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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	556.09
2	Tom Seaver	538.17
3	J.R. Richard	536.3
4	Jim Palmer	522.87
5	Dennis Eckersley	519.11
6	Phil Niekro	516.96
7	Bert Blyleven	513.87
8	Steve Carlton	512.88
9	Dennis Leonard	501.76
10	Nolan Ryan	500.76
11	Gaylord Perry	498.15
12	Vida Blue	492.75
13	Dave Goltz	492.6
14	Fergie Jenkins	492.27
15	Burt Hooton	491.06
16	Jon Matlack	490.59
17	Steve Rogers	481.82
18	Mike Caldwell	476.7
19	Don Sutton	475.14
20	Bob Knepper	468.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Luis Tiant	468.3
22	Frank Tanana	467.18
23	Rick Reuschel	463.95
24	John Candelaria	459.84
25	Ed Halicki	458.99
26	Tommy John	457.98
27	Larry Christenson	451.87
28	Jerry Koosman	451.66
29	Ed Figueroa	450.09
30	John Denny	449.76
31	Craig Swan	447.01
32	Paul Splittorff	445.74
33	Mike Torrez	443.63
34	John Montefusco	442.7
35	Dick Ruthven	442.36
36	Ross Grimsley	441.91
37	Lary Sorensen	439.66
38	Geoff Zahn	437.66
39	Dennis Martinez	425.91
40	Mike Flanagan	422.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Catfish Hunter	422.33
42	Doug Rau	421.77
43	Fred Norman	421.71
44	Dave Rozema	421.39
45	Bob Forsch	419.81
46	Randy Jones	418.65
47	Don Robinson	416.27
48	Roger Erickson	416.26
49	Jim Slaton	414.41
50	Ken Kravec	414.24
51	Rick Waits	413.58
52	Doyle Alexander	413.45
53	Larry Gura	410.05
54	Francisco Barrios	409.22
55	Rudy May	406.08
56	Steve Stone	403.21
57	Joe Niekro	401.4
58	Scott McGregor	400.58
59	Bill Bonham	399.98
60	Jim Rooker	399.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Milt Wilcox	395.17
62	Eric Rasmussen	393.35
63	Pete Vuckovich	393.21
64	Dennis Lamp	393.04
65	Rick Rhoden	392.52
66	Dock Ellis	391.71
67	Chris Knapp	390.0
68	Jesse Jefferson	387.97
69	Doc Medich	387.41
70	Don Aase	386.31
71	Jim Clancy	386.02
72	Randy Lerch	386.01
73	Ray Burris	385.85
74	Rich Gale	384.0
75	Jack Billingham	383.83
76	Matt Keough	383.44
77	Bob Owchinko	383.09
78	Rick Wise	381.25
79	Mark Lemongello	380.32
80	Tom Underwood	380.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Langford	379.05
82	Jim Barr	376.96
83	Glenn Abbott	373.36
84	Bill Travers	373.34
85	Jim Kaat	371.18
86	Paul Moskau	368.13
87	Nino Espinosa	366.08
88	Jim Colborn	365.55
89	Jim Beattie	361.94
90	Jerry Augustine	360.76
91	Mike Krukow	359.98
92	Larry McWilliams	359.27
93	Mike Paxton	358.8
94	Pat Zachry	358.2
95	Bob Welch	357.39
96	John Henry Johnson	357.37
97	Paul Mitchell	356.09
98	Jerry Reuss	355.81
99	Gary Serum	355.7
100	Bob Shirley	354.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Tidrow	350.26
102	Steve Renko	349.96
103	Kip Young	346.85
104	Jim Bibby	344.45
105	Dan Schatzeder	344.34
106	Silvio Martinez	344.16
107	Byron McLaughlin	343.6
108	Tom Hume	342.32
109	David Clyde	341.52
110	Jim Lonborg	336.47
111	Bill Lee	336.34
112	Vern Ruhle	334.75
113	Ken Forsch	330.23
114	Steve Comer	330.17
115	Woodie Fryman	329.31
116	Jim Wright	327.15
117	Mickey Mahler	326.13
118	Rich Wortham	324.62
119	Preston Hanna	324.21
120	Bruce Kison	322.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Frost	321.31
122	Floyd Bannister	320.39
123	Scott Sanderson	320.34
124	Balor Moore	319.25
125	Pete Broberg	319.04
126	Mike Norris	318.54
127	Rick Honeycutt	318.12
128	Rick Matula	316.44
129	Tom Dixon	316.21
130	Pete Falcone	314.75
131	Andy Messersmith	313.85
132	Odell Jones	310.96
133	Andy Replogle	310.92
134	Jerry Garvin	310.88
135	Bob Sykes	309.23
136	Phil Huffman	307.91
137	Darrell Jackson	307.88
138	Mike LaCoss	307.79
139	Ed Whitson	307.49
140	Mike Proly	306.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Don Hood	305.96
142	Ken Holtzman	304.22
143	Lynn McGlothen	302.03
144	Eric Wilkins	301.8
145	Paul Hartzell	301.56
146	Eddie Solomon	300.38
147	Mike Bruhert	300.31

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