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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	J.R. Richard	573.71
2	Steve Carlton	534.43
3	Ron Guidry	528.5
4	Phil Niekro	521.9
5	Tom Seaver	513.43
6	Dennis Eckersley	500.29
7	Bert Blyleven	497.88
8	Mike Flanagan	496.95
9	Nolan Ryan	490.37
10	Dennis Leonard	481.07
11	Tommy John	476.23
12	John Candelaria	475.54
13	Mike Caldwell	473.79
14	Don Sutton	470.91
15	Steve Rogers	466.01
16	Jerry Koosman	465.13
17	Jim Palmer	464.62
18	Dave Goltz	461.57
19	Joe Niekro	459.22
20	Craig Swan	458.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	458.19
22	Burt Hooton	457.67
23	Pete Vuckovich	455.95
24	Fergie Jenkins	452.44
25	Rick Reuschel	452.33
26	Luis Tiant	449.9
27	Randy Jones	443.62
28	Larry Gura	443.33
29	Bob Forsch	440.8
30	Dennis Martinez	436.86
31	Paul Splittorff	435.81
32	Ken Kravec	434.05
33	Scott McGregor	426.67
34	Lary Sorensen	424.08
35	Jim Slaton	422.61
36	Rick Wise	421.77
37	Geoff Zahn	420.66
38	Frank Tanana	419.38
39	Mike Torrez	418.81
40	Dave Frost	418.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Floyd Bannister	417.98
42	John Montefusco	417.76
43	Bob Knepper	416.68
44	Vida Blue	416.6
45	Tom Underwood	415.82
46	Rick Waits	415.35
47	Milt Wilcox	414.69
48	Jack Morris	413.95
49	Steve Stone	412.85
50	Rick Langford	410.7
51	Matt Keough	409.7
52	Randy Lerch	408.08
53	Bill Bonham	406.14
54	Jim Bibby	406.01
55	Silvio Martinez	405.65
56	Dennis Lamp	403.15
57	Rick Honeycutt	401.67
58	Fred Norman	398.58
59	Mike Krukow	397.5
60	John Denny	397.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Eric Rasmussen	397.13
62	Bruce Kison	394.0
63	Rick Sutcliffe	393.82
64	Ken Forsch	391.25
65	John Fulgham	391.11
66	Mike Parrott	390.28
67	Bill Lee	388.71
68	Jon Matlack	387.48
69	Dave Rozema	386.54
70	Dan Schatzeder	385.9
71	Pete Falcone	384.68
72	Bob Stanley	382.18
73	Ross Baumgarten	380.86
74	Steve Comer	379.96
75	Don Robinson	379.09
76	Mike LaCoss	377.7
77	Ed Halicki	372.27
78	Moose Haas	371.95
79	Dave Stieb	370.37
80	Rich Gale	369.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Don Aase	369.12
82	Larry Christenson	369.03
83	Rick Matula	368.91
84	Jim Rooker	368.68
85	Nino Espinosa	368.51
86	Scott Sanderson	368.49
87	Steve Trout	366.84
88	Ed Whitson	366.19
89	Bill Travers	365.68
90	Bob Owchinko	365.17
91	Mike Norris	364.26
92	Doyle Alexander	362.65
93	Pete Redfern	357.73
94	Roger Erickson	357.22
95	Steve Renko	355.74
96	Frank Pastore	355.67
97	Len Barker	354.97
98	Bob Welch	354.22
99	Lynn McGlothen	353.27
100	Chris Knapp	351.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ross Grimsley	351.54
102	John Curtis	351.49
103	Eddie Solomon	351.41
104	Dick Ruthven	350.13
105	Ed Figueroa	349.03
106	Bob Shirley	348.59
107	Doc Medich	348.1
108	Jim Barr	347.0
109	Brian Kingman	345.77
110	Charlie Leibrandt	342.19
111	Britt Burns	341.53
112	Rich Wortham	339.0
113	Steve McCatty	338.86
114	Dave Lemanczyk	338.63
115	Ray Burris	336.09
116	Paul Mirabella	333.68
117	Catfish Hunter	333.35
118	Jim Beattie	331.25
119	Jerry Reuss	330.89
120	Richard Dotson	329.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Gary Lucas	329.52
122	Larry McWilliams	329.0
123	Glenn Abbott	328.39
124	Chuck Rainey	326.37
125	Mark Bomback	325.7
126	Kevin Kobel	325.14
127	Jim Clancy	323.5
128	David Palmer	323.32
129	Jack Billingham	320.23
130	Dan Spillner	320.13
131	Terry Felton	316.96
132	Jesse Jefferson	316.06
133	Bruce Hurst	314.53
134	Dave Ford	313.99
135	Vern Ruhle	312.28
136	Tom Hausman	311.83
137	Tommy Boggs	310.95
138	Paul Moskau	308.12
139	Dan Petry	308.04
140	Mike Griffin	306.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Henry Johnson	306.58
142	Willie Hernandez	305.03
143	Roy Thomas	304.73
144	Dock Ellis	304.14
145	Mike Paxton	302.95
146	Dave Hamilton	302.84
147	John Pacella	302.59
148	Darrell Jackson	302.36
149	Bob Sykes	301.73
150	Gary Wheelock	301.52

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