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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	581.13
2	J.R. Richard	564.35
3	Phil Niekro	553.83
4	Ron Guidry	549.22
5	Jim Palmer	546.92
6	Steve Rogers	538.48
7	Frank Tanana	537.08
8	Vida Blue	536.27
9	Bert Blyleven	535.23
10	Dennis Leonard	533.61
11	Nolan Ryan	532.75
12	Steve Carlton	532.15
13	Dave Goltz	524.57
14	Don Sutton	524.51
15	Burt Hooton	518.76
16	Dennis Eckersley	518.73
17	Rick Reuschel	517.32
18	Jon Matlack	501.3
19	John Candelaria	499.7
20	Luis Tiant	498.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	496.95
22	Mike Torrez	494.6
23	Paul Splittorff	487.13
24	Jerry Koosman	481.7
25	Bob Forsch	481.62
26	Ed Figueroa	480.09
27	Ed Halicki	479.6
28	John Montefusco	478.73
29	Bob Knepper	476.2
30	Fred Norman	476.15
31	Larry Christenson	474.44
32	Fergie Jenkins	472.98
33	Rick Wise	469.54
34	Tommy John	468.67
35	Mike Flanagan	468.66
36	Dock Ellis	462.83
37	Jim Rooker	459.98
38	Randy Jones	459.77
39	Mike Caldwell	457.71
40	John Denny	455.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Slaton	452.8
42	Dick Ruthven	452.2
43	Doug Rau	451.14
44	Pat Zachry	450.41
45	Eric Rasmussen	449.18
46	Craig Swan	448.78
47	Steve Stone	448.08
48	Lary Sorensen	446.22
49	Bill Bonham	445.45
50	Francisco Barrios	443.5
51	Ross Grimsley	443.31
52	Rudy May	442.68
53	Rick Rhoden	441.01
54	Bob Owchinko	439.96
55	Ken Kravec	437.16
56	Mark Lemongello	436.81
57	Dave Rozema	436.2
58	Geoff Zahn	435.72
59	Jim Barr	431.88
60	Jesse Jefferson	431.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Doyle Alexander	428.38
62	Catfish Hunter	428.24
63	Rick Waits	427.92
64	Rich Gale	423.34
65	Don Gullett	422.12
66	Nino Espinosa	420.65
67	Bob Shirley	416.41
68	Milt Wilcox	414.98
69	Don Aase	413.55
70	Jim Lonborg	413.34
71	Jerry Augustine	413.27
72	Rick Langford	412.69
73	Doc Medich	411.06
74	Matt Keough	410.88
75	Jim Bibby	409.98
76	Bill Lee	409.27
77	Ray Burris	408.1
78	Jack Billingham	407.94
79	Steve Renko	407.31
80	Dennis Lamp	407.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joaquin Andujar	406.76
82	Tom Underwood	406.15
83	Glenn Abbott	404.27
84	Jim Colborn	401.93
85	Scott McGregor	400.79
86	John Henry Johnson	399.56
87	Wayne Garland	399.1
88	Jim Kaat	395.79
89	Dave Lemanczyk	393.24
90	Joe Niekro	393.03
91	Don Robinson	392.96
92	Chris Knapp	392.77
93	Jerry Garvin	391.66
94	Jerry Reuss	390.84
95	Roger Erickson	390.46
96	Preston Hanna	389.6
97	Jim Clancy	388.24
98	Woodie Fryman	388.14
99	Wayne Twitchell	387.92
100	Pete Vuckovich	385.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Paul Moskau	383.64
102	Randy Lerch	381.6
103	Dennis Martinez	380.85
104	Wilbur Wood	379.92
105	Ken Brett	379.59
106	Paul Mitchell	376.34
107	Dave Roberts	375.76
108	Paul Thormodsgard	375.38
109	Mike Paxton	374.73
110	Jim Wright	374.17
111	Larry Gura	373.28
112	Bill Travers	369.33
113	Silvio Martinez	368.57
114	Floyd Bannister	367.79
115	Pete Falcone	367.41
116	Hal Dues	365.54
117	Dick Tidrow	363.99
118	Pete Broberg	362.48
119	Mike Krukow	361.04
120	Tom Dixon	357.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Moose Haas	356.72
122	Nelson Briles	356.44
123	David Clyde	356.03
124	Dan Schatzeder	355.17
125	Rick Honeycutt	354.47
126	Balor Moore	352.57
127	Don Hood	352.48
128	Dave Frost	352.11
129	Tom Hume	352.11
130	Jim Beattie	351.72
131	Mickey Mahler	351.09
132	Gary Serum	350.79
133	Darrell Jackson	347.78
134	Andy Hassler	346.22
135	Dick Pole	344.92
136	Dave Freisleben	342.3
137	Steve Baker	336.15
138	Bob Sykes	335.79
139	John Urrea	334.17
140	Alan Wirth	330.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Allen Ripley	330.39
142	Andy Replogle	326.83
143	Kip Young	326.65
144	Ron Schueler	326.23
145	Jim Umbarger	325.9
146	Larry McWilliams	325.42
147	Mike Bruhert	324.2
148	Bruce Kison	323.56
149	Kevin Kobel	323.45
150	Rick Camp	322.07
151	Pete Redfern	321.32
152	Paul Hartzell	321.02
153	Adrian Devine	320.87
154	Mark Fidrych	320.5
155	Eddie Solomon	319.45
156	Tom Hausman	317.76
157	Steve Comer	317.48
158	Bob Welch	316.59
159	Mike Parrott	316.27
160	Tommy Boggs	315.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Manny Sarmiento	315.13
162	Tom House	314.78
163	Andy Messersmith	314.07
164	Byron McLaughlin	313.39
165	Mike Proly	313.06
166	Vern Ruhle	311.84
167	Mike LaCoss	311.75
168	Ken Clay	311.02
169	Stan Perzanowski	309.25
170	Doug Bird	308.42
171	Aurelio Lopez	308.01
172	Joe Kerrigan	307.32
173	Paul Mirabella	305.54
174	Stan Bahnsen	305.03
175	John Caneira	304.78
176	Ken Holtzman	304.46
177	Jamie Easterly	304.19
178	Eduardo Rodriguez	303.38
179	Tom Burgmeier	302.83
180	Dwight Bernard	302.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Pablo Torrealba	302.18
182	Dave Rajsich	301.6
183	Marty Pattin	301.21
184	Tom Griffin	301.1
185	Jack Morris	300.87

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