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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	579.58
2	J.R. Richard	566.88
3	Phil Niekro	559.11
4	Ron Guidry	556.97
5	Jim Palmer	547.18
6	Vida Blue	543.15
7	Steve Rogers	541.12
8	Steve Carlton	540.86
9	Frank Tanana	538.49
10	Bert Blyleven	533.08
11	Nolan Ryan	533.08
12	Dennis Leonard	530.5
13	Dennis Eckersley	526.22
14	Burt Hooton	526.08
15	Dave Goltz	523.3
16	Rick Reuschel	518.15
17	Don Sutton	516.16
18	Jon Matlack	508.23
19	Luis Tiant	507.38
20	John Candelaria	498.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Gaylord Perry	498.62
22	Mike Torrez	497.99
23	Paul Splittorff	486.63
24	Ed Figueroa	486.32
25	Ed Halicki	486.07
26	Larry Christenson	485.27
27	Fergie Jenkins	481.97
28	Jerry Koosman	481.69
29	Bob Forsch	479.58
30	John Montefusco	478.73
31	Fred Norman	476.15
32	Tommy John	475.66
33	Mike Flanagan	472.22
34	Bob Knepper	468.59
35	Jim Rooker	466.44
36	Jim Slaton	462.71
37	Randy Jones	461.9
38	Dock Ellis	461.58
39	Rick Wise	461.23
40	Dick Ruthven	457.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Caldwell	457.71
42	John Denny	454.93
43	Doug Rau	454.28
44	Lary Sorensen	453.18
45	Craig Swan	452.23
46	Steve Stone	449.98
47	Pat Zachry	449.16
48	Bill Bonham	447.58
49	Eric Rasmussen	444.13
50	Francisco Barrios	443.75
51	Bob Owchinko	441.81
52	Ross Grimsley	441.59
53	Rudy May	441.43
54	Rick Rhoden	440.76
55	Catfish Hunter	439.85
56	Dave Rozema	436.66
57	Doyle Alexander	435.99
58	Geoff Zahn	435.66
59	Mark Lemongello	433.0
60	Jim Barr	432.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Kravec	431.33
62	Rick Waits	430.15
63	Jesse Jefferson	429.71
64	Rich Gale	425.32
65	Don Gullett	420.87
66	Jack Billingham	420.68
67	Jerry Augustine	419.6
68	Rick Langford	419.4
69	Don Aase	417.8
70	Dennis Lamp	415.38
71	Bob Shirley	415.16
72	Milt Wilcox	414.48
73	Nino Espinosa	413.82
74	Matt Keough	413.79
75	Ray Burris	413.31
76	Steve Renko	412.95
77	Jim Lonborg	412.59
78	Doc Medich	410.81
79	John Henry Johnson	407.92
80	Scott McGregor	407.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Lee	406.53
82	Jim Bibby	406.45
83	Tom Underwood	405.65
84	Joaquin Andujar	405.51
85	Jim Colborn	403.53
86	Dennis Martinez	402.68
87	Don Robinson	402.6
88	Jim Clancy	400.5
89	Glenn Abbott	399.59
90	Wayne Garland	397.85
91	Chris Knapp	396.25
92	Roger Erickson	395.97
93	Joe Niekro	395.6
94	Jim Kaat	392.8
95	Preston Hanna	392.27
96	Dave Lemanczyk	392.22
97	Jerry Garvin	390.41
98	Paul Moskau	389.61
99	Pete Vuckovich	389.47
100	Jerry Reuss	388.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Wayne Twitchell	386.67
102	Woodie Fryman	386.55
103	Mike Paxton	386.36
104	Randy Lerch	380.67
105	Wilbur Wood	379.09
106	Ken Brett	378.34
107	Larry Gura	378.25
108	Paul Mitchell	375.43
109	Silvio Martinez	375.25
110	Paul Thormodsgard	374.13
111	Jim Wright	373.42
112	Bill Travers	372.61
113	Dave Roberts	371.58
114	Floyd Bannister	366.54
115	Pete Falcone	364.7
116	Hal Dues	364.29
117	Dick Tidrow	363.99
118	Pete Broberg	362.89
119	Mike Krukow	361.99
120	Tom Dixon	357.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	David Clyde	356.03
122	Mickey Mahler	355.95
123	Moose Haas	355.47
124	Nelson Briles	355.19
125	Dan Schatzeder	355.17
126	Rick Honeycutt	353.64
127	Darrell Jackson	351.73
128	Dave Frost	351.61
129	Tom Hume	351.61
130	Jim Beattie	351.3
131	Don Hood	351.23
132	Gary Serum	349.54
133	Andy Hassler	346.22
134	Balor Moore	345.86
135	Dick Pole	343.67
136	Dave Freisleben	342.3
137	Kip Young	337.02
138	Steve Baker	334.9
139	Larry McWilliams	334.81
140	Bob Sykes	334.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Paul Hartzell	333.33
142	John Urrea	332.92
143	Alan Wirth	329.7
144	Allen Ripley	329.14
145	Vern Ruhle	327.74
146	Bob Welch	326.87
147	Andy Replogle	325.58
148	Ron Schueler	325.23
149	Jim Umbarger	324.65
150	Mike LaCoss	324.63
151	Bruce Kison	323.56
152	Mike Bruhert	322.95
153	Kevin Kobel	322.2
154	Byron McLaughlin	321.43
155	Rick Camp	320.82
156	Pete Redfern	320.07
157	Adrian Devine	319.62
158	Mark Fidrych	319.25
159	Tom House	318.29
160	Eddie Solomon	318.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Tom Hausman	317.76
162	Tommy Boggs	317.48
163	Steve Comer	316.98
164	Aurelio Lopez	316.49
165	Mike Parrott	315.02
166	Stan Perzanowski	314.52
167	Manny Sarmiento	313.88
168	Mike Proly	313.06
169	Andy Messersmith	312.82
170	Ken Clay	310.27
171	Ken Holtzman	310.22
172	Scott Sanderson	307.37
173	Doug Bird	307.17
174	Joe Kerrigan	306.07
175	Paul Mirabella	304.54
176	Stan Bahnsen	304.28
177	John Caneira	303.53
178	Eduardo Rodriguez	303.23
179	Jamie Easterly	302.94
180	Tom Burgmeier	301.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Al Fitzmorris	301.57
182	Dwight Bernard	301.4
183	Pablo Torrealba	300.93
184	Britt Burns	300.68
185	Dave Rajsich	300.35

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