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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	530.24
2	Steve Rogers	509.09
3	Ron Guidry	495.28
4	Don Sutton	491.65
5	Nolan Ryan	485.22
6	Jack Morris	476.13
7	Jerry Reuss	474.13
8	Mike Norris	470.7
9	Dennis Leonard	467.54
10	Tom Seaver	467.4
11	Burt Hooton	466.04
12	Fernando Valenzuela	463.07
13	Britt Burns	461.52
14	Bert Blyleven	459.23
15	Rick Langford	458.52
16	Dennis Eckersley	457.78
17	Tommy John	456.43
18	Steve McCatty	453.25
19	Larry Gura	452.65
20	Joe Niekro	447.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave Stieb	447.08
22	Bill Gullickson	446.68
23	Len Barker	446.62
24	Pete Vuckovich	442.92
25	Scott McGregor	442.59
26	Scott Sanderson	440.1
27	Mario Soto	437.66
28	Phil Niekro	437.34
29	Ken Forsch	437.09
30	Milt Wilcox	436.35
31	Floyd Bannister	435.11
32	Bob Forsch	434.31
33	Matt Keough	431.75
34	Rick Reuschel	427.64
35	Mike Krukow	422.66
36	Vida Blue	421.35
37	Dan Petry	419.49
38	Dennis Martinez	419.34
39	Geoff Zahn	416.92
40	Frank Tanana	413.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Flanagan	412.42
42	Moose Haas	412.07
43	Mike Caldwell	411.25
44	Frank Pastore	410.19
45	Bob Welch	410.0
46	Bob Knepper	407.52
47	Rick Honeycutt	405.52
48	Gaylord Perry	404.7
49	Fergie Jenkins	404.33
50	Jim Palmer	400.62
51	Mike Torrez	398.39
52	Lary Sorensen	396.96
53	Ray Burris	396.05
54	Jerry Koosman	394.39
55	Doyle Alexander	394.21
56	Doc Medich	391.6
57	Dave Righetti	389.44
58	Paul Splittorff	385.83
59	Richard Dotson	385.0
60	Jim Clancy	384.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rudy May	384.52
62	Tommy Boggs	383.44
63	Jim Bibby	383.43
64	Steve Trout	382.96
65	Tom Underwood	378.56
66	Bruce Berenyi	378.03
67	Dick Ruthven	375.64
68	John Denny	373.69
69	Larry Christenson	373.15
70	Mike Scott	372.76
71	Mike Witt	371.14
72	Steve Mura	370.56
73	Vern Ruhle	369.21
74	Rick Waits	365.54
75	Juan Eichelberger	363.19
76	Rick Mahler	360.52
77	Ross Baumgarten	360.08
78	Pete Redfern	358.87
79	Roger Erickson	358.12
80	Pat Zachry	357.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Albert Williams	356.89
82	Steve Stone	355.16
83	Luis Leal	352.4
84	Glenn Abbott	351.54
85	Danny Darwin	349.66
86	Doug Bird	347.49
87	Rick Rhoden	347.32
88	Tim Lollar	345.59
89	Ed Whitson	344.79
90	Joaquin Andujar	344.43
91	Rich Gale	341.78
92	John Martin	340.25
93	Dennis Lamp	338.98
94	Dickie Noles	338.46
95	Bob Walk	337.43
96	Gene Nelson	336.33
97	Bob Ojeda	335.25
98	Jim Beattie	335.22
99	Brad Havens	335.1
100	Tom Griffin	334.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dan Schatzeder	333.74
102	Rick Wise	332.77
103	Chuck Rainey	329.71
104	Al Holland	327.24
105	Randy Jones	326.45
106	Angel Moreno	325.92
107	Jon Matlack	325.31
108	Randy Lerch	324.1
109	Charlie Hough	323.73
110	Alan Fowlkes	322.1
111	Bill Laskey	321.17
112	Andy Rincon	321.08
113	John Candelaria	320.45
114	Larry Pashnick	320.33
115	John Montefusco	320.05
116	John Tudor	319.55
117	Mike Morgan	318.91
118	Eddie Solomon	318.05
119	Brian Kingman	318.03
120	La Marr Hoyt	317.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bruce Kison	317.25
122	Joe Cowley	316.34
123	Pete Falcone	314.73
124	Steve Renko	314.69
125	Bruce Hurst	314.65
126	John Curtis	313.94
127	Dan Larson	313.71
128	Dave Schmidt	312.72
129	Pat Underwood	312.54
130	Dave Rozema	312.36
131	Charlie Puleo	312.01
132	Steve Bedrosian	311.68
133	Charlie Lea	310.66
134	Randy Martz	310.41
135	Joe Price	309.98
136	Craig Swan	309.84
137	Darrell Jackson	309.55
138	Sammy Stewart	309.02
139	Mike Moore	306.73
140	Charlie Leibrandt	306.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mark Bomback	306.21
142	Atlee Hammaker	306.19
143	Mike Jones	305.89
144	Chico Escarrega	305.77
145	Don Robinson	305.5
146	Jeff Jones	305.43
147	Bob McClure	303.55
148	Terry Felton	302.44
149	Edwin Nunez	302.43
150	Fernando Arroyo	301.76
151	Dave Frost	301.42
152	Dave Goltz	301.23
153	Jim Barr	300.63

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