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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	578.67
2	Nolan Ryan	545.11
3	Steve Carlton	542.57
4	J.R. Richard	536.79
5	Jim Palmer	530.1
6	Tom Seaver	528.59
7	Dennis Eckersley	522.23
8	Gaylord Perry	517.05
9	Fergie Jenkins	505.51
10	Burt Hooton	504.38
11	Phil Niekro	502.0
12	Bert Blyleven	501.71
13	Steve Rogers	497.95
14	Mike Caldwell	497.46
15	Dennis Leonard	496.67
16	Tommy John	492.37
17	Don Sutton	491.94
18	Dave Goltz	489.14
19	Jon Matlack	481.97
20	Dennis Martinez	480.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Craig Swan	477.84
22	John Candelaria	476.5
23	Lary Sorensen	475.34
24	Jerry Koosman	474.22
25	Frank Tanana	472.07
26	Ken Kravec	468.56
27	Mike Flanagan	466.44
28	Rick Reuschel	465.73
29	Ed Halicki	464.04
30	Bob Knepper	463.81
31	Ed Figueroa	463.18
32	Mike Torrez	462.24
33	Luis Tiant	460.7
34	Dick Ruthven	459.76
35	Vida Blue	458.23
36	Paul Splittorff	456.74
37	Jim Slaton	455.13
38	Joe Niekro	454.75
39	John Denny	449.62
40	Fred Norman	447.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Rozema	444.34
42	Bob Forsch	443.21
43	Pete Vuckovich	439.84
44	Larry Christenson	438.67
45	John Montefusco	436.87
46	Don Robinson	436.37
47	Ross Grimsley	433.8
48	Rick Waits	433.49
49	Geoff Zahn	429.02
50	Randy Jones	428.78
51	Francisco Barrios	427.68
52	Catfish Hunter	426.93
53	Doyle Alexander	426.33
54	Doug Rau	422.83
55	Rick Wise	421.82
56	Steve Stone	419.68
57	Bill Travers	419.53
58	Jack Billingham	419.09
59	Don Aase	416.12
60	Randy Lerch	415.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Underwood	414.47
62	Eric Rasmussen	413.33
63	Dennis Lamp	411.85
64	Milt Wilcox	411.18
65	Larry Gura	408.84
66	Bill Bonham	406.45
67	Nino Espinosa	406.28
68	Jim Rooker	403.03
69	Rich Gale	402.55
70	Mike Krukow	397.25
71	Steve Renko	397.07
72	Jesse Jefferson	395.0
73	Roger Erickson	394.81
74	John Henry Johnson	393.56
75	Jim Clancy	392.8
76	Bob Owchinko	390.05
77	Chris Knapp	389.65
78	Scott McGregor	388.96
79	Glenn Abbott	385.27
80	Dock Ellis	384.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mark Lemongello	384.7
82	Jim Barr	382.23
83	Mike LaCoss	382.08
84	Scott Sanderson	381.67
85	Rick Langford	381.39
86	Mike Paxton	380.55
87	Jim Beattie	377.79
88	Silvio Martinez	377.58
89	Matt Keough	372.5
90	Paul Moskau	369.79
91	Dave Lemanczyk	369.08
92	Bill Lee	368.82
93	Steve Comer	368.7
94	Tom Hume	365.23
95	Rick Rhoden	364.59
96	Pat Zachry	364.44
97	Paul Mitchell	363.2
98	Bob Welch	361.37
99	Ken Forsch	358.72
100	Rich Wortham	358.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Floyd Bannister	356.77
102	Jim Kaat	355.02
103	Ross Baumgarten	354.86
104	Bob Stanley	353.16
105	Larry McWilliams	353.08
106	Rick Matula	352.72
107	Mike Parrott	351.31
108	Dan Schatzeder	350.5
109	Rudy May	350.08
110	Bruce Kison	348.52
111	Mickey Mahler	348.4
112	Dave Frost	347.87
113	Chuck Rainey	347.72
114	Vern Ruhle	347.69
115	Andy Messersmith	345.2
116	Rick Honeycutt	343.65
117	Jerry Augustine	342.3
118	Eddie Solomon	341.02
119	Philip Nastu	340.56
120	Bob Shirley	340.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Steve Busby	340.12
122	Ken Holtzman	338.77
123	Kevin Kobel	338.77
124	Rick Sutcliffe	338.67
125	Paul Hartzell	337.39
126	Byron McLaughlin	336.97
127	Lynn McGlothen	336.51
128	Moose Haas	336.18
129	Rick Williams	335.96
130	Phil Huffman	335.6
131	Kip Young	335.17
132	Jack Morris	334.49
133	Eric Wilkins	332.23
134	Pete Falcone	332.18
135	Doc Medich	331.41
136	Ray Burris	330.6
137	Randy Niemann	330.24
138	Marty Pattin	329.24
139	Steve McCatty	328.24
140	Bob Sykes	326.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Norris	326.72
142	Wayne Garland	324.61
143	Odell Jones	321.56
144	Mike Scott	320.86
145	Jim Wright	320.55
146	Steve Mura	319.44
147	John Curtis	318.12
148	Craig Minetto	318.1
149	Tony Brizzolara	316.91
150	Joaquin Andujar	315.74
151	Pat Underwood	314.27
152	Jerry Reuss	313.86
153	Sammy Stewart	313.59
154	Fred Howard	311.98
155	Ed Whitson	310.77
156	Balor Moore	309.56
157	Jim Colborn	309.55
158	Mickey Lolich	308.33
159	Steve Baker	307.71
160	Jim Bibby	307.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Frank Riccelli	306.25
162	Jesse Orosco	305.59
163	Dave Roberts	303.5
164	Gary Serum	302.7
165	Jerry Garvin	302.57
166	Eduardo Rodriguez	302.16
167	Neil Allen	301.12
168	Ed Farmer	300.58
169	Pete Redfern	300.15

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