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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	J.R. Richard	598.97
2	Steve Carlton	578.06
3	Ron Guidry	534.41
4	Nolan Ryan	521.19
5	Phil Niekro	515.87
6	Dennis Eckersley	510.48
7	Mike Flanagan	504.18
8	Steve Rogers	502.13
9	Dennis Leonard	500.37
10	Tom Seaver	499.01
11	Craig Swan	495.7
12	Fergie Jenkins	495.29
13	Bert Blyleven	493.67
14	Don Sutton	493.03
15	Larry Gura	490.21
16	Jerry Koosman	488.58
17	Tommy John	486.49
18	Burt Hooton	483.22
19	John Candelaria	481.5
20	Jim Palmer	478.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pete Vuckovich	478.14
22	Vida Blue	476.08
23	Mike Caldwell	471.98
24	Scott McGregor	470.58
25	Rick Reuschel	464.9
26	Gaylord Perry	464.6
27	Randy Jones	464.08
28	Milt Wilcox	462.87
29	Tom Underwood	460.56
30	Joe Niekro	458.13
31	Steve Stone	455.63
32	Luis Tiant	455.42
33	Bob Forsch	455.24
34	Jack Morris	454.69
35	Jim Bibby	453.66
36	Mike Torrez	450.11
37	Floyd Bannister	449.57
38	Lary Sorensen	447.28
39	John Denny	444.85
40	Matt Keough	442.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Langford	441.07
42	Rick Wise	440.09
43	Geoff Zahn	437.08
44	Moose Haas	436.53
45	Ken Kravec	435.82
46	Paul Splittorff	434.91
47	Bob Knepper	432.39
48	Rick Honeycutt	430.46
49	Dennis Lamp	428.87
50	Dave Goltz	428.44
51	Jon Matlack	427.8
52	Rick Waits	424.46
53	John Montefusco	422.22
54	Dennis Martinez	420.13
55	Bob Welch	418.36
56	Frank Tanana	418.08
57	Mike Krukow	416.53
58	Doyle Alexander	415.95
59	John Fulgham	414.62
60	Ken Forsch	414.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Randy Lerch	412.97
62	Scott Sanderson	412.5
63	Ross Baumgarten	411.57
64	Jim Slaton	411.11
65	Bob Stanley	410.3
66	Ed Whitson	409.96
67	Dave Frost	409.24
68	Mike Norris	408.38
69	Britt Burns	408.24
70	Bill Travers	407.98
71	Dave Stieb	407.14
72	Rich Gale	404.06
73	Bruce Kison	399.96
74	Frank Pastore	399.86
75	Bill Lee	398.83
76	Jim Clancy	398.17
77	Len Barker	396.92
78	Doc Medich	395.54
79	Bill Bonham	394.39
80	Don Aase	393.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Don Robinson	391.07
82	Silvio Martinez	390.79
83	Rick Sutcliffe	390.12
84	Rick Matula	389.05
85	Eric Rasmussen	388.23
86	Jerry Reuss	387.01
87	Dan Schatzeder	383.05
88	Roger Erickson	382.47
89	Mike Parrott	381.02
90	Dave Rozema	380.74
91	Charlie Leibrandt	380.42
92	Pete Falcone	379.14
93	Brian Kingman	378.83
94	Dick Ruthven	377.69
95	David Palmer	376.71
96	Richard Dotson	375.16
97	Eddie Solomon	374.52
98	Glenn Abbott	373.48
99	Lynn McGlothen	373.35
100	Steve Trout	372.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike LaCoss	371.66
102	Steve Comer	369.08
103	Ed Halicki	368.28
104	John Curtis	368.12
105	Darrell Jackson	366.51
106	Dan Petry	365.46
107	Chuck Rainey	364.88
108	Ray Burris	364.18
109	Dan Spillner	364.15
110	Steve Renko	363.81
111	Bob Owchinko	362.25
112	Steve McCatty	360.7
113	Gary Lucas	360.0
114	Renie Martin	359.69
115	Larry Christenson	358.36
116	Pete Redfern	357.36
117	Jim Rooker	356.68
118	Larry McWilliams	355.96
119	Jim Beattie	354.77
120	Chris Knapp	354.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pat Zachry	349.85
122	Paul Mirabella	349.1
123	Rich Wortham	348.4
124	Fred Norman	347.58
125	Ed Figueroa	344.39
126	Jesse Jefferson	344.06
127	Tommy Boggs	342.88
128	Vern Ruhle	339.2
129	Ross Grimsley	339.18
130	Jim Kaat	338.22
131	Mark Bomback	336.4
132	Bob Sykes	336.0
133	Dave Lemanczyk	333.67
134	Bill Gullickson	331.99
135	Bob Walk	325.75
136	Mike Griffin	324.53
137	Steve Mura	323.35
138	Rickey Keeton	320.69
139	Reggie Cleveland	320.4
140	Wayne Garland	320.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alfredo Martinez	319.96
142	Charlie Lea	318.95
143	Sammy Stewart	318.01
144	Pat Underwood	317.79
145	Nino Espinosa	317.51
146	Don Hood	317.24
147	Paul Moskau	316.0
148	Jack Kucek	315.88
149	Allen Ripley	315.07
150	Joe Price	314.41
151	Kevin Kobel	313.64
152	Dave Roberts	312.69
153	John Pacella	311.96
154	Luis Leal	311.79
155	Rick Rhoden	309.89
156	Juan Eichelberger	309.46
157	Danny Darwin	308.94
158	Jack Billingham	308.36
159	Dan Larson	307.37
160	Roy Thomas	307.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mario Soto	306.34
162	Bruce Hurst	306.17
163	Jim Otten	306.16
164	Terry Felton	304.21
165	Francisco Barrios	303.97
166	Dickie Noles	303.45
167	Willie Hernandez	303.33
168	Joaquin Andujar	302.83
169	Dave Ford	301.43
170	Brian Allard	301.21

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