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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	583.36
2	J.R. Richard	582.63
3	Don Sutton	527.64
4	Ron Guidry	525.58
5	Larry Gura	519.61
6	Phil Niekro	518.31
7	Mike Flanagan	511.99
8	Steve Rogers	511.6
9	Dennis Leonard	509.81
10	Dennis Eckersley	509.49
11	Fergie Jenkins	505.56
12	Bert Blyleven	504.53
13	Nolan Ryan	498.23
14	Burt Hooton	494.14
15	Jim Palmer	490.89
16	John Candelaria	488.83
17	Rick Reuschel	487.45
18	Rick Langford	487.28
19	Tommy John	486.99
20	Jerry Koosman	485.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Moose Haas	484.16
22	Pete Vuckovich	483.6
23	Gaylord Perry	481.69
24	Steve Stone	481.3
25	Bob Forsch	480.6
26	Craig Swan	479.18
27	Tom Seaver	478.67
28	Jim Bibby	476.24
29	Scott McGregor	473.5
30	Mike Norris	473.32
31	Matt Keough	467.91
32	Floyd Bannister	461.98
33	Milt Wilcox	461.79
34	Vida Blue	460.59
35	Frank Tanana	457.19
36	Scott Sanderson	456.77
37	Mike Caldwell	456.21
38	Jack Morris	455.86
39	Mike Torrez	455.44
40	Luis Tiant	452.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Underwood	451.26
42	Randy Jones	450.49
43	Rich Gale	449.63
44	Bill Travers	447.43
45	Dave Stieb	446.57
46	Rick Waits	444.57
47	Joe Niekro	442.29
48	Bob Knepper	440.87
49	Rick Wise	440.66
50	Ken Forsch	438.93
51	Doyle Alexander	438.55
52	Geoff Zahn	436.64
53	Len Barker	436.64
54	Ed Whitson	436.11
55	Lary Sorensen	434.92
56	Britt Burns	434.26
57	Jerry Reuss	433.84
58	Ross Baumgarten	433.13
59	Mike Krukow	432.82
60	Paul Splittorff	432.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jon Matlack	432.1
62	Rick Honeycutt	431.69
63	Dave Goltz	428.7
64	Dennis Lamp	427.84
65	John Denny	427.72
66	Ken Kravec	427.68
67	Brian Kingman	424.62
68	John Montefusco	424.17
69	John Fulgham	421.25
70	Bob Welch	419.63
71	Jim Clancy	419.57
72	Doc Medich	417.24
73	Dennis Martinez	417.16
74	Steve Trout	415.69
75	Dan Schatzeder	413.83
76	Dick Ruthven	413.42
77	Randy Lerch	410.23
78	Frank Pastore	408.91
79	Pat Zachry	406.67
80	Don Robinson	404.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Silvio Martinez	403.93
82	Roger Erickson	401.35
83	Dan Petry	400.92
84	Glenn Abbott	400.27
85	Jim Slaton	399.86
86	Dave Frost	399.49
87	Steve McCatty	399.46
88	Bob Stanley	398.39
89	Steve Renko	394.63
90	Lynn McGlothen	393.07
91	Larry McWilliams	391.82
92	Richard Dotson	390.71
93	Pete Falcone	390.59
94	Mike LaCoss	388.71
95	Bill Bonham	388.29
96	Bruce Kison	387.1
97	Ed Halicki	386.71
98	Don Aase	382.77
99	Bill Lee	381.76
100	Ray Burris	380.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Eddie Solomon	378.02
102	Charlie Leibrandt	378.01
103	David Palmer	377.57
104	Rick Matula	376.98
105	Eric Rasmussen	376.89
106	Jim Beattie	376.84
107	Gary Lucas	376.42
108	Steve Mura	374.42
109	Rick Sutcliffe	374.31
110	Darrell Jackson	373.92
111	Dave Rozema	373.38
112	John Curtis	372.21
113	Dan Spillner	371.68
114	Mike Parrott	368.58
115	Steve Comer	368.07
116	Bob Sykes	367.92
117	Bob Walk	366.95
118	Reggie Cleveland	365.63
119	Chuck Rainey	365.35
120	Tommy Boggs	364.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mark Bomback	360.02
122	Jesse Jefferson	359.12
123	Renie Martin	358.55
124	Vern Ruhle	357.7
125	Chris Knapp	357.66
126	Rudy May	357.6
127	Jim Kaat	357.48
128	Bob Owchinko	356.65
129	Charlie Lea	356.44
130	Allen Ripley	354.23
131	Wayne Garland	352.77
132	Ed Figueroa	352.74
133	Ross Grimsley	352.0
134	Rich Wortham	351.55
135	Larry Christenson	347.11
136	Bill Gullickson	346.2
137	Pete Redfern	345.76
138	Jim Rooker	345.43
139	Nino Espinosa	345.38
140	Paul Moskau	345.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Paul Mirabella	345.15
142	John Pacella	339.91
143	Doug Capilla	336.52
144	Fred Norman	336.24
145	Fernando Arroyo	333.78
146	Mario Soto	331.39
147	Rick Rhoden	331.2
148	Dave Lemanczyk	330.85
149	Juan Eichelberger	330.0
150	John Tudor	328.71
151	Alfredo Martinez	326.84
152	Bob Shirley	326.26
153	Jack Kucek	325.15
154	Dave LaRoche	324.15
155	Roy Lee Jackson	322.73
156	Dan Larson	321.87
157	Alan Hargesheimer	321.5
158	Bob Ojeda	320.86
159	Rob Dressler	319.69
160	Paul Mitchell	319.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bruce Robbins	318.6
162	Joe Price	318.45
163	Bill Bordley	315.69
164	Steve Busby	315.25
165	Bruce Berenyi	314.66
166	La Marr Hoyt	313.74
167	Bill Caudill	313.29
168	Mike Griffin	313.28
169	Gordie Pladson	311.81
170	Joaquin Andujar	310.72
171	Rickey Keeton	309.44
172	Jim Barr	308.84
173	Charlie Hough	308.3
174	Pat Underwood	307.54
175	Don Hood	307.49
176	Mike Proly	307.24
177	Sammy Stewart	306.76
178	Roger Weaver	306.55
179	Balor Moore	305.7
180	Luis Leal	305.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Skip Lockwood	305.21
182	Jim Otten	305.13
183	Dave Roberts	304.68
184	Tom Hausman	304.62
185	Jackson Todd	303.61
186	Jeff Stember	303.11
187	Joey McLaughlin	302.74
188	Hal Dues	302.65
189	Kevin Kobel	302.39
190	Mike Barlow	300.41

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