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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	578.7
2	Steve Carlton	540.24
3	Ron Guidry	530.17
4	Tom Seaver	520.59
5	Phil Niekro	517.04
6	Mike Flanagan	499.18
7	Bert Blyleven	498.44
8	Nolan Ryan	495.14
9	Tommy John	494.42
10	Dennis Eckersley	492.79
11	John Candelaria	483.72
12	Steve Rogers	477.0
13	Don Sutton	476.8
14	Randy Jones	475.0
15	Craig Swan	472.15
16	Mike Caldwell	468.13
17	Dennis Leonard	467.91
18	Fergie Jenkins	464.58
19	Pete Vuckovich	462.92
20	Jim Palmer	462.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	462.32
22	Burt Hooton	460.66
23	Dave Goltz	460.14
24	Joe Niekro	456.52
25	Bob Forsch	455.89
26	Rick Reuschel	455.25
27	Gaylord Perry	454.23
28	Larry Gura	445.73
29	Luis Tiant	441.05
30	Vida Blue	433.79
31	Scott McGregor	432.39
32	Dennis Martinez	430.13
33	Paul Splittorff	429.44
34	Tom Underwood	427.73
35	Mike Torrez	426.23
36	Ken Kravec	425.6
37	Rick Waits	425.58
38	Rick Wise	425.2
39	Floyd Bannister	424.92
40	Lary Sorensen	423.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jack Morris	422.49
42	Steve Stone	421.85
43	Jim Slaton	421.11
44	Frank Tanana	418.64
45	Rick Langford	417.19
46	John Montefusco	416.26
47	Jim Bibby	414.97
48	Matt Keough	414.8
49	Geoff Zahn	414.77
50	Milt Wilcox	414.15
51	John Denny	411.34
52	Bob Knepper	410.96
53	Dave Frost	410.69
54	Rick Honeycutt	408.61
55	Randy Lerch	407.33
56	Mike Krukow	406.49
57	Bill Bonham	404.39
58	Silvio Martinez	403.9
59	Dennis Lamp	400.32
60	Ken Forsch	398.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jon Matlack	397.15
62	Bruce Kison	397.1
63	Dan Schatzeder	394.26
64	Ross Baumgarten	392.82
65	Eric Rasmussen	392.75
66	Bill Lee	391.49
67	Mike Norris	388.5
68	John Fulgham	388.36
69	Rick Sutcliffe	388.1
70	Moose Haas	387.96
71	Mike Parrott	387.78
72	Fred Norman	387.58
73	Don Robinson	387.03
74	Scott Sanderson	383.02
75	Pete Falcone	382.47
76	Ed Whitson	382.4
77	Dave Rozema	381.99
78	Steve Comer	378.46
79	Rick Matula	377.98
80	Don Aase	376.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ed Halicki	376.78
82	Bill Travers	376.74
83	Dave Stieb	375.46
84	Bob Stanley	373.88
85	Dick Ruthven	370.48
86	Steve Trout	368.91
87	Rich Gale	367.81
88	Larry Christenson	367.28
89	Jim Rooker	366.68
90	Mike LaCoss	366.67
91	Doc Medich	366.03
92	Doyle Alexander	365.9
93	Pete Redfern	364.45
94	Bob Owchinko	363.67
95	Frank Pastore	361.29
96	John Curtis	361.27
97	Bob Welch	361.17
98	Nino Espinosa	357.51
99	Len Barker	356.98
100	Roger Erickson	354.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lynn McGlothen	354.29
102	Britt Burns	351.49
103	Brian Kingman	350.16
104	Chris Knapp	349.12
105	Rich Wortham	348.88
106	Charlie Leibrandt	347.3
107	Jim Clancy	346.41
108	Ross Grimsley	346.36
109	Ed Figueroa	346.28
110	Chuck Rainey	346.24
111	Jim Beattie	345.26
112	Steve Renko	344.74
113	Paul Mirabella	344.24
114	Steve McCatty	343.49
115	Ray Burris	343.12
116	Glenn Abbott	341.85
117	Dave Lemanczyk	340.99
118	Eddie Solomon	340.41
119	Richard Dotson	338.51
120	Gary Lucas	337.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Shirley	337.59
122	Jim Barr	336.0
123	Jesse Jefferson	333.95
124	Dan Petry	333.61
125	David Palmer	329.52
126	Larry McWilliams	327.14
127	Mark Bomback	327.07
128	Dan Spillner	325.26
129	Jerry Reuss	324.59
130	Kevin Kobel	323.64
131	Catfish Hunter	322.35
132	Darrell Jackson	318.39
133	Jack Billingham	316.67
134	Bruce Hurst	315.42
135	Terry Felton	314.21
136	Roy Thomas	314.02
137	Don Hood	312.17
138	Dave Ford	310.93
139	Renie Martin	310.92
140	Vern Ruhle	310.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tommy Boggs	309.45
142	Tom Hausman	309.08
143	Mike Griffin	308.86
144	Willie Hernandez	308.28
145	Paul Moskau	306.62
146	Pascual Perez	305.08
147	Francisco Barrios	302.64
148	Albert Williams	301.57
149	Jerry Augustine	301.21
150	John Pacella	301.09
151	Bob Sykes	300.23
152	Dave Hamilton	300.09

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