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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	559.66
2	Don Sutton	502.19
3	Nolan Ryan	501.24
4	Tom Seaver	500.61
5	Bert Blyleven	498.54
6	Dennis Leonard	489.25
7	Ron Guidry	485.97
8	Mike Norris	482.58
9	Dennis Eckersley	479.89
10	Steve Rogers	478.47
11	Phil Niekro	477.84
12	Jack Morris	475.69
13	Len Barker	473.59
14	Larry Gura	469.29
15	Mike Flanagan	468.66
16	Vida Blue	464.36
17	Rick Langford	463.48
18	Matt Keough	463.35
19	Tommy John	462.51
20	Steve McCatty	461.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Scott Sanderson	459.3
22	Burt Hooton	458.72
23	Rick Reuschel	456.32
24	Milt Wilcox	456.22
25	Ken Forsch	455.67
26	Joe Niekro	455.0
27	Jim Bibby	454.64
28	Mike Caldwell	453.61
29	Scott McGregor	453.18
30	Pete Vuckovich	452.92
31	Britt Burns	451.88
32	Jerry Reuss	450.46
33	Bob Forsch	449.71
34	Jerry Koosman	445.31
35	Lary Sorensen	443.49
36	Jim Palmer	443.25
37	Moose Haas	443.22
38	Floyd Bannister	441.71
39	Frank Tanana	439.55
40	Steve Stone	434.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gaylord Perry	434.52
42	Fergie Jenkins	433.86
43	Bob Knepper	433.18
44	Dave Stieb	432.34
45	Rick Honeycutt	429.06
46	Bob Welch	427.73
47	Dennis Martinez	426.14
48	Richard Dotson	423.27
49	Rick Waits	421.88
50	Paul Splittorff	421.45
51	Doyle Alexander	421.1
52	Bill Gullickson	420.92
53	Roger Erickson	420.33
54	Dick Ruthven	419.34
55	John Candelaria	418.38
56	Tom Underwood	416.98
57	Jon Matlack	415.81
58	Frank Pastore	413.26
59	Geoff Zahn	410.54
60	Doc Medich	409.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Torrez	409.17
62	Brian Kingman	409.05
63	Mario Soto	409.01
64	Ed Whitson	407.0
65	Rich Gale	406.92
66	Ross Baumgarten	405.81
67	Steve Trout	405.72
68	Mike Krukow	405.49
69	Rudy May	400.75
70	Fernando Valenzuela	397.5
71	Jim Clancy	396.92
72	Rick Wise	396.53
73	Tommy Boggs	394.07
74	Pat Zachry	390.96
75	Dan Schatzeder	390.3
76	Dan Petry	385.26
77	Larry Christenson	384.17
78	Ray Burris	383.06
79	Steve Mura	380.83
80	Rick Rhoden	380.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Glenn Abbott	380.13
82	Danny Darwin	375.41
83	Silvio Martinez	374.27
84	Vern Ruhle	373.17
85	Steve Renko	372.5
86	Don Robinson	369.68
87	Lynn McGlothen	366.42
88	Juan Eichelberger	363.45
89	Randy Jones	363.05
90	Jackson Todd	359.96
91	Mark Bomback	357.95
92	John Tudor	357.92
93	Craig Swan	357.73
94	Dave Goltz	357.52
95	Chris Welsh	356.56
96	Allen Ripley	356.2
97	Tom Griffin	354.87
98	Pete Redfern	354.43
99	Albert Williams	353.34
100	Bill Travers	352.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Slaton	350.74
102	Mike LaCoss	347.64
103	Eddie Solomon	347.45
104	Bruce Berenyi	347.13
105	John Curtis	346.02
106	John Montefusco	344.81
107	Dave Righetti	344.76
108	Mike Witt	344.54
109	Mike Scott	343.14
110	Bob Walk	342.27
111	J.R. Richard	339.13
112	John Denny	338.45
113	Fernando Arroyo	338.22
114	Luis Leal	337.53
115	Charlie Lea	336.24
116	Marty Bystrom	336.02
117	Mike Parrott	334.65
118	John Martin	334.6
119	Ken Kravec	333.9
120	Brian Allard	327.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pascual Perez	326.4
122	Wayne Garland	325.98
123	Randy Martz	325.43
124	Dave Rozema	324.59
125	Randy Lerch	324.27
126	Bob Shirley	323.17
127	Doug Bird	322.47
128	Bryan Clark	322.41
129	Jerry Don Gleaton	320.87
130	Steve Crawford	320.7
131	Jim Beattie	320.65
132	Andy Rincon	320.18
133	Ed Lynch	319.86
134	Greg Harris	318.67
135	Bob Ojeda	318.47
136	Nino Espinosa	317.79
137	Dan Spillner	315.85
138	Dave Frost	313.56
139	Ken Clay	313.44
140	Mike Jones	312.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Mahler	312.07
142	Bill Caudill	311.51
143	Dennis Lamp	310.85
144	Gene Nelson	309.96
145	Terry Leach	309.44
146	Jesse Jefferson	309.37
147	Luis Tiant	308.46
148	Joaquin Andujar	307.81
149	Juan Berenguer	307.52
150	Sammy Stewart	305.12
151	Rick Sutcliffe	304.69
152	Francisco Barrios	304.52
153	Jay Howell	303.92
154	Brad Havens	303.32
155	Rod Scurry	303.1
156	Mike Griffin	302.93
157	La Marr Hoyt	302.69
158	Dave LaRoche	301.54
159	Paul Mirabella	301.07
160	Jerry Garvin	300.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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