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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	565.74
2	Jim Palmer	558.08
3	Frank Tanana	548.55
4	Steve Rogers	545.29
5	Steve Carlton	541.51
6	Nolan Ryan	537.14
7	Rick Reuschel	531.87
8	J.R. Richard	525.31
9	Bert Blyleven	524.2
10	Phil Niekro	523.04
11	Ron Guidry	515.91
12	Vida Blue	513.98
13	Dennis Leonard	513.03
14	Dave Goltz	506.05
15	Burt Hooton	504.46
16	Gaylord Perry	502.57
17	Dennis Eckersley	501.99
18	John Candelaria	494.79
19	Fred Norman	490.43
20	Don Sutton	489.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Paul Splittorff	487.89
22	Mike Torrez	486.38
23	Jerry Koosman	484.79
24	Luis Tiant	484.58
25	Mike Flanagan	474.93
26	John Montefusco	473.59
27	Jon Matlack	471.46
28	Dock Ellis	470.88
29	Fergie Jenkins	469.0
30	Ed Figueroa	468.69
31	Bob Knepper	461.93
32	Ed Halicki	460.44
33	Tommy John	460.31
34	Bob Forsch	459.9
35	Doug Rau	454.79
36	Rudy May	453.96
37	Bill Bonham	452.26
38	Larry Christenson	451.64
39	John Denny	447.91
40	Randy Jones	446.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Wise	446.22
42	Jim Rooker	444.74
43	Francisco Barrios	444.16
44	Pat Zachry	443.41
45	Ross Grimsley	442.36
46	Steve Stone	438.12
47	Doyle Alexander	436.91
48	Jim Lonborg	428.31
49	Catfish Hunter	427.31
50	Rick Rhoden	427.06
51	Jim Slaton	426.91
52	Eric Rasmussen	423.78
53	Geoff Zahn	420.12
54	Lary Sorensen	419.41
55	Ray Burris	419.37
56	Jesse Jefferson	418.78
57	Joaquin Andujar	418.11
58	Mark Lemongello	416.39
59	Dick Ruthven	414.94
60	Dave Rozema	412.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Barr	412.67
62	Don Gullett	412.12
63	Wayne Garland	410.85
64	Jerry Reuss	408.65
65	Craig Swan	406.95
66	Bob Shirley	406.22
67	Ken Kravec	406.19
68	Nino Espinosa	404.84
69	Jim Bibby	402.68
70	Jim Kaat	399.81
71	Tom Underwood	399.78
72	Rick Waits	397.53
73	Bill Lee	397.06
74	Wayne Twitchell	395.3
75	Jack Billingham	394.54
76	Bob Owchinko	387.35
77	Matt Keough	387.32
78	Chris Knapp	387.21
79	Paul Thormodsgard	387.13
80	Jim Colborn	386.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ken Brett	386.57
82	Preston Hanna	384.47
83	Doc Medich	383.45
84	Mike Caldwell	380.59
85	Jerry Augustine	379.64
86	Dennis Lamp	378.94
87	Jerry Garvin	378.37
88	Glenn Abbott	378.17
89	Rick Langford	373.89
90	Scott McGregor	373.83
91	Floyd Bannister	372.5
92	John Henry Johnson	371.98
93	Pete Falcone	371.39
94	Steve Renko	369.06
95	Milt Wilcox	366.81
96	Roger Erickson	366.7
97	Nelson Briles	366.18
98	Don Robinson	365.95
99	Dave Roberts	365.82
100	Moose Haas	365.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Don Aase	365.06
102	Wilbur Wood	364.4
103	Dennis Martinez	363.78
104	Dave Lemanczyk	358.04
105	Randy Lerch	357.93
106	Paul Mitchell	357.55
107	Rich Gale	357.32
108	Jim Clancy	357.31
109	Dick Pole	353.82
110	Bill Travers	353.8
111	Pete Broberg	353.33
112	Dick Tidrow	352.12
113	Jim Wright	347.35
114	Andy Hassler	345.41
115	Don Hood	343.29
116	Bob Sykes	343.18
117	Alan Wirth	342.7
118	Paul Moskau	341.79
119	Tom Hume	338.37
120	Gary Serum	337.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Joe Niekro	337.7
122	Woodie Fryman	337.48
123	Allen Ripley	336.02
124	Jim Beattie	335.93
125	John Urrea	335.85
126	Dave Freisleben	334.85
127	Larry Gura	333.93
128	Rick Honeycutt	333.6
129	Pete Redfern	333.07
130	Steve Baker	332.94
131	Jim Umbarger	332.56
132	Mark Fidrych	332.25
133	Bruce Kison	331.52
134	David Clyde	331.36
135	Pete Vuckovich	329.81
136	Tom Dixon	329.64
137	Reggie Cleveland	329.61
138	Mickey Mahler	327.78
139	Tom House	325.53
140	Byron McLaughlin	324.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Andy Replogle	324.26
142	Mike Bruhert	324.12
143	Mike Paxton	322.9
144	Silvio Martinez	322.24
145	Manny Sarmiento	317.34
146	Andy Messersmith	314.25
147	Pablo Torrealba	313.93
148	Ron Schueler	313.67
149	Adrian Devine	312.31
150	Kevin Kobel	312.13
151	Darrell Jackson	310.63
152	Tommy Boggs	309.57
153	Ken Clay	309.05
154	Tom Griffin	309.0
155	Jamie Easterly	308.0
156	Balor Moore	307.97
157	Hal Dues	307.53
158	Doug Capilla	307.42
159	Rich Wortham	306.95
160	Ken Holtzman	305.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Roger Moret	305.68
162	Mike Morgan	305.61
163	John D'Acquisto	305.07
164	Sid Monge	304.5
165	Doug Bird	304.42
166	Don Kirkwood	303.73
167	Jack Morris	303.68
168	Al Fitzmorris	302.64
169	Mike Krukow	302.02
170	Eduardo Rodriguez	301.36
171	Shane Rawley	301.09
172	Lynn McGlothen	300.85

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