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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	561.43
2	Bert Blyleven	499.09
3	Nolan Ryan	498.21
4	Don Sutton	494.0
5	Tom Seaver	494.0
6	Dennis Leonard	488.27
7	Jack Morris	479.54
8	Len Barker	478.58
9	Dennis Eckersley	477.54
10	Phil Niekro	477.5
11	Mike Norris	473.71
12	Ron Guidry	471.64
13	Steve Rogers	471.54
14	Larry Gura	466.74
15	Ken Forsch	464.55
16	Mike Flanagan	463.62
17	Matt Keough	463.35
18	Tommy John	463.01
19	Rick Langford	462.09
20	Pete Vuckovich	459.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Vida Blue	456.82
22	Scott Sanderson	456.79
23	Rick Reuschel	456.11
24	Jerry Koosman	456.05
25	Scott McGregor	455.53
26	Jerry Reuss	453.29
27	Jim Bibby	452.62
28	Steve McCatty	452.33
29	Bob Forsch	450.21
30	Mike Caldwell	449.02
31	Joe Niekro	447.88
32	Britt Burns	445.96
33	Burt Hooton	443.29
34	Floyd Bannister	443.21
35	Jim Palmer	441.57
36	Frank Tanana	437.1
37	Dave Stieb	437.0
38	Milt Wilcox	436.64
39	Moose Haas	436.25
40	Steve Stone	436.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Lary Sorensen	435.69
42	Gaylord Perry	435.6
43	Fergie Jenkins	434.24
44	Bob Knepper	432.09
45	Rick Waits	426.52
46	Bob Welch	426.1
47	Roger Erickson	425.29
48	Paul Splittorff	424.53
49	Dick Ruthven	423.53
50	Bill Gullickson	421.17
51	John Candelaria	419.88
52	Rick Honeycutt	418.95
53	Tom Underwood	418.48
54	Richard Dotson	417.78
55	Doyle Alexander	416.95
56	Jon Matlack	414.94
57	Geoff Zahn	413.76
58	Dennis Martinez	413.03
59	Frank Pastore	412.88
60	Brian Kingman	411.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ross Baumgarten	409.77
62	Doc Medich	405.3
63	Steve Trout	405.19
64	Mike Torrez	404.52
65	Mario Soto	402.62
66	Rich Gale	401.11
67	Fernando Valenzuela	398.36
68	Mike Krukow	397.61
69	Rudy May	394.67
70	Jim Clancy	393.14
71	Ed Whitson	391.63
72	Dan Schatzeder	389.64
73	Rick Wise	389.44
74	Tommy Boggs	386.54
75	Pat Zachry	385.92
76	Larry Christenson	380.5
77	Dan Petry	379.04
78	Ray Burris	378.21
79	Rick Rhoden	377.09
80	Steve Mura	376.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Vern Ruhle	375.13
82	Glenn Abbott	373.0
83	Don Robinson	371.18
84	Danny Darwin	371.07
85	Silvio Martinez	369.66
86	Steve Renko	368.95
87	Lynn McGlothen	367.92
88	Juan Eichelberger	365.82
89	Randy Jones	364.55
90	Mark Bomback	359.45
91	John Tudor	359.42
92	Craig Swan	359.23
93	Allen Ripley	358.05
94	Jackson Todd	354.46
95	Bill Travers	354.32
96	Mike LaCoss	350.47
97	Pete Redfern	350.24
98	Dave Goltz	350.01
99	Tom Griffin	349.28
100	Jim Slaton	348.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Curtis	347.52
102	Mike Scott	346.55
103	Mike Witt	346.04
104	J.R. Richard	345.13
105	Bruce Berenyi	344.91
106	John Montefusco	344.64
107	Albert Williams	344.21
108	Chris Welsh	344.11
109	Bob Walk	343.77
110	Fernando Arroyo	342.53
111	John Denny	340.54
112	Charlie Lea	337.74
113	Marty Bystrom	337.52
114	Eddie Solomon	336.91
115	Dave Righetti	335.6
116	Luis Leal	333.0
117	Brian Allard	328.8
118	Mike Parrott	327.72
119	Dave Rozema	326.09
120	Pascual Perez	325.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy Martz	325.68
122	John Martin	325.24
123	Ken Kravec	324.72
124	Bob Shirley	324.67
125	Wayne Garland	324.54
126	Bryan Clark	323.91
127	Andy Rincon	321.68
128	Steve Crawford	319.69
129	Dan Spillner	317.35
130	Randy Lerch	315.99
131	Nino Espinosa	314.49
132	Greg Harris	314.32
133	Dave Frost	313.45
134	Jerry Don Gleaton	313.17
135	Bill Caudill	313.01
136	Bob Ojeda	312.66
137	Dennis Lamp	312.35
138	Jim Beattie	311.7
139	Gene Nelson	311.46
140	Jesse Jefferson	310.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ed Lynch	308.65
142	Ken Clay	308.35
143	Rick Sutcliffe	306.19
144	Francisco Barrios	306.02
145	Rick Mahler	305.87
146	Rod Scurry	304.6
147	Doug Bird	303.38
148	Jerry Garvin	301.79
149	Paul Mirabella	301.32

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