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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	558.46
2	Steve Carlton	549.48
3	Dave Stieb	541.96
4	Steve Rogers	534.53
5	Nolan Ryan	530.23
6	Don Sutton	520.76
7	Ron Guidry	502.34
8	Fernando Valenzuela	494.13
9	Jerry Reuss	487.87
10	Joe Niekro	487.4
11	Jack Morris	485.02
12	Bob Welch	484.15
13	Milt Wilcox	476.63
14	Bill Gullickson	474.44
15	Dan Petry	473.79
16	Jim Clancy	472.78
17	Floyd Bannister	470.65
18	Joaquin Andujar	467.56
19	John Tudor	461.29
20	Ken Forsch	461.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave Righetti	459.9
22	Len Barker	458.42
23	Atlee Hammaker	457.08
24	Fergie Jenkins	455.56
25	Phil Niekro	454.16
26	Rick Rhoden	453.92
27	Larry Gura	453.9
28	Jim Palmer	453.15
29	Mike Krukow	452.67
30	La Marr Hoyt	452.47
31	Luis Leal	450.21
32	Rick Honeycutt	449.33
33	Charlie Hough	448.91
34	Dick Ruthven	448.91
35	Charlie Lea	447.63
36	Bruce Berenyi	447.29
37	Mike Norris	446.02
38	Burt Hooton	444.77
39	Tommy John	443.8
40	Rick Sutcliffe	443.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Scott McGregor	443.24
42	John Denny	443.18
43	Bob Forsch	441.62
44	Dennis Eckersley	440.32
45	Mike Flanagan	439.4
46	Mike Caldwell	438.79
47	Larry McWilliams	438.41
48	Geoff Zahn	437.4
49	John Candelaria	436.28
50	Larry Christenson	433.43
51	Scott Sanderson	429.54
52	Moose Haas	429.34
53	Tom Seaver	428.34
54	Vida Blue	426.46
55	Richard Dotson	425.47
56	Tim Lollar	424.92
57	Dennis Leonard	423.74
58	Britt Burns	423.26
59	Mike Torrez	422.22
60	Gaylord Perry	421.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Knepper	419.18
62	Bruce Kison	415.7
63	Dennis Martinez	414.97
64	Bobby Castillo	411.99
65	Bill Laskey	411.54
66	Matt Young	408.58
67	Dave LaPoint	407.21
68	Jim Beattie	405.99
69	Eric Show	404.88
70	Bob McClure	404.82
71	Pascual Perez	403.05
72	Dave Dravecky	400.3
73	Danny Darwin	396.03
74	Albert Williams	394.83
75	Shane Rawley	394.49
76	Storm Davis	394.09
77	Craig McMurtry	392.23
78	Lary Sorensen	392.08
79	John Stuper	391.66
80	Bert Blyleven	390.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Gott	388.88
82	Paul Splittorff	387.56
83	Bill Krueger	385.08
84	Rick Langford	384.39
85	Joe Price	382.69
86	Frank Tanana	379.98
87	Frank Viola	379.79
88	Jerry Koosman	379.43
89	Mike Witt	378.9
90	Brad Havens	377.01
91	Chuck Rainey	375.01
92	Rick Camp	372.96
93	Pete Vuckovich	372.05
94	Frank Pastore	371.62
95	Fred Breining	370.5
96	Juan Eichelberger	369.83
97	Bob Stoddard	368.89
98	Steve Trout	368.78
99	Mike Smithson	368.0
100	Chris Codiroli	366.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jerry Ujdur	364.98
102	Matt Keough	362.09
103	Mike Scott	361.23
104	Pete Falcone	360.77
105	Andy Hawkins	360.72
106	Dennis Lamp	360.02
107	Bruce Hurst	359.89
108	Mike Brown	359.54
109	Steve McCatty	359.31
110	Bob Shirley	358.0
111	Andy McGaffigan	357.74
112	Dave Rozema	357.35
113	Steve Renko	356.6
114	Mike Boddicker	351.4
115	Craig Swan	349.36
116	Tom Underwood	348.81
117	Ed Lynch	348.45
118	Alejandro Pena	347.67
119	Ed Whitson	347.27
120	John Montefusco	345.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Charles Hudson	345.08
122	Vern Ruhle	344.42
123	Bud Black	344.1
124	Mike LaCoss	342.25
125	Jay Howell	341.41
126	Ray Burris	341.32
127	Bob Ojeda	338.58
128	Neil Allen	337.79
129	Jon Matlack	337.5
130	Jack O'Connor	334.51
131	Ken Schrom	334.44
132	Marty Bystrom	333.9
133	Charlie Puleo	332.38
134	Dickie Noles	329.6
135	Glenn Abbott	327.2
136	Scott Holman	326.95
137	Rich Gale	325.06
138	Jim Bibby	323.4
139	Ken Dayley	321.41
140	Mike Moore	319.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Byron McLaughlin	319.41
142	Juan Berenguer	318.73
143	Bill Travers	317.77
144	Craig Lefferts	317.02
145	Paul Moskau	316.5
146	Ted Power	316.32
147	Kevin Gross	315.58
148	Doug Bird	315.34
149	Doyle Alexander	315.07
150	Rick Behenna	314.23
151	Chuck Porter	314.17
152	Mark Davis	313.42
153	Keith Creel	313.33
154	Lee Tunnell	312.97
155	Jim Acker	312.77
156	Chris Welsh	311.06
157	Allan Ramirez	310.69
158	Dave Goltz	310.55
159	Mark Thurmond	310.38
160	John Martin	310.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Walt Terrell	310.22
162	Pete Filson	309.73
163	Ed Farmer	308.38
164	Kevin Hagen	308.27
165	Ray Fontenot	307.61
166	Joe Beckwith	306.96
167	Randy Lerch	306.91
168	Doc Medich	306.66
169	Mike Morgan	305.48
170	Bryan Oelkers	304.66
171	Jerry Augustine	304.52
172	Tom Gorman	304.03
173	Oil Can Boyd	303.77
174	Ben Callahan	303.39
175	Mike Madden	303.36
176	Bryan Clark	302.11
177	Rick Waits	302.02
178	Larry Pashnick	301.45

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