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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	524.51
2	Steve Rogers	494.64
3	Ron Guidry	489.38
4	Don Sutton	483.34
5	Jack Morris	478.85
6	Nolan Ryan	476.84
7	Dennis Leonard	468.43
8	Bert Blyleven	466.88
9	Tom Seaver	463.48
10	Jerry Reuss	458.61
11	Burt Hooton	455.6
12	Mike Norris	454.98
13	Larry Gura	454.9
14	Britt Burns	454.77
15	Fernando Valenzuela	454.6
16	Steve McCatty	453.32
17	Dennis Eckersley	452.91
18	Tommy John	449.02
19	Rick Langford	447.59
20	Phil Niekro	442.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	441.84
22	Bill Gullickson	440.44
23	Dave Stieb	438.13
24	Ken Forsch	436.9
25	Milt Wilcox	435.99
26	Len Barker	435.11
27	Bob Forsch	434.25
28	Scott Sanderson	432.13
29	Scott McGregor	431.15
30	Pete Vuckovich	431.05
31	Rick Reuschel	430.39
32	Floyd Bannister	427.48
33	Mario Soto	424.79
34	Matt Keough	423.69
35	Vida Blue	423.35
36	Dan Petry	419.02
37	Dennis Martinez	414.52
38	Bob Welch	413.86
39	Moose Haas	413.03
40	Mike Krukow	410.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Knepper	408.61
42	Frank Tanana	407.79
43	Geoff Zahn	406.98
44	Mike Caldwell	404.18
45	Doc Medich	401.7
46	Mike Flanagan	401.62
47	Rick Honeycutt	401.52
48	Ray Burris	400.98
49	Fergie Jenkins	400.61
50	Gaylord Perry	400.35
51	Frank Pastore	399.16
52	Jerry Koosman	396.89
53	Jim Palmer	395.69
54	Jim Bibby	394.43
55	Doyle Alexander	387.23
56	Mike Torrez	385.63
57	Tommy Boggs	385.44
58	Dave Righetti	382.85
59	Jim Clancy	381.54
60	Lary Sorensen	381.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Richard Dotson	380.38
62	Rudy May	378.73
63	Tom Underwood	378.72
64	Paul Splittorff	377.21
65	Bruce Berenyi	374.71
66	John Denny	373.77
67	Larry Christenson	373.41
68	Dick Ruthven	372.0
69	Steve Trout	371.34
70	Mike Witt	367.84
71	Steve Stone	366.16
72	Pat Zachry	365.88
73	Steve Mura	364.99
74	Mike Scott	364.97
75	Glenn Abbott	362.54
76	Ross Baumgarten	361.64
77	Danny Darwin	360.66
78	Vern Ruhle	359.83
79	Rick Waits	357.06
80	Juan Eichelberger	356.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ed Whitson	355.79
82	Albert Williams	353.86
83	Rick Mahler	352.21
84	Roger Erickson	350.62
85	Pete Redfern	349.69
86	Rick Rhoden	344.75
87	Rick Wise	343.77
88	Luis Leal	343.4
89	Doug Bird	339.65
90	Rich Gale	338.06
91	Joaquin Andujar	336.85
92	Jon Matlack	336.31
93	Dan Schatzeder	335.99
94	John Martin	335.01
95	Tom Griffin	332.8
96	Dennis Lamp	329.05
97	Brian Kingman	329.03
98	Bob Ojeda	328.98
99	Bob Walk	328.67
100	Tim Lollar	328.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Tudor	327.21
102	Jim Beattie	326.85
103	Charlie Hough	325.87
104	Steve Renko	325.69
105	Randy Lerch	322.7
106	Brad Havens	321.08
107	Gene Nelson	320.67
108	Andy Rincon	319.54
109	Dickie Noles	319.39
110	Bruce Kison	319.0
111	Eddie Solomon	317.65
112	Pete Falcone	317.48
113	Angel Moreno	317.15
114	Mike Jones	315.39
115	Alan Fowlkes	315.11
116	Dave Rozema	315.11
117	Pat Underwood	314.29
118	Al Holland	313.13
119	Fernando Arroyo	312.76
120	Craig Swan	312.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy Jones	312.47
122	John Montefusco	311.18
123	John Candelaria	311.12
124	Mike Morgan	310.83
125	Darrell Jackson	310.04
126	Chuck Rainey	309.39
127	John Curtis	309.38
128	Dan Larson	308.98
129	Silvio Martinez	308.68
130	Dave Schmidt	308.66
131	Mark Bomback	307.35
132	Larry Pashnick	306.9
133	Ken Kravec	306.7
134	Jackson Todd	305.85
135	Mike Moore	305.65
136	Charlie Lea	305.62
137	Bob McClure	305.3
138	Joe Cowley	305.24
139	Jim Slaton	305.19
140	Chris Welsh	304.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dave Goltz	303.98
142	Edwin Nunez	303.68
143	Randy Martz	303.59
144	Bob Shirley	301.83
145	John Pacella	301.44
146	Steve Bedrosian	300.12

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