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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	564.49
2	Phil Niekro	509.5
3	Don Sutton	509.04
4	Tom Seaver	505.61
5	Dennis Leonard	501.62
6	Bert Blyleven	496.87
7	Larry Gura	492.45
8	Nolan Ryan	486.36
9	Ron Guidry	485.61
10	Mike Norris	483.33
11	Dennis Eckersley	475.03
12	Matt Keough	474.4
13	Tommy John	472.21
14	Steve Rogers	471.85
15	Rick Langford	471.14
16	Vida Blue	465.62
17	Joe Niekro	461.48
18	Jerry Koosman	460.96
19	Scott McGregor	460.89
20	Rick Reuschel	460.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	460.65
22	Mike Flanagan	460.11
23	Burt Hooton	460.03
24	Steve Stone	454.5
25	Steve McCatty	453.81
26	Jack Morris	453.37
27	Floyd Bannister	451.59
28	Scott Sanderson	450.31
29	Len Barker	447.55
30	Milt Wilcox	447.27
31	Moose Haas	447.12
32	Jim Bibby	442.72
33	Bob Forsch	442.63
34	Mike Caldwell	442.6
35	Lary Sorensen	442.36
36	John Candelaria	441.88
37	Jerry Reuss	441.16
38	Pete Vuckovich	440.3
39	Fergie Jenkins	438.37
40	Britt Burns	437.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Palmer	437.31
42	Ken Forsch	436.42
43	J.R. Richard	436.13
44	Tom Underwood	432.64
45	Rick Waits	432.32
46	Doyle Alexander	428.77
47	Dick Ruthven	428.12
48	Geoff Zahn	426.38
49	Rudy May	426.18
50	Dave Stieb	425.11
51	Frank Tanana	424.54
52	Roger Erickson	421.77
53	Bob Knepper	420.51
54	Jon Matlack	418.22
55	Jim Clancy	417.46
56	Brian Kingman	414.63
57	Bob Welch	413.36
58	Paul Splittorff	411.33
59	Rick Honeycutt	411.25
60	Ed Whitson	411.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rich Gale	410.01
62	Ross Baumgarten	409.39
63	Doc Medich	404.55
64	Richard Dotson	404.06
65	Dan Schatzeder	403.11
66	Dennis Martinez	402.63
67	Frank Pastore	402.18
68	Bill Gullickson	401.09
69	Rick Wise	400.3
70	Steve Trout	397.73
71	Don Robinson	395.71
72	Tommy Boggs	394.64
73	Mike Krukow	392.87
74	Vern Ruhle	391.93
75	Mike Torrez	391.72
76	Fernando Valenzuela	391.25
77	Lynn McGlothen	390.67
78	Pat Zachry	389.49
79	Mario Soto	389.31
80	Steve Mura	387.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Luis Tiant	384.77
82	Dan Petry	383.51
83	Craig Swan	381.98
84	Rick Rhoden	380.57
85	Bill Travers	377.07
86	Dave Goltz	376.12
87	John Curtis	368.85
88	Randy Jones	368.6
89	Steve Renko	367.96
90	Larry Christenson	366.89
91	Glenn Abbott	366.74
92	John Montefusco	365.89
93	Bob Walk	363.36
94	Mark Bomback	362.57
95	Silvio Martinez	360.76
96	Ray Burris	360.46
97	Allen Ripley	359.17
98	Mike LaCoss	356.04
99	John Denny	350.55
100	John Tudor	349.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pete Redfern	348.17
102	Juan Eichelberger	348.1
103	Jackson Todd	346.79
104	Dave Rozema	346.66
105	Albert Williams	346.23
106	Andy Rincon	343.93
107	Tom Griffin	341.06
108	Dennis Lamp	340.92
109	Darrell Jackson	340.06
110	Danny Darwin	339.89
111	Ken Kravec	339.69
112	Jim Slaton	338.47
113	Marty Bystrom	338.36
114	Wayne Garland	337.63
115	Mike Witt	336.71
116	Jesse Jefferson	333.62
117	Bob Shirley	331.0
118	Jerry Don Gleaton	330.36
119	Charlie Lea	329.82
120	Rick Sutcliffe	328.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bryan Clark	327.86
122	Chris Welsh	327.03
123	Bruce Berenyi	326.58
124	Fernando Arroyo	325.5
125	Mike Parrott	324.11
126	Steve Crawford	323.18
127	Nino Espinosa	323.08
128	Rod Scurry	322.83
129	Larry McWilliams	322.36
130	Jim Beattie	321.99
131	John Fulgham	321.96
132	Bill Lee	321.46
133	Mike Scott	321.34
134	Pete Falcone	321.27
135	Francisco Barrios	320.42
136	Luis Leal	319.75
137	Eddie Solomon	319.55
138	David Palmer	319.48
139	Rick Matula	319.45
140	Bill Caudill	318.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dan Spillner	317.86
142	Randy Lerch	317.16
143	Gene Nelson	317.06
144	Howard Bailey	315.97
145	Alfredo Martinez	315.8
146	Randy Martz	314.13
147	Ed Lynch	313.78
148	Jerry Augustine	312.06
149	Dave Roberts	311.23
150	Jerry Garvin	310.49
151	Bob Owchinko	307.25
152	Joaquin Andujar	307.11
153	Brian Allard	306.35
154	Dave Schmidt	306.07
155	Ernie Camacho	305.71
156	Doug Bird	305.36
157	Charlie Leibrandt	303.48
158	Steve Comer	301.91
159	Tim Leary	301.9
160	Ken Clay	300.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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