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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	J.R. Richard	584.02
2	Steve Carlton	560.63
3	Ron Guidry	542.34
4	Phil Niekro	526.59
5	Nolan Ryan	508.51
6	Tom Seaver	506.96
7	Bert Blyleven	506.04
8	Mike Flanagan	497.4
9	Don Sutton	492.01
10	Dennis Eckersley	488.29
11	Craig Swan	487.28
12	Jerry Koosman	484.45
13	Steve Rogers	483.85
14	Larry Gura	478.39
15	John Candelaria	476.25
16	Fergie Jenkins	474.67
17	Tommy John	473.48
18	Jim Palmer	473.4
19	Burt Hooton	472.5
20	Randy Jones	471.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dennis Leonard	469.7
22	Rick Reuschel	468.14
23	Vida Blue	465.88
24	Mike Caldwell	463.44
25	Pete Vuckovich	460.9
26	Bob Forsch	460.3
27	Gaylord Perry	457.79
28	Scott McGregor	455.38
29	Luis Tiant	452.99
30	Dave Goltz	451.69
31	Tom Underwood	446.4
32	Joe Niekro	443.79
33	Rick Wise	443.08
34	John Denny	441.01
35	Jim Bibby	440.62
36	Floyd Bannister	439.25
37	Jack Morris	438.58
38	Mike Torrez	437.6
39	Ken Kravec	436.84
40	Steve Stone	432.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Milt Wilcox	431.43
42	Lary Sorensen	429.52
43	Matt Keough	427.72
44	Rick Waits	426.39
45	Rick Langford	426.27
46	Dennis Martinez	425.63
47	Dennis Lamp	424.51
48	John Fulgham	422.71
49	Rick Honeycutt	421.45
50	Bob Knepper	420.58
51	Paul Splittorff	419.43
52	Mike Krukow	417.33
53	Moose Haas	416.71
54	Jim Slaton	416.61
55	Dave Frost	416.48
56	John Montefusco	412.47
57	Geoff Zahn	407.99
58	Bruce Kison	407.91
59	Jon Matlack	407.28
60	Randy Lerch	406.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Frank Tanana	403.33
62	Ken Forsch	402.53
63	Bob Stanley	401.99
64	Mike Norris	401.57
65	Bob Welch	400.92
66	Bill Bonham	399.89
67	Scott Sanderson	399.52
68	Ross Baumgarten	397.8
69	Bill Travers	396.81
70	Don Robinson	395.57
71	Silvio Martinez	395.29
72	Bill Lee	394.52
73	Ed Whitson	392.97
74	Dan Schatzeder	389.6
75	Eric Rasmussen	389.54
76	Don Aase	389.48
77	Dave Stieb	388.99
78	Pete Falcone	388.59
79	Doyle Alexander	388.32
80	Rick Matula	385.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Len Barker	385.24
82	Britt Burns	385.01
83	Rick Sutcliffe	383.6
84	Frank Pastore	382.51
85	Mike LaCoss	379.85
86	Rich Gale	379.82
87	Mike Parrott	378.54
88	Dave Rozema	377.49
89	Steve Trout	376.2
90	Steve Comer	374.58
91	Ed Halicki	373.78
92	Dick Ruthven	373.54
93	Doc Medich	372.02
94	Fred Norman	369.58
95	Pete Redfern	369.26
96	Chuck Rainey	367.46
97	Roger Erickson	367.22
98	Jim Clancy	364.48
99	Larry Christenson	363.86
100	Bob Owchinko	362.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Brian Kingman	362.7
102	Ray Burris	362.61
103	Jim Rooker	362.18
104	John Curtis	361.31
105	Steve McCatty	360.15
106	David Palmer	356.58
107	Jim Beattie	356.42
108	Paul Mirabella	354.88
109	Glenn Abbott	354.48
110	Steve Renko	352.88
111	Lynn McGlothen	350.79
112	Dan Spillner	349.46
113	Richard Dotson	347.57
114	Eddie Solomon	346.9
115	Rich Wortham	346.17
116	Charlie Leibrandt	345.95
117	Chris Knapp	344.62
118	Ross Grimsley	342.57
119	Ed Figueroa	341.78
120	Gary Lucas	340.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jerry Reuss	340.16
122	Larry McWilliams	339.87
123	Nino Espinosa	339.51
124	Renie Martin	339.48
125	Dave Lemanczyk	339.17
126	Dan Petry	338.31
127	Jesse Jefferson	337.29
128	Mark Bomback	332.85
129	Darrell Jackson	332.01
130	Mike Griffin	325.19
131	Tommy Boggs	324.02
132	Pat Zachry	319.93
133	Bob Shirley	319.59
134	Kevin Kobel	319.14
135	Jim Barr	318.0
136	Vern Ruhle	315.11
137	Alfredo Martinez	314.66
138	Roy Thomas	313.78
139	Danny Darwin	313.44
140	Paul Moskau	313.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jack Billingham	312.36
142	Sammy Stewart	311.99
143	Don Hood	311.81
144	Bruce Hurst	311.67
145	Willie Hernandez	311.26
146	Allen Ripley	310.5
147	Dave Roberts	310.43
148	Rickey Keeton	310.23
149	Pat Underwood	309.82
150	Terry Felton	309.71
151	Dan Larson	306.97
152	Dave Ford	306.93
153	Francisco Barrios	306.65
154	Wayne Garland	305.09
155	Bob Walk	305.04
156	Tom Hausman	304.58
157	Preston Hanna	304.4
158	Catfish Hunter	304.35
159	Dave LaRoche	303.91
160	Mario Soto	302.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Luis Leal	302.33
162	Joaquin Andujar	301.51
163	Pascual Perez	300.58
164	John Flinn	300.26

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