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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	541.39
2	Steve Rogers	527.04
3	Ron Guidry	508.33
4	Don Sutton	494.77
5	Jack Morris	493.02
6	Mario Soto	488.9
7	Fernando Valenzuela	486.5
8	Dennis Eckersley	486.36
9	Len Barker	485.71
10	Nolan Ryan	485.43
11	Joe Niekro	481.63
12	Jerry Reuss	477.17
13	Dennis Leonard	471.41
14	Tommy John	469.95
15	Phil Niekro	467.54
16	Ken Forsch	464.29
17	Larry Gura	464.2
18	Floyd Bannister	463.52
19	Scott McGregor	462.04
20	Dave Stieb	461.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Scott Sanderson	461.56
22	Rick Langford	457.15
23	Milt Wilcox	456.57
24	Britt Burns	456.57
25	Tom Seaver	455.48
26	Steve McCatty	453.16
27	Mike Flanagan	452.66
28	Mike Norris	451.11
29	Pete Vuckovich	450.45
30	Bob Forsch	449.8
31	Bert Blyleven	449.48
32	Bill Gullickson	446.72
33	Vida Blue	445.77
34	Frank Tanana	442.19
35	Dan Petry	438.99
36	Burt Hooton	436.56
37	Mike Krukow	433.06
38	Gaylord Perry	432.79
39	Bob Welch	431.45
40	Dennis Martinez	429.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Clancy	428.82
42	Geoff Zahn	428.1
43	Fergie Jenkins	426.88
44	Dick Ruthven	426.63
45	Matt Keough	422.31
46	Moose Haas	420.8
47	Lary Sorensen	419.72
48	Paul Splittorff	417.13
49	Dave Righetti	414.88
50	Jim Palmer	414.19
51	Bob Knepper	413.83
52	Rick Honeycutt	408.48
53	Joaquin Andujar	407.76
54	Larry Christenson	405.87
55	Mike Caldwell	403.99
56	Luis Leal	403.79
57	Bruce Berenyi	403.33
58	Doc Medich	402.51
59	Juan Eichelberger	402.26
60	Frank Pastore	400.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Trout	400.3
62	Tim Lollar	398.21
63	John Denny	391.9
64	Rick Reuschel	391.64
65	Richard Dotson	388.61
66	Charlie Hough	387.18
67	Mike Witt	386.11
68	Rudy May	385.04
69	Doyle Alexander	384.8
70	Vern Ruhle	384.69
71	Jerry Koosman	383.89
72	Jim Beattie	382.07
73	Mike Torrez	378.68
74	Rick Mahler	378.04
75	Gene Nelson	377.81
76	Ray Burris	377.07
77	La Marr Hoyt	376.38
78	Tom Underwood	375.34
79	Steve Mura	374.06
80	Tommy Boggs	372.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Laskey	372.39
82	Rick Waits	372.34
83	Rick Rhoden	371.55
84	John Candelaria	371.41
85	Bob Walk	367.27
86	Dennis Lamp	366.91
87	Charlie Lea	365.88
88	John Montefusco	363.05
89	Pat Zachry	362.15
90	Mike Scott	361.97
91	John Curtis	360.89
92	Doug Bird	358.94
93	Dickie Noles	358.57
94	Bruce Kison	358.49
95	Pete Falcone	357.2
96	Bob Ojeda	355.99
97	Rich Gale	355.93
98	John Tudor	354.63
99	Jon Matlack	353.05
100	Albert Williams	352.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Renko	351.27
102	Brad Havens	350.3
103	Pete Redfern	350.19
104	Ross Baumgarten	349.58
105	Roger Erickson	349.18
106	Don Robinson	347.32
107	Rick Sutcliffe	346.6
108	Randy Jones	346.26
109	Randy Lerch	345.77
110	Charlie Puleo	345.04
111	Chris Welsh	344.32
112	Bob McClure	343.0
113	John Martin	342.55
114	Jim Bibby	341.43
115	Randy Martz	339.99
116	Sammy Stewart	332.55
117	Chuck Rainey	332.53
118	Atlee Hammaker	332.06
119	Bruce Hurst	330.42
120	Renie Martin	329.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Frost	327.75
122	Jim Gott	327.73
123	Dave LaPoint	327.0
124	Eddie Solomon	326.83
125	Dave Stewart	325.05
126	Ken Dayley	325.03
127	Tom Griffin	325.02
128	Dan Schatzeder	323.24
129	Angel Moreno	322.91
130	Manny Sarmiento	322.6
131	Bobby Castillo	322.45
132	Mike Morgan	319.71
133	Mike Moore	319.6
134	Greg Harris	319.52
135	Al Holland	319.52
136	Allen Ripley	319.37
137	Alan Fowlkes	318.74
138	Larry Pashnick	317.49
139	Joe Cowley	316.89
140	Jerry Ujdur	316.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Andy Rincon	315.91
142	Keith Creel	314.77
143	Craig Swan	314.69
144	Darrell Jackson	314.57
145	Steve Stone	313.16
146	Mike Chris	311.79
147	John Stuper	311.16
148	David Palmer	311.05
149	Jerry Garvin	310.44
150	Marty Bystrom	310.42
151	Mark Bomback	310.2
152	Pat Underwood	310.07
153	Brian Kingman	309.69
154	Jim Slaton	309.66
155	Glenn Abbott	309.54
156	Bud Black	309.44
157	Ted Power	309.1
158	Danny Darwin	307.66
159	Bo McLaughlin	306.58
160	Charlie Leibrandt	306.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Tom Filer	305.08
162	Dan Larson	304.86
163	John Bohnet	304.85
164	Jesse Orosco	304.84
165	Rick Camp	304.65
166	Frank Viola	304.42
167	Terry Felton	304.23
168	Tom Brennan	303.98
169	Ron Reed	303.3
170	Ed Whitson	302.79
171	Dave Schmidt	302.22
172	Paul Moskau	302.0
173	Larry McWilliams	301.88
174	Dave Rozema	301.86
175	Steve Bedrosian	301.68
176	Joe Price	300.48

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