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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	570.61
2	Tom Seaver	542.75
3	J.R. Richard	538.16
4	Phil Niekro	533.65
5	Nolan Ryan	524.9
6	Jim Palmer	520.22
7	Dennis Eckersley	515.87
8	Dennis Leonard	511.43
9	Steve Carlton	511.35
10	Burt Hooton	508.12
11	Bert Blyleven	504.59
12	Gaylord Perry	495.74
13	Don Sutton	491.24
14	Mike Caldwell	487.1
15	Fergie Jenkins	484.92
16	Dave Goltz	484.03
17	Vida Blue	476.91
18	Rick Reuschel	473.8
19	Steve Rogers	473.57
20	Bob Knepper	471.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Frank Tanana	470.18
22	Tommy John	469.55
23	Jon Matlack	469.24
24	John Candelaria	467.59
25	Luis Tiant	463.34
26	Ed Figueroa	460.35
27	Craig Swan	459.45
28	John Denny	458.78
29	Dick Ruthven	458.63
30	Mike Torrez	457.24
31	Jerry Koosman	455.21
32	Ross Grimsley	449.48
33	Paul Splittorff	449.36
34	Dennis Martinez	448.21
35	John Montefusco	445.87
36	Lary Sorensen	442.18
37	Ed Halicki	441.12
38	Mike Flanagan	440.69
39	Larry Christenson	437.87
40	Jim Slaton	435.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Geoff Zahn	433.26
42	Fred Norman	432.33
43	Dave Rozema	427.97
44	Catfish Hunter	426.98
45	Randy Jones	426.56
46	Bob Forsch	424.28
47	Don Robinson	423.18
48	Ken Kravec	422.08
49	Francisco Barrios	418.57
50	Doyle Alexander	417.9
51	Pete Vuckovich	413.5
52	Steve Stone	413.18
53	Joe Niekro	409.43
54	Dennis Lamp	408.44
55	Doug Rau	408.31
56	Rick Waits	407.16
57	Randy Lerch	404.4
58	Larry Gura	401.99
59	Roger Erickson	401.56
60	Nino Espinosa	400.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Milt Wilcox	398.59
62	Scott McGregor	396.78
63	Bill Bonham	396.23
64	Jim Clancy	395.49
65	Don Aase	394.25
66	Dock Ellis	393.72
67	Rick Wise	393.37
68	Eric Rasmussen	392.78
69	Jack Billingham	389.06
70	Tom Underwood	388.53
71	Bill Travers	387.46
72	Chris Knapp	387.19
73	Rudy May	386.08
74	Glenn Abbott	384.11
75	Mark Lemongello	383.05
76	Steve Renko	380.32
77	Bob Owchinko	379.57
78	Jim Rooker	379.03
79	Mike Krukow	378.6
80	Matt Keough	378.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jesse Jefferson	378.34
82	Rich Gale	378.14
83	Rick Langford	374.59
84	Rick Rhoden	372.52
85	Jim Barr	371.23
86	Bob Welch	369.62
87	Doc Medich	367.41
88	Ray Burris	366.6
89	John Henry Johnson	365.94
90	Jim Kaat	364.02
91	Mike Paxton	363.83
92	Larry McWilliams	362.66
93	Paul Mitchell	361.17
94	Jim Beattie	356.19
95	Pat Zachry	355.58
96	Vern Ruhle	355.19
97	Jerry Augustine	351.3
98	Bill Lee	350.3
99	Steve Comer	349.6
100	Bob Shirley	349.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Forsch	348.53
102	Paul Moskau	348.13
103	Byron McLaughlin	347.94
104	Silvio Martinez	346.18
105	Kip Young	345.65
106	Jim Colborn	345.55
107	Tom Hume	343.02
108	Dan Schatzeder	342.58
109	Gary Serum	338.7
110	Jerry Reuss	336.56
111	Rich Wortham	336.43
112	Mike LaCoss	335.76
113	Scott Sanderson	334.95
114	Dave Frost	332.26
115	Dave Lemanczyk	330.41
116	Dick Tidrow	330.26
117	Jim Wright	329.55
118	Ross Baumgarten	327.33
119	Rick Matula	327.27
120	Floyd Bannister	325.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Stanley	325.14
122	Jim Bibby	324.45
123	Mickey Mahler	324.43
124	Andy Messersmith	324.33
125	David Clyde	323.77
126	Pete Falcone	323.45
127	Bruce Kison	323.3
128	Mike Norris	320.98
129	Paul Hartzell	320.07
130	Odell Jones	319.58
131	Moose Haas	319.27
132	Ken Holtzman	318.39
133	Jim Lonborg	316.47
134	Lynn McGlothen	316.08
135	Rick Honeycutt	315.95
136	Chuck Rainey	314.0
137	Eric Wilkins	312.45
138	Steve Baker	312.33
139	Bob Sykes	312.05
140	Rick Sutcliffe	311.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Phil Huffman	311.39
142	Woodie Fryman	309.31
143	Steve Mura	309.28
144	Eddie Solomon	308.85
145	Joaquin Andujar	308.41
146	Craig Minetto	307.81
147	Tom Griffin	307.4
148	Neil Allen	307.27
149	Mike Scott	306.58
150	Sammy Stewart	305.98
151	Alan Wirth	304.8
152	Preston Hanna	304.21
153	Ed Whitson	303.99
154	Pete Redfern	303.67
155	Mike Proly	302.81
156	Lerrin LaGrow	301.69
157	Philip Nastu	301.07
158	Wayne Twitchell	300.81
159	Balor Moore	300.75

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