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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	574.94
2	Tom Seaver	513.49
3	Don Sutton	510.6
4	Bert Blyleven	506.29
5	Nolan Ryan	504.83
6	Phil Niekro	504.0
7	Dennis Leonard	496.74
8	Jack Morris	491.56
9	Dennis Eckersley	490.53
10	Mike Norris	487.9
11	Len Barker	487.84
12	Ron Guidry	483.92
13	Rick Langford	481.36
14	Steve Rogers	478.85
15	Matt Keough	478.32
16	Larry Gura	477.2
17	Ken Forsch	473.3
18	Mike Flanagan	472.38
19	Vida Blue	472.3
20	Jerry Koosman	469.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	469.13
22	Rick Reuschel	468.52
23	Pete Vuckovich	466.4
24	Jim Bibby	466.34
25	Joe Niekro	466.32
26	Burt Hooton	463.69
27	Scott McGregor	463.39
28	Steve McCatty	461.83
29	Britt Burns	457.91
30	Scott Sanderson	457.82
31	Mike Caldwell	457.74
32	Moose Haas	456.25
33	Gaylord Perry	455.16
34	Bob Forsch	455.11
35	Steve Stone	452.9
36	Jim Palmer	452.13
37	Fergie Jenkins	450.75
38	Jerry Reuss	450.16
39	Dave Stieb	447.76
40	Lary Sorensen	446.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Tanana	446.68
42	Floyd Bannister	445.13
43	Rick Waits	443.6
44	Paul Splittorff	441.8
45	Bob Knepper	441.73
46	Dick Ruthven	440.67
47	Milt Wilcox	436.77
48	John Candelaria	436.63
49	Doyle Alexander	432.13
50	Bob Welch	431.65
51	Tom Underwood	431.15
52	Brian Kingman	428.76
53	Frank Pastore	427.5
54	Roger Erickson	426.69
55	Jon Matlack	423.09
56	Doc Medich	421.56
57	Richard Dotson	420.24
58	Ross Baumgarten	419.95
59	Geoff Zahn	418.98
60	Rick Honeycutt	418.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bill Gullickson	418.68
62	Rich Gale	418.46
63	Dennis Martinez	418.4
64	Dan Schatzeder	418.12
65	Steve Trout	416.1
66	J.R. Richard	412.13
67	Rudy May	411.42
68	Mario Soto	409.82
69	Mike Torrez	407.94
70	Ed Whitson	407.88
71	Rick Wise	406.54
72	Fernando Valenzuela	404.11
73	Jim Clancy	403.73
74	Tommy Boggs	400.81
75	Rick Rhoden	396.57
76	Pat Zachry	396.46
77	Larry Christenson	393.52
78	Mike Krukow	393.23
79	Dan Petry	389.96
80	Vern Ruhle	388.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Mura	387.28
82	Don Robinson	386.43
83	Lynn McGlothen	384.67
84	Glenn Abbott	381.76
85	Ray Burris	380.91
86	Steve Renko	377.97
87	Craig Swan	375.98
88	Silvio Martinez	375.33
89	Randy Jones	373.45
90	Bill Travers	371.07
91	Mark Bomback	370.81
92	Jackson Todd	370.19
93	Allen Ripley	368.27
94	Dave Goltz	366.76
95	Mike LaCoss	366.72
96	Juan Eichelberger	365.73
97	Danny Darwin	365.61
98	John Curtis	364.27
99	John Tudor	364.01
100	Albert Williams	363.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Montefusco	361.39
102	Luis Tiant	360.77
103	Bob Walk	360.52
104	Mike Witt	360.07
105	Pete Redfern	358.27
106	John Denny	357.27
107	Tom Griffin	356.47
108	Charlie Lea	352.99
109	Jim Slaton	350.3
110	Marty Bystrom	348.3
111	Fernando Arroyo	348.1
112	Chris Welsh	347.71
113	Dave Rozema	342.84
114	Eddie Solomon	342.24
115	Bruce Berenyi	342.01
116	Mike Scott	341.65
117	Bryan Clark	341.4
118	Luis Leal	341.27
119	Wayne Garland	341.04
120	Bob Shirley	340.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Martin	340.49
122	Brian Allard	339.05
123	Andy Rincon	338.43
124	Randy Lerch	337.46
125	Pascual Perez	337.28
126	Dan Spillner	335.13
127	Steve Crawford	334.94
128	Ken Kravec	333.69
129	Dave Righetti	333.51
130	Mike Parrott	333.08
131	Jerry Don Gleaton	329.92
132	Gene Nelson	329.75
133	Randy Martz	328.67
134	Bill Caudill	328.26
135	Jesse Jefferson	327.62
136	Greg Harris	323.84
137	Nino Espinosa	323.32
138	Rick Sutcliffe	322.94
139	Francisco Barrios	322.02
140	Rod Scurry	321.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jerry Garvin	318.54
142	Dennis Lamp	316.92
143	Bill Lee	316.21
144	Darrell Jackson	316.06
145	Doug Bird	314.54
146	Ed Lynch	313.45
147	Juan Berenguer	311.51
148	Brad Havens	311.06
149	Dave Frost	310.42
150	Pete Falcone	309.55
151	Howard Bailey	309.1
152	Stan Bahnsen	309.0
153	Doug Rau	307.87
154	Ernie Camacho	307.83
155	Tim Lollar	307.72
156	Rick Mahler	307.2
157	Jerry Augustine	306.78
158	Bobby Sprowl	305.84
159	Dave Roberts	303.93
160	Fred Breining	302.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Joaquin Andujar	301.61
162	George Cappuzzello	301.31
163	Dave Schmidt	300.57

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