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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	570.42
2	J.R. Richard	530.3
3	Steve Carlton	529.48
4	Jim Palmer	528.71
5	Nolan Ryan	526.19
6	Tom Seaver	525.16
7	Dennis Eckersley	519.87
8	Burt Hooton	512.49
9	Phil Niekro	510.46
10	Gaylord Perry	505.94
11	Bert Blyleven	505.5
12	Don Sutton	500.98
13	Dennis Leonard	499.17
14	Fergie Jenkins	493.17
15	Tommy John	492.89
16	Steve Rogers	492.09
17	Dave Goltz	486.18
18	Mike Caldwell	482.58
19	Bob Knepper	480.1
20	Dennis Martinez	474.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jon Matlack	474.05
22	Vida Blue	472.78
23	Dick Ruthven	471.68
24	John Candelaria	470.57
25	Ed Figueroa	469.4
26	Ed Halicki	468.78
27	Frank Tanana	467.97
28	Craig Swan	466.85
29	Lary Sorensen	465.64
30	Jerry Koosman	461.93
31	John Denny	461.05
32	Mike Torrez	459.45
33	Paul Splittorff	457.47
34	Luis Tiant	457.32
35	Jim Slaton	455.67
36	Rick Reuschel	454.16
37	Ken Kravec	451.43
38	Mike Flanagan	446.08
39	Bob Forsch	445.55
40	John Montefusco	440.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ross Grimsley	435.39
42	Joe Niekro	434.05
43	Fred Norman	433.4
44	Pete Vuckovich	431.84
45	Dave Rozema	431.65
46	Randy Jones	428.8
47	Geoff Zahn	428.26
48	Catfish Hunter	426.89
49	Doug Rau	425.78
50	Rick Waits	425.43
51	Don Robinson	422.67
52	Steve Stone	422.52
53	Larry Christenson	422.06
54	Francisco Barrios	421.93
55	Doyle Alexander	418.36
56	Bill Travers	414.41
57	Rick Wise	409.2
58	Randy Lerch	406.3
59	Dennis Lamp	406.01
60	Milt Wilcox	404.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Nino Espinosa	403.09
62	Rich Gale	401.0
63	Bill Bonham	399.53
64	Roger Erickson	399.1
65	Eric Rasmussen	398.17
66	Jim Clancy	396.55
67	Tom Underwood	396.18
68	Larry Gura	396.05
69	Don Aase	395.25
70	Jack Billingham	393.36
71	Scott McGregor	391.53
72	Mark Lemongello	391.17
73	Mike Krukow	391.04
74	Chris Knapp	388.3
75	Bob Owchinko	387.94
76	Dock Ellis	386.5
77	Jim Rooker	386.01
78	Rick Langford	385.91
79	Jesse Jefferson	384.53
80	John Henry Johnson	382.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Renko	379.67
82	Glenn Abbott	378.51
83	Jim Beattie	376.95
84	Silvio Martinez	375.88
85	Jim Barr	375.67
86	Mike Paxton	374.55
87	Matt Keough	370.87
88	Rick Rhoden	368.34
89	Bob Welch	365.12
90	Rudy May	365.08
91	Ken Forsch	362.47
92	Dave Lemanczyk	361.7
93	Paul Moskau	359.29
94	Ross Baumgarten	359.03
95	Jim Kaat	358.77
96	Mike LaCoss	358.47
97	Pat Zachry	358.35
98	Scott Sanderson	358.1
99	Tom Hume	356.95
100	Paul Mitchell	356.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Larry McWilliams	356.83
102	Steve Comer	352.57
103	Floyd Bannister	351.78
104	Vern Ruhle	351.44
105	Bob Stanley	351.37
106	Bill Lee	350.17
107	Dan Schatzeder	346.8
108	Doc Medich	346.41
109	Jerry Augustine	346.05
110	Mickey Mahler	345.67
111	Ray Burris	345.6
112	Bob Shirley	344.16
113	Andy Messersmith	341.46
114	Byron McLaughlin	340.72
115	Rich Wortham	340.64
116	Lynn McGlothen	339.02
117	Kip Young	338.92
118	Dave Frost	335.49
119	Rick Matula	334.99
120	Kevin Kobel	334.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bruce Kison	333.8
122	Philip Nastu	332.24
123	Mike Parrott	331.53
124	Eddie Solomon	331.0
125	Mike Norris	330.47
126	Rick Williams	329.32
127	Ken Holtzman	329.29
128	Pete Falcone	328.2
129	Moose Haas	327.01
130	Chuck Rainey	326.45
131	Rick Honeycutt	325.88
132	Bob Sykes	324.74
133	Steve Busby	324.6
134	Jim Colborn	324.55
135	Jim Wright	324.3
136	Steve Mura	323.19
137	Mike Scott	323.11
138	Eric Wilkins	322.78
139	Rick Sutcliffe	322.45
140	Wayne Garland	322.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Phil Huffman	321.74
142	Odell Jones	319.92
143	Paul Hartzell	318.49
144	Craig Minetto	318.31
145	Gary Serum	317.7
146	Jerry Reuss	315.56
147	Tony Brizzolara	315.1
148	Jack Morris	313.03
149	Frank Riccelli	310.0
150	Marty Pattin	309.96
151	Dick Tidrow	309.26
152	Steve Baker	308.83
153	Mickey Lolich	308.62
154	Dave Roberts	307.25
155	Randy Niemann	306.82
156	Eduardo Rodriguez	305.91
157	Neil Allen	304.87
158	Ed Farmer	304.33
159	Pete Redfern	303.9
160	Jim Bibby	303.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	David Clyde	302.77
162	Ed Whitson	302.61
163	Tom Griffin	302.15
164	Tom Dixon	301.83
165	Mark Fidrych	301.14
166	Sammy Stewart	300.73
167	Joaquin Andujar	300.41

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