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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	553.06
2	Steve Rogers	531.36
3	Mario Soto	510.32
4	Don Sutton	506.2
5	Nolan Ryan	504.01
6	Fernando Valenzuela	494.89
7	Dennis Eckersley	494.22
8	Joe Niekro	489.69
9	Jerry Reuss	485.3
10	Ron Guidry	485.27
11	Len Barker	484.68
12	Floyd Bannister	477.09
13	Larry Gura	476.45
14	Pete Vuckovich	469.91
15	Phil Niekro	468.38
16	Scott Sanderson	468.33
17	Jack Morris	467.47
18	Dennis Leonard	464.91
19	Dan Petry	464.37
20	Rick Langford	463.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave Stieb	462.38
22	Tommy John	459.31
23	Dennis Martinez	458.46
24	Ken Forsch	458.32
25	Milt Wilcox	456.83
26	Fergie Jenkins	455.49
27	Jim Clancy	455.01
28	Mike Flanagan	454.56
29	Britt Burns	454.11
30	Mike Krukow	453.55
31	Scott McGregor	453.5
32	Bill Gullickson	453.45
33	Tom Seaver	452.38
34	Steve McCatty	452.26
35	Mike Norris	451.24
36	Bob Welch	451.08
37	Dick Ruthven	449.51
38	Vida Blue	448.65
39	Frank Tanana	444.29
40	Bert Blyleven	442.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Forsch	439.44
42	Geoff Zahn	439.22
43	Joaquin Andujar	433.82
44	Larry Christenson	431.66
45	Burt Hooton	431.06
46	Jim Palmer	429.75
47	Bob Knepper	426.31
48	Rick Honeycutt	421.82
49	Tim Lollar	419.23
50	Gaylord Perry	418.37
51	Dave Righetti	415.79
52	Mike Caldwell	415.71
53	Matt Keough	414.62
54	Bruce Berenyi	414.37
55	Moose Haas	413.96
56	Doc Medich	413.59
57	Paul Splittorff	413.52
58	John Denny	411.7
59	Lary Sorensen	410.71
60	Jim Beattie	408.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Luis Leal	404.95
62	La Marr Hoyt	400.59
63	Rick Mahler	400.04
64	Juan Eichelberger	399.93
65	Frank Pastore	399.1
66	Charlie Hough	398.98
67	Vern Ruhle	396.87
68	Steve Mura	394.64
69	Steve Trout	393.98
70	Tom Underwood	392.3
71	John Candelaria	391.82
72	Mike Witt	388.2
73	Bill Laskey	387.99
74	Richard Dotson	385.68
75	Rick Sutcliffe	385.19
76	Mike Torrez	383.63
77	Steve Renko	381.84
78	Rick Waits	380.92
79	Dennis Lamp	380.57
80	Charlie Lea	378.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rudy May	378.54
82	Doug Bird	378.5
83	Ray Burris	378.14
84	Pete Falcone	376.74
85	Rick Rhoden	376.68
86	Rich Gale	376.4
87	Don Robinson	376.05
88	Jerry Koosman	374.86
89	Doyle Alexander	374.54
90	John Montefusco	374.38
91	Jon Matlack	373.15
92	Bob Walk	372.67
93	Gene Nelson	368.11
94	Dickie Noles	367.9
95	John Tudor	367.66
96	Roger Erickson	367.61
97	Atlee Hammaker	367.16
98	Tommy Boggs	366.44
99	Brad Havens	366.11
100	Rick Reuschel	365.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Curtis	365.27
102	Charlie Puleo	363.66
103	Mike Scott	360.52
104	Randy Lerch	359.44
105	Bruce Kison	358.87
106	Pat Zachry	356.38
107	Jerry Ujdur	354.5
108	Bobby Castillo	354.45
109	Ross Baumgarten	353.12
110	Pete Redfern	352.75
111	Bob Ojeda	352.06
112	Chris Welsh	351.67
113	Albert Williams	351.58
114	Bob McClure	351.25
115	Dave LaPoint	348.37
116	John Stuper	347.89
117	Renie Martin	347.52
118	Dave Stewart	346.65
119	Randy Jones	344.98
120	Chuck Rainey	342.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Frank Viola	340.65
122	Ken Dayley	339.73
123	Mike Morgan	337.17
124	Bruce Hurst	337.04
125	John Martin	336.05
126	Brian Kingman	334.67
127	Manny Sarmiento	334.1
128	Marty Bystrom	333.18
129	Bud Black	332.86
130	Jim Gott	331.45
131	David Palmer	331.44
132	Allen Ripley	331.36
133	Randy Martz	329.34
134	Larry McWilliams	329.05
135	Sammy Stewart	328.19
136	Mike Moore	327.95
137	Alan Fowlkes	327.61
138	Tom Filer	325.41
139	Lee Smith	322.69
140	Jack O'Connor	322.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Craig Swan	321.67
142	Dave Frost	321.5
143	Rick Camp	320.81
144	Eddie Solomon	320.33
145	Dan Schatzeder	319.78
146	Tom Griffin	318.52
147	Greg Harris	318.42
148	Larry Pashnick	318.13
149	Angel Moreno	316.41
150	Pat Underwood	315.81
151	Jim Bibby	315.43
152	Vicente Romo	314.93
153	Shane Rawley	314.16
154	Dave Goltz	313.77
155	Charlie Leibrandt	313.44
156	Jerry Garvin	313.21
157	Al Holland	313.02
158	Don Hood	310.82
159	Bob Shirley	310.69
160	Joe Cowley	310.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Chris	310.15
162	Keith Creel	309.95
163	Andy Rincon	309.41
164	Storm Davis	308.73
165	Brent Gaff	308.7
166	Paul Moskau	308.55
167	Darrell Jackson	308.07
168	Ken Kravec	307.7
169	Jim Kaat	307.61
170	John Butcher	305.84
171	Mark Bomback	303.7
172	Ed Farmer	303.67
173	Ed Lynch	303.66
174	Ted Power	302.6
175	Jim Slaton	302.04
176	Eric Show	301.89
177	Steve Bedrosian	300.22
178	Bo McLaughlin	300.08

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