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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	563.89
2	Mario Soto	562.84
3	Dave Stieb	555.87
4	Jack Morris	550.36
5	Nolan Ryan	541.58
6	Steve Rogers	539.23
7	Floyd Bannister	514.63
8	Dave Righetti	508.67
9	Bob Welch	505.12
10	Ron Guidry	504.18
11	Joe Niekro	503.15
12	Don Sutton	501.85
13	Fernando Valenzuela	499.64
14	Dan Petry	491.08
15	Bill Gullickson	490.28
16	Jim Clancy	489.52
17	La Marr Hoyt	489.35
18	Scott McGregor	487.6
19	Richard Dotson	484.48
20	Joaquin Andujar	482.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Reuss	480.96
22	Rick Sutcliffe	477.95
23	Moose Haas	475.72
24	Larry McWilliams	474.52
25	Rick Rhoden	471.86
26	Charlie Lea	471.52
27	John Candelaria	470.99
28	John Denny	469.85
29	Milt Wilcox	468.42
30	Mike Krukow	466.23
31	Len Barker	466.06
32	Charlie Hough	465.72
33	Phil Niekro	464.39
34	Ken Forsch	464.11
35	Atlee Hammaker	463.81
36	John Tudor	462.25
37	Rick Honeycutt	461.65
38	Geoff Zahn	459.83
39	Luis Leal	458.76
40	Fergie Jenkins	458.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tim Lollar	449.36
42	Mike Caldwell	449.09
43	Bruce Berenyi	448.56
44	Tommy John	447.03
45	Jim Palmer	446.52
46	Mike Norris	441.74
47	Bob Knepper	441.11
48	Tom Seaver	441.04
49	Larry Gura	440.59
50	Burt Hooton	437.38
51	Dick Ruthven	436.6
52	Matt Young	435.57
53	Bobby Castillo	434.35
54	Gaylord Perry	433.31
55	Dennis Eckersley	433.23
56	Mike Torrez	432.88
57	Bob Forsch	432.75
58	Mike Flanagan	432.58
59	Shane Rawley	432.24
60	Paul Splittorff	431.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bill Laskey	429.48
62	Storm Davis	428.41
63	Britt Burns	426.49
64	John Stuper	426.3
65	Lary Sorensen	425.42
66	Scott Sanderson	423.86
67	Craig McMurtry	423.29
68	Eric Show	423.25
69	Frank Tanana	421.62
70	Albert Williams	420.86
71	Mike Boddicker	420.53
72	Dave LaPoint	420.46
73	Larry Christenson	418.68
74	Jim Beattie	417.95
75	Vida Blue	415.39
76	Dave Dravecky	414.65
77	Jim Gott	413.75
78	Mike Smithson	410.73
79	Joe Price	410.45
80	Pascual Perez	410.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bob McClure	410.0
82	Dennis Leonard	408.99
83	Chuck Rainey	408.7
84	Bruce Hurst	407.6
85	Fred Breining	406.61
86	Bert Blyleven	406.08
87	Chris Codiroli	405.89
88	Steve McCatty	405.41
89	Alejandro Pena	403.18
90	Jerry Koosman	400.47
91	Frank Viola	399.76
92	Dennis Martinez	399.51
93	Bruce Kison	396.74
94	Frank Pastore	392.93
95	Bud Black	392.37
96	Ken Schrom	390.77
97	Steve Trout	390.03
98	Charles Hudson	388.78
99	Jose DeLeon	388.21
100	Mike Witt	388.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Danny Darwin	387.82
102	Juan Berenguer	387.74
103	Bob Ojeda	383.21
104	Mike Moore	381.54
105	Steve Renko	379.77
106	Matt Keough	378.87
107	Dickie Noles	377.84
108	Bob Stoddard	375.95
109	Chuck Porter	375.81
110	Mike Scott	372.93
111	Mark Thurmond	371.93
112	Rick Camp	371.8
113	Tim Conroy	371.08
114	Ed Lynch	370.12
115	Neil Allen	368.95
116	John Montefusco	368.8
117	Charlie Puleo	367.83
118	Ray Burris	367.74
119	Rick Langford	367.49
120	Brad Havens	366.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Rozema	365.86
122	Bill Krueger	365.71
123	Lee Tunnell	365.32
124	Walt Terrell	362.65
125	Pete Falcone	362.21
126	Neal Heaton	361.96
127	Marty Bystrom	359.8
128	Ray Fontenot	358.64
129	Mark Davis	357.98
130	Glenn Abbott	355.64
131	Gorman Heimueller	354.12
132	Bob Shirley	353.98
133	Mike Brown	353.95
134	Juan Eichelberger	353.66
135	Ed Whitson	351.45
136	Bryn Smith	350.88
137	Craig Swan	350.78
138	Jerry Ujdur	350.23
139	Ken Dayley	350.02
140	Andy McGaffigan	348.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Kevin Gross	348.71
142	Doyle Alexander	346.62
143	Andy Hawkins	345.97
144	Dennis Lamp	345.27
145	Mike Madden	344.89
146	Bryan Clark	342.79
147	Allan Ramirez	342.53
148	Jay Howell	336.47
149	Oil Can Boyd	335.38
150	Jon Matlack	333.25
151	Mike LaCoss	332.23
152	Tom Underwood	330.64
153	Jeff Russell	329.71
154	Vern Ruhle	329.67
155	Bob Gibson	327.33
156	Danny Cox	325.98
157	Tom Brennan	325.97
158	Jack O'Connor	325.78
159	Eric Rasmussen	324.96
160	Tom Candiotti	323.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Steirer	322.36
162	John Butcher	320.04
163	Larry Pashnick	316.85
164	Mike Warren	316.02
165	Doug Bird	315.9
166	Keith Creel	315.08
167	Pete Vuckovich	313.05
168	Dave Stewart	313.04
169	Scott Holman	312.2
170	Don Robinson	311.97
171	John Curtis	311.81
172	Craig Lefferts	311.4
173	Rich Gale	310.99
174	Doug Bair	309.38
175	Rick Lysander	308.75
176	Mike Jeffcoat	307.03
177	Greg Bargar	307.01
178	Byron McLaughlin	306.84
179	Jim Acker	306.16
180	Jim Bibby	305.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Elias Sosa	304.32
182	Mark Smith	303.29
183	Bill Swaggerty	303.28
184	Rich Bordi	303.07
185	Bill Travers	303.02
186	Howard Bailey	302.84
187	Steve Comer	302.82
188	John Martin	302.47
189	Renie Martin	302.14
190	Paul Moskau	301.75
191	Chris Welsh	301.68
192	Ted Power	301.57
193	Randy Martz	300.71
194	Matt Williams	300.66

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