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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	563.71
2	Don Sutton	499.79
3	Phil Niekro	496.39
4	Dennis Leonard	496.29
5	Tom Seaver	493.84
6	Larry Gura	491.15
7	Mike Norris	489.35
8	Matt Keough	478.72
9	Ron Guidry	478.3
10	Bert Blyleven	477.72
11	Tommy John	474.97
12	Dennis Eckersley	473.74
13	Steve Rogers	473.56
14	Nolan Ryan	471.38
15	Rick Langford	463.72
16	Mike Flanagan	461.99
17	Vida Blue	461.18
18	Jerry Koosman	460.81
19	Joe Niekro	460.2
20	Floyd Bannister	451.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	449.3
22	Burt Hooton	449.16
23	Scott McGregor	449.15
24	Rick Reuschel	448.22
25	Jim Bibby	447.17
26	Jack Morris	447.12
27	Steve Stone	446.22
28	J.R. Richard	446.13
29	Mike Caldwell	443.96
30	Steve McCatty	443.47
31	Jim Palmer	442.29
32	Fergie Jenkins	441.67
33	Moose Haas	441.15
34	Rick Waits	441.0
35	Scott Sanderson	439.92
36	Len Barker	439.23
37	Bob Forsch	437.43
38	Britt Burns	437.06
39	John Candelaria	436.24
40	Lary Sorensen	434.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Reuss	433.57
42	Pete Vuckovich	432.67
43	Dick Ruthven	432.52
44	Milt Wilcox	430.19
45	Tom Underwood	426.48
46	Frank Tanana	423.99
47	Ken Forsch	422.77
48	Geoff Zahn	421.88
49	Doyle Alexander	420.43
50	Rudy May	420.42
51	Jim Clancy	419.86
52	Jon Matlack	416.45
53	Paul Splittorff	415.95
54	Roger Erickson	411.82
55	Brian Kingman	411.73
56	Bob Welch	410.82
57	Ed Whitson	407.63
58	Dan Schatzeder	407.44
59	Frank Pastore	406.52
60	Doc Medich	405.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rich Gale	405.47
62	Dave Stieb	405.21
63	Ross Baumgarten	403.27
64	Rick Honeycutt	402.29
65	Bob Knepper	401.46
66	Rick Wise	401.3
67	Bill Gullickson	399.8
68	Don Robinson	398.21
69	Mike Krukow	396.63
70	Luis Tiant	394.77
71	Steve Trout	394.12
72	Vern Ruhle	393.93
73	Richard Dotson	392.69
74	Lynn McGlothen	391.67
75	Tommy Boggs	391.07
76	Pat Zachry	390.7
77	Dennis Martinez	387.59
78	Dave Goltz	386.12
79	Craig Swan	384.48
80	Mike Torrez	384.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Mura	381.57
82	Fernando Valenzuela	379.57
83	Bill Travers	375.73
84	John Curtis	372.96
85	Rick Rhoden	372.36
86	Randy Jones	372.36
87	Mario Soto	371.52
88	Glenn Abbott	368.74
89	Larry Christenson	368.16
90	Dan Petry	367.1
91	Steve Renko	362.71
92	John Montefusco	361.38
93	Mike LaCoss	360.2
94	Mark Bomback	358.45
95	Silvio Martinez	357.89
96	Bob Walk	356.6
97	Ray Burris	355.88
98	Dennis Lamp	350.92
99	Allen Ripley	350.83
100	Darrell Jackson	350.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Kravec	342.19
102	Jackson Todd	340.96
103	John Denny	340.2
104	John Tudor	340.17
105	Albert Williams	340.07
106	Pete Redfern	338.32
107	Dave Rozema	337.93
108	Marty Bystrom	335.86
109	Jesse Jefferson	335.37
110	Juan Eichelberger	333.33
111	Larry McWilliams	332.36
112	Jim Beattie	331.99
113	John Fulgham	331.96
114	Jim Slaton	331.61
115	Pete Falcone	331.27
116	Andy Rincon	330.62
117	Mike Witt	330.35
118	Rick Sutcliffe	329.75
119	David Palmer	329.48
120	Rick Matula	329.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Shirley	328.45
122	Dan Spillner	327.86
123	Wayne Garland	326.58
124	Rod Scurry	325.84
125	Alfredo Martinez	325.8
126	Jerry Don Gleaton	325.49
127	Danny Darwin	325.41
128	Bruce Berenyi	323.64
129	Luis Leal	321.0
130	Fernando Arroyo	320.67
131	Francisco Barrios	319.41
132	Steve Crawford	319.24
133	Howard Bailey	318.47
134	Randy Lerch	318.14
135	Tom Griffin	317.56
136	Bob Owchinko	317.25
137	Jerry Augustine	313.81
138	Charlie Lea	313.62
139	Charlie Leibrandt	313.48
140	Mike Parrott	313.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Nino Espinosa	312.61
142	Bill Lee	311.2
143	Jerry Garvin	310.53
144	Mike Scott	309.66
145	Bill Caudill	308.18
146	Doug Bird	307.86
147	Rob Dressler	307.39
148	Dave Roberts	307.33
149	Ed Halicki	307.27
150	Chris Welsh	307.23
151	Randy Martz	305.5
152	Bryan Clark	304.6
153	Tim Leary	304.4
154	Renie Martin	303.9
155	Joe Price	303.77
156	Steve Comer	303.41
157	Dave Frost	303.34
158	Ken Clay	303.16
159	Ed Lynch	301.89
160	Joaquin Andujar	301.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eric Rasmussen	301.24

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