niekro	437.32
29	Jack Morris	436.55
30	Gaylord Perry	434.67
31	Jim Palmer	433.7
32	Jim Bibby	432.41
33	Frank Tanana	430.44
34	Bob Forsch	430.09
35	Scott Sanderson	427.51
36	Britt Burns	427.45
37	Mike Caldwell	427.26
38	John Candelaria	426.68
39	Dick Ruthven	424.46
40	Jim Clancy	422.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Underwood	419.85
42	Rick Waits	419.84
43	Len Barker	419.72
44	Steve McCatty	417.24
45	Paul Splittorff	416.97
46	Jerry Reuss	415.65
47	Dan Schatzeder	414.61
48	Milt Wilcox	414.02
49	Geoff Zahn	411.88
50	Lary Sorensen	411.73
51	Luis Tiant	411.02
52	Ken Forsch	407.27
53	Roger Erickson	401.44
54	Rich Gale	401.32
55	Don Robinson	400.55
56	Frank Pastore	398.9
57	Bob Welch	398.23
58	Dave Goltz	397.87
59	Ed Whitson	397.72
60	Doyle Alexander	397.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jon Matlack	396.44
62	Dave Stieb	395.51
63	Rudy May	391.09
64	Mike Krukow	390.99
65	Brian Kingman	389.35
66	Ross Baumgarten	388.91
67	Doc Medich	388.69
68	Rick Wise	387.98
69	Rick Honeycutt	387.16
70	Craig Swan	384.75
71	Dennis Martinez	384.53
72	Lynn McGlothen	383.31
73	Bill Travers	380.98
74	Tommy Boggs	380.91
75	Richard Dotson	380.59
76	Mike Torrez	380.54
77	John Curtis	379.05
78	Bill Gullickson	377.61
79	Pat Zachry	377.0
80	Bob Knepper	376.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Vern Ruhle	376.95
82	Steve Trout	376.59
83	Randy Jones	373.97
84	Glenn Abbott	368.82
85	Steve Mura	367.69
86	Dennis Lamp	366.42
87	Darrell Jackson	362.56
88	Steve Renko	361.13
89	Dan Petry	360.14
90	Mike LaCoss	359.6
91	John Montefusco	358.82
92	John Fulgham	351.96
93	Ken Kravec	350.07
94	Rick Matula	349.45
95	Bob Walk	349.0
96	Larry Christenson	348.43
97	Silvio Martinez	347.78
98	Dan Spillner	347.11
99	Larry McWilliams	347.11
100	Rick Rhoden	345.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ray Burris	345.3
102	Jim Beattie	345.24
103	David Palmer	344.98
104	Mario Soto	344.21
105	Pete Falcone	343.77
106	Alfredo Martinez	339.8
107	John Tudor	332.38
108	Mark Bomback	332.1
109	Bob Owchinko	330.5
110	Charlie Leibrandt	329.73
111	Bill Lee	328.2
112	Allen Ripley	327.08
113	Randy Lerch	323.88
114	Dave Frost	323.34
115	Rob Dressler	322.89
116	Ed Halicki	322.77
117	Charlie Lea	322.39
118	Wayne Garland	319.76
119	Eric Rasmussen	319.74
120	John Denny	319.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Renie Martin	318.65
122	Jackson Todd	317.68
123	Joe Price	316.27
124	Paul Moskau	315.1
125	Fernando Valenzuela	313.91
126	Luis Leal	313.11
127	Jesse Jefferson	312.93
128	Bob Sykes	311.94
129	Mike Parrott	311.3
130	Steve Crawford	311.16
131	La Marr Hoyt	310.62
132	Jim Slaton	310.58
133	Jerry Don Gleaton	310.53
134	Pete Redfern	308.78
135	Tim Leary	308.15
136	Rick Sutcliffe	307.93
137	Albert Williams	307.6
138	Marty Bystrom	306.49
139	Juan Eichelberger	305.63
140	Howard Bailey	305.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ken Clay	304.24
142	Chris Welsh	302.75
143	Mike Witt	301.54
144	Alan Hargesheimer	301.35
145	Doug Capilla	300.59
146	Joaquin Andujar	300.45
147	Dick Drago	300.28
148	Nino Espinosa	300.12
149	Danny Darwin	300.08

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