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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	525.79
2	Steve Rogers	500.69
3	Ron Guidry	491.04
4	Don Sutton	486.42
5	Nolan Ryan	485.36
6	Jack Morris	484.04
7	Dennis Leonard	470.64
8	Jerry Reuss	467.7
9	Bert Blyleven	464.43
10	Mike Norris	462.62
11	Tom Seaver	461.96
12	Britt Burns	460.89
13	Larry Gura	458.21
14	Tommy John	458.13
15	Fernando Valenzuela	457.03
16	Burt Hooton	456.76
17	Steve McCatty	454.03
18	Dennis Eckersley	448.94
19	Rick Langford	446.96
20	Joe Niekro	443.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Len Barker	442.8
22	Pete Vuckovich	441.73
23	Scott McGregor	439.52
24	Bill Gullickson	437.88
25	Phil Niekro	437.8
26	Scott Sanderson	437.27
27	Milt Wilcox	436.25
28	Dave Stieb	434.48
29	Bob Forsch	433.55
30	Floyd Bannister	431.79
31	Ken Forsch	430.18
32	Rick Reuschel	429.14
33	Mario Soto	427.53
34	Matt Keough	426.82
35	Vida Blue	422.85
36	Dennis Martinez	420.11
37	Dan Petry	416.4
38	Bob Welch	415.54
39	Moose Haas	413.03
40	Bob Knepper	410.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Krukow	410.62
42	Geoff Zahn	410.59
43	Frank Tanana	408.13
44	Mike Caldwell	407.92
45	Ray Burris	406.47
46	Frank Pastore	404.18
47	Fergie Jenkins	402.18
48	Rick Honeycutt	401.52
49	Gaylord Perry	400.45
50	Mike Flanagan	399.76
51	Doc Medich	397.1
52	Jerry Koosman	395.89
53	Jim Palmer	395.69
54	Jim Bibby	389.43
55	Mike Torrez	388.36
56	Doyle Alexander	386.24
57	Richard Dotson	386.1
58	Rudy May	385.27
59	Tommy Boggs	384.94
60	Paul Splittorff	384.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dave Righetti	382.85
62	Jim Clancy	382.67
63	Steve Trout	381.53
64	Lary Sorensen	381.15
65	Larry Christenson	378.52
66	Tom Underwood	378.47
67	Bruce Berenyi	378.28
68	John Denny	377.14
69	Mike Witt	375.0
70	Dick Ruthven	373.92
71	Steve Mura	373.86
72	Vern Ruhle	369.46
73	Rick Waits	363.18
74	Mike Scott	361.33
75	Pat Zachry	361.16
76	Steve Stone	361.16
77	Ross Baumgarten	361.08
78	Albert Williams	360.46
79	Glenn Abbott	357.54
80	Rick Mahler	357.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pete Redfern	356.94
82	Danny Darwin	355.66
83	Juan Eichelberger	354.0
84	Luis Leal	351.65
85	Ed Whitson	350.79
86	Roger Erickson	350.62
87	Rick Rhoden	342.88
88	Doug Bird	340.94
89	Rich Gale	340.39
90	Joaquin Andujar	339.52
91	Rick Wise	338.77
92	Tom Griffin	337.98
93	Dickie Noles	336.58
94	Dan Schatzeder	335.24
95	John Martin	333.68
96	Bob Ojeda	333.47
97	Jon Matlack	331.31
98	Dennis Lamp	330.33
99	Tim Lollar	328.39
100	Angel Moreno	327.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Brad Havens	327.18
102	Gene Nelson	327.08
103	Bob Walk	326.61
104	Jim Beattie	325.6
105	Brian Kingman	324.03
106	Chuck Rainey	323.48
107	Charlie Hough	323.14
108	Eddie Solomon	321.94
109	Andy Rincon	321.27
110	Steve Renko	320.69
111	Randy Lerch	319.84
112	John Tudor	319.55
113	Al Holland	319.22
114	Bruce Kison	318.75
115	John Candelaria	317.96
116	Randy Jones	316.9
117	Pete Falcone	316.23
118	Alan Fowlkes	315.11
119	Bill Laskey	314.85
120	Dan Larson	314.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Montefusco	314.14
122	Pat Underwood	314.04
123	Dave Rozema	313.86
124	Dave Schmidt	313.72
125	Joe Cowley	313.45
126	Mike Jones	311.89
127	Craig Swan	311.34
128	La Marr Hoyt	310.43
129	Mike Morgan	310.33
130	Larry Pashnick	310.11
131	Darrell Jackson	309.8
132	Charlie Puleo	309.11
133	John Curtis	309.05
134	Fernando Arroyo	307.76
135	Mark Bomback	306.48
136	Chico Escarrega	306.27
137	Bruce Hurst	306.04
138	Charlie Lea	304.62
139	Silvio Martinez	303.68
140	Edwin Nunez	303.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob McClure	302.94
142	Dave Goltz	302.73
143	Randy Martz	302.34
144	Ken Kravec	301.7
145	Mike Moore	301.63
146	Jim Barr	301.63
147	Jackson Todd	300.85
148	Bob Shirley	300.58
149	John Pacella	300.19
150	Jim Slaton	300.19

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