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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	575.68
2	Tom Seaver	519.43
3	Nolan Ryan	512.46
4	Don Sutton	509.13
5	Bert Blyleven	507.79
6	Dennis Leonard	499.75
7	Jack Morris	496.14
8	Dennis Eckersley	495.28
9	Phil Niekro	493.05
10	Len Barker	488.67
11	Mike Norris	487.9
12	Ron Guidry	486.64
13	Steve Rogers	485.54
14	Rick Langford	482.08
15	Matt Keough	478.32
16	Ken Forsch	478.19
17	Mike Flanagan	477.87
18	Larry Gura	477.2
19	Vida Blue	475.85
20	Rick Reuschel	472.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	471.05
22	Pete Vuckovich	469.43
23	Tommy John	467.88
24	Steve McCatty	466.83
25	Scott Sanderson	466.67
26	Scott McGregor	466.17
27	Jim Bibby	465.84
28	Mike Caldwell	464.33
29	Joe Niekro	462.48
30	Jerry Reuss	461.45
31	Bob Forsch	458.77
32	Floyd Bannister	457.96
33	Britt Burns	457.92
34	Burt Hooton	457.79
35	Jim Palmer	452.72
36	Steve Stone	451.65
37	Frank Tanana	451.35
38	Moose Haas	450.5
39	Dave Stieb	449.25
40	Gaylord Perry	448.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Fergie Jenkins	448.24
42	Milt Wilcox	447.24
43	Bob Knepper	447.09
44	Lary Sorensen	445.96
45	Bob Welch	444.25
46	Rick Waits	443.27
47	Dick Ruthven	440.99
48	Paul Splittorff	437.12
49	Roger Erickson	436.91
50	John Candelaria	435.38
51	Tom Underwood	433.48
52	Richard Dotson	431.0
53	Frank Pastore	430.87
54	Geoff Zahn	427.53
55	Jon Matlack	427.44
56	Doyle Alexander	427.34
57	Rick Honeycutt	426.89
58	Brian Kingman	426.29
59	Bill Gullickson	424.73
60	Mario Soto	422.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dennis Martinez	421.94
62	Doc Medich	419.55
63	Ross Baumgarten	419.49
64	Steve Trout	419.19
65	Mike Torrez	419.15
66	Rich Gale	415.86
67	Fernando Valenzuela	412.87
68	Dan Schatzeder	410.56
69	Rudy May	408.92
70	Ed Whitson	407.13
71	J.R. Richard	407.13
72	Rick Wise	406.04
73	Mike Krukow	402.77
74	Tommy Boggs	400.54
75	Jim Clancy	400.28
76	Pat Zachry	397.51
77	Larry Christenson	393.52
78	Dan Petry	393.04
79	Ray Burris	388.94
80	Vern Ruhle	388.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Mura	388.78
82	Rick Rhoden	388.19
83	Don Robinson	386.43
84	Lynn McGlothen	383.42
85	Steve Renko	383.2
86	Silvio Martinez	383.16
87	Glenn Abbott	382.98
88	Danny Darwin	379.71
89	Randy Jones	378.8
90	Craig Swan	374.73
91	John Tudor	374.17
92	Mark Bomback	373.7
93	Juan Eichelberger	372.72
94	Allen Ripley	372.55
95	Bill Travers	369.82
96	Jackson Todd	369.46
97	Mike LaCoss	365.97
98	Dave Goltz	365.51
99	John Curtis	363.02
100	Albert Williams	361.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Witt	360.54
102	John Montefusco	360.14
103	Bruce Berenyi	359.91
104	Pete Redfern	359.59
105	Bob Walk	359.27
106	Chris Welsh	359.11
107	Fernando Arroyo	357.03
108	John Denny	356.02
109	Luis Tiant	355.77
110	Jim Slaton	354.67
111	Tom Griffin	354.14
112	Charlie Lea	352.99
113	Marty Bystrom	352.02
114	Mike Scott	350.31
115	Luis Leal	347.5
116	Eddie Solomon	346.99
117	Brian Allard	343.05
118	Mike Parrott	341.72
119	Dave Rozema	341.59
120	Dave Righetti	340.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Martin	340.49
122	Wayne Garland	340.04
123	Pascual Perez	340.03
124	Bob Shirley	339.67
125	Bryan Clark	338.41
126	Andy Rincon	337.18
127	Randy Lerch	336.08
128	Randy Martz	335.73
129	Steve Crawford	334.94
130	Ken Kravec	332.44
131	Dan Spillner	332.1
132	Greg Harris	328.82
133	Jerry Don Gleaton	328.67
134	Bill Caudill	328.26
135	Dennis Lamp	327.1
136	Jesse Jefferson	326.37
137	Gene Nelson	325.96
138	Nino Espinosa	323.61
139	Rick Sutcliffe	321.69
140	Francisco Barrios	321.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rod Scurry	320.1
142	Doug Bird	317.38
143	Jerry Garvin	317.29
144	Bill Lee	314.96
145	Dave Frost	314.42
146	Brad Havens	312.66
147	Ed Lynch	312.2
148	Darrell Jackson	311.06
149	Aurelio Lopez	311.03
150	Juan Berenguer	310.96
151	Stan Bahnsen	308.5
152	Pete Falcone	308.3
153	Howard Bailey	307.85
154	Tim Lollar	307.72
155	Doug Rau	306.62
156	Ernie Camacho	306.58
157	Jerry Augustine	305.53
158	Bobby Sprowl	304.59
159	Chuck Rainey	303.79
160	Rick Mahler	302.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Roberts	302.68
162	Fred Breining	301.16
163	Joaquin Andujar	300.36
164	George Cappuzzello	300.06

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