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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	565.02
2	Phil Niekro	497.42
3	Dennis Leonard	495.17
4	Tom Seaver	490.87
5	Don Sutton	486.27
6	Mike Norris	479.25
7	Steve Rogers	476.75
8	Bert Blyleven	475.29
9	Ron Guidry	474.97
10	Larry Gura	472.84
11	Dennis Eckersley	472.08
12	Matt Keough	470.36
13	Nolan Ryan	469.65
14	Jerry Koosman	465.12
15	Rick Langford	462.98
16	J.R. Richard	456.13
17	Vida Blue	455.98
18	Tommy John	454.65
19	Rick Reuschel	452.91
20	Steve Stone	452.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	450.34
22	Burt Hooton	447.38
23	Fergie Jenkins	445.22
24	Floyd Bannister	442.91
25	Mike Caldwell	442.63
26	Moose Haas	442.21
27	Scott McGregor	440.93
28	Mike Flanagan	440.71
29	Britt Burns	438.89
30	Scott Sanderson	437.46
31	Gaylord Perry	436.78
32	Jim Bibby	436.03
33	Jack Morris	435.36
34	Rick Waits	435.24
35	Jim Palmer	435.13
36	Bob Forsch	434.85
37	Steve McCatty	434.03
38	Frank Tanana	434.02
39	Pete Vuckovich	433.56
40	John Candelaria	432.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Len Barker	429.7
42	Milt Wilcox	427.43
43	Lary Sorensen	425.56
44	Dick Ruthven	422.53
45	Jim Clancy	422.11
46	Ken Forsch	420.85
47	Paul Splittorff	419.77
48	Jerry Reuss	419.52
49	Geoff Zahn	419.52
50	Tom Underwood	419.48
51	Dan Schatzeder	412.11
52	Jon Matlack	409.4
53	Brian Kingman	408.14
54	Rudy May	407.99
55	Rich Gale	407.34
56	Doyle Alexander	405.95
57	Roger Erickson	405.31
58	Luis Tiant	404.77
59	Bob Welch	402.53
60	Ed Whitson	400.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Don Robinson	400.71
62	Doc Medich	399.9
63	Dave Stieb	399.38
64	Tommy Boggs	398.12
65	Frank Pastore	397.65
66	Dave Goltz	395.37
67	Rick Wise	393.54
68	Vern Ruhle	391.84
69	Bill Gullickson	390.96
70	Mike Torrez	389.81
71	Pat Zachry	389.72
72	Bob Knepper	389.46
73	Ross Baumgarten	389.1
74	Lynn McGlothen	387.47
75	Rick Honeycutt	387.36
76	Mike Krukow	387.12
77	Craig Swan	383.69
78	John Curtis	382.9
79	Steve Trout	382.61
80	Richard Dotson	382.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dennis Martinez	378.62
82	Bill Travers	376.95
83	Randy Jones	375.68
84	Glenn Abbott	373.17
85	Steve Mura	369.96
86	Mario Soto	367.36
87	Larry Christenson	365.35
88	John Montefusco	361.14
89	Dennis Lamp	360.92
90	Dan Petry	360.29
91	Darrell Jackson	360.06
92	Rick Rhoden	356.53
93	Fernando Valenzuela	356.2
94	Steve Renko	354.88
95	Mike LaCoss	352.01
96	Ray Burris	349.67
97	Silvio Martinez	349.11
98	Bob Walk	345.91
99	Ken Kravec	343.69
100	Larry McWilliams	342.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Beattie	341.99
102	John Fulgham	341.96
103	Pete Falcone	341.27
104	David Palmer	339.48
105	Rick Matula	339.45
106	Mark Bomback	338.65
107	Dan Spillner	337.86
108	John Tudor	337.51
109	Alfredo Martinez	335.8
110	Allen Ripley	331.14
111	Wayne Garland	330.57
112	John Denny	329.68
113	Jesse Jefferson	328.82
114	Bob Owchinko	327.25
115	Rick Sutcliffe	325.39
116	Jackson Todd	324.03
117	Juan Eichelberger	324.01
118	Andy Rincon	323.65
119	Charlie Leibrandt	323.48
120	Albert Williams	323.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bill Lee	321.2
122	Jerry Don Gleaton	318.31
123	Rob Dressler	317.39
124	Ed Halicki	317.27
125	Tom Griffin	317.12
126	Luis Leal	315.66
127	Dave Rozema	314.44
128	Pete Redfern	314.41
129	Bruce Berenyi	314.03
130	Renie Martin	313.9
131	Randy Lerch	313.88
132	Joe Price	313.77
133	Howard Bailey	313.59
134	Dave Frost	313.34
135	Jim Slaton	313.0
136	Chris Welsh	312.69
137	Rod Scurry	312.1
138	Marty Bystrom	311.87
139	Mike Parrott	311.64
140	Charlie Lea	311.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Nino Espinosa	311.45
142	Eric Rasmussen	311.24
143	Steve Crawford	309.88
144	Doug Bird	309.36
145	Danny Darwin	308.43
146	Mike Scott	308.4
147	Bob Shirley	307.83
148	La Marr Hoyt	307.37
149	Mike Witt	306.94
150	Tim Leary	306.9
151	Paul Moskau	305.1
152	Francisco Barrios	304.26
153	Joaquin Andujar	303.04
154	Bob Sykes	301.94

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