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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	556.28
2	Steve Rogers	536.86
3	Mario Soto	510.34
4	Don Sutton	499.63
5	Ron Guidry	495.27
6	Nolan Ryan	489.82
7	Fernando Valenzuela	485.25
8	Dennis Eckersley	484.66
9	Len Barker	484.65
10	Joe Niekro	483.02
11	Jerry Reuss	482.22
12	Floyd Bannister	479.12
13	Phil Niekro	475.73
14	Scott Sanderson	475.64
15	Larry Gura	472.17
16	Ken Forsch	468.4
17	Dennis Leonard	467.16
18	Jack Morris	464.9
19	Milt Wilcox	463.32
20	Tommy John	462.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Langford	460.49
22	Tom Seaver	457.95
23	Pete Vuckovich	456.51
24	Bill Gullickson	456.46
25	Dave Stieb	456.28
26	Britt Burns	455.65
27	Mike Flanagan	454.73
28	Steve McCatty	454.51
29	Scott McGregor	453.34
30	Dennis Martinez	451.61
31	Jim Clancy	451.36
32	Dan Petry	451.01
33	Vida Blue	450.83
34	Mike Krukow	450.59
35	Mike Norris	445.4
36	Bert Blyleven	445.23
37	Fergie Jenkins	445.1
38	Frank Tanana	444.44
39	Bob Welch	439.2
40	Bob Forsch	437.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Ruthven	436.18
42	Burt Hooton	433.31
43	Geoff Zahn	433.07
44	Jim Palmer	430.5
45	Matt Keough	428.02
46	Gaylord Perry	425.86
47	Rick Honeycutt	425.63
48	Larry Christenson	423.99
49	Joaquin Andujar	422.8
50	Paul Splittorff	419.15
51	Mike Caldwell	418.61
52	Dave Righetti	418.04
53	Lary Sorensen	417.75
54	Tim Lollar	411.41
55	Moose Haas	410.76
56	Doc Medich	410.4
57	John Denny	410.06
58	Bob Knepper	409.68
59	Bruce Berenyi	409.66
60	Jim Beattie	406.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Charlie Hough	403.56
62	Juan Eichelberger	401.7
63	Frank Pastore	401.35
64	Luis Leal	399.61
65	Vern Ruhle	398.08
66	La Marr Hoyt	396.56
67	Steve Trout	395.98
68	Rick Rhoden	392.79
69	Rick Mahler	389.19
70	Mike Witt	388.98
71	John Candelaria	385.3
72	Richard Dotson	385.27
73	Steve Mura	384.83
74	Bill Laskey	383.05
75	Rudy May	380.79
76	Doyle Alexander	380.55
77	Jerry Koosman	379.64
78	Rick Waits	379.61
79	Tom Underwood	377.42
80	Ray Burris	376.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike Torrez	375.8
82	Rick Reuschel	374.64
83	Gene Nelson	373.02
84	Charlie Lea	372.74
85	Jon Matlack	370.87
86	Dennis Lamp	370.21
87	Pete Falcone	369.91
88	Steve Renko	368.74
89	John Montefusco	368.72
90	Tommy Boggs	368.69
91	Rich Gale	368.56
92	Doug Bird	367.52
93	Mike Scott	367.11
94	Rick Sutcliffe	367.03
95	Bob Walk	366.87
96	Don Robinson	365.64
97	Brad Havens	364.75
98	John Tudor	364.43
99	Roger Erickson	362.27
100	Charlie Puleo	361.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bruce Kison	361.12
102	John Curtis	360.67
103	Pat Zachry	358.63
104	Pete Redfern	356.72
105	Bob McClure	355.97
106	Atlee Hammaker	355.04
107	Dickie Noles	354.32
108	Albert Williams	353.33
109	Bob Ojeda	352.24
110	Randy Lerch	351.29
111	Ross Baumgarten	350.6
112	Randy Jones	350.56
113	Chris Welsh	345.0
114	Dave LaPoint	342.54
115	Bobby Castillo	342.24
116	Dave Stewart	340.09
117	Renie Martin	339.47
118	John Martin	338.3
119	Chuck Rainey	335.99
120	Mike Morgan	335.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Dayley	333.64
122	Jerry Ujdur	333.36
123	Randy Martz	331.59
124	Bruce Hurst	331.27
125	John Stuper	331.13
126	Sammy Stewart	330.44
127	Marty Bystrom	330.39
128	Jim Gott	328.69
129	Brian Kingman	327.48
130	Allen Ripley	326.8
131	David Palmer	325.05
132	Jim Bibby	324.43
133	Mike Moore	324.13
134	Dave Frost	323.75
135	Lee Smith	322.88
136	Eddie Solomon	322.58
137	Craig Swan	322.42
138	Manny Sarmiento	321.75
139	Tom Griffin	320.77
140	Greg Harris	320.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dan Schatzeder	320.53
142	Angel Moreno	318.66
143	Alan Fowlkes	318.5
144	Frank Viola	317.85
145	Bud Black	316.65
146	Jerry Garvin	315.46
147	Al Holland	315.27
148	Vicente Romo	314.3
149	Larry Pashnick	313.24
150	Rick Camp	312.84
151	Joe Cowley	312.64
152	Tom Filer	312.63
153	Mike Chris	312.4
154	Dave Goltz	312.37
155	Keith Creel	312.2
156	Andy Rincon	311.66
157	Paul Moskau	310.8
158	Darrell Jackson	310.32
159	Jim Kaat	309.86
160	Charlie Leibrandt	308.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Don Hood	307.37
162	Pat Underwood	306.82
163	Larry McWilliams	306.67
164	Mark Bomback	305.95
165	Ed Farmer	305.92
166	Bob Shirley	305.9
167	Ted Power	304.85
168	Jim Slaton	304.29
169	Eric Show	303.14
170	Steve Bedrosian	302.47
171	Bo McLaughlin	302.33
172	Dan Larson	300.61
173	John Bohnet	300.6
174	Jesse Orosco	300.59
175	Dave Beard	300.17

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