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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	576.67
2	J.R. Richard	572.84
3	Ron Guidry	566.76
4	Phil Niekro	555.25
5	Jim Palmer	550.06
6	Steve Rogers	547.12
7	Steve Carlton	542.85
8	Nolan Ryan	542.24
9	Bert Blyleven	535.33
10	Frank Tanana	531.77
11	Vida Blue	530.44
12	Burt Hooton	527.74
13	Dennis Eckersley	523.21
14	Dave Goltz	522.8
15	Don Sutton	522.63
16	Dennis Leonard	520.34
17	Jon Matlack	511.0
18	Rick Reuschel	510.47
19	Gaylord Perry	501.84
20	Luis Tiant	500.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Candelaria	497.45
22	Mike Torrez	490.1
23	Jerry Koosman	488.23
24	Ed Halicki	487.73
25	Larry Christenson	486.63
26	Fergie Jenkins	486.54
27	John Montefusco	480.6
28	Ed Figueroa	479.9
29	Paul Splittorff	479.67
30	Tommy John	476.76
31	Bob Forsch	475.74
32	Fred Norman	474.9
33	Bob Knepper	474.1
34	Mike Flanagan	469.27
35	Rick Wise	466.49
36	Dick Ruthven	466.34
37	Doug Rau	464.67
38	Jim Rooker	463.89
39	Randy Jones	462.47
40	John Denny	461.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dock Ellis	460.33
42	Jim Slaton	460.13
43	Lary Sorensen	454.65
44	Mike Caldwell	454.36
45	Bill Bonham	454.07
46	Craig Swan	453.4
47	Ross Grimsley	452.71
48	Pat Zachry	447.91
49	Bob Owchinko	446.98
50	Eric Rasmussen	445.53
51	Francisco Barrios	443.75
52	Steve Stone	443.55
53	Doyle Alexander	442.48
54	Catfish Hunter	442.32
55	Jesse Jefferson	441.88
56	Rudy May	440.18
57	Rick Rhoden	439.51
58	Geoff Zahn	437.69
59	Ken Kravec	435.09
60	Rick Langford	432.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dave Rozema	432.07
62	Mark Lemongello	431.97
63	Jack Billingham	428.02
64	Jim Barr	425.9
65	Rick Waits	425.65
66	Rich Gale	425.32
67	Dennis Lamp	424.59
68	Don Gullett	419.62
69	Don Aase	416.57
70	Scott McGregor	416.2
71	Bob Shirley	413.91
72	Nino Espinosa	413.57
73	Ray Burris	413.31
74	Milt Wilcox	413.23
75	John Henry Johnson	412.63
76	Jerry Augustine	412.21
77	Steve Renko	410.2
78	Doc Medich	409.56
79	Bill Lee	409.53
80	Matt Keough	408.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Glenn Abbott	407.85
82	Jim Lonborg	407.72
83	Jim Clancy	407.45
84	Tom Underwood	407.43
85	Jim Colborn	407.23
86	Dennis Martinez	406.27
87	Jim Bibby	405.32
88	Joaquin Andujar	404.26
89	Don Robinson	404.08
90	Paul Moskau	402.38
91	Joe Niekro	401.03
92	Pete Vuckovich	400.91
93	Roger Erickson	400.43
94	Wayne Garland	396.6
95	Chris Knapp	394.19
96	Jim Kaat	393.36
97	Jerry Garvin	392.42
98	Preston Hanna	392.02
99	Dave Lemanczyk	391.97
100	Randy Lerch	391.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Larry Gura	390.74
102	Jerry Reuss	388.13
103	Mike Paxton	387.54
104	Woodie Fryman	386.99
105	Wayne Twitchell	385.42
106	Silvio Martinez	384.69
107	Jim Wright	384.52
108	Paul Mitchell	382.4
109	Wilbur Wood	379.83
110	Dave Roberts	379.07
111	Bill Travers	378.7
112	Dick Tidrow	377.18
113	Ken Brett	377.09
114	Paul Thormodsgard	372.88
115	Mike Krukow	371.86
116	Pete Broberg	367.7
117	Floyd Bannister	365.29
118	Dan Schatzeder	364.98
119	Pete Falcone	364.45
120	Hal Dues	363.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Dixon	359.82
122	Darrell Jackson	358.67
123	Gary Serum	356.25
124	Tom Hume	356.25
125	Mickey Mahler	355.95
126	Moose Haas	354.22
127	Nelson Briles	353.94
128	Rick Honeycutt	353.34
129	David Clyde	350.74
130	Dave Frost	350.36
131	Jim Beattie	350.2
132	Don Hood	349.98
133	Kip Young	348.34
134	Larry McWilliams	347.47
135	Balor Moore	345.75
136	Andy Hassler	345.22
137	Dick Pole	342.42
138	Dave Freisleben	341.48
139	Paul Hartzell	339.38
140	Bob Welch	336.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Baker	333.65
142	Bob Sykes	333.29
143	John Urrea	331.67
144	Byron McLaughlin	331.25
145	Alan Wirth	328.45
146	Allen Ripley	327.89
147	Vern Ruhle	327.49
148	Andy Replogle	324.33
149	Stan Perzanowski	324.02
150	Ron Schueler	323.98
151	Jim Umbarger	323.4
152	Kevin Kobel	323.23
153	Mike Bruhert	321.7
154	Tommy Boggs	320.42
155	Mike LaCoss	319.72
156	Rick Camp	319.57
157	Pete Redfern	318.82
158	Adrian Devine	318.37
159	Tom House	318.29
160	Bruce Kison	318.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mark Fidrych	318.0
162	Eddie Solomon	316.95
163	Aurelio Lopez	316.49
164	Steve Comer	315.73
165	Doug Bird	313.78
166	Mike Parrott	313.77
167	Tom Hausman	313.69
168	Manny Sarmiento	312.63
169	Andy Messersmith	311.57
170	Paul Mirabella	310.51
171	Tom Bruno	309.61
172	Ken Holtzman	309.47
173	Mike Proly	309.32
174	Ken Clay	309.02
175	Eduardo Rodriguez	308.1
176	Bob Stanley	307.62
177	Scott Sanderson	307.37
178	Joe Kerrigan	304.82
179	Stan Bahnsen	303.03
180	John Caneira	302.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Jamie Easterly	301.69
182	Al Fitzmorris	301.07
183	Tom Burgmeier	300.33
184	Dwight Bernard	300.15

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