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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	561.25
2	Mario Soto	544.98
3	Steve Rogers	542.07
4	Dave Stieb	538.41
5	Nolan Ryan	506.09
6	Fernando Valenzuela	501.26
7	Don Sutton	500.25
8	Ron Guidry	478.88
9	Joe Niekro	475.54
10	Joaquin Andujar	474.68
11	Milt Wilcox	474.37
12	Jerry Reuss	473.2
13	Dan Petry	465.8
14	Bill Gullickson	465.32
15	Len Barker	464.08
16	Bob Welch	464.07
17	Dennis Eckersley	459.23
18	Jim Clancy	459.22
19	Larry Gura	457.05
20	Jim Palmer	456.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Morris	453.85
22	Mike Norris	452.44
23	Floyd Bannister	451.65
24	Bruce Berenyi	450.51
25	John Tudor	450.16
26	Geoff Zahn	448.35
27	Mike Flanagan	448.15
28	Mike Caldwell	444.37
29	Bob Forsch	443.05
30	Fergie Jenkins	442.33
31	Tommy John	440.66
32	Rick Rhoden	437.17
33	Dave Righetti	437.06
34	Larry Christenson	436.82
35	Mike Krukow	436.14
36	Ken Forsch	436.04
37	Phil Niekro	435.2
38	Rick Sutcliffe	435.04
39	Luis Leal	433.82
40	Vida Blue	432.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	John Denny	430.61
42	Scott Sanderson	429.15
43	Atlee Hammaker	426.2
44	Richard Dotson	424.57
45	Dennis Leonard	424.32
46	Larry McWilliams	424.27
47	Dennis Martinez	421.0
48	La Marr Hoyt	420.8
49	Charlie Lea	420.55
50	Tom Seaver	419.25
51	John Candelaria	417.44
52	Bobby Castillo	416.92
53	Rick Honeycutt	415.94
54	Gaylord Perry	413.64
55	Burt Hooton	413.47
56	Bill Laskey	411.56
57	Bruce Kison	411.41
58	Scott McGregor	410.8
59	Dick Ruthven	410.79
60	Moose Haas	408.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Pete Vuckovich	407.05
62	Tim Lollar	405.21
63	Britt Burns	400.23
64	Bob McClure	398.18
65	Charlie Hough	397.23
66	Eric Show	395.58
67	Dave LaPoint	395.37
68	Bob Knepper	394.97
69	Rick Langford	393.14
70	Jim Beattie	393.06
71	Mike Torrez	392.66
72	John Stuper	391.82
73	Lary Sorensen	385.91
74	Brad Havens	380.79
75	Matt Young	378.4
76	Shane Rawley	377.76
77	Dave Dravecky	375.31
78	Jerry Ujdur	372.98
79	Albert Williams	372.23
80	Craig McMurtry	370.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Camp	370.26
82	Mike Witt	370.03
83	Paul Splittorff	369.91
84	Dennis Lamp	368.77
85	Frank Pastore	368.48
86	Bob Stoddard	364.83
87	Bob Shirley	361.06
88	Matt Keough	359.2
89	Bert Blyleven	358.79
90	Pascual Perez	358.39
91	Steve Renko	356.72
92	Vern Ruhle	356.09
93	Andy Hawkins	354.75
94	John Montefusco	354.4
95	Chuck Rainey	353.88
96	Bill Krueger	353.85
97	Juan Eichelberger	353.37
98	Storm Davis	353.01
99	Frank Tanana	352.84
100	Frank Viola	352.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Joe Price	351.38
102	Bruce Hurst	350.71
103	Danny Darwin	350.39
104	Mike Smithson	349.34
105	Steve McCatty	346.36
106	Mike Brown	346.28
107	Jon Matlack	346.0
108	Jim Gott	345.33
109	Jerry Koosman	344.15
110	Chris Codiroli	344.13
111	Jack O'Connor	343.26
112	Andy McGaffigan	343.05
113	Doc Medich	341.66
114	Mike LaCoss	341.04
115	Steve Trout	337.62
116	Fred Breining	337.2
117	Dickie Noles	336.01
118	Craig Swan	334.34
119	Rich Gale	333.81
120	Tom Underwood	328.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ted Power	328.66
122	Mike Moore	328.55
123	Paul Moskau	325.33
124	Alejandro Pena	323.33
125	Steve Mura	323.19
126	Mike Scott	323.18
127	Bob Ojeda	322.86
128	Doug Bird	320.81
129	Rick Mahler	320.63
130	Doyle Alexander	320.62
131	Mike Boddicker	320.6
132	Don Robinson	319.72
133	Neil Allen	319.27
134	Rick Behenna	319.06
135	Scott Holman	317.52
136	Ed Lynch	316.19
137	Dave Rozema	315.37
138	Mike Morgan	313.48
139	Bryan Oelkers	313.36
140	Chris Welsh	312.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Pete Filson	311.24
142	Mike Madden	311.11
143	Pete Falcone	309.45
144	Bud Black	309.29
145	Jay Howell	309.03
146	Craig Lefferts	308.71
147	Edwin Nunez	307.98
148	Marty Bystrom	307.61
149	Rick Ownbey	306.89
150	Ken Schrom	306.71
151	Jerry Augustine	306.04
152	Lee Tunnell	305.46
153	Juan Berenguer	304.61
154	Charlie Puleo	302.93
155	Gene Nelson	301.65
156	Bill Travers	301.33
157	Tim Conroy	300.74
158	Randy Lerch	300.41
159	Willie Hernandez	300.38
160	John Martin	300.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Rucker	300.28
162	Sammy Stewart	300.28
163	Chuck Porter	300.06

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