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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	565.61
2	Tom Seaver	545.68
3	J.R. Richard	539.17
4	Phil Niekro	529.59
5	Jim Palmer	520.22
6	Nolan Ryan	516.63
7	Steve Carlton	515.02
8	Dennis Eckersley	514.66
9	Dennis Leonard	510.21
10	Burt Hooton	508.12
11	Fergie Jenkins	502.06
12	Bert Blyleven	497.78
13	Gaylord Perry	497.55
14	Don Sutton	488.72
15	Dave Goltz	487.67
16	Mike Caldwell	485.17
17	Jon Matlack	478.59
18	Frank Tanana	476.67
19	Rick Reuschel	475.82
20	Vida Blue	473.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Steve Rogers	470.89
22	Tommy John	469.55
23	Luis Tiant	463.38
24	Bob Knepper	462.8
25	John Candelaria	460.86
26	Craig Swan	458.29
27	Ed Figueroa	457.87
28	Dick Ruthven	455.62
29	John Denny	455.19
30	Jerry Koosman	454.21
31	Mike Torrez	449.89
32	John Montefusco	447.12
33	Ed Halicki	444.94
34	Paul Splittorff	442.88
35	Larry Christenson	442.87
36	Ross Grimsley	441.05
37	Lary Sorensen	439.2
38	Dennis Martinez	438.46
39	Fred Norman	434.27
40	Mike Flanagan	434.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Geoff Zahn	433.26
42	Dave Rozema	428.22
43	Catfish Hunter	426.98
44	Randy Jones	425.53
45	Don Robinson	425.1
46	Jim Slaton	422.57
47	Bob Forsch	421.11
48	Ken Kravec	420.71
49	Francisco Barrios	416.08
50	Doug Rau	415.37
51	Doyle Alexander	414.46
52	Pete Vuckovich	410.1
53	Steve Stone	409.8
54	Dennis Lamp	408.44
55	Rick Waits	407.17
56	Roger Erickson	404.87
57	Larry Gura	404.0
58	Joe Niekro	403.73
59	Milt Wilcox	401.26
60	Randy Lerch	397.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bill Bonham	397.48
62	Scott McGregor	396.78
63	Don Aase	394.25
64	Eric Rasmussen	394.03
65	Dock Ellis	393.72
66	Nino Espinosa	393.66
67	Rick Wise	393.37
68	Rudy May	391.08
69	Jim Clancy	389.8
70	Jack Billingham	389.56
71	Chris Knapp	387.44
72	Tom Underwood	385.11
73	Mark Lemongello	384.15
74	Jim Rooker	384.03
75	Glenn Abbott	381.42
76	Rich Gale	381.27
77	Bob Owchinko	379.34
78	Bill Travers	379.06
79	Rick Rhoden	377.52
80	Rick Langford	376.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jesse Jefferson	375.97
82	Mike Krukow	373.31
83	Doc Medich	372.41
84	Ray Burris	371.6
85	Steve Renko	370.69
86	Bob Welch	368.04
87	Matt Keough	367.78
88	John Henry Johnson	365.94
89	Jim Kaat	365.02
90	Larry McWilliams	362.66
91	Paul Mitchell	362.38
92	Jim Barr	361.96
93	Jim Beattie	358.19
94	Mike Paxton	358.12
95	Pat Zachry	356.83
96	Paul Moskau	353.13
97	Vern Ruhle	351.95
98	Jerry Augustine	351.8
99	Jim Colborn	350.55
100	Bob Shirley	350.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Lee	347.81
102	Ken Forsch	344.94
103	Kip Young	344.88
104	Steve Comer	344.61
105	Dan Schatzeder	343.83
106	Gary Serum	343.7
107	Tom Hume	343.02
108	Silvio Martinez	341.81
109	Jerry Reuss	341.56
110	Byron McLaughlin	340.6
111	Rich Wortham	336.43
112	Scott Sanderson	335.72
113	Dick Tidrow	335.26
114	Dave Frost	332.26
115	Dave Lemanczyk	330.41
116	Jim Wright	330.3
117	Jim Bibby	329.45
118	David Clyde	328.77
119	Mickey Mahler	328.37
120	Pete Falcone	328.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Stanley	326.68
122	Mike LaCoss	325.16
123	Bruce Kison	324.55
124	Andy Messersmith	324.33
125	Ross Baumgarten	323.59
126	Rick Matula	322.88
127	Floyd Bannister	322.2
128	Jim Lonborg	321.47
129	Mike Norris	319.65
130	Odell Jones	319.58
131	Lynn McGlothen	316.58
132	Rick Honeycutt	316.2
133	Woodie Fryman	314.31
134	Chuck Rainey	314.0
135	Paul Hartzell	311.8
136	Eric Wilkins	310.71
137	Phil Huffman	310.31
138	Eddie Solomon	310.1
139	Joaquin Andujar	309.66
140	Steve Mura	309.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Preston Hanna	309.21
142	Ken Holtzman	308.7
143	Craig Minetto	308.51
144	Bob Sykes	308.37
145	Tom Griffin	308.15
146	Sammy Stewart	307.23
147	Mike Scott	306.58
148	Moose Haas	306.35
149	Alan Wirth	306.05
150	Balor Moore	305.75
151	Neil Allen	305.38
152	Ed Whitson	305.24
153	Tom Dixon	304.21
154	Mike Proly	304.06
155	Pete Broberg	304.04
156	Steve Baker	303.23
157	Lerrin LaGrow	302.69
158	Shane Rawley	300.42

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