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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	570.75
2	J.R. Richard	554.19
3	Steve Rogers	549.43
4	Jim Palmer	547.31
5	Phil Niekro	546.17
6	Bert Blyleven	539.79
7	Frank Tanana	536.14
8	Ron Guidry	529.39
9	Steve Carlton	526.4
10	Vida Blue	525.53
11	Dave Goltz	521.8
12	Nolan Ryan	521.63
13	Dennis Leonard	521.03
14	Rick Reuschel	520.28
15	Dennis Eckersley	512.67
16	Don Sutton	511.88
17	Burt Hooton	511.12
18	John Candelaria	509.68
19	Jon Matlack	502.73
20	Gaylord Perry	498.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Luis Tiant	496.76
22	Fergie Jenkins	490.85
23	Mike Torrez	486.35
24	Jerry Koosman	484.09
25	Fred Norman	481.27
26	Mike Flanagan	479.58
27	Ed Halicki	479.17
28	Bob Forsch	476.96
29	Paul Splittorff	472.17
30	Bob Knepper	470.4
31	Larry Christenson	470.37
32	Rick Wise	468.66
33	John Montefusco	467.24
34	Dock Ellis	465.08
35	Doug Rau	464.86
36	John Denny	461.4
37	Pat Zachry	458.33
38	Tommy John	457.74
39	Randy Jones	452.7
40	Ed Figueroa	451.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Rooker	450.77
42	Bill Bonham	449.2
43	Ross Grimsley	447.77
44	Lary Sorensen	447.76
45	Eric Rasmussen	446.32
46	Rick Rhoden	445.28
47	Jim Slaton	444.67
48	Mike Caldwell	442.37
49	Rudy May	441.37
50	Francisco Barrios	439.16
51	Ken Kravec	439.03
52	Dick Ruthven	437.81
53	Steve Stone	432.43
54	Doyle Alexander	431.25
55	Craig Swan	430.28
56	Jesse Jefferson	428.25
57	Mark Lemongello	427.06
58	Dave Rozema	426.58
59	Jim Barr	425.97
60	Don Gullett	425.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Lonborg	424.39
62	Geoff Zahn	422.05
63	Bob Shirley	419.16
64	Catfish Hunter	418.99
65	Bob Owchinko	417.14
66	Nino Espinosa	416.38
67	Rick Waits	415.89
68	Ray Burris	412.49
69	Jerry Augustine	410.7
70	Joaquin Andujar	410.51
71	Jim Bibby	407.2
72	Bill Lee	406.65
73	Rich Gale	405.35
74	Milt Wilcox	404.3
75	Matt Keough	403.67
76	Jim Kaat	403.16
77	Wayne Garland	402.85
78	Jack Billingham	402.46
79	Doc Medich	401.85
80	Glenn Abbott	400.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tom Underwood	398.85
82	Don Aase	397.66
83	John Henry Johnson	396.77
84	Chris Knapp	396.52
85	Steve Renko	395.46
86	Scott McGregor	394.86
87	Jerry Reuss	393.59
88	Rick Langford	393.28
89	Dennis Lamp	392.09
90	Jerry Garvin	391.53
91	Preston Hanna	387.37
92	Wilbur Wood	387.17
93	Wayne Twitchell	385.5
94	Jim Colborn	385.08
95	Ken Brett	383.34
96	Paul Thormodsgard	379.13
97	Dave Lemanczyk	378.35
98	Jim Clancy	378.08
99	Don Robinson	378.07
100	Pete Vuckovich	378.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Floyd Bannister	378.0
102	Paul Mitchell	376.96
103	Roger Erickson	376.91
104	Joe Niekro	371.54
105	Dennis Martinez	371.33
106	Pete Falcone	371.16
107	Dave Roberts	370.37
108	Paul Moskau	367.92
109	Bill Travers	364.94
110	Jim Wright	364.54
111	Hal Dues	361.7
112	Woodie Fryman	361.04
113	Randy Lerch	360.85
114	Dick Tidrow	360.82
115	Moose Haas	360.47
116	Nelson Briles	360.19
117	David Clyde	357.3
118	Gary Serum	355.92
119	Larry Gura	355.57
120	Mickey Mahler	354.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pete Broberg	354.59
122	Tom Dixon	351.52
123	Tom Hume	351.19
124	Silvio Martinez	350.98
125	Don Hood	350.11
126	Andy Hassler	349.1
127	Mike Paxton	348.96
128	Dick Pole	348.67
129	Mike Krukow	342.56
130	Dave Frost	340.38
131	Bob Sykes	339.54
132	Steve Baker	338.65
133	Balor Moore	337.44
134	John Urrea	336.92
135	Dave Freisleben	336.45
136	Rick Honeycutt	335.65
137	Alan Wirth	334.7
138	Darrell Jackson	334.63
139	Allen Ripley	334.14
140	Jim Beattie	330.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Umbarger	329.65
142	Andy Replogle	328.7
143	Ron Schueler	328.7
144	Dan Schatzeder	328.38
145	Kevin Kobel	326.2
146	Pete Redfern	325.07
147	Rick Camp	325.07
148	Mike Bruhert	324.96
149	Adrian Devine	324.62
150	Mark Fidrych	324.25
151	Manny Sarmiento	318.88
152	Tom House	318.53
153	Andy Messersmith	317.82
154	Byron McLaughlin	317.14
155	Mike Parrott	316.47
156	Steve Comer	314.88
157	Larry McWilliams	311.81
158	Joe Kerrigan	310.39
159	Bob Welch	308.47
160	Ken Holtzman	308.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ken Clay	307.14
162	Bruce Kison	307.0
163	Pablo Torrealba	305.93
164	Tom Hausman	305.48
165	Dave Rajsich	305.35
166	Jamie Easterly	305.09
167	Marty Pattin	304.96
168	Tom Griffin	304.85
169	Craig Minetto	303.36
170	John Caneira	303.1
171	Mark Wiley	303.05
172	Larry McCall	302.58
173	Tommy Boggs	301.57
174	Tim Conroy	301.22

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