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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 Carlton585.84
2J.R. Richard581.13
3Don Sutton528.83
4Ron Guidry527.34
5Larry Gura525.46
6Phil Niekro524.58
7Dennis Eckersley515.44
8Dennis Leonard512.62
9Fergie Jenkins510.52
10Steve Rogers508.61
11Nolan Ryan507.42
12Mike Flanagan504.24
13Bert Blyleven503.78
14Rick Langford497.57
15Rick Reuschel494.29
16Burt Hooton493.65
17Steve Stone489.57
18Jerry Koosman488.96
19Moose Haas488.34
20John Candelaria487.71
RankPitcherRating
21Gaylord Perry486.62
22Jim Palmer486.4
23Mike Norris485.85
24Tommy John482.83
25Tom Seaver482.2
26Jim Bibby481.89
27Bob Forsch480.13
28Pete Vuckovich478.29
29Craig Swan477.68
30Scott McGregor474.38
31Mike Caldwell474.34
32Matt Keough474.0
33Floyd Bannister460.98
34Frank Tanana460.8
35Milt Wilcox460.79
36Vida Blue458.73
37Rich Gale458.38
38Mike Torrez454.98
39Randy Jones453.37
40Rick Waits452.86
RankPitcherRating
41Jack Morris450.56
42Bill Travers450.31
43Luis Tiant449.27
44Rick Wise449.16
45Tom Underwood448.74
46Scott Sanderson446.81
47Dave Stieb445.58
48Joe Niekro444.29
49Jerry Reuss443.52
50Len Barker441.84
51Bob Knepper441.06
52Ed Whitson439.07
53Lary Sorensen438.81
54Doyle Alexander438.48
55Ken Forsch438.32
56Britt Burns437.59
57Jon Matlack437.05
58Dave Goltz436.49
59Geoff Zahn436.07
60Paul Splittorff435.25
RankPitcherRating
61Rick Honeycutt433.94
62Mike Krukow432.01
63Ross Baumgarten431.63
64Brian Kingman430.54
65Jim Clancy429.31
66John Fulgham428.89
67Dennis Lamp426.93
68John Denny426.22
69Ken Kravec426.18
70Dennis Martinez424.64
71John Montefusco422.67
72Bob Welch421.64
73Dan Schatzeder419.38
74Dick Ruthven417.98
75Steve Trout415.94
76Steve McCatty415.31
77Doc Medich412.5
78Don Robinson411.19
79Silvio Martinez409.3
80Roger Erickson407.67
RankPitcherRating
81Frank Pastore407.41
82Pat Zachry406.47
83Randy Lerch406.47
84Dan Petry406.27
85Glenn Abbott404.87
86Steve Renko401.05
87Richard Dotson400.72
88Jim Slaton398.36
89Lynn McGlothen398.11
90Dave Frost397.99
91Bob Stanley396.89
92Mike LaCoss392.23
93Larry McWilliams390.17
94Ray Burris390.05
95Pete Falcone389.42
96Bill Bonham386.79
97Darrell Jackson386.13
98Bruce Kison385.6
99Ed Halicki385.21
100Rick Matula385.09
RankPitcherRating
101Eddie Solomon383.91
102Charlie Leibrandt382.49
103Don Aase381.27
104Bob Sykes380.72
105Bill Lee380.51
106Jim Beattie380.09
107John Curtis379.79
108Steve Mura379.0
109Dan Spillner377.75
110Tommy Boggs377.33
111David Palmer376.07
112Gary Lucas375.42
113Eric Rasmussen375.39
114Rick Sutcliffe372.81
115Dave Rozema371.88
116Rudy May370.43
117Mark Bomback370.36
118Bob Walk369.3
119Mike Parrott367.08
120Steve Comer366.57
RankPitcherRating
121Jesse Jefferson364.29
122Reggie Cleveland364.08
123Chuck Rainey363.85
124Vern Ruhle363.08
125Allen Ripley362.48
126Wayne Garland359.87
127Ross Grimsley359.46
128Charlie Lea357.3
129Renie Martin357.05
130Chris Knapp356.92
131Bob Owchinko356.65
132Nino Espinosa356.33
133Jim Kaat355.98
134Larry Christenson355.28
135Bill Gullickson353.71
136Rich Wortham350.05
137Ed Figueroa349.65
138Paul Moskau348.07
139Fred Norman346.13
140Pete Redfern344.26
RankPitcherRating
141Jim Rooker343.93
142Paul Mirabella343.9
143Rick Rhoden339.96
144John Pacella338.91
145Alfredo Martinez338.54
146John Tudor335.8
147Fernando Arroyo335.79
148Doug Capilla335.77
149Dave LaRoche331.99
150Mario Soto329.89
151Joe Price329.85
152Dave Lemanczyk329.35
153Jack Kucek328.7
154Juan Eichelberger328.5
155Alan Hargesheimer328.33
156Dan Larson327.38
157Roy Lee Jackson327.28
158Bob Shirley326.85
159Paul Mitchell326.27
160La Marr Hoyt322.04
RankPitcherRating
161Bob Ojeda321.4
162Joaquin Andujar321.4
163Rob Dressler321.29
164Gordie Pladson318.36
165Bruce Robbins317.1
166Steve Busby315.25
167Bill Bordley314.19
168Bill Caudill313.29
169Bruce Berenyi313.16
170Mike Griffin311.78
171Jackson Todd310.21
172Jim Barr309.61
173Rickey Keeton307.94
174Pat Underwood307.51
175Charlie Hough306.8
176Roger Weaver306.23
177Don Hood305.99
178Sammy Stewart305.26
179Mark Fidrych305.11
180Skip Lockwood304.96
RankPitcherRating
181Balor Moore304.2
182Mike Proly303.99
183Luis Leal303.85
184Jim Otten303.63
185Dave Roberts303.18
186Tom Hausman303.12
187Hal Dues302.65
188Jeff Stember302.11
189Joey McLaughlin301.24
190Kevin Kobel300.89

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