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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	550.59
2	Tom Seaver	548.7
3	Jim Palmer	541.1
4	Bert Blyleven	531.09
5	Frank Tanana	526.06
6	Dennis Leonard	518.56
7	Steve Carlton	517.96
8	J.R. Richard	509.31
9	Rick Reuschel	503.68
10	Dave Goltz	496.92
11	Gaylord Perry	495.92
12	Phil Niekro	495.87
13	Jerry Koosman	488.33
14	Steve Rogers	488.33
15	Burt Hooton	488.19
16	Don Sutton	480.63
17	John Candelaria	480.55
18	Dennis Eckersley	477.42
19	Vida Blue	468.69
20	Tommy John	466.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Fred Norman	464.11
22	Paul Splittorff	456.96
23	Mike Torrez	453.74
24	John Montefusco	453.53
25	Ron Guidry	452.31
26	Luis Tiant	450.62
27	Doug Rau	449.62
28	Ed Figueroa	449.31
29	Ed Halicki	447.41
30	Rudy May	443.67
31	Bob Forsch	440.78
32	Jim Rooker	439.67
33	Dock Ellis	436.64
34	Don Gullett	435.37
35	Jon Matlack	432.69
36	Bill Bonham	428.94
37	Fergie Jenkins	428.05
38	Ray Burris	427.92
39	Wayne Garland	427.72
40	Rick Wise	427.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Doyle Alexander	424.22
42	Larry Christenson	424.16
43	Eric Rasmussen	423.19
44	Catfish Hunter	422.04
45	Jerry Reuss	419.13
46	Pat Zachry	417.25
47	Randy Jones	413.72
48	Jim Barr	413.69
49	Jim Lonborg	409.31
50	Rick Rhoden	408.57
51	Jim Bibby	408.27
52	Jim Slaton	407.66
53	Mike Flanagan	406.47
54	Ross Grimsley	405.36
55	Jim Colborn	404.25
56	Bob Knepper	404.16
57	John Denny	401.78
58	Francisco Barrios	400.43
59	Dave Rozema	397.6
60	Ken Brett	395.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mark Lemongello	393.21
62	Nino Espinosa	391.64
63	Wayne Twitchell	387.79
64	Dick Ruthven	387.73
65	Jesse Jefferson	385.74
66	Paul Thormodsgard	383.76
67	Jerry Garvin	383.57
68	Glenn Abbott	382.86
69	Bruce Kison	382.52
70	Steve Stone	382.35
71	Reggie Cleveland	380.61
72	Craig Swan	380.03
73	Joaquin Andujar	378.85
74	Doc Medich	378.75
75	Moose Haas	378.45
76	Bob Shirley	377.76
77	Ken Kravec	375.69
78	Jim Kaat	375.12
79	Pete Falcone	372.97
80	Rick Langford	371.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jerry Augustine	368.18
82	Jack Billingham	367.93
83	Nelson Briles	367.09
84	Geoff Zahn	364.51
85	Dave Lemanczyk	364.45
86	Bill Lee	363.26
87	Bob Owchinko	362.11
88	Chris Knapp	361.15
89	Lary Sorensen	355.57
90	Al Fitzmorris	353.64
91	Don Aase	353.47
92	Mike Krukow	353.02
93	Dave Roberts	351.72
94	Dave Freisleben	351.27
95	Steve Renko	350.99
96	Andy Hassler	349.99
97	Floyd Bannister	349.42
98	Bill Travers	346.04
99	Pete Redfern	345.82
100	Joe Niekro	345.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mark Fidrych	345.0
102	Randy Lerch	344.32
103	Tom Underwood	342.53
104	Gary Nolan	342.37
105	Rick Waits	342.27
106	Stan Bahnsen	340.92
107	Paul Hartzell	337.96
108	Fernando Arroyo	337.05
109	Andy Messersmith	334.35
110	John Urrea	333.7
111	Wilbur Wood	333.04
112	John Henry Johnson	332.29
113	Paul Moskau	330.16
114	Dick Pole	329.31
115	Matt Keough	328.7
116	Dick Tidrow	327.28
117	Roger Erickson	325.9
118	Pete Broberg	324.16
119	Alan Wirth	323.43
120	Preston Hanna	322.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dennis Lamp	322.05
122	Don Robinson	321.75
123	Paul Mitchell	320.08
124	Doug Capilla	319.85
125	Mike Bruhert	319.48
126	Jim Clancy	318.06
127	Rick Honeycutt	316.91
128	Tom Hume	316.91
129	Woodie Fryman	316.65
130	Marty Pattin	315.36
131	Ken Holtzman	314.32
132	Dennis Martinez	313.88
133	Lynn McGlothen	313.6
134	Jack Morris	312.86
135	Mike Caldwell	312.3
136	Jim Umbarger	311.77
137	Pat Dobson	311.7
138	Tommy Boggs	311.46
139	Mark Littell	311.23
140	Larry Gura	310.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Don Hood	310.49
142	Milt Wilcox	310.02
143	Steve Busby	308.71
144	Jim Beattie	307.97
145	Allen Ripley	307.44
146	Tom House	307.14
147	Jim Todd	306.57
148	Byron McLaughlin	306.35
149	Hal Dues	305.09
150	Mike Paxton	304.2
151	Andy Replogle	303.62
152	Mike Parrott	303.0
153	Jamie Easterly	302.9
154	Joe Coleman	300.98

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