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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	566.23
2	Nolan Ryan	507.55
3	Tom Seaver	506.92
4	Don Sutton	501.16
5	Bert Blyleven	500.91
6	Ron Guidry	493.25
7	Steve Rogers	484.82
8	Dennis Leonard	484.0
9	Larry Gura	479.57
10	Dennis Eckersley	478.98
11	Phil Niekro	478.81
12	Mike Norris	475.47
13	Jack Morris	475.44
14	Rick Langford	472.67
15	Vida Blue	471.6
16	Matt Keough	467.75
17	Len Barker	465.87
18	Britt Burns	463.22
19	Rick Reuschel	461.81
20	Jerry Reuss	461.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Bibby	460.13
22	Ken Forsch	459.59
23	Scott McGregor	459.37
24	Steve McCatty	459.34
25	Burt Hooton	458.72
26	Mike Flanagan	457.66
27	Tommy John	457.07
28	Milt Wilcox	456.91
29	Scott Sanderson	454.87
30	Pete Vuckovich	452.92
31	Bob Forsch	449.82
32	Joe Niekro	449.39
33	Mike Caldwell	448.91
34	Jim Palmer	447.03
35	Frank Tanana	445.87
36	Jerry Koosman	445.31
37	Moose Haas	441.86
38	Gaylord Perry	441.0
39	Floyd Bannister	440.46
40	Lary Sorensen	440.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Stieb	438.87
42	Rick Honeycutt	436.32
43	Fergie Jenkins	433.86
44	Steve Stone	433.4
45	Bill Gullickson	429.42
46	Bob Knepper	427.95
47	Dennis Martinez	425.26
48	Mario Soto	422.37
49	Bob Welch	421.71
50	Dick Ruthven	420.5
51	Roger Erickson	420.33
52	Paul Splittorff	420.19
53	Doc Medich	419.9
54	Jon Matlack	418.61
55	Richard Dotson	418.4
56	Doyle Alexander	417.42
57	John Candelaria	417.13
58	Geoff Zahn	417.04
59	Tom Underwood	415.73
60	Frank Pastore	415.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Waits	415.17
62	Steve Trout	414.26
63	Mike Krukow	412.14
64	Fernando Valenzuela	408.3
65	Ed Whitson	406.29
66	Ross Baumgarten	406.24
67	Mike Torrez	406.09
68	Brian Kingman	404.25
69	Tommy Boggs	401.45
70	Rudy May	400.0
71	Jim Clancy	399.12
72	Pat Zachry	398.25
73	Rich Gale	397.07
74	Dan Schatzeder	396.92
75	Dan Petry	394.13
76	Rick Wise	392.97
77	Larry Christenson	386.86
78	Rick Rhoden	386.17
79	Glenn Abbott	384.28
80	Ray Burris	382.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Mura	382.29
82	Steve Renko	375.95
83	Silvio Martinez	374.27
84	Danny Darwin	374.07
85	Vern Ruhle	373.17
86	Don Robinson	368.43
87	Lynn McGlothen	365.17
88	Juan Eichelberger	361.89
89	Randy Jones	361.8
90	Jackson Todd	359.71
91	Dave Goltz	359.02
92	Pete Redfern	358.12
93	John Tudor	358.03
94	Tom Griffin	357.33
95	Chris Welsh	356.89
96	Albert Williams	356.75
97	Mark Bomback	356.7
98	Craig Swan	356.48
99	Allen Ripley	355.45
100	Jim Slaton	354.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Montefusco	353.14
102	John Denny	352.08
103	Bill Travers	351.57
104	Bruce Berenyi	351.23
105	Eddie Solomon	350.16
106	Dave Righetti	348.29
107	Mike Witt	347.81
108	Mike LaCoss	346.89
109	Mike Scott	346.05
110	John Curtis	344.77
111	Bob Walk	341.02
112	Mike Parrott	339.3
113	Luis Leal	338.51
114	John Martin	336.9
115	Ken Kravec	336.09
116	Fernando Arroyo	335.08
117	Marty Bystrom	334.77
118	Charlie Lea	334.73
119	J.R. Richard	334.13
120	Doug Bird	331.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jerry Don Gleaton	328.0
122	Pascual Perez	326.15
123	Brian Allard	326.05
124	Randy Martz	325.6
125	Bob Ojeda	325.37
126	Randy Lerch	325.27
127	Wayne Garland	324.98
128	Ed Lynch	324.39
129	Dave Rozema	323.34
130	Bob Shirley	321.92
131	Bryan Clark	321.16
132	Jim Beattie	320.89
133	Rick Mahler	319.81
134	Steve Crawford	319.7
135	Greg Harris	319.01
136	Nino Espinosa	319.0
137	Andy Rincon	318.93
138	Ken Clay	317.73
139	Dave Frost	315.2
140	Dan Spillner	314.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Juan Berenguer	313.42
142	Mike Jones	312.26
143	Rod Scurry	311.28
144	Joaquin Andujar	310.91
145	Bill Caudill	310.26
146	Dennis Lamp	309.6
147	Terry Leach	308.94
148	Gene Nelson	308.71
149	Luis Tiant	308.46
150	Jesse Jefferson	308.12
151	Tim Lollar	305.62
152	Pete Falcone	305.18
153	Odell Jones	304.45
154	Sammy Stewart	304.37
155	Darrell Jackson	304.24
156	Aurelio Lopez	303.92
157	Jay Howell	303.67
158	Rick Sutcliffe	303.44
159	Francisco Barrios	303.27
160	Mike Griffin	302.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Brad Havens	302.82
162	La Marr Hoyt	302.19
163	Dave LaRoche	301.04
164	Steve Bedrosian	300.89

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