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

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Morning of Date:
RankPitcherRating
1Steve Carlton583.36
2J.R. Richard582.63
3Don Sutton527.64
4Ron Guidry525.58
5Larry Gura519.61
6Phil Niekro518.31
7Mike Flanagan511.99
8Steve Rogers511.6
9Dennis Leonard509.81
10Dennis Eckersley509.49
11Fergie Jenkins505.56
12Bert Blyleven504.53
13Nolan Ryan498.23
14Burt Hooton494.14
15Jim Palmer490.89
16John Candelaria488.83
17Rick Reuschel487.45
18Rick Langford487.28
19Tommy John486.99
20Jerry Koosman485.38
RankPitcherRating
21Moose Haas484.16
22Pete Vuckovich483.6
23Gaylord Perry481.69
24Steve Stone481.3
25Bob Forsch480.6
26Craig Swan479.18
27Tom Seaver478.67
28Jim Bibby476.24
29Scott McGregor473.5
30Mike Norris473.32
31Matt Keough467.91
32Floyd Bannister461.98
33Milt Wilcox461.79
34Vida Blue460.59
35Frank Tanana457.19
36Scott Sanderson456.77
37Mike Caldwell456.21
38Jack Morris455.86
39Mike Torrez455.44
40Luis Tiant452.72
RankPitcherRating
41Tom Underwood451.26
42Randy Jones450.49
43Rich Gale449.63
44Bill Travers447.43
45Dave Stieb446.57
46Rick Waits444.57
47Joe Niekro442.29
48Bob Knepper440.87
49Rick Wise440.66
50Ken Forsch438.93
51Doyle Alexander438.55
52Geoff Zahn436.64
53Len Barker436.64
54Ed Whitson436.11
55Lary Sorensen434.92
56Britt Burns434.26
57Jerry Reuss433.84
58Ross Baumgarten433.13
59Mike Krukow432.82
60Paul Splittorff432.54
RankPitcherRating
61Jon Matlack432.1
62Rick Honeycutt431.69
63Dave Goltz428.7
64Dennis Lamp427.84
65John Denny427.72
66Ken Kravec427.68
67Brian Kingman424.62
68John Montefusco424.17
69John Fulgham421.25
70Bob Welch419.63
71Jim Clancy419.57
72Doc Medich417.24
73Dennis Martinez417.16
74Steve Trout415.69
75Dan Schatzeder413.83
76Dick Ruthven413.42
77Randy Lerch410.23
78Frank Pastore408.91
79Pat Zachry406.67
80Don Robinson404.25
RankPitcherRating
81Silvio Martinez403.93
82Roger Erickson401.35
83Dan Petry400.92
84Glenn Abbott400.27
85Jim Slaton399.86
86Dave Frost399.49
87Steve McCatty399.46
88Bob Stanley398.39
89Steve Renko394.63
90Lynn McGlothen393.07
91Larry McWilliams391.82
92Richard Dotson390.71
93Pete Falcone390.59
94Mike LaCoss388.71
95Bill Bonham388.29
96Bruce Kison387.1
97Ed Halicki386.71
98Don Aase382.77
99Bill Lee381.76
100Ray Burris380.36
RankPitcherRating
101Eddie Solomon378.02
102Charlie Leibrandt378.01
103David Palmer377.57
104Rick Matula376.98
105Eric Rasmussen376.89
106Jim Beattie376.84
107Gary Lucas376.42
108Steve Mura374.42
109Rick Sutcliffe374.31
110Darrell Jackson373.92
111Dave Rozema373.38
112John Curtis372.21
113Dan Spillner371.68
114Mike Parrott368.58
115Steve Comer368.07
116Bob Sykes367.92
117Bob Walk366.95
118Reggie Cleveland365.63
119Chuck Rainey365.35
120Tommy Boggs364.94
RankPitcherRating
121Mark Bomback360.02
122Jesse Jefferson359.12
123Renie Martin358.55
124Vern Ruhle357.7
125Chris Knapp357.66
126Rudy May357.6
127Jim Kaat357.48
128Bob Owchinko356.65
129Charlie Lea356.44
130Allen Ripley354.23
131Wayne Garland352.77
132Ed Figueroa352.74
133Ross Grimsley352.0
134Rich Wortham351.55
135Larry Christenson347.11
136Bill Gullickson346.2
137Pete Redfern345.76
138Jim Rooker345.43
139Nino Espinosa345.38
140Paul Moskau345.29
RankPitcherRating
141Paul Mirabella345.15
142John Pacella339.91
143Doug Capilla336.52
144Fred Norman336.24
145Fernando Arroyo333.78
146Mario Soto331.39
147Rick Rhoden331.2
148Dave Lemanczyk330.85
149Juan Eichelberger330.0
150John Tudor328.71
151Alfredo Martinez326.84
152Bob Shirley326.26
153Jack Kucek325.15
154Dave LaRoche324.15
155Roy Lee Jackson322.73
156Dan Larson321.87
157Alan Hargesheimer321.5
158Bob Ojeda320.86
159Rob Dressler319.69
160Paul Mitchell319.24
RankPitcherRating
161Bruce Robbins318.6
162Joe Price318.45
163Bill Bordley315.69
164Steve Busby315.25
165Bruce Berenyi314.66
166La Marr Hoyt313.74
167Bill Caudill313.29
168Mike Griffin313.28
169Gordie Pladson311.81
170Joaquin Andujar310.72
171Rickey Keeton309.44
172Jim Barr308.84
173Charlie Hough308.3
174Pat Underwood307.54
175Don Hood307.49
176Mike Proly307.24
177Sammy Stewart306.76
178Roger Weaver306.55
179Balor Moore305.7
180Luis Leal305.35
RankPitcherRating
181Skip Lockwood305.21
182Jim Otten305.13
183Dave Roberts304.68
184Tom Hausman304.62
185Jackson Todd303.61
186Jeff Stember303.11
187Joey McLaughlin302.74
188Hal Dues302.65
189Kevin Kobel302.39
190Mike Barlow300.41

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