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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	554.52
2	Mario Soto	548.1
3	Dave Stieb	545.76
4	Steve Rogers	528.79
5	Nolan Ryan	518.14
6	Fernando Valenzuela	515.18
7	Don Sutton	508.74
8	Milt Wilcox	499.26
9	Ron Guidry	498.36
10	Joe Niekro	493.53
11	Bob Welch	483.46
12	Jerry Reuss	481.15
13	Floyd Bannister	474.96
14	Joaquin Andujar	472.78
15	Bill Gullickson	472.42
16	Jack Morris	471.41
17	Dan Petry	466.24
18	Jim Clancy	462.44
19	Bob Forsch	456.41
20	Ken Forsch	455.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bruce Berenyi	454.54
22	Rick Sutcliffe	451.75
23	Jim Palmer	451.73
24	Larry Gura	451.18
25	John Tudor	450.79
26	Len Barker	450.28
27	Dave Righetti	449.74
28	Mike Norris	448.02
29	Fergie Jenkins	447.86
30	Tommy John	445.61
31	Rick Rhoden	445.23
32	Mike Caldwell	445.09
33	Atlee Hammaker	444.08
34	Rick Honeycutt	444.07
35	Dennis Eckersley	443.68
36	Mike Flanagan	442.9
37	Phil Niekro	442.66
38	Mike Krukow	441.46
39	Geoff Zahn	440.9
40	Scott McGregor	438.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	La Marr Hoyt	437.53
42	Larry Christenson	436.93
43	Burt Hooton	434.79
44	Vida Blue	434.39
45	Larry McWilliams	432.55
46	Tom Seaver	431.4
47	John Candelaria	431.17
48	John Denny	430.76
49	Luis Leal	429.69
50	Charlie Lea	427.52
51	Dennis Leonard	427.24
52	Gaylord Perry	424.91
53	Moose Haas	424.41
54	Dick Ruthven	422.93
55	Charlie Hough	422.16
56	Scott Sanderson	421.94
57	Dennis Martinez	421.45
58	Richard Dotson	419.95
59	Bob Knepper	417.04
60	Bobby Castillo	416.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tim Lollar	409.96
62	Bruce Kison	407.66
63	Bill Laskey	407.16
64	Matt Young	406.62
65	Britt Burns	403.44
66	Dave LaPoint	399.74
67	Eric Show	399.02
68	John Stuper	398.45
69	Mike Torrez	398.0
70	Bob McClure	397.87
71	Jim Beattie	397.76
72	Dave Dravecky	394.68
73	Lary Sorensen	391.28
74	Shane Rawley	390.18
75	Rick Langford	387.89
76	Paul Splittorff	387.4
77	Pascual Perez	386.85
78	Pete Vuckovich	386.05
79	Albert Williams	384.56
80	Frank Pastore	383.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Krueger	382.49
82	Jim Gott	381.33
83	Brad Havens	380.51
84	Chuck Rainey	376.61
85	Danny Darwin	375.69
86	Bert Blyleven	375.57
87	Rick Camp	375.21
88	Craig McMurtry	373.31
89	Joe Price	372.3
90	Fred Breining	372.08
91	Jerry Koosman	371.52
92	Bob Stoddard	371.04
93	Juan Eichelberger	368.91
94	Jerry Ujdur	368.48
95	Storm Davis	368.16
96	Frank Tanana	366.9
97	Frank Viola	365.78
98	Mike Witt	365.57
99	Dennis Lamp	363.52
100	Andy Hawkins	361.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Shirley	360.75
102	Andy McGaffigan	359.67
103	Steve Renko	359.6
104	Steve Trout	358.46
105	Mike Smithson	357.97
106	Matt Keough	357.9
107	Mike Brown	356.74
108	Bruce Hurst	354.54
109	Chris Codiroli	352.97
110	Steve McCatty	351.87
111	Vern Ruhle	349.24
112	John Montefusco	349.15
113	Mike Scott	345.58
114	Mike LaCoss	344.75
115	Craig Swan	344.39
116	Dave Rozema	343.86
117	Bob Ojeda	341.07
118	Jon Matlack	341.0
119	Ed Lynch	339.39
120	Mike Boddicker	339.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jack O'Connor	338.01
122	Pete Falcone	334.85
123	Tom Underwood	333.73
124	Bud Black	333.52
125	Alejandro Pena	332.51
126	Dickie Noles	330.76
127	Ed Whitson	330.52
128	Scott Holman	330.45
129	Charles Hudson	329.06
130	Rich Gale	328.56
131	Jay Howell	328.07
132	Charlie Puleo	325.14
133	Mike Moore	323.3
134	Ken Schrom	320.97
135	Doc Medich	320.66
136	Paul Moskau	320.0
137	Ted Power	319.82
138	Marty Bystrom	318.84
139	Doyle Alexander	318.57
140	Craig Lefferts	317.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Travers	317.75
142	Rick Behenna	317.73
143	Doug Bird	316.31
144	Neil Allen	314.85
145	Chris Welsh	314.56
146	Ray Burris	314.53
147	John Martin	313.84
148	Allan Ramirez	313.69
149	Lee Tunnell	313.48
150	Pete Filson	313.23
151	Glenn Abbott	313.16
152	Byron McLaughlin	312.5
153	Joe Beckwith	310.46
154	Bryan Oelkers	310.04
155	Dave Goltz	310.03
156	Mike Morgan	308.98
157	Juan Berenguer	308.87
158	Jim Bibby	308.3
159	Jerry Augustine	308.02
160	Oil Can Boyd	307.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Keith Creel	306.86
162	Mike Madden	306.86
163	Randy Lerch	306.63
164	Rick Waits	305.61
165	Larry Pashnick	304.95
166	Edwin Nunez	302.73
167	Steve Mura	302.19
168	Rick Ownbey	301.64

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