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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	569.03
2	Jim Palmer	557.53
3	Steve Rogers	552.12
4	Bert Blyleven	544.67
5	J.R. Richard	537.6
6	Steve Carlton	534.77
7	Phil Niekro	532.57
8	Frank Tanana	529.99
9	Vida Blue	529.61
10	Ron Guidry	529.29
11	Rick Reuschel	519.34
12	Dave Goltz	516.94
13	Dennis Leonard	515.34
14	Nolan Ryan	515.1
15	Dennis Eckersley	513.97
16	John Candelaria	509.68
17	Burt Hooton	508.6
18	Gaylord Perry	505.52
19	Don Sutton	504.33
20	Jon Matlack	494.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Fred Norman	490.36
22	Luis Tiant	489.58
23	Fergie Jenkins	488.6
24	Mike Torrez	485.51
25	Jerry Koosman	482.02
26	Paul Splittorff	478.66
27	John Montefusco	474.61
28	Bob Knepper	473.71
29	Bob Forsch	472.71
30	Dock Ellis	471.26
31	Mike Flanagan	471.03
32	Ed Halicki	470.98
33	John Denny	468.45
34	Larry Christenson	467.0
35	Rick Wise	463.2
36	Doug Rau	462.02
37	Pat Zachry	460.19
38	Ed Figueroa	459.83
39	Tommy John	456.42
40	Ross Grimsley	453.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bill Bonham	450.45
42	Jim Rooker	449.2
43	Randy Jones	446.28
44	Rick Rhoden	445.91
45	Rudy May	442.62
46	Doyle Alexander	441.68
47	Steve Stone	440.14
48	Eric Rasmussen	439.84
49	Ken Kravec	439.54
50	Lary Sorensen	438.83
51	Francisco Barrios	436.98
52	Jim Slaton	435.55
53	Jim Barr	435.24
54	Jim Lonborg	433.17
55	Mike Caldwell	432.74
56	Dick Ruthven	430.96
57	Dave Rozema	430.58
58	Don Gullett	426.62
59	Craig Swan	426.32
60	Mark Lemongello	425.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Geoff Zahn	425.1
62	Bob Shirley	422.79
63	Jesse Jefferson	422.54
64	Catfish Hunter	420.56
65	Rick Waits	416.94
66	Nino Espinosa	415.05
67	Ray Burris	414.03
68	Joaquin Andujar	411.76
69	Bob Owchinko	409.12
70	Matt Keough	406.4
71	Jerry Augustine	405.78
72	Jim Kaat	404.25
73	Bill Lee	404.24
74	Wayne Garland	404.1
75	Glenn Abbott	401.25
76	Don Aase	400.93
77	Jim Bibby	399.49
78	Milt Wilcox	398.46
79	Jerry Garvin	398.29
80	Jerry Reuss	397.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Knapp	397.52
82	Rich Gale	395.48
83	Doc Medich	394.58
84	Jack Billingham	394.58
85	Rick Langford	394.47
86	Wilbur Wood	392.83
87	Tom Underwood	392.36
88	Steve Renko	391.95
89	John Henry Johnson	390.26
90	Wayne Twitchell	386.75
91	Ken Brett	384.59
92	Jim Colborn	382.92
93	Dennis Lamp	382.8
94	Don Robinson	381.71
95	Preston Hanna	380.94
96	Floyd Bannister	380.58
97	Paul Thormodsgard	380.38
98	Dave Lemanczyk	380.11
99	Paul Mitchell	378.9
100	Scott McGregor	377.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Clancy	376.55
102	Dennis Martinez	376.51
103	Pete Falcone	372.41
104	Paul Moskau	370.44
105	Roger Erickson	369.65
106	Dave Roberts	368.04
107	Randy Lerch	362.1
108	Moose Haas	361.72
109	Nelson Briles	361.44
110	Pete Vuckovich	361.04
111	Dick Tidrow	360.82
112	Jim Wright	359.37
113	Joe Niekro	356.89
114	Bill Travers	356.34
115	Mickey Mahler	356.04
116	Tom Dixon	355.83
117	Gary Serum	354.47
118	David Clyde	352.5
119	Pete Broberg	351.77
120	Don Hood	351.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Silvio Martinez	350.88
122	Hal Dues	350.75
123	Andy Hassler	350.35
124	Mike Paxton	350.18
125	Dick Pole	349.92
126	Larry Gura	349.62
127	Woodie Fryman	348.94
128	Tom Hume	341.65
129	Bob Sykes	340.79
130	Steve Baker	339.06
131	Balor Moore	338.19
132	Dave Frost	338.06
133	John Urrea	336.9
134	Alan Wirth	335.95
135	Mike Krukow	335.49
136	Allen Ripley	334.89
137	Kevin Kobel	332.33
138	Dave Freisleben	331.8
139	Darrell Jackson	331.53
140	Jim Umbarger	330.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Beattie	329.97
142	Ron Schueler	326.61
143	Pete Redfern	326.32
144	Mike Bruhert	326.21
145	Adrian Devine	325.87
146	Mark Fidrych	325.5
147	Rick Honeycutt	325.32
148	Andy Replogle	324.82
149	Manny Sarmiento	320.13
150	Tom House	319.78
151	Andy Messersmith	319.07
152	Byron McLaughlin	318.39
153	Dan Schatzeder	317.11
154	Rick Camp	314.83
155	Mike Parrott	314.77
156	Bob Welch	309.47
157	Ken Holtzman	309.46
158	Ken Clay	308.39
159	Pablo Torrealba	307.18
160	Dave Rajsich	306.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Marty Pattin	306.21
162	Tom Griffin	306.1
163	Jamie Easterly	306.09
164	Craig Minetto	304.61
165	Bruce Kison	304.52
166	Mark Wiley	304.3
167	Larry McCall	303.83
168	Tommy Boggs	302.82
169	Reggie Cleveland	302.61
170	Tim Conroy	302.47
171	Doug Bird	300.81
172	Doug Capilla	300.67
173	Roger Moret	300.43
174	Rich Wortham	300.2

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