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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	543.87
2	Steve Rogers	534.66
3	Ron Guidry	507.53
4	Don Sutton	499.23
5	Fernando Valenzuela	494.28
6	Len Barker	491.13
7	Nolan Ryan	490.75
8	Mario Soto	490.59
9	Jack Morris	485.74
10	Jerry Reuss	479.23
11	Joe Niekro	477.52
12	Dennis Eckersley	477.08
13	Larry Gura	471.29
14	Floyd Bannister	470.34
15	Dennis Leonard	470.16
16	Tommy John	468.51
17	Phil Niekro	465.91
18	Scott Sanderson	464.77
19	Ken Forsch	463.62
20	Dave Stieb	462.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Langford	460.41
22	Scott McGregor	459.63
23	Mike Flanagan	458.04
24	Pete Vuckovich	457.2
25	Milt Wilcox	455.2
26	Tom Seaver	454.29
27	Britt Burns	452.93
28	Steve McCatty	451.91
29	Bill Gullickson	449.51
30	Bert Blyleven	448.23
31	Mike Norris	447.65
32	Bob Forsch	447.21
33	Vida Blue	446.96
34	Dan Petry	446.56
35	Bob Welch	443.22
36	Jim Clancy	443.2
37	Frank Tanana	439.62
38	Mike Krukow	437.26
39	Burt Hooton	436.31
40	Dennis Martinez	434.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gaylord Perry	434.05
42	Fergie Jenkins	433.26
43	Dick Ruthven	428.65
44	Geoff Zahn	425.2
45	Moose Haas	424.69
46	Jim Palmer	422.55
47	Dave Righetti	419.66
48	Matt Keough	417.4
49	Paul Splittorff	416.66
50	Lary Sorensen	416.65
51	Rick Honeycutt	415.73
52	Mike Caldwell	413.81
53	Joaquin Andujar	412.46
54	Bob Knepper	411.14
55	Bruce Berenyi	410.9
56	Larry Christenson	410.03
57	Doc Medich	406.25
58	Steve Trout	400.77
59	Frank Pastore	399.61
60	Tim Lollar	398.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Juan Eichelberger	397.81
62	Luis Leal	397.36
63	John Denny	396.25
64	Mike Witt	395.61
65	Richard Dotson	389.06
66	Jim Beattie	388.63
67	Rick Reuschel	386.64
68	Charlie Hough	386.09
69	Mike Torrez	384.94
70	Vern Ruhle	384.19
71	Rudy May	383.79
72	Doyle Alexander	383.55
73	Rick Mahler	383.45
74	Jerry Koosman	382.64
75	La Marr Hoyt	382.27
76	Rick Rhoden	382.12
77	Steve Mura	380.03
78	John Candelaria	379.6
79	Ray Burris	375.82
80	Bill Laskey	375.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gene Nelson	374.58
82	Tom Underwood	374.09
83	Charlie Lea	373.0
84	Tommy Boggs	371.69
85	Rick Waits	371.09
86	John Montefusco	367.89
87	Bob Walk	366.76
88	Bruce Kison	362.13
89	Steve Renko	362.01
90	Dennis Lamp	361.06
91	Pat Zachry	360.9
92	John Curtis	360.89
93	Mike Scott	360.72
94	Brad Havens	358.88
95	Dickie Noles	357.32
96	Rich Gale	357.13
97	Pete Falcone	357.08
98	Jon Matlack	357.05
99	Doug Bird	355.33
100	Bob Ojeda	355.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Tudor	354.02
102	Charlie Puleo	353.12
103	Albert Williams	352.91
104	Rick Sutcliffe	349.94
105	Randy Jones	349.77
106	Pete Redfern	349.66
107	Randy Lerch	349.23
108	Don Robinson	349.02
109	Roger Erickson	348.68
110	Ross Baumgarten	348.33
111	Bob McClure	343.0
112	John Martin	341.3
113	Chris Welsh	340.68
114	Randy Martz	337.24
115	Bruce Hurst	336.6
116	Jim Bibby	336.43
117	Chuck Rainey	334.97
118	Atlee Hammaker	331.65
119	Sammy Stewart	331.55
120	Dave Stewart	330.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bobby Castillo	329.5
122	Ken Dayley	329.32
123	Jim Gott	327.73
124	Dave Frost	326.75
125	Renie Martin	325.74
126	Eddie Solomon	325.58
127	Dave LaPoint	323.89
128	Tom Griffin	323.77
129	Brian Kingman	322.83
130	Dan Schatzeder	321.99
131	Mike Morgan	321.91
132	Angel Moreno	321.66
133	Craig Swan	321.54
134	Greg Harris	320.92
135	Marty Bystrom	320.84
136	Manny Sarmiento	319.61
137	Mike Moore	319.6
138	Al Holland	318.27
139	Allen Ripley	318.12
140	Jerry Ujdur	317.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alan Fowlkes	317.49
142	Larry Pashnick	316.24
143	John Stuper	315.83
144	Joe Cowley	315.64
145	Keith Creel	314.95
146	Mike Chris	314.9
147	Andy Rincon	314.66
148	Frank Viola	314.65
149	Jerry Garvin	313.5
150	Darrell Jackson	313.32
151	Charlie Leibrandt	312.01
152	Tom Filer	310.66
153	Pat Underwood	309.82
154	Bud Black	309.44
155	Mark Bomback	308.95
156	Lee Smith	308.93
157	Steve Stone	308.16
158	Ted Power	307.85
159	David Palmer	307.37
160	Jim Slaton	305.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bo McLaughlin	305.33
162	Glenn Abbott	304.54
163	Rick Camp	304.4
164	Dan Larson	303.61
165	John Bohnet	303.6
166	Jesse Orosco	303.59
167	Terry Felton	302.98
168	Tom Brennan	302.73
169	Danny Darwin	302.66
170	Ron Reed	302.05
171	Dave Schmidt	300.97
172	Paul Moskau	300.75
173	Larry McWilliams	300.63
174	Dave Rozema	300.61
175	Steve Bedrosian	300.43

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