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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	572.77
2	J.R. Richard	560.55
3	Phil Niekro	550.2
4	Ron Guidry	548.03
5	Jim Palmer	547.33
6	Steve Rogers	540.83
7	Bert Blyleven	535.51
8	Frank Tanana	534.11
9	Steve Carlton	533.85
10	Dennis Leonard	532.86
11	Vida Blue	529.05
12	Nolan Ryan	527.81
13	Dave Goltz	518.59
14	Rick Reuschel	517.51
15	Don Sutton	515.58
16	Burt Hooton	514.3
17	Jon Matlack	512.9
18	Dennis Eckersley	511.77
19	Luis Tiant	500.62
20	John Candelaria	499.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	496.43
22	Mike Torrez	494.6
23	Jerry Koosman	490.18
24	Bob Forsch	481.85
25	Paul Splittorff	481.05
26	Fergie Jenkins	480.3
27	Bob Knepper	480.19
28	Fred Norman	479.75
29	Ed Halicki	479.06
30	Larry Christenson	476.99
31	Rick Wise	475.57
32	Ed Figueroa	472.79
33	John Montefusco	471.74
34	Mike Flanagan	469.71
35	Tommy John	465.19
36	Dock Ellis	464.08
37	Jim Rooker	458.69
38	Doug Rau	456.62
39	John Denny	455.93
40	Mike Caldwell	454.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Randy Jones	451.93
42	Pat Zachry	451.16
43	Eric Rasmussen	447.81
44	Bill Bonham	446.7
45	Jim Slaton	445.51
46	Lary Sorensen	445.33
47	Craig Swan	445.11
48	Rick Rhoden	444.64
49	Rudy May	443.93
50	Dick Ruthven	443.82
51	Steve Stone	441.95
52	Francisco Barrios	440.65
53	Ross Grimsley	439.0
54	Ken Kravec	436.34
55	Dave Rozema	436.2
56	Geoff Zahn	435.68
57	Mark Lemongello	434.94
58	Jesse Jefferson	431.24
59	Bob Owchinko	429.76
60	Doyle Alexander	428.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Barr	428.19
62	Nino Espinosa	423.78
63	Don Gullett	423.37
64	Rick Waits	421.9
65	Rich Gale	420.28
66	Jim Lonborg	419.22
67	Bob Shirley	417.66
68	Catfish Hunter	417.16
69	Milt Wilcox	416.01
70	Doc Medich	415.23
71	Jim Bibby	414.23
72	Jerry Augustine	413.27
73	Jack Billingham	411.39
74	Ray Burris	409.35
75	Glenn Abbott	408.06
76	Joaquin Andujar	408.01
77	Tom Underwood	407.39
78	Steve Renko	406.46
79	Don Aase	405.58
80	Matt Keough	403.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dennis Lamp	402.99
82	Bill Lee	401.7
83	John Henry Johnson	401.26
84	Wayne Garland	400.35
85	Scott McGregor	399.17
86	Rick Langford	398.16
87	Jim Kaat	396.04
88	Chris Knapp	394.02
89	Jerry Garvin	392.66
90	Jim Colborn	392.19
91	Jerry Reuss	392.09
92	Preston Hanna	391.7
93	Pete Vuckovich	390.25
94	Wayne Twitchell	389.17
95	Dave Lemanczyk	388.24
96	Don Robinson	386.45
97	Roger Erickson	385.9
98	Joe Niekro	382.07
99	Jim Clancy	382.04
100	Wilbur Wood	380.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Brett	380.84
102	Paul Mitchell	377.65
103	Paul Thormodsgard	376.63
104	Woodie Fryman	375.42
105	Paul Moskau	374.68
106	Randy Lerch	374.3
107	Dennis Martinez	371.72
108	Mike Paxton	370.1
109	Dave Roberts	369.46
110	Floyd Bannister	369.04
111	Pete Falcone	368.66
112	Bill Travers	366.43
113	Hal Dues	366.29
114	Larry Gura	365.26
115	Silvio Martinez	364.92
116	Dick Tidrow	361.75
117	Jim Wright	360.82
118	Pete Broberg	359.43
119	Rick Honeycutt	357.98
120	Moose Haas	357.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Nelson Briles	357.69
122	Tom Dixon	356.66
123	Mickey Mahler	353.36
124	Don Hood	352.48
125	Gary Serum	351.79
126	Darrell Jackson	350.27
127	David Clyde	349.95
128	Dan Schatzeder	348.75
129	Balor Moore	348.12
130	Andy Hassler	346.6
131	Dick Pole	346.17
132	Mike Krukow	346.05
133	Tom Hume	345.93
134	Dave Frost	345.54
135	Jim Beattie	343.17
136	Dave Freisleben	342.31
137	Steve Baker	337.4
138	Bob Sykes	337.04
139	John Urrea	335.42
140	Alan Wirth	332.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Allen Ripley	331.64
142	Andy Replogle	328.08
143	Jim Umbarger	327.15
144	Ron Schueler	326.23
145	Mike Bruhert	325.45
146	Kevin Kobel	324.7
147	Rick Camp	323.32
148	Pete Redfern	322.57
149	Adrian Devine	322.12
150	Larry McWilliams	321.88
151	Mark Fidrych	321.75
152	Eddie Solomon	320.2
153	Tommy Boggs	318.92
154	Bob Welch	317.34
155	Mike Parrott	316.52
156	Manny Sarmiento	316.38
157	Tom House	316.03
158	Andy Messersmith	315.32
159	Byron McLaughlin	314.64
160	Kip Young	312.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Vern Ruhle	312.34
162	Stan Perzanowski	310.96
163	Tom Hausman	310.67
164	Steve Comer	310.42
165	Paul Hartzell	309.43
166	Bruce Kison	309.05
167	Doug Bird	308.67
168	Joe Kerrigan	307.82
169	John Caneira	306.03
170	Ken Holtzman	305.71
171	Paul Mirabella	305.54
172	Jamie Easterly	305.44
173	Ken Clay	304.64
174	Dwight Bernard	303.9
175	Tom Burgmeier	303.58
176	Pablo Torrealba	303.43
177	Dave Rajsich	302.85
178	Mike LaCoss	302.48
179	Marty Pattin	302.46
180	Tom Griffin	302.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Jack Morris	302.12
182	Craig Minetto	300.86
183	Eduardo Rodriguez	300.83
184	Mark Wiley	300.55
185	Larry McCall	300.08

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