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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	565.62
2	Don Sutton	501.38
3	Tom Seaver	500.71
4	Larry Gura	500.07
5	Phil Niekro	499.62
6	Dennis Leonard	498.12
7	Mike Norris	493.66
8	Bert Blyleven	488.45
9	Dennis Eckersley	482.54
10	Ron Guidry	480.31
11	Tommy John	479.19
12	Steve Rogers	476.75
13	Nolan Ryan	476.51
14	Matt Keough	472.17
15	Mike Flanagan	467.77
16	Rick Langford	467.56
17	Jerry Koosman	463.62
18	Joe Niekro	461.74
19	Vida Blue	460.43
20	Floyd Bannister	459.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Burt Hooton	458.73
22	Gaylord Perry	456.63
23	Steve McCatty	453.81
24	Jack Morris	453.37
25	Rick Reuschel	452.87
26	Scott Sanderson	449.62
27	Scott McGregor	449.15
28	Mike Caldwell	448.89
29	Steve Stone	446.22
30	Moose Haas	444.53
31	Jim Bibby	443.46
32	Jerry Reuss	442.98
33	Lary Sorensen	442.58
34	Fergie Jenkins	441.67
35	J.R. Richard	441.13
36	Bob Forsch	439.72
37	Pete Vuckovich	439.71
38	Jim Palmer	439.61
39	Len Barker	439.23
40	Britt Burns	437.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Milt Wilcox	437.44
42	Rick Waits	437.41
43	John Candelaria	434.36
44	Ken Forsch	428.25
45	Dick Ruthven	428.12
46	Frank Tanana	427.73
47	Rudy May	426.18
48	Tom Underwood	424.94
49	Doyle Alexander	423.66
50	Geoff Zahn	418.98
51	Jim Clancy	418.61
52	Roger Erickson	416.71
53	Dave Stieb	415.59
54	Jon Matlack	415.55
55	Bob Knepper	412.58
56	Brian Kingman	411.73
57	Bob Welch	411.34
58	Paul Splittorff	411.33
59	Ed Whitson	410.34
60	Rick Honeycutt	406.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dan Schatzeder	406.44
62	Doc Medich	405.8
63	Ross Baumgarten	404.76
64	Rich Gale	404.4
65	Frank Pastore	404.32
66	Rick Wise	401.3
67	Bill Gullickson	401.09
68	Mike Krukow	399.95
69	Dennis Martinez	397.09
70	Don Robinson	396.96
71	Steve Trout	395.88
72	Tommy Boggs	393.55
73	Vern Ruhle	393.18
74	Richard Dotson	392.69
75	Lynn McGlothen	391.67
76	Fernando Valenzuela	391.25
77	Luis Tiant	389.77
78	Pat Zachry	388.52
79	Steve Mura	386.64
80	Mike Torrez	386.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Craig Swan	383.23
82	Dave Goltz	381.12
83	Rick Rhoden	380.57
84	Bill Travers	377.57
85	Mario Soto	376.75
86	Larry Christenson	372.97
87	Dan Petry	369.89
88	John Curtis	368.85
89	Glenn Abbott	367.99
90	Randy Jones	367.67
91	John Montefusco	366.73
92	Steve Renko	366.69
93	Silvio Martinez	360.76
94	Bob Walk	360.38
95	Mark Bomback	357.93
96	Mike LaCoss	356.69
97	Allen Ripley	356.23
98	Ray Burris	354.54
99	Jackson Todd	348.48
100	Albert Williams	346.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dennis Lamp	345.92
102	Darrell Jackson	345.06
103	John Tudor	342.26
104	Marty Bystrom	341.89
105	Dave Rozema	341.08
106	Ken Kravec	340.94
107	John Denny	339.15
108	Pete Redfern	338.32
109	Danny Darwin	336.73
110	Juan Eichelberger	335.96
111	Jesse Jefferson	334.87
112	Jim Slaton	333.22
113	Andy Rincon	331.87
114	Rick Sutcliffe	330.95
115	Mike Witt	329.59
116	Jerry Don Gleaton	329.39
117	Tom Griffin	328.91
118	Larry McWilliams	327.36
119	Bob Shirley	327.11
120	Jim Beattie	326.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Fulgham	326.96
122	Wayne Garland	326.58
123	Pete Falcone	326.27
124	Rod Scurry	325.59
125	Fernando Arroyo	325.53
126	David Palmer	324.48
127	Rick Matula	324.45
128	Mike Parrott	324.36
129	Bruce Berenyi	323.64
130	Dan Spillner	322.86
131	Mike Scott	321.34
132	Luis Leal	321.0
133	Alfredo Martinez	320.8
134	Nino Espinosa	320.58
135	Steve Crawford	319.24
136	Bill Lee	318.91
137	Francisco Barrios	317.99
138	Randy Lerch	317.41
139	Howard Bailey	317.22
140	Bryan Clark	316.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chris Welsh	316.11
142	Bill Caudill	314.91
143	Jerry Augustine	313.31
144	Charlie Lea	312.62
145	Bob Owchinko	312.25
146	Eddie Solomon	310.9
147	Ed Lynch	310.49
148	Jerry Garvin	309.78
149	Joaquin Andujar	309.14
150	Charlie Leibrandt	308.48
151	Gene Nelson	308.26
152	Dave Roberts	307.33
153	Doug Bird	306.61
154	Randy Martz	304.19
155	Steve Comer	303.16
156	Tim Leary	303.15
157	Rob Dressler	302.39
158	Ed Halicki	302.27
159	Ken Clay	302.16

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