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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	553.4
2	Steve Carlton	549.04
3	Dave Stieb	546.09
4	Steve Rogers	532.7
5	Nolan Ryan	524.11
6	Don Sutton	519.96
7	Fernando Valenzuela	504.59
8	Ron Guidry	503.09
9	Joe Niekro	499.75
10	Milt Wilcox	489.29
11	Jerry Reuss	487.87
12	Bob Welch	484.78
13	Jack Morris	482.5
14	Bill Gullickson	472.31
15	Floyd Bannister	471.54
16	Dan Petry	469.99
17	Joaquin Andujar	469.64
18	Jim Clancy	467.41
19	Ken Forsch	463.8
20	John Tudor	457.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Atlee Hammaker	457.08
22	Len Barker	455.98
23	Larry Gura	454.44
24	Mike Krukow	453.93
25	Jim Palmer	453.15
26	Rick Honeycutt	452.45
27	Rick Rhoden	451.4
28	Fergie Jenkins	451.24
29	La Marr Hoyt	451.08
30	Bruce Berenyi	449.93
31	Rick Sutcliffe	449.89
32	Bob Forsch	449.34
33	Dennis Eckersley	449.14
34	Phil Niekro	449.07
35	Burt Hooton	449.03
36	Dave Righetti	447.99
37	Luis Leal	447.53
38	Mike Norris	447.27
39	Mike Caldwell	443.39
40	Larry McWilliams	441.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Scott McGregor	440.66
42	Mike Flanagan	440.65
43	Dick Ruthven	439.1
44	Charlie Hough	439.01
45	Geoff Zahn	438.65
46	Charlie Lea	438.23
47	John Candelaria	434.86
48	Tommy John	434.71
49	Larry Christenson	434.68
50	Vida Blue	432.94
51	John Denny	431.8
52	Moose Haas	430.34
53	Tom Seaver	429.49
54	Tim Lollar	429.17
55	Richard Dotson	425.47
56	Dennis Leonard	424.99
57	Scott Sanderson	422.54
58	Mike Torrez	422.22
59	Gaylord Perry	421.8
60	Bob Knepper	418.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Britt Burns	416.85
62	Dennis Martinez	415.0
63	Bobby Castillo	408.44
64	Bill Laskey	407.34
65	Dave Dravecky	405.76
66	Matt Young	405.74
67	Bruce Kison	405.41
68	Eric Show	404.88
69	Jim Beattie	400.12
70	Dave LaPoint	398.95
71	Bob McClure	398.88
72	Lary Sorensen	396.55
73	Albert Williams	396.01
74	Jim Gott	394.85
75	Paul Splittorff	394.12
76	Pascual Perez	392.26
77	John Stuper	392.16
78	Danny Darwin	390.78
79	Shane Rawley	390.7
80	Bert Blyleven	390.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Storm Davis	388.36
82	Rick Langford	385.64
83	Craig McMurtry	385.55
84	Bill Krueger	385.08
85	Joe Price	381.8
86	Fred Breining	378.79
87	Brad Havens	378.26
88	Pete Vuckovich	377.05
89	Jerry Koosman	376.61
90	Frank Pastore	376.36
91	Rick Camp	374.21
92	Juan Eichelberger	373.53
93	Frank Tanana	373.26
94	Mike Witt	372.46
95	Chuck Rainey	372.33
96	Frank Viola	372.13
97	Bob Stoddard	368.89
98	Steve Trout	368.62
99	Chris Codiroli	367.56
100	Jerry Ujdur	366.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Matt Keough	362.09
102	Dennis Lamp	361.27
103	Andy Hawkins	360.97
104	Mike Smithson	360.9
105	Mike Brown	360.41
106	Bruce Hurst	359.89
107	Pete Falcone	359.31
108	Bob Shirley	359.25
109	Andy McGaffigan	358.99
110	Steve Renko	357.85
111	Dave Rozema	357.35
112	Mike Scott	357.05
113	Steve McCatty	355.72
114	Mike Boddicker	348.69
115	Ed Whitson	348.21
116	Craig Swan	347.97
117	John Montefusco	346.9
118	Vern Ruhle	345.67
119	Jay Howell	344.7
120	Tom Underwood	343.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike LaCoss	343.5
122	Bud Black	340.37
123	Jon Matlack	338.75
124	Ed Lynch	338.74
125	Bob Ojeda	338.64
126	Charles Hudson	337.69
127	Ray Burris	337.22
128	Jack O'Connor	335.76
129	Alejandro Pena	335.34
130	Marty Bystrom	334.54
131	Neil Allen	329.24
132	Dickie Noles	328.82
133	Charlie Puleo	328.66
134	Scott Holman	328.2
135	Rich Gale	326.31
136	Ken Schrom	325.35
137	Mike Moore	321.05
138	Glenn Abbott	319.63
139	Bill Travers	318.52
140	Jim Bibby	318.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Craig Lefferts	318.27
142	Byron McLaughlin	317.76
143	Paul Moskau	317.75
144	Ted Power	317.57
145	Doyle Alexander	316.32
146	Doug Bird	315.84
147	Rick Behenna	315.48
148	Keith Creel	315.12
149	Lee Tunnell	314.22
150	Juan Berenguer	313.16
151	Jim Acker	312.77
152	Chris Welsh	312.31
153	Allan Ramirez	311.94
154	Dave Goltz	311.8
155	Doc Medich	311.66
156	Ken Dayley	311.61
157	John Martin	311.59
158	Pete Filson	310.98
159	Randy Lerch	309.76
160	Mark Davis	309.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Chuck Porter	309.08
162	Ed Farmer	308.38
163	Joe Beckwith	308.21
164	Kevin Gross	307.59
165	Kevin Hagen	307.46
166	Mike Morgan	306.73
167	Jerry Augustine	305.77
168	Walt Terrell	305.45
169	Oil Can Boyd	305.02
170	Bryan Oelkers	304.66
171	Mike Madden	304.61
172	Rick Waits	303.27
173	Larry Pashnick	302.7
174	Don Robinson	302.23
175	Curt Young	300.75
176	Edwin Nunez	300.48

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