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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	580.92
2	Dennis Eckersley	559.48
3	Nolan Ryan	558.03
4	J.R. Richard	557.73
5	Tom Seaver	549.79
6	Steve Carlton	533.64
7	Phil Niekro	532.8
8	Burt Hooton	527.18
9	Bert Blyleven	521.23
10	Steve Rogers	509.99
11	Fergie Jenkins	507.65
12	Gaylord Perry	505.32
13	Jim Palmer	505.01
14	Craig Swan	503.76
15	Mike Flanagan	502.87
16	Dave Goltz	500.13
17	Mike Caldwell	494.02
18	Dennis Leonard	492.68
19	Don Sutton	491.44
20	Jerry Koosman	491.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Luis Tiant	490.87
22	Tommy John	490.63
23	Rick Reuschel	489.64
24	John Candelaria	486.92
25	Dennis Martinez	485.21
26	Jim Slaton	483.74
27	Ken Kravec	477.11
28	Lary Sorensen	474.06
29	Fred Norman	471.87
30	Randy Jones	469.43
31	Paul Splittorff	469.01
32	Jon Matlack	466.13
33	Mike Torrez	463.99
34	Joe Niekro	462.42
35	Vida Blue	458.89
36	Steve Stone	457.73
37	Tom Underwood	456.73
38	Rick Wise	455.51
39	Pete Vuckovich	453.17
40	Ed Figueroa	452.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Tanana	448.87
42	Bob Forsch	448.35
43	John Montefusco	448.32
44	Geoff Zahn	447.93
45	Bob Knepper	446.64
46	Dick Ruthven	446.09
47	Dave Frost	444.42
48	John Denny	443.32
49	Bill Bonham	442.15
50	Ed Halicki	440.46
51	Bill Travers	437.66
52	Larry Gura	434.71
53	Don Robinson	433.89
54	Nino Espinosa	433.76
55	Francisco Barrios	431.07
56	Scott McGregor	430.91
57	Rick Langford	430.73
58	Milt Wilcox	429.74
59	Dave Rozema	429.58
60	Don Aase	429.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dennis Lamp	428.1
62	Catfish Hunter	425.8
63	Larry Christenson	423.35
64	Mike Krukow	422.93
65	Steve Renko	419.68
66	Rick Waits	418.3
67	Rich Gale	418.04
68	Silvio Martinez	417.48
69	Randy Lerch	413.29
70	Steve Comer	412.44
71	Mike Parrott	411.04
72	Ross Grimsley	410.66
73	Mike LaCoss	410.21
74	Doyle Alexander	409.42
75	Jim Barr	408.92
76	Jack Billingham	408.24
77	John Henry Johnson	406.64
78	Bill Lee	406.59
79	Doug Rau	405.58
80	Eric Rasmussen	405.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Floyd Bannister	403.77
82	Jack Morris	402.93
83	Ross Baumgarten	400.13
84	Rich Wortham	398.75
85	Scott Sanderson	396.94
86	Dan Schatzeder	396.36
87	Dave Lemanczyk	395.78
88	Bruce Kison	392.77
89	Joaquin Andujar	392.1
90	Eddie Solomon	391.65
91	Roger Erickson	391.54
92	Jim Rooker	391.01
93	Bob Shirley	390.6
94	Matt Keough	386.88
95	Ken Forsch	386.51
96	Paul Moskau	385.9
97	Rick Honeycutt	384.83
98	Dock Ellis	384.48
99	Glenn Abbott	384.39
100	Lynn McGlothen	384.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rick Matula	383.56
102	Moose Haas	381.89
103	Pete Falcone	381.61
104	Kevin Kobel	381.42
105	John Fulgham	380.53
106	Bob Owchinko	380.07
107	Tom Hume	379.6
108	Mike Paxton	379.59
109	Jim Clancy	379.24
110	Rick Sutcliffe	379.15
111	Bob Stanley	375.89
112	John Curtis	373.91
113	Chris Knapp	372.65
114	Jesse Jefferson	371.09
115	Paul Mitchell	369.25
116	Jim Bibby	367.74
117	Mark Lemongello	367.45
118	Pat Underwood	365.62
119	Jim Beattie	362.32
120	Mickey Mahler	362.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Steve Trout	361.81
122	Dave Stieb	361.74
123	Bob Welch	361.31
124	Tony Brizzolara	361.15
125	Steve Busby	360.35
126	Len Barker	359.46
127	Doc Medich	358.02
128	Dan Petry	356.35
129	Ken Holtzman	355.48
130	Paul Hartzell	352.5
131	Ed Whitson	352.44
132	Steve McCatty	349.19
133	Phil Huffman	348.78
134	Pat Zachry	348.44
135	Philip Nastu	348.22
136	Rick Williams	348.15
137	Rick Rhoden	347.34
138	Brian Kingman	345.71
139	Balor Moore	344.47
140	Tom Hausman	343.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Eric Wilkins	342.51
142	Larry McWilliams	340.99
143	Chuck Rainey	340.98
144	Odell Jones	339.96
145	Jerry Reuss	339.13
146	John D'Acquisto	337.94
147	Mike Norris	337.94
148	Jim Kaat	337.77
149	Kip Young	337.52
150	Dan Spillner	334.85
151	Dickie Noles	333.16
152	Byron McLaughlin	332.57
153	Roy Thomas	331.59
154	Vern Ruhle	330.44
155	Danny Darwin	329.55
156	Bill Caudill	329.54
157	Andy Hassler	329.39
158	David Palmer	328.59
159	Bruce Robbins	327.97
160	Andy Messersmith	327.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	David Clyde	327.5
162	Craig Chamberlain	327.37
163	Randy Niemann	326.98
164	Wayne Garland	326.6
165	Mike Morgan	326.27
166	Pete Redfern	323.82
167	Jerry Augustine	322.28
168	Darrell Jackson	320.92
169	Steve Baker	318.92
170	Randy Scarbery	318.15
171	Don Hood	318.0
172	Dave Hamilton	315.46
173	Frank Pastore	315.08
174	Charlie Hough	314.51
175	Rudy May	313.89
176	Brian Allard	313.5
177	Rob Dressler	313.28
178	Craig Minetto	313.09
179	Mike Chris	313.04
180	Marty Pattin	312.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Steve Eddy	311.9
182	Joel Finch	310.32
183	Bob Sykes	309.93
184	Ralph Botting	309.36
185	Allen Ripley	309.21
186	Butch Edge	309.15
187	Sammy Stewart	307.74
188	Dick Drago	306.83
189	Jackson Todd	306.22
190	Fred Howard	306.05
191	Kevin Saucier	304.59
192	Frank LaCorte	303.85
193	Mike Scott	303.61
194	Jim Wright	303.3
195	Dave Rajsich	302.84
196	Preston Hanna	302.28
197	Steve Mura	302.19
198	Dwight Bernard	301.85
199	Dave Ford	301.36
200	John Tudor	300.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Rich Hinton	300.38

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