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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	545.88
2	Steve Rogers	519.86
3	Don Sutton	503.21
4	Ron Guidry	498.18
5	Jack Morris	493.95
6	Dennis Eckersley	489.53
7	Nolan Ryan	488.93
8	Fernando Valenzuela	482.35
9	Mario Soto	481.08
10	Dennis Leonard	474.16
11	Tommy John	470.74
12	Len Barker	468.28
13	Larry Gura	465.74
14	Joe Niekro	465.47
15	Phil Niekro	464.23
16	Dave Stieb	461.07
17	Tom Seaver	456.8
18	Steve McCatty	455.66
19	Milt Wilcox	455.4
20	Scott McGregor	454.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Norris	454.49
22	Jerry Reuss	453.95
23	Floyd Bannister	453.51
24	Ken Forsch	453.46
25	Scott Sanderson	452.7
26	Britt Burns	452.68
27	Bert Blyleven	452.23
28	Pete Vuckovich	452.05
29	Rick Langford	447.25
30	Burt Hooton	445.77
31	Bob Forsch	443.25
32	Mike Krukow	435.86
33	Dick Ruthven	435.22
34	Bill Gullickson	434.78
35	Mike Flanagan	433.76
36	Dan Petry	433.65
37	Moose Haas	432.75
38	Vida Blue	431.28
39	Frank Tanana	429.91
40	Dennis Martinez	429.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gaylord Perry	428.76
42	Bob Welch	425.64
43	Fergie Jenkins	423.93
44	Lary Sorensen	419.54
45	Geoff Zahn	419.34
46	Bob Knepper	417.6
47	Mike Caldwell	412.4
48	Matt Keough	411.88
49	Dave Righetti	409.07
50	Paul Splittorff	407.66
51	Frank Pastore	405.24
52	Jim Clancy	404.33
53	Jim Palmer	403.08
54	Rick Reuschel	402.64
55	Doc Medich	400.6
56	John Denny	398.89
57	Rick Honeycutt	395.26
58	Larry Christenson	394.23
59	Bruce Berenyi	393.8
60	Steve Trout	392.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Luis Leal	392.28
62	Joaquin Andujar	390.14
63	Richard Dotson	389.61
64	Juan Eichelberger	389.61
65	Rudy May	387.79
66	Doyle Alexander	387.55
67	Jerry Koosman	386.64
68	Charlie Hough	384.07
69	Tom Underwood	381.65
70	Vern Ruhle	381.08
71	Tim Lollar	380.48
72	Mike Torrez	380.34
73	Ray Burris	379.82
74	Steve Mura	379.79
75	Tommy Boggs	375.69
76	Mike Witt	373.53
77	Rick Mahler	370.37
78	Rick Waits	369.95
79	Jim Beattie	368.31
80	Bill Laskey	365.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pat Zachry	364.9
82	Mike Scott	363.22
83	Charlie Lea	362.24
84	Gene Nelson	360.05
85	Dickie Noles	357.99
86	Dennis Lamp	357.07
87	Rick Rhoden	356.57
88	La Marr Hoyt	356.13
89	Albert Williams	355.65
90	Doug Bird	355.56
91	Steve Renko	355.14
92	Bruce Kison	353.58
93	Pete Redfern	352.94
94	Jim Bibby	352.43
95	Ross Baumgarten	352.33
96	Randy Jones	351.54
97	Rich Gale	350.87
98	John Candelaria	349.9
99	Roger Erickson	348.99
100	John Montefusco	348.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Ojeda	348.19
102	Bob Walk	348.0
103	Brad Havens	346.87
104	Jon Matlack	346.26
105	John Martin	345.3
106	Charlie Puleo	343.13
107	John Tudor	342.87
108	John Curtis	341.57
109	Pete Falcone	339.35
110	Randy Lerch	338.78
111	Sammy Stewart	337.56
112	Randy Martz	337.05
113	Rick Sutcliffe	334.73
114	Chuck Rainey	334.53
115	Atlee Hammaker	329.49
116	Eddie Solomon	328.58
117	Tom Griffin	327.77
118	Jim Gott	327.36
119	Dave Stewart	327.33
120	Mike Morgan	326.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob McClure	326.86
122	Chris Welsh	326.08
123	Dan Schatzeder	325.99
124	Angel Moreno	325.66
125	Don Robinson	325.37
126	Steve Stone	324.16
127	Dave Frost	322.79
128	Al Holland	322.27
129	Allen Ripley	322.12
130	Dave LaPoint	321.79
131	Alan Fowlkes	321.49
132	Glenn Abbott	320.54
133	Mike Moore	320.22
134	Larry Pashnick	319.74
135	Joe Cowley	319.64
136	Andy Rincon	318.66
137	Danny Darwin	318.66
138	Bruce Hurst	318.62
139	Greg Harris	318.17
140	Darrell Jackson	316.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ken Dayley	315.22
142	Ed Whitson	313.79
143	Mike Chris	313.28
144	Mark Bomback	312.95
145	Bobby Castillo	312.84
146	Renie Martin	312.65
147	Jim Slaton	312.16
148	Ted Power	311.35
149	Charlie Leibrandt	309.31
150	Bo McLaughlin	308.83
151	John Stuper	308.71
152	Jerry Garvin	307.67
153	Dan Larson	307.61
154	John Bohnet	307.6
155	Terry Felton	306.98
156	David Palmer	306.89
157	Ron Reed	306.05
158	Pat Underwood	305.45
159	Dave Schmidt	304.97
160	Larry McWilliams	304.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Rozema	304.61
162	Steve Bedrosian	304.43
163	Paul Moskau	304.25
164	Joe Price	303.23
165	Craig Swan	302.09
166	Rick Wise	301.77
167	Kevin Saucier	300.89
168	Pete Filson	300.88
169	Preston Hanna	300.41

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