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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Steve Carlton	577.28
2	Steve Rogers	531.96
3	Nolan Ryan	525.39
4	Mario Soto	517.41
5	Don Sutton	511.58
6	Fernando Valenzuela	501.7
7	Dennis Eckersley	496.42
8	Len Barker	490.84
9	Dan Petry	489.63
10	Ron Guidry	488.97
11	Jerry Reuss	488.37
12	Joe Niekro	487.06
13	Floyd Bannister	482.76
14	Britt Burns	477.5
15	Phil Niekro	477.22
16	Pete Vuckovich	476.77
17	Scott Sanderson	474.55
18	Rick Langford	474.37
19	Bob Welch	473.0
20	Bill Gullickson	471.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Gura	469.55
22	Dave Stieb	469.51
23	Jack Morris	469.41
24	Mike Flanagan	463.26
25	Ken Forsch	461.53
26	Mike Krukow	461.26
27	Scott McGregor	459.71
28	Dennis Leonard	458.66
29	Mike Norris	458.43
30	Fergie Jenkins	454.12
31	Dick Ruthven	454.12
32	Tommy John	453.63
33	Bob Forsch	452.89
34	Frank Tanana	452.23
35	Steve McCatty	451.92
36	Dennis Martinez	451.55
37	Tom Seaver	450.81
38	Vida Blue	449.46
39	Milt Wilcox	449.34
40	Jim Palmer	448.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Clancy	447.11
42	Larry Christenson	441.43
43	Joaquin Andujar	436.82
44	Bert Blyleven	436.73
45	Mike Caldwell	434.55
46	Geoff Zahn	433.81
47	Lary Sorensen	429.22
48	Jim Beattie	428.35
49	Bob Knepper	428.2
50	Bruce Berenyi	427.87
51	Moose Haas	426.93
52	Paul Splittorff	426.85
53	John Candelaria	425.97
54	Burt Hooton	424.81
55	Matt Keough	420.64
56	Luis Leal	419.92
57	Gaylord Perry	418.71
58	Charlie Hough	415.33
59	Doc Medich	414.71
60	Rick Sutcliffe	413.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	La Marr Hoyt	413.64
62	Bill Laskey	413.15
63	Rick Honeycutt	412.8
64	Tim Lollar	412.57
65	Steve Mura	412.53
66	Rick Rhoden	407.99
67	Mike Witt	407.98
68	Dave Righetti	406.27
69	John Denny	403.24
70	Rich Gale	401.24
71	Frank Pastore	399.65
72	John Montefusco	396.87
73	Rick Mahler	395.69
74	Mike Torrez	395.41
75	Steve Trout	395.2
76	Juan Eichelberger	394.68
77	Doug Bird	393.26
78	Charlie Lea	391.67
79	Brad Havens	390.99
80	Don Robinson	390.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Renko	390.13
82	Tom Underwood	389.53
83	Atlee Hammaker	388.42
84	Vern Ruhle	388.18
85	Dennis Lamp	386.84
86	Rick Waits	386.07
87	Richard Dotson	385.22
88	Jerry Ujdur	383.88
89	Jerry Koosman	381.24
90	Bob Walk	378.28
91	Charlie Puleo	374.82
92	Dickie Noles	374.45
93	John Tudor	373.14
94	Roger Erickson	372.65
95	Pete Falcone	372.3
96	Rudy May	372.29
97	Ray Burris	370.33
98	Doyle Alexander	369.41
99	Jim Gott	368.71
100	Albert Williams	368.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jon Matlack	368.15
102	Bob McClure	368.06
103	Mike Scott	366.32
104	Gene Nelson	364.64
105	Bobby Castillo	361.09
106	Tommy Boggs	360.19
107	Randy Lerch	359.9
108	Dave LaPoint	358.84
109	John Curtis	358.68
110	Mike Moore	358.28
111	Renie Martin	357.56
112	Larry McWilliams	357.12
113	David Palmer	354.84
114	Chuck Rainey	353.89
115	Bruce Kison	352.62
116	Ross Baumgarten	351.07
117	Pat Zachry	350.13
118	Chris Welsh	349.92
119	Mike Morgan	347.61
120	Brian Kingman	347.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pete Redfern	346.75
122	Allen Ripley	346.28
123	John Stuper	346.28
124	Bob Ojeda	345.81
125	Marty Bystrom	345.53
126	Bruce Hurst	344.82
127	Frank Viola	344.25
128	Jack O'Connor	343.85
129	Dave Stewart	343.16
130	Rick Camp	342.97
131	Randy Martz	341.61
132	Rick Reuschel	340.64
133	Randy Jones	338.73
134	Ken Dayley	335.29
135	Shane Rawley	334.5
136	Bob Shirley	333.41
137	Bud Black	332.42
138	John Martin	329.8
139	Larry Pashnick	328.78
140	Manny Sarmiento	328.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dave Frost	327.39
142	Sammy Stewart	326.98
143	Vicente Romo	326.84
144	Alan Fowlkes	326.23
145	Craig Swan	324.99
146	Pat Underwood	322.05
147	Dave Goltz	321.99
148	Tom Filer	321.85
149	Derek Botelho	318.07
150	Lee Smith	316.44
151	Pascual Perez	314.43
152	Eddie Solomon	314.08
153	Joe Cowley	313.67
154	Dan Schatzeder	313.53
155	John Butcher	313.33
156	Tom Griffin	312.27
157	Greg Harris	312.17
158	Brent Gaff	312.03
159	Andy Hawkins	311.12
160	Angel Moreno	310.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ed Whitson	309.4
162	Charlie Leibrandt	308.68
163	Eric Show	308.59
164	Ricky Wright	308.27
165	Jim Slaton	307.57
166	Mike LaCoss	307.09
167	Jerry Garvin	306.96
168	Al Holland	306.77
169	Rich Barnes	306.4
170	Dave Schmidt	305.15
171	Don Hood	304.57
172	Jerry Augustine	304.16
173	Storm Davis	303.98
174	Mike Chris	303.9
175	Keith Creel	303.7
176	Bob James	303.25
177	Fred Breining	303.23
178	Andy Rincon	303.16
179	Ken Kravec	302.7
180	Luis Tiant	302.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Paul Moskau	302.3
182	Danny Darwin	302.29
183	Joe Beckwith	302.27
184	Darrell Jackson	301.82
185	Jim Kaat	301.36

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