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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	574.06
2	Bert Blyleven	510.9
3	Tom Seaver	510.84
4	Don Sutton	502.84
5	Phil Niekro	498.5
6	Dennis Leonard	498.42
7	Nolan Ryan	495.04
8	Larry Gura	490.55
9	Ron Guidry	488.41
10	Mike Norris	485.18
11	Dennis Eckersley	479.73
12	Matt Keough	479.66
13	Rick Langford	477.06
14	Scott McGregor	475.8
15	Joe Niekro	475.77
16	Mike Flanagan	475.37
17	Steve Rogers	474.47
18	Vida Blue	473.68
19	Tommy John	471.38
20	Burt Hooton	471.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Len Barker	470.94
22	Jack Morris	467.3
23	Jerry Koosman	464.31
24	Rick Reuschel	460.19
25	Jim Bibby	459.84
26	Steve Stone	456.15
27	Scott Sanderson	454.5
28	Pete Vuckovich	453.17
29	Floyd Bannister	451.85
30	Steve McCatty	449.61
31	Mike Caldwell	449.5
32	Britt Burns	449.4
33	Jerry Reuss	447.57
34	Ken Forsch	446.88
35	Lary Sorensen	446.72
36	Gaylord Perry	446.65
37	Bob Forsch	446.26
38	Jim Palmer	446.23
39	Milt Wilcox	445.59
40	Moose Haas	444.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Waits	442.26
42	Frank Tanana	440.29
43	John Candelaria	439.88
44	Dick Ruthven	439.65
45	Fergie Jenkins	438.45
46	Paul Splittorff	437.65
47	Doyle Alexander	435.24
48	Tom Underwood	433.77
49	Dave Stieb	432.92
50	Bob Knepper	428.42
51	Roger Erickson	427.67
52	J.R. Richard	425.13
53	Geoff Zahn	423.1
54	Jon Matlack	422.62
55	Brian Kingman	421.36
56	Bob Welch	421.09
57	Ross Baumgarten	419.78
58	Rudy May	416.55
59	Rich Gale	416.19
60	Dan Schatzeder	413.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Trout	413.32
62	Bill Gullickson	409.63
63	Frank Pastore	408.79
64	Richard Dotson	408.53
65	Ed Whitson	408.47
66	Fernando Valenzuela	407.78
67	Doc Medich	406.75
68	Jim Clancy	406.58
69	Rick Honeycutt	405.88
70	Rick Wise	403.08
71	Dennis Martinez	402.77
72	Mario Soto	399.36
73	Mike Torrez	397.27
74	Pat Zachry	393.87
75	Don Robinson	392.96
76	Tommy Boggs	389.66
77	Steve Mura	389.16
78	Vern Ruhle	388.96
79	Lynn McGlothen	387.92
80	Dan Petry	386.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike Krukow	384.96
82	Rick Rhoden	384.93
83	Craig Swan	379.23
84	Larry Christenson	376.04
85	Mike LaCoss	374.32
86	Bill Travers	374.32
87	Luis Tiant	373.77
88	Glenn Abbott	371.46
89	Steve Renko	370.72
90	Ray Burris	369.35
91	Allen Ripley	368.52
92	Dave Goltz	368.51
93	John Curtis	367.52
94	Mark Bomback	366.77
95	Randy Jones	364.96
96	John Montefusco	364.64
97	Bob Walk	362.65
98	Silvio Martinez	362.39
99	John Tudor	360.8
100	John Denny	359.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jackson Todd	357.16
102	Tom Griffin	355.13
103	Charlie Lea	354.12
104	Albert Williams	350.11
105	Marty Bystrom	350.05
106	Danny Darwin	347.45
107	Juan Eichelberger	346.57
108	Dave Rozema	344.84
109	Jim Slaton	344.28
110	Bob Shirley	344.0
111	Pete Redfern	341.87
112	Andy Rincon	341.68
113	Mike Witt	339.36
114	Bryan Clark	337.94
115	Wayne Garland	337.14
116	Ken Kravec	336.94
117	Mike Scott	336.93
118	Bruce Berenyi	336.71
119	Steve Crawford	334.86
120	Fernando Arroyo	333.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Nino Espinosa	332.61
122	Chris Welsh	332.45
123	Bill Caudill	332.4
124	Jesse Jefferson	330.87
125	Dennis Lamp	329.92
126	Luis Leal	329.27
127	Darrell Jackson	329.06
128	Mike Parrott	329.01
129	Eddie Solomon	328.43
130	Rick Sutcliffe	326.19
131	Randy Martz	325.56
132	Jerry Don Gleaton	324.66
133	Rod Scurry	324.6
134	Pascual Perez	323.77
135	Francisco Barrios	323.16
136	Dan Spillner	323.09
137	Jerry Garvin	320.29
138	Bill Lee	319.46
139	Brian Allard	316.92
140	Ed Lynch	316.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Gene Nelson	314.22
142	Randy Lerch	313.75
143	John Martin	313.48
144	Howard Bailey	313.22
145	Pete Falcone	311.55
146	Larry McWilliams	311.36
147	Jim Beattie	310.99
148	John Fulgham	310.96
149	Dave Righetti	310.32
150	Jerry Augustine	309.31
151	Bobby Sprowl	309.09
152	David Palmer	308.48
153	Rick Matula	308.45
154	Doug Rau	308.15
155	Greg Harris	307.48
156	Dave Roberts	307.18
157	Tim Lollar	306.71
158	Fred Breining	305.41
159	Joaquin Andujar	304.86
160	Alfredo Martinez	304.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ernie Camacho	303.96
162	Dave Schmidt	303.82
163	Doug Bird	302.61
164	Dave Ford	301.97

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