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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	561.02
2	Steve Carlton	552.48
3	Nolan Ryan	545.89
4	Dave Stieb	533.97
5	Steve Rogers	532.74
6	Jack Morris	518.55
7	Joe Niekro	511.51
8	Don Sutton	505.29
9	Ron Guidry	502.11
10	Floyd Bannister	501.27
11	Jim Clancy	493.32
12	Fernando Valenzuela	490.61
13	Dan Petry	486.5
14	Bob Welch	484.93
15	Dave Righetti	481.4
16	Ken Forsch	479.58
17	Scott McGregor	476.48
18	John Tudor	475.39
19	Milt Wilcox	474.92
20	Bill Gullickson	473.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Reuss	470.09
22	Larry McWilliams	470.0
23	Joaquin Andujar	469.13
24	Len Barker	464.8
25	Atlee Hammaker	464.7
26	Phil Niekro	463.89
27	John Candelaria	463.7
28	Mike Krukow	461.82
29	Rick Rhoden	459.06
30	John Denny	458.69
31	Rick Sutcliffe	452.39
32	La Marr Hoyt	452.33
33	Charlie Hough	452.2
34	Richard Dotson	451.7
35	Charlie Lea	451.58
36	Luis Leal	451.22
37	Tommy John	450.44
38	Fergie Jenkins	449.22
39	Geoff Zahn	447.73
40	Rick Honeycutt	447.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Norris	447.16
42	Tim Lollar	446.97
43	Bob Forsch	446.82
44	Jim Palmer	444.9
45	Moose Haas	443.4
46	Burt Hooton	443.25
47	Bruce Berenyi	440.67
48	Bobby Castillo	440.34
49	Tom Seaver	439.36
50	Mike Caldwell	439.03
51	Dick Ruthven	433.91
52	Bob Knepper	433.09
53	Larry Gura	432.5
54	Mike Flanagan	431.15
55	Mike Torrez	431.0
56	Scott Sanderson	430.36
57	Dennis Eckersley	430.21
58	Bill Laskey	430.18
59	Dave LaPoint	428.03
60	Larry Christenson	425.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Matt Young	423.88
62	Britt Burns	421.46
63	Vida Blue	421.14
64	Storm Davis	420.25
65	Jim Beattie	419.41
66	Pascual Perez	416.72
67	Dennis Leonard	415.49
68	Gaylord Perry	415.13
69	Eric Show	414.11
70	Joe Price	413.86
71	Craig McMurtry	411.77
72	Bert Blyleven	410.27
73	Dennis Martinez	409.63
74	Shane Rawley	407.71
75	Paul Splittorff	407.1
76	Albert Williams	406.15
77	John Stuper	403.45
78	Bruce Kison	402.74
79	Bob McClure	402.74
80	Dave Dravecky	400.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Gott	399.69
82	Danny Darwin	397.43
83	Chuck Rainey	395.83
84	Frank Pastore	394.59
85	Lary Sorensen	391.67
86	Jerry Koosman	389.19
87	Frank Tanana	387.68
88	Mike Boddicker	385.89
89	Bruce Hurst	384.04
90	Alejandro Pena	383.82
91	Mike Smithson	383.75
92	Fred Breining	382.99
93	Frank Viola	382.44
94	Charles Hudson	380.0
95	Mike Witt	379.66
96	Matt Keough	379.6
97	Rick Camp	378.44
98	Bob Stoddard	377.66
99	Chris Codiroli	377.31
100	Steve McCatty	376.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rick Langford	373.99
102	Steve Trout	372.12
103	Brad Havens	371.84
104	Neil Allen	371.52
105	Bud Black	371.43
106	Bill Krueger	370.96
107	Steve Renko	370.65
108	Dave Rozema	370.56
109	Dickie Noles	367.04
110	Mike Scott	362.66
111	Ray Burris	361.98
112	Ken Schrom	361.46
113	Juan Eichelberger	361.18
114	Pete Falcone	360.8
115	Bob Ojeda	359.37
116	Charlie Puleo	358.09
117	Jerry Ujdur	356.73
118	Mike Brown	356.14
119	Mike Moore	355.77
120	Ed Lynch	355.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Whitson	354.38
122	Andy Hawkins	352.47
123	Juan Berenguer	352.06
124	Andy McGaffigan	351.78
125	Dennis Lamp	351.77
126	Glenn Abbott	351.71
127	Marty Bystrom	351.57
128	Mark Thurmond	350.49
129	Craig Swan	349.55
130	Bob Shirley	348.9
131	Chuck Porter	344.42
132	Jose DeLeon	344.4
133	Mark Davis	344.31
134	Tim Conroy	343.88
135	Jay Howell	342.97
136	Ray Fontenot	340.81
137	Allan Ramirez	340.2
138	Pete Vuckovich	339.05
139	Mike LaCoss	338.73
140	Lee Tunnell	338.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ken Dayley	338.13
142	Tom Underwood	337.14
143	John Montefusco	337.09
144	Vern Ruhle	336.17
145	Walt Terrell	332.49
146	Kevin Gross	331.11
147	Jon Matlack	329.25
148	Jack O'Connor	326.26
149	Doyle Alexander	325.14
150	Bryan Clark	322.44
151	Mike Madden	320.87
152	Scott Holman	318.7
153	Don Robinson	318.47
154	Gorman Heimueller	316.56
155	Bob Gibson	316.27
156	Rich Gale	315.99
157	Doug Bird	314.18
158	Tom Brennan	313.83
159	Greg Bargar	313.51
160	Byron McLaughlin	313.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Keith Creel	312.96
162	Rick Lysander	311.68
163	Jim Bibby	311.65
164	Bryn Smith	310.12
165	Bill Travers	309.52
166	John Martin	308.97
167	Craig Lefferts	308.77
168	Paul Moskau	308.25
169	Chris Welsh	308.18
170	Ted Power	308.07
171	Howard Bailey	307.61
172	Neal Heaton	307.18
173	Renie Martin	306.79
174	Larry Pashnick	306.32
175	Dan Schatzeder	306.09
176	Rick Behenna	305.98
177	Ed Farmer	304.88
178	Oil Can Boyd	304.37
179	Joe Beckwith	304.37
180	Jim Acker	304.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Paul Mirabella	303.86
182	Kevin Hagen	303.32
183	Tom Gorman	303.09
184	Dave Goltz	302.3
185	Jeff Jones	302.07
186	Matt Williams	301.96
187	Pete Filson	301.48
188	Dave Stewart	300.88
189	Randy Lerch	300.16

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