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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	542.05
2	Steve Rogers	516.12
3	Don Sutton	506.13
4	Ron Guidry	502.19
5	Dennis Eckersley	486.53
6	Jack Morris	484.11
7	Nolan Ryan	479.28
8	Dennis Leonard	476.16
9	Larry Gura	473.43
10	Fernando Valenzuela	464.91
11	Scott McGregor	463.75
12	Tommy John	463.58
13	Britt Burns	461.93
14	Mario Soto	459.73
15	Len Barker	458.67
16	Joe Niekro	456.86
17	Steve McCatty	455.54
18	Jerry Reuss	455.32
19	Bert Blyleven	454.98
20	Ken Forsch	450.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Seaver	450.78
22	Scott Sanderson	450.66
23	Milt Wilcox	449.69
24	Burt Hooton	448.52
25	Phil Niekro	448.27
26	Floyd Bannister	447.99
27	Dave Stieb	445.93
28	Mike Norris	445.43
29	Rick Langford	444.13
30	Pete Vuckovich	443.71
31	Bill Gullickson	437.45
32	Mike Krukow	434.03
33	Dennis Martinez	433.46
34	Bob Welch	432.15
35	Moose Haas	432.07
36	Bob Forsch	430.62
37	Vida Blue	429.4
38	Dan Petry	428.46
39	Mike Flanagan	425.07
40	Frank Tanana	423.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Knepper	423.43
42	Matt Keough	422.64
43	Geoff Zahn	421.64
44	Gaylord Perry	420.25
45	Dick Ruthven	419.03
46	Fergie Jenkins	416.88
47	Rick Reuschel	413.64
48	Mike Caldwell	407.01
49	Frank Pastore	406.94
50	Lary Sorensen	405.78
51	Jim Clancy	401.82
52	Dave Righetti	400.89
53	Rick Honeycutt	400.01
54	Jim Palmer	397.17
55	Steve Trout	395.51
56	Paul Splittorff	394.55
57	Bruce Berenyi	394.49
58	Doc Medich	394.06
59	Richard Dotson	393.49
60	Rudy May	392.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Doyle Alexander	390.3
62	John Denny	390.19
63	Mike Torrez	389.43
64	Jerry Koosman	389.39
65	Larry Christenson	388.17
66	Steve Mura	383.76
67	Ray Burris	382.32
68	Tommy Boggs	378.44
69	Mike Scott	378.41
70	Vern Ruhle	378.03
71	Luis Leal	375.69
72	Joaquin Andujar	373.46
73	Tom Underwood	372.04
74	Tim Lollar	370.66
75	Juan Eichelberger	370.42
76	Mike Witt	367.39
77	Pat Zachry	366.61
78	Rick Mahler	366.43
79	Charlie Hough	366.24
80	Jim Bibby	363.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Albert Williams	362.19
82	Doug Bird	361.91
83	La Marr Hoyt	358.41
84	Randy Jones	358.33
85	Dennis Lamp	356.4
86	Rick Waits	356.37
87	Ross Baumgarten	355.08
88	Rick Rhoden	355.03
89	Rich Gale	354.33
90	Pete Redfern	354.19
91	Roger Erickson	354.01
92	Steve Renko	351.92
93	Bill Laskey	350.24
94	Gene Nelson	350.03
95	Bob Walk	349.17
96	John Martin	348.05
97	John Candelaria	346.21
98	Dickie Noles	345.92
99	Jon Matlack	344.57
100	Bruce Kison	342.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Ojeda	342.08
102	Jim Beattie	338.63
103	Brad Havens	338.53
104	Randy Martz	337.35
105	Charlie Puleo	337.04
106	Steve Stone	335.16
107	John Montefusco	335.07
108	Randy Lerch	334.98
109	Chuck Rainey	334.56
110	John Tudor	333.49
111	Charlie Lea	332.78
112	John Curtis	332.55
113	Pete Falcone	331.63
114	Glenn Abbott	331.54
115	Tom Griffin	330.52
116	Danny Darwin	329.66
117	Eddie Solomon	329.63
118	Dan Schatzeder	328.74
119	Angel Moreno	327.41
120	Atlee Hammaker	325.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Sammy Stewart	325.1
122	Al Holland	325.02
123	Ed Whitson	324.79
124	Don Robinson	324.31
125	Alan Fowlkes	324.24
126	Joe Cowley	322.39
127	Mike Morgan	321.32
128	Dave Frost	321.06
129	Chris Welsh	320.88
130	Andy Rincon	320.41
131	Allen Ripley	319.94
132	Rick Sutcliffe	319.38
133	Dave Stewart	318.7
134	Larry Pashnick	318.12
135	Mike Moore	316.86
136	Bob McClure	316.25
137	Mark Bomback	315.7
138	Jim Gott	313.97
139	Renie Martin	313.34
140	Rick Wise	312.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Charlie Leibrandt	312.06
142	Ken Dayley	311.34
143	Bruce Hurst	311.15
144	Darrell Jackson	310.07
145	Mike Chris	309.89
146	John Bohnet	309.6
147	Dan Larson	309.11
148	Ron Reed	308.8
149	Pat Underwood	308.29
150	Dave Schmidt	307.72
151	Dave Rozema	307.36
152	Dave LaPoint	307.33
153	Ted Power	307.24
154	Steve Bedrosian	307.18
155	Larry McWilliams	306.38
156	Joe Price	305.98
157	Jim Slaton	305.79
158	Bobby Castillo	305.47
159	Craig Swan	304.84
160	Bo McLaughlin	303.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Pete Filson	302.57
162	Terry Felton	302.18
163	Paul Moskau	301.48
164	Jeff Jones	301.18
165	John Pacella	300.77
166	Chico Escarrega	300.77
167	Larry Andersen	300.57

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