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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	579.2
2	Steve Rogers	527.36
3	Nolan Ryan	522.41
4	Mario Soto	518.75
5	Don Sutton	514.3
6	Fernando Valenzuela	506.35
7	Dennis Eckersley	495.72
8	Len Barker	487.9
9	Jerry Reuss	486.52
10	Joe Niekro	485.86
11	Dan Petry	482.51
12	Bob Welch	481.23
13	Ron Guidry	480.97
14	Britt Burns	480.11
15	Jack Morris	479.89
16	Floyd Bannister	477.13
17	Dave Stieb	476.61
18	Phil Niekro	476.01
19	Rick Langford	474.12
20	Larry Gura	471.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pete Vuckovich	470.65
22	Scott Sanderson	468.57
23	Bill Gullickson	466.07
24	Mike Krukow	462.4
25	Mike Norris	462.1
26	Mike Flanagan	460.72
27	Ken Forsch	459.06
28	Bob Forsch	458.29
29	Fergie Jenkins	457.15
30	Scott McGregor	456.73
31	Dick Ruthven	455.83
32	Tommy John	453.06
33	Steve McCatty	452.98
34	Dennis Leonard	452.77
35	Dennis Martinez	449.33
36	Vida Blue	449.29
37	Jim Palmer	448.14
38	Milt Wilcox	448.09
39	Tom Seaver	446.78
40	Jim Clancy	446.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Larry Christenson	446.24
42	Frank Tanana	444.4
43	Mike Caldwell	442.94
44	Bert Blyleven	435.48
45	Joaquin Andujar	434.88
46	Bruce Berenyi	432.63
47	Moose Haas	432.47
48	Geoff Zahn	430.54
49	Bob Knepper	429.7
50	Matt Keough	429.62
51	John Candelaria	427.94
52	Paul Splittorff	425.6
53	Gaylord Perry	425.56
54	Jim Beattie	424.12
55	Burt Hooton	423.56
56	Luis Leal	422.1
57	Bill Laskey	421.09
58	Steve Mura	419.75
59	Rick Sutcliffe	416.92
60	Tim Lollar	416.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Lary Sorensen	416.41
62	Mike Witt	416.35
63	Dave Righetti	413.36
64	Rick Honeycutt	410.69
65	Doc Medich	409.89
66	Rick Rhoden	408.77
67	La Marr Hoyt	408.22
68	Charlie Hough	408.12
69	Rich Gale	405.04
70	John Denny	401.99
71	Frank Pastore	401.84
72	Rick Mahler	399.58
73	Don Robinson	399.14
74	Mike Torrez	398.34
75	John Montefusco	397.93
76	Jerry Ujdur	395.61
77	Vern Ruhle	395.53
78	Juan Eichelberger	393.43
79	Brad Havens	392.75
80	Richard Dotson	392.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Charlie Lea	391.67
82	Steve Trout	391.29
83	Doug Bird	390.44
84	Steve Renko	389.74
85	Tom Underwood	388.28
86	Jerry Koosman	387.03
87	Rick Waits	386.31
88	Dennis Lamp	385.59
89	Dickie Noles	385.16
90	Atlee Hammaker	383.55
91	Bob Walk	378.23
92	John Tudor	374.09
93	Albert Williams	373.41
94	Charlie Puleo	372.97
95	Bob McClure	372.69
96	Roger Erickson	372.4
97	Pete Falcone	371.05
98	Rudy May	371.04
99	Ray Burris	369.33
100	Jim Gott	369.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jon Matlack	366.9
102	Mike Scott	365.3
103	Doyle Alexander	364.76
104	Renie Martin	364.14
105	Gene Nelson	363.39
106	David Palmer	360.79
107	Dave LaPoint	359.57
108	Tommy Boggs	358.94
109	Randy Lerch	358.65
110	John Curtis	357.93
111	Bobby Castillo	357.76
112	Larry McWilliams	357.23
113	Ross Baumgarten	356.87
114	Mike Morgan	356.72
115	Pat Zachry	356.6
116	Mike Moore	356.15
117	Allen Ripley	353.64
118	Brian Kingman	353.51
119	Dave Stewart	352.87
120	Chuck Rainey	352.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Frank Viola	351.64
122	Bruce Kison	351.37
123	Rick Camp	351.2
124	Chris Welsh	349.67
125	Marty Bystrom	348.09
126	Randy Martz	347.14
127	John Stuper	346.77
128	Pete Redfern	345.5
129	Bob Ojeda	344.56
130	Jack O'Connor	343.85
131	Randy Jones	343.67
132	Bruce Hurst	341.21
133	Bob Shirley	339.72
134	Shane Rawley	338.06
135	Bud Black	337.68
136	Rick Reuschel	335.64
137	Dave Frost	335.26
138	Ken Dayley	334.04
139	Manny Sarmiento	333.01
140	Craig Swan	332.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Larry Pashnick	328.79
142	John Martin	328.55
143	Alan Fowlkes	328.35
144	Sammy Stewart	326.73
145	Vicente Romo	325.59
146	Pat Underwood	322.6
147	Eric Show	321.04
148	Dave Goltz	320.99
149	Pascual Perez	320.82
150	Andy Hawkins	320.75
151	Tom Filer	320.6
152	Ed Whitson	319.67
153	Derek Botelho	317.82
154	John Butcher	316.33
155	Ricky Wright	315.41
156	Jim Barr	315.23
157	Don Hood	315.2
158	Lee Smith	315.19
159	Jim Slaton	315.11
160	Joe Cowley	313.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eddie Solomon	312.83
162	Dan Schatzeder	312.28
163	Brent Gaff	311.78
164	Tom Griffin	311.02
165	Greg Harris	310.92
166	Dave Dravecky	309.37
167	Angel Moreno	308.91
168	Mike LaCoss	308.34
169	Charlie Leibrandt	307.93
170	Storm Davis	307.45
171	Bryan Clark	307.41
172	Ed Farmer	306.62
173	Jerry Garvin	305.71
174	Al Holland	305.52
175	Rich Barnes	305.15
176	Jeff Jones	304.79
177	Bob James	303.25
178	Jerry Augustine	302.91
179	Fred Breining	302.73
180	Mike Chris	302.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Keith Creel	302.45
182	Luis Tiant	302.41
183	Andy Rincon	301.91
184	Dave Schmidt	301.83
185	Roy Lee Jackson	301.83
186	Joe Beckwith	301.52
187	Ken Kravec	301.45
188	Paul Moskau	301.05
189	Danny Darwin	301.04
190	Darrell Jackson	300.57
191	Jim Kaat	300.11
192	Dave Gumpert	300.03

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