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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	574.29
2	Dave Stieb	538.11
3	Mario Soto	530.14
4	Steve Rogers	527.16
5	Nolan Ryan	508.59
6	Don Sutton	501.79
7	Fernando Valenzuela	491.56
8	Jerry Reuss	471.99
9	Len Barker	469.92
10	Ron Guidry	469.53
11	Joe Niekro	469.5
12	Bill Gullickson	466.43
13	Larry Gura	465.42
14	Milt Wilcox	464.34
15	Joaquin Andujar	463.17
16	Dan Petry	462.71
17	Dennis Eckersley	461.73
18	Jim Palmer	459.48
19	Bob Welch	455.02
20	Floyd Bannister	454.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Morris	454.85
22	Bob Forsch	453.78
23	Bruce Berenyi	452.66
24	Mike Flanagan	449.15
25	Mike Norris	440.94
26	Fergie Jenkins	440.9
27	Jim Clancy	440.6
28	John Tudor	437.51
29	Scott Sanderson	436.96
30	Vida Blue	436.93
31	Mike Caldwell	435.99
32	Phil Niekro	434.79
33	Rick Rhoden	434.68
34	Dennis Martinez	434.14
35	Geoff Zahn	433.7
36	Dave Righetti	430.91
37	Larry Christenson	430.46
38	Tommy John	430.03
39	Rick Sutcliffe	429.14
40	Ken Forsch	426.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	John Candelaria	424.19
42	John Denny	423.98
43	Luis Leal	423.8
44	Mike Krukow	422.37
45	Pete Vuckovich	417.05
46	Tom Seaver	415.64
47	Richard Dotson	414.9
48	Atlee Hammaker	414.75
49	Larry McWilliams	413.24
50	Charlie Lea	412.66
51	Gaylord Perry	411.0
52	Dennis Leonard	409.22
53	Burt Hooton	408.36
54	Bobby Castillo	408.19
55	Tim Lollar	407.69
56	Dick Ruthven	405.51
57	Rick Honeycutt	404.53
58	La Marr Hoyt	404.03
59	Bill Laskey	403.19
60	Scott McGregor	401.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Moose Haas	399.89
62	Bruce Kison	398.53
63	Bob Knepper	398.32
64	Rick Langford	394.89
65	Bob McClure	390.73
66	Brad Havens	389.76
67	Britt Burns	387.71
68	Charlie Hough	387.5
69	Mike Torrez	384.38
70	Dave LaPoint	381.38
71	Jim Beattie	379.33
72	John Stuper	378.86
73	Lary Sorensen	376.61
74	Eric Show	376.49
75	Jerry Ujdur	374.62
76	Rick Camp	372.98
77	Mike Witt	372.53
78	Shane Rawley	371.2
79	Albert Williams	370.73
80	Frank Pastore	370.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dennis Lamp	369.77
82	Paul Splittorff	367.27
83	Bob Shirley	363.6
84	Dave Dravecky	363.54
85	Matt Keough	361.7
86	Pascual Perez	359.69
87	Chuck Rainey	359.05
88	Matt Young	358.26
89	Frank Tanana	358.0
90	John Montefusco	356.9
91	Steve McCatty	356.36
92	Bill Krueger	354.43
93	Doc Medich	351.66
94	Bert Blyleven	351.35
95	Vern Ruhle	350.06
96	Bob Stoddard	348.74
97	Jon Matlack	347.97
98	Jerry Koosman	347.87
99	Craig McMurtry	346.7
100	Steve Renko	345.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jack O'Connor	344.76
102	Joe Price	344.22
103	Frank Viola	343.43
104	Juan Eichelberger	341.61
105	Fred Breining	341.58
106	Bruce Hurst	340.46
107	Andy Hawkins	338.54
108	Dickie Noles	338.51
109	Chris Codiroli	338.51
110	Craig Swan	336.84
111	Andy McGaffigan	336.31
112	Rich Gale	335.81
113	Mike LaCoss	335.3
114	Mike Smithson	335.13
115	Jim Gott	333.78
116	Steve Mura	333.19
117	Storm Davis	332.83
118	Steve Trout	332.78
119	Mike Brown	331.66
120	Danny Darwin	331.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Moore	331.05
122	Rick Mahler	330.63
123	Don Robinson	329.72
124	Ted Power	328.11
125	Doug Bird	324.3
126	Tom Underwood	323.84
127	Doyle Alexander	323.12
128	Rick Behenna	318.91
129	Mike Boddicker	316.13
130	Mike Scott	316.07
131	Bryan Oelkers	315.86
132	Chris Welsh	312.97
133	Scott Holman	312.65
134	Paul Moskau	312.13
135	Jerry Augustine	311.6
136	Pete Falcone	311.46
137	Edwin Nunez	310.48
138	Jay Howell	310.03
139	Bob Ojeda	309.77
140	Alejandro Pena	309.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Ownbey	309.39
142	Ed Lynch	309.18
143	Lee Tunnell	306.32
144	Neil Allen	305.86
145	Mike Morgan	304.62
146	Dave Rucker	303.41
147	Randy Lerch	302.91
148	Willie Hernandez	302.88
149	John Martin	302.79
150	Bill Travers	302.32
151	Chuck Porter	301.81
152	Jim Bibby	300.49
153	Tommy Boggs	300.33
154	Neal Heaton	300.28
155	Ed Whitson	300.0

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