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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	570.33
2	Nolan Ryan	513.43
3	Tom Seaver	509.46
4	Bert Blyleven	505.81
5	Don Sutton	499.43
6	Ron Guidry	498.43
7	Steve Rogers	493.1
8	Dennis Leonard	485.89
9	Larry Gura	485.77
10	Phil Niekro	485.41
11	Dennis Eckersley	479.79
12	Len Barker	477.06
13	Jack Morris	475.85
14	Rick Langford	472.71
15	Vida Blue	472.13
16	Britt Burns	470.25
17	Matt Keough	468.89
18	Burt Hooton	468.89
19	Rick Reuschel	468.58
20	Scott McGregor	466.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Norris	466.13
22	Tommy John	463.14
23	Steve McCatty	462.32
24	Scott Sanderson	461.59
25	Ken Forsch	460.19
26	Jim Bibby	459.88
27	Mike Flanagan	457.66
28	Milt Wilcox	456.91
29	Jerry Reuss	455.49
30	Bob Forsch	455.37
31	Joe Niekro	454.25
32	Pete Vuckovich	452.49
33	Jim Palmer	447.99
34	Moose Haas	444.73
35	Jerry Koosman	444.06
36	Frank Tanana	443.75
37	Mike Caldwell	443.49
38	Gaylord Perry	443.36
39	Fergie Jenkins	443.04
40	Bill Gullickson	441.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Lary Sorensen	440.29
42	Floyd Bannister	439.21
43	Dave Stieb	434.41
44	Bob Knepper	431.99
45	Doc Medich	431.32
46	Steve Stone	430.23
47	Rick Honeycutt	429.47
48	Bob Welch	425.53
49	Dennis Martinez	423.5
50	Doyle Alexander	423.48
51	Dick Ruthven	422.58
52	Fernando Valenzuela	421.27
53	Paul Splittorff	420.19
54	Roger Erickson	419.33
55	Jon Matlack	418.61
56	Ed Whitson	417.21
57	Steve Trout	416.7
58	Mario Soto	416.56
59	John Candelaria	415.88
60	Frank Pastore	415.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Richard Dotson	414.5
62	Tom Underwood	414.48
63	Geoff Zahn	411.01
64	Rick Waits	407.09
65	Mike Krukow	406.3
66	Mike Torrez	406.09
67	Ross Baumgarten	405.99
68	Tommy Boggs	405.83
69	Brian Kingman	404.0
70	Dan Schatzeder	402.96
71	Dan Petry	402.43
72	Rudy May	401.82
73	Pat Zachry	396.01
74	Rich Gale	395.68
75	Ray Burris	395.15
76	Rick Wise	394.82
77	Jim Clancy	393.73
78	Larry Christenson	391.38
79	Glenn Abbott	386.52
80	Danny Darwin	385.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Silvio Martinez	384.63
82	Steve Mura	378.24
83	Steve Renko	375.63
84	Rick Rhoden	373.65
85	Vern Ruhle	371.92
86	Bruce Berenyi	368.28
87	Don Robinson	367.18
88	Pete Redfern	366.0
89	John Denny	365.09
90	Lynn McGlothen	363.92
91	Tom Griffin	363.4
92	Albert Williams	361.22
93	Dave Goltz	360.77
94	Randy Jones	360.55
95	Dave Righetti	359.31
96	Jackson Todd	358.46
97	Mike Witt	357.77
98	Juan Eichelberger	357.47
99	Chris Welsh	356.89
100	John Tudor	356.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Slaton	355.45
102	Mark Bomback	355.45
103	Craig Swan	355.23
104	Eddie Solomon	355.23
105	Allen Ripley	354.2
106	John Montefusco	353.14
107	Mike Scott	352.15
108	Bill Travers	350.32
109	Ken Kravec	347.53
110	Fernando Arroyo	343.96
111	John Curtis	343.52
112	John Martin	342.38
113	Luis Leal	340.98
114	Mike LaCoss	340.11
115	Bob Walk	339.77
116	Mike Parrott	336.74
117	Charlie Lea	334.73
118	Marty Bystrom	333.52
119	Ed Lynch	333.3
120	Bob Ojeda	333.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Beattie	332.43
122	Randy Martz	329.65
123	Jerry Don Gleaton	329.16
124	J.R. Richard	329.13
125	Doug Bird	329.04
126	Pascual Perez	326.54
127	Greg Harris	325.76
128	Dennis Lamp	325.54
129	Randy Lerch	325.27
130	Brian Allard	324.8
131	Rick Mahler	324.65
132	Wayne Garland	323.73
133	Dave Rozema	323.51
134	Juan Berenguer	321.44
135	Bob Shirley	320.67
136	Bryan Clark	319.91
137	Nino Espinosa	318.75
138	Steve Crawford	318.45
139	Ken Clay	317.73
140	Andy Rincon	317.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Jones	316.64
142	Dave Frost	315.2
143	Joaquin Andujar	313.54
144	Dan Spillner	313.35
145	Odell Jones	313.25
146	Pete Falcone	312.86
147	Darrell Jackson	311.57
148	Brad Havens	309.93
149	Rod Scurry	309.14
150	Bill Caudill	309.01
151	Terry Leach	307.69
152	Luis Tiant	307.46
153	Gene Nelson	307.46
154	Tim Lollar	307.18
155	Jesse Jefferson	306.87
156	Aurelio Lopez	303.99
157	Sammy Stewart	303.12
158	Gary Lavelle	302.65
159	Jay Howell	302.42
160	Rick Sutcliffe	302.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Francisco Barrios	302.02
162	Mike Griffin	301.93
163	La Marr Hoyt	300.94
164	Steve Bedrosian	300.89

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