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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	568.24
2	Steve Rogers	514.92
3	Mario Soto	507.89
4	Dave Stieb	507.06
5	Nolan Ryan	502.86
6	Don Sutton	495.72
7	Fernando Valenzuela	495.04
8	Joe Niekro	481.68
9	Jerry Reuss	469.34
10	Joaquin Andujar	468.66
11	Dan Petry	467.21
12	Ron Guidry	464.32
13	Len Barker	464.13
14	Jim Palmer	463.23
15	Bill Gullickson	459.55
16	Floyd Bannister	455.76
17	Larry Gura	455.19
18	Milt Wilcox	453.1
19	Jack Morris	449.25
20	Bob Forsch	448.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bruce Berenyi	448.09
22	Dennis Eckersley	447.44
23	Bob Welch	446.28
24	Jim Clancy	446.25
25	Scott Sanderson	440.97
26	Mike Caldwell	440.91
27	Tommy John	437.83
28	Fergie Jenkins	435.64
29	Geoff Zahn	432.97
30	Phil Niekro	432.58
31	Vida Blue	430.72
32	Pete Vuckovich	429.05
33	Ken Forsch	428.82
34	Mike Flanagan	428.8
35	Mike Norris	426.29
36	Dave Righetti	423.27
37	Larry Christenson	420.85
38	Dennis Martinez	418.61
39	Mike Krukow	418.45
40	Rick Sutcliffe	415.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Rhoden	414.95
42	Burt Hooton	412.54
43	John Candelaria	412.24
44	John Tudor	412.13
45	Scott McGregor	412.09
46	Bob Knepper	409.19
47	Dennis Leonard	409.1
48	Tim Lollar	406.67
49	Richard Dotson	406.18
50	Rick Langford	405.06
51	Dick Ruthven	403.27
52	Gaylord Perry	402.19
53	Charlie Lea	401.53
54	Bobby Castillo	400.0
55	La Marr Hoyt	399.91
56	Moose Haas	397.94
57	John Denny	395.97
58	Britt Burns	395.28
59	Luis Leal	395.23
60	Atlee Hammaker	395.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Larry McWilliams	394.31
62	Charlie Hough	392.12
63	Tom Seaver	388.8
64	Frank Pastore	388.01
65	Brad Havens	384.25
66	Bill Laskey	383.65
67	Rick Honeycutt	379.06
68	Frank Tanana	379.0
69	Jerry Ujdur	378.74
70	Mike Witt	377.78
71	Steve McCatty	377.36
72	Albert Williams	376.38
73	Mike Torrez	373.42
74	John Stuper	372.78
75	Doc Medich	372.66
76	Dennis Lamp	370.77
77	Jerry Koosman	368.87
78	Paul Splittorff	368.66
79	Jim Beattie	368.42
80	Matt Keough	366.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Lary Sorensen	365.43
82	Bruce Kison	364.45
83	Rick Camp	363.43
84	Dave LaPoint	363.29
85	Bob McClure	361.01
86	John Montefusco	359.78
87	Shane Rawley	357.85
88	Steve Mura	354.19
89	Rick Mahler	351.63
90	Don Robinson	350.72
91	Dave Dravecky	349.59
92	Jack O'Connor	349.17
93	Vern Ruhle	349.08
94	Eric Show	346.99
95	Dickie Noles	343.76
96	Rich Gale	342.34
97	Pascual Perez	341.61
98	Jon Matlack	341.13
99	Bob Stoddard	339.44
100	Bob Shirley	338.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Renko	336.49
102	Mike Smithson	336.21
103	Mike Moore	335.55
104	Chuck Rainey	335.5
105	Jim Gott	335.42
106	Craig Swan	334.57
107	Doug Bird	334.17
108	Juan Eichelberger	333.41
109	Joe Price	332.57
110	Pete Falcone	332.46
111	Frank Viola	329.95
112	Bill Krueger	327.66
113	Chris Codiroli	326.99
114	Doyle Alexander	325.28
115	Fred Breining	324.4
116	Bert Blyleven	324.38
117	Bruce Hurst	323.24
118	Matt Young	321.63
119	Tommy Boggs	321.33
120	Steve Trout	318.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Manny Sarmiento	317.35
122	Renie Martin	316.61
123	Danny Darwin	316.37
124	Bryan Oelkers	315.69
125	Edwin Nunez	314.35
126	Allen Ripley	313.2
127	Craig McMurtry	312.52
128	Mike Brown	311.94
129	Randy Martz	311.45
130	Mike LaCoss	311.11
131	Brian Kingman	310.79
132	Jerry Augustine	310.68
133	Tom Underwood	310.08
134	Andy McGaffigan	309.48
135	Storm Davis	308.33
136	Paul Moskau	308.12
137	Rick Waits	307.99
138	Scott Holman	307.81
139	Rick Behenna	307.05
140	Andy Hawkins	306.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alejandro Pena	306.26
142	Neal Heaton	305.53
143	Randy Lerch	305.48
144	Ed Lynch	305.41
145	Ed Whitson	305.25
146	Dave Goltz	305.02
147	Pat Zachry	304.65
148	Lee Tunnell	303.83
149	Jay Howell	303.76
150	Rick Ownbey	303.09

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