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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	570.08
2	Nolan Ryan	532.33
3	Steve Rogers	530.11
4	Don Sutton	521.46
5	Mario Soto	518.25
6	Fernando Valenzuela	498.5
7	Dennis Eckersley	496.02
8	Jack Morris	490.27
9	Bob Welch	490.14
10	Len Barker	489.6
11	Dan Petry	488.05
12	Joe Niekro	486.41
13	Jerry Reuss	484.46
14	Ron Guidry	483.72
15	Britt Burns	482.58
16	Dave Stieb	481.68
17	Floyd Bannister	480.43
18	Larry Gura	480.0
19	Pete Vuckovich	476.22
20	Phil Niekro	471.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Langford	470.91
22	Bill Gullickson	468.08
23	Mike Krukow	466.4
24	Scott Sanderson	464.26
25	Ken Forsch	462.93
26	Dennis Leonard	460.97
27	Dick Ruthven	460.55
28	Mike Norris	456.84
29	Scott McGregor	456.0
30	Mike Flanagan	455.82
31	Tommy John	455.76
32	Milt Wilcox	454.42
33	Bob Forsch	453.98
34	Jim Palmer	453.47
35	Jim Clancy	453.29
36	Steve McCatty	452.98
37	Fergie Jenkins	452.01
38	Vida Blue	449.29
39	Mike Caldwell	448.41
40	Dennis Martinez	446.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Larry Christenson	444.35
42	Tom Seaver	443.66
43	Frank Tanana	440.17
44	Joaquin Andujar	439.98
45	Bruce Berenyi	438.97
46	Jim Beattie	434.67
47	Bert Blyleven	434.23
48	Bob Knepper	434.03
49	John Candelaria	433.27
50	Matt Keough	431.35
51	Gaylord Perry	431.04
52	Geoff Zahn	430.8
53	Moose Haas	428.39
54	Mike Witt	427.75
55	Paul Splittorff	427.65
56	Bill Laskey	426.6
57	Burt Hooton	425.81
58	Steve Mura	422.91
59	Luis Leal	422.52
60	Dave Righetti	422.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	La Marr Hoyt	419.43
62	Lary Sorensen	417.18
63	Rick Sutcliffe	416.51
64	Tim Lollar	416.11
65	Frank Pastore	414.51
66	Rick Rhoden	411.0
67	Rick Honeycutt	410.57
68	Doc Medich	410.36
69	Charlie Hough	404.94
70	Don Robinson	404.4
71	Mike Torrez	404.17
72	Charlie Lea	402.0
73	Rich Gale	401.23
74	John Denny	400.74
75	Brad Havens	400.68
76	Richard Dotson	400.6
77	Rick Mahler	399.58
78	Jerry Koosman	397.45
79	John Montefusco	396.3
80	Vern Ruhle	395.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Trout	393.44
82	Jerry Ujdur	392.92
83	Juan Eichelberger	392.18
84	Doug Bird	392.09
85	Steve Renko	388.47
86	Tom Underwood	387.03
87	Rick Waits	386.31
88	John Tudor	385.59
89	Bob McClure	384.52
90	Dickie Noles	384.51
91	Dennis Lamp	384.34
92	Atlee Hammaker	380.08
93	Ray Burris	375.84
94	Bob Walk	374.1
95	Albert Williams	373.41
96	Charlie Puleo	372.16
97	Roger Erickson	371.15
98	Bobby Castillo	370.96
99	Pete Falcone	369.8
100	Rudy May	369.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave LaPoint	368.18
102	Jim Gott	367.51
103	David Palmer	366.65
104	Jon Matlack	365.65
105	Mike Moore	364.87
106	Doyle Alexander	364.76
107	Mike Scott	364.05
108	Renie Martin	363.66
109	Mike Morgan	363.25
110	Brian Kingman	362.65
111	Gene Nelson	362.14
112	Randy Lerch	361.93
113	Frank Viola	361.17
114	Allen Ripley	360.92
115	Marty Bystrom	358.91
116	Pat Zachry	358.07
117	Tommy Boggs	357.69
118	John Curtis	356.68
119	Dave Stewart	356.07
120	Ross Baumgarten	355.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Larry McWilliams	355.36
122	John Stuper	353.94
123	Chuck Rainey	351.87
124	Rick Camp	351.23
125	Bruce Kison	350.12
126	Jack O'Connor	349.1
127	Chris Welsh	348.42
128	Bob Shirley	347.18
129	Randy Martz	344.7
130	Bruce Hurst	344.54
131	Pete Redfern	344.25
132	Randy Jones	343.67
133	Bob Ojeda	343.31
134	Bud Black	337.18
135	Shane Rawley	334.88
136	Manny Sarmiento	334.32
137	Ken Dayley	332.79
138	Dave Frost	331.65
139	Rick Reuschel	330.64
140	Craig Swan	330.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Larry Pashnick	328.29
142	Alan Fowlkes	328.1
143	John Martin	327.3
144	John Butcher	327.07
145	Eric Show	325.6
146	Sammy Stewart	325.48
147	Vicente Romo	324.34
148	Andy Hawkins	323.45
149	Pat Underwood	322.35
150	Pascual Perez	320.61
151	Dave Goltz	319.74
152	Tom Filer	319.35
153	Jim Barr	318.9
154	Ed Whitson	317.4
155	Derek Botelho	316.57
156	Dave Dravecky	316.35
157	Ricky Wright	315.41
158	Jim Slaton	315.11
159	Don Hood	314.45
160	Lee Smith	313.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ed Farmer	313.16
162	Luis Tiant	312.81
163	Joe Cowley	312.42
164	Eddie Solomon	311.58
165	Dan Schatzeder	311.03
166	Brent Gaff	310.53
167	Tom Griffin	309.77
168	Greg Harris	309.67
169	Mike LaCoss	308.09
170	Terry Felton	307.68
171	Angel Moreno	307.66
172	Bryan Clark	307.41
173	Storm Davis	306.7
174	Charlie Leibrandt	306.68
175	Dave Geisel	304.69
176	Ed Lynch	304.67
177	Jeff Jones	304.54
178	Jerry Garvin	304.46
179	Al Holland	304.27
180	Rich Barnes	303.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Bob James	302.25
182	Ken Kravec	302.13
183	Jerry Augustine	301.66
184	Dave Schmidt	301.58
185	Roy Lee Jackson	301.58
186	Fred Breining	301.48
187	Mike Chris	301.4
188	Keith Creel	301.2
189	Andy Rincon	300.66
190	Joe Beckwith	300.27

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