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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	565.18
2	Dave Stieb	541.88
3	Steve Rogers	541.14
4	Mario Soto	540.07
5	Fernando Valenzuela	511.25
6	Nolan Ryan	504.84
7	Don Sutton	495.57
8	Ron Guidry	487.92
9	Milt Wilcox	484.23
10	Jerry Reuss	479.48
11	Joe Niekro	479.27
12	Joaquin Andujar	478.54
13	Bob Welch	476.02
14	Dan Petry	468.15
15	Bill Gullickson	463.49
16	Jim Clancy	462.7
17	Floyd Bannister	458.19
18	Len Barker	457.8
19	Larry Gura	457.05
20	Jim Palmer	455.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Morris	453.58
22	Dennis Eckersley	452.25
23	Geoff Zahn	450.05
24	Bruce Berenyi	450.01
25	Mike Norris	447.7
26	John Tudor	447.45
27	Mike Flanagan	446.9
28	Mike Caldwell	445.84
29	Dave Righetti	445.22
30	Bob Forsch	443.05
31	Rick Rhoden	439.76
32	Larry Christenson	439.75
33	Phil Niekro	439.7
34	Tommy John	437.81
35	Mike Krukow	436.97
36	Ken Forsch	435.69
37	Rick Sutcliffe	435.61
38	Atlee Hammaker	434.15
39	Fergie Jenkins	433.58
40	John Denny	432.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Vida Blue	430.84
42	Dennis Leonard	430.74
43	Luis Leal	428.72
44	Richard Dotson	428.12
45	Larry McWilliams	426.95
46	La Marr Hoyt	425.28
47	Scott Sanderson	424.44
48	Dennis Martinez	422.99
49	Tom Seaver	422.6
50	Scott McGregor	422.34
51	Burt Hooton	420.67
52	Charlie Lea	419.78
53	Bill Laskey	419.35
54	Rick Honeycutt	417.7
55	Moose Haas	416.1
56	Bobby Castillo	415.46
57	Gaylord Perry	414.9
58	John Candelaria	413.46
59	Bruce Kison	411.41
60	Dick Ruthven	408.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tim Lollar	407.16
62	Britt Burns	402.63
63	Pete Vuckovich	402.05
64	Bob Knepper	400.47
65	John Stuper	399.97
66	Dave LaPoint	399.1
67	Charlie Hough	395.6
68	Bob McClure	394.47
69	Jim Beattie	392.51
70	Rick Langford	391.89
71	Eric Show	391.28
72	Lary Sorensen	389.5
73	Mike Torrez	388.1
74	Matt Young	382.16
75	Shane Rawley	380.8
76	Brad Havens	380.79
77	Paul Splittorff	378.83
78	Dave Dravecky	376.97
79	Rick Camp	375.91
80	Albert Williams	373.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jerry Ujdur	372.48
82	Frank Pastore	369.88
83	Mike Witt	368.78
84	Bob Stoddard	368.09
85	Craig McMurtry	367.72
86	Dennis Lamp	367.52
87	Bert Blyleven	367.39
88	Pascual Perez	365.78
89	Chuck Rainey	363.69
90	Bob Shirley	360.56
91	Juan Eichelberger	359.75
92	Matt Keough	357.95
93	Joe Price	356.54
94	Andy Hawkins	355.84
95	Steve Renko	355.75
96	Jim Gott	355.51
97	Danny Darwin	354.71
98	Bill Krueger	354.02
99	John Montefusco	353.15
100	Frank Tanana	352.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Vern Ruhle	351.99
102	Jerry Koosman	351.05
103	Storm Davis	350.79
104	Mike Brown	349.8
105	Frank Viola	349.78
106	Bruce Hurst	348.59
107	Chris Codiroli	348.48
108	Mike Smithson	347.68
109	Fred Breining	346.64
110	Jon Matlack	345.0
111	Jack O'Connor	342.01
112	Andy McGaffigan	341.58
113	Steve McCatty	341.36
114	Steve Trout	338.51
115	Mike LaCoss	336.72
116	Doc Medich	336.66
117	Dickie Noles	334.76
118	Mike Boddicker	333.12
119	Craig Swan	333.09
120	Rich Gale	332.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Ojeda	331.77
122	Tom Underwood	329.47
123	Mike Moore	327.3
124	Dave Rozema	327.06
125	Mike Scott	325.48
126	Ed Lynch	324.72
127	Alejandro Pena	324.54
128	Ted Power	322.82
129	Paul Moskau	322.75
130	Doyle Alexander	321.57
131	Scott Holman	320.81
132	Doug Bird	320.31
133	Steve Mura	318.19
134	Jay Howell	318.11
135	Chris Welsh	318.01
136	Neil Allen	317.85
137	Rick Behenna	317.81
138	Ken Schrom	316.08
139	Rick Mahler	315.63
140	Pete Filson	315.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bud Black	314.84
142	Don Robinson	314.72
143	Jerry Augustine	313.8
144	Mike Morgan	312.98
145	Charlie Puleo	312.24
146	Bryan Oelkers	312.11
147	John Martin	311.15
148	Mike Madden	310.86
149	Pete Falcone	310.59
150	Bill Travers	310.44
151	Charles Hudson	309.98
152	Craig Lefferts	308.46
153	Marty Bystrom	307.49
154	Edwin Nunez	306.73
155	Dave Goltz	306.31
156	Rick Ownbey	305.64
157	Lee Tunnell	305.44
158	Juan Berenguer	304.61
159	Jim Bibby	302.79
160	Tim Conroy	301.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ed Whitson	301.53

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