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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	537.79
2	Steve Rogers	516.92
3	Don Sutton	501.82
4	Ron Guidry	499.4
5	Dennis Eckersley	479.81
6	Nolan Ryan	477.55
7	Jack Morris	477.09
8	Fernando Valenzuela	472.14
9	Dennis Leonard	468.91
10	Larry Gura	464.94
11	Tommy John	463.58
12	Jerry Reuss	462.87
13	Britt Burns	458.45
14	Tom Seaver	458.23
15	Bert Blyleven	456.23
16	Steve McCatty	456.04
17	Joe Niekro	455.38
18	Mario Soto	455.03
19	Ken Forsch	454.02
20	Scott McGregor	453.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Langford	452.88
22	Dave Stieb	452.16
23	Mike Norris	450.43
24	Floyd Bannister	450.29
25	Burt Hooton	449.77
26	Len Barker	449.22
27	Phil Niekro	448.84
28	Scott Sanderson	445.7
29	Milt Wilcox	445.02
30	Pete Vuckovich	444.96
31	Bob Forsch	436.44
32	Bill Gullickson	431.68
33	Mike Krukow	431.35
34	Dan Petry	430.93
35	Vida Blue	430.15
36	Geoff Zahn	424.88
37	Matt Keough	422.64
38	Dennis Martinez	422.6
39	Moose Haas	422.34
40	Bob Welch	421.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Tanana	420.43
42	Rick Reuschel	418.64
43	Gaylord Perry	417.93
44	Mike Flanagan	417.0
45	Bob Knepper	416.61
46	Mike Caldwell	410.83
47	Dick Ruthven	410.04
48	Fergie Jenkins	409.02
49	Frank Pastore	403.41
50	Lary Sorensen	402.2
51	Jim Palmer	398.42
52	Rick Honeycutt	398.26
53	Jim Clancy	397.25
54	Steve Trout	394.9
55	Mike Torrez	394.33
56	Doc Medich	394.06
57	Richard Dotson	393.49
58	John Denny	392.83
59	Paul Splittorff	392.63
60	Doyle Alexander	391.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Larry Christenson	391.48
62	Bruce Berenyi	390.91
63	Jerry Koosman	390.64
64	Dave Righetti	390.27
65	Rudy May	387.52
66	Ray Burris	382.32
67	Mike Scott	381.28
68	Tommy Boggs	379.69
69	Vern Ruhle	378.28
70	Steve Mura	377.66
71	Tom Underwood	376.41
72	Rick Mahler	370.92
73	Mike Witt	368.64
74	Jim Bibby	368.43
75	Juan Eichelberger	365.59
76	Luis Leal	364.88
77	Tim Lollar	364.57
78	Pat Zachry	363.78
79	Albert Williams	362.19
80	Joaquin Andujar	361.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Doug Bird	359.98
82	Rick Waits	357.62
83	Pete Redfern	356.84
84	Ross Baumgarten	356.33
85	Roger Erickson	354.26
86	Dennis Lamp	353.63
87	Rich Gale	352.59
88	Charlie Hough	350.42
89	Bob Walk	349.42
90	John Martin	348.8
91	Dickie Noles	348.03
92	La Marr Hoyt	347.03
93	Rick Rhoden	346.69
94	Randy Jones	345.46
95	Jon Matlack	344.57
96	Bill Laskey	343.0
97	Bruce Kison	342.25
98	Bob Ojeda	341.75
99	Steve Renko	340.27
100	Steve Stone	340.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Beattie	339.88
102	Brad Havens	339.63
103	Gene Nelson	339.03
104	Charlie Puleo	337.79
105	John Candelaria	336.89
106	Glenn Abbott	336.54
107	Randy Lerch	335.33
108	Danny Darwin	334.66
109	Chuck Rainey	334.56
110	Tom Griffin	331.77
111	Randy Martz	331.26
112	Dan Schatzeder	329.99
113	John Curtis	329.92
114	Ed Whitson	329.79
115	Eddie Solomon	327.91
116	John Montefusco	327.9
117	Al Holland	326.27
118	Alan Fowlkes	325.49
119	Pete Falcone	325.02
120	Angel Moreno	325.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Sammy Stewart	324.17
122	Joe Cowley	323.64
123	John Tudor	323.39
124	Mike Morgan	322.57
125	Chris Welsh	321.7
126	Mike Moore	320.77
127	Andy Rincon	319.3
128	Charlie Lea	318.9
129	Larry Pashnick	318.62
130	Don Robinson	317.85
131	Rick Wise	317.77
132	Mark Bomback	316.95
133	Atlee Hammaker	315.53
134	Dave Frost	314.4
135	Bruce Hurst	312.4
136	Charlie Leibrandt	312.31
137	Dave Stewart	311.14
138	Dan Larson	310.96
139	Mike Chris	310.69
140	Jim Gott	310.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Sutcliffe	309.9
142	Allen Ripley	309.79
143	Ron Reed	309.05
144	Dave Schmidt	308.97
145	Ken Dayley	308.96
146	Pat Underwood	308.79
147	Dave Rozema	308.61
148	Steve Bedrosian	308.43
149	Renie Martin	308.36
150	Larry McWilliams	308.09
151	John Bohnet	307.29
152	Joe Price	307.23
153	Bob McClure	306.33
154	Craig Swan	306.09
155	Darrell Jackson	305.8
156	Jim Slaton	305.79
157	Paul Moskau	305.22
158	Terry Felton	303.43
159	Brian Kingman	303.03
160	Pete Filson	302.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jeff Jones	302.43
162	John Pacella	302.02
163	Chico Escarrega	302.02
164	Ted Power	301.52
165	Larry Andersen	300.57

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