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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	569.75
2	Tom Seaver	508.8
3	Bert Blyleven	506.16
4	Phil Niekro	503.4
5	Dennis Leonard	499.85
6	Don Sutton	499.37
7	Nolan Ryan	490.89
8	Ron Guidry	488.66
9	Larry Gura	488.56
10	Mike Norris	475.37
11	Tommy John	475.31
12	Matt Keough	474.35
13	Scott McGregor	472.04
14	Rick Langford	471.72
15	Mike Flanagan	471.3
16	Steve Rogers	471.23
17	Joe Niekro	470.06
18	Vida Blue	469.43
19	Burt Hooton	468.81
20	Dennis Eckersley	466.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Len Barker	464.13
22	Jack Morris	462.66
23	Rick Reuschel	458.59
24	Floyd Bannister	456.85
25	Steve Stone	456.65
26	Gaylord Perry	456.45
27	Jim Bibby	455.42
28	Jerry Koosman	455.41
29	Scott Sanderson	453.92
30	Moose Haas	451.41
31	Steve McCatty	450.67
32	Pete Vuckovich	447.17
33	Ken Forsch	446.29
34	Fergie Jenkins	445.6
35	Bob Forsch	445.27
36	Jerry Reuss	444.85
37	Britt Burns	444.24
38	Mike Caldwell	443.12
39	Milt Wilcox	441.21
40	John Candelaria	441.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Lary Sorensen	441.04
42	Jim Palmer	440.5
43	Dick Ruthven	439.65
44	Rick Waits	439.11
45	Frank Tanana	434.24
46	Dave Stieb	433.32
47	Doyle Alexander	431.85
48	J.R. Richard	430.13
49	Tom Underwood	429.77
50	Geoff Zahn	429.69
51	Bob Knepper	426.06
52	Paul Splittorff	423.93
53	Rudy May	423.12
54	Ross Baumgarten	421.37
55	Jon Matlack	420.56
56	Bob Welch	417.21
57	Roger Erickson	416.42
58	Brian Kingman	415.66
59	Ed Whitson	413.46
60	Dan Schatzeder	413.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Frank Pastore	410.83
62	Rich Gale	409.88
63	Bill Gullickson	409.63
64	Jim Clancy	409.22
65	Richard Dotson	408.11
66	Doc Medich	406.75
67	Fernando Valenzuela	406.63
68	Rick Wise	405.65
69	Rick Honeycutt	405.18
70	Steve Trout	404.77
71	Dennis Martinez	400.92
72	Mario Soto	397.34
73	Don Robinson	394.21
74	Mike Torrez	393.58
75	Tommy Boggs	392.43
76	Steve Mura	391.63
77	Vern Ruhle	390.43
78	Lynn McGlothen	389.17
79	Mike Krukow	389.06
80	Pat Zachry	385.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dan Petry	382.08
82	Craig Swan	380.48
83	Rick Rhoden	379.07
84	Luis Tiant	378.77
85	Bill Travers	375.57
86	Larry Christenson	372.38
87	Steve Renko	372.34
88	Dave Goltz	370.12
89	Mike LaCoss	368.72
90	John Curtis	368.52
91	Allen Ripley	368.52
92	Ray Burris	366.79
93	Silvio Martinez	366.58
94	John Montefusco	365.89
95	Randy Jones	365.71
96	Glenn Abbott	365.24
97	Bob Walk	362.91
98	Mark Bomback	361.07
99	Jackson Todd	358.87
100	John Tudor	357.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Denny	354.85
102	Tom Griffin	349.75
103	Marty Bystrom	347.8
104	Albert Williams	346.15
105	Dave Rozema	344.77
106	Pete Redfern	344.49
107	Charlie Lea	343.65
108	Juan Eichelberger	343.05
109	Andy Rincon	342.93
110	Mike Witt	339.0
111	Wayne Garland	338.88
112	Ken Kravec	338.19
113	Bruce Berenyi	335.83
114	Danny Darwin	335.61
115	Dennis Lamp	334.92
116	Jim Slaton	334.86
117	Darrell Jackson	334.06
118	Chris Welsh	333.15
119	Jesse Jefferson	332.12
120	Bob Shirley	332.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Nino Espinosa	331.69
122	Luis Leal	330.02
123	Fernando Arroyo	328.63
124	Bryan Clark	328.03
125	Rick Sutcliffe	327.44
126	Mike Parrott	327.14
127	Steve Crawford	326.49
128	Mike Scott	325.4
129	Jerry Don Gleaton	325.16
130	Rod Scurry	325.1
131	Eddie Solomon	323.67
132	Francisco Barrios	323.16
133	Dan Spillner	323.09
134	Jerry Garvin	321.47
135	Bill Caudill	321.04
136	Bill Lee	320.71
137	Ed Lynch	316.7
138	Randy Lerch	316.43
139	Larry McWilliams	316.36
140	Gene Nelson	316.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Beattie	315.99
142	John Fulgham	315.96
143	Pete Falcone	315.27
144	Randy Martz	314.83
145	Howard Bailey	314.47
146	David Palmer	313.48
147	Rick Matula	313.45
148	Pascual Perez	312.31
149	Jerry Augustine	310.56
150	Bobby Sprowl	310.09
151	Alfredo Martinez	309.8
152	Dave Roberts	307.68
153	Tim Lollar	307.21
154	Joaquin Andujar	306.11
155	Fred Breining	305.41
156	Brian Allard	305.35
157	Ernie Camacho	305.21
158	Dave Schmidt	305.07
159	Doug Bird	303.86
160	Bob Owchinko	301.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Steve Comer	300.41
162	Tim Leary	300.4

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