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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	589.58
2	J.R. Richard	577.38
3	Don Sutton	530.94
4	Larry Gura	528.81
5	Phil Niekro	525.15
6	Dennis Eckersley	523.91
7	Ron Guidry	519.78
8	Nolan Ryan	514.72
9	Dennis Leonard	513.73
10	Rick Reuschel	507.96
11	Steve Rogers	507.77
12	Bert Blyleven	507.17
13	Fergie Jenkins	502.17
14	Rick Langford	501.46
15	Burt Hooton	501.26
16	Mike Flanagan	500.15
17	Scott McGregor	495.27
18	Mike Norris	494.82
19	Gaylord Perry	493.75
20	Steve Stone	493.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Seaver	491.9
22	Bob Forsch	489.93
23	John Candelaria	487.35
24	Moose Haas	486.67
25	Jerry Koosman	482.92
26	Tommy John	482.3
27	Jim Palmer	479.61
28	Pete Vuckovich	472.64
29	Vida Blue	471.75
30	Craig Swan	467.5
31	Matt Keough	466.12
32	Floyd Bannister	465.76
33	Jim Bibby	464.66
34	Len Barker	464.38
35	Milt Wilcox	461.75
36	Frank Tanana	461.49
37	Jack Morris	461.05
38	Mike Caldwell	458.96
39	Tom Underwood	455.83
40	Rich Gale	455.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Scott Sanderson	455.34
42	Luis Tiant	452.96
43	Britt Burns	452.65
44	Rick Waits	452.27
45	Jerry Reuss	450.4
46	Dave Stieb	449.42
47	Rick Wise	448.74
48	Mike Torrez	448.56
49	Jon Matlack	448.53
50	Joe Niekro	448.51
51	Geoff Zahn	448.06
52	Ed Whitson	446.78
53	Randy Jones	445.31
54	Bill Travers	445.16
55	Doyle Alexander	444.68
56	Paul Splittorff	439.7
57	Ken Forsch	438.57
58	Jim Clancy	437.52
59	Lary Sorensen	436.32
60	Dave Goltz	435.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Ruthven	435.18
62	Dennis Lamp	434.8
63	Mike Krukow	433.9
64	Brian Kingman	433.87
65	Dan Schatzeder	433.68
66	Bob Knepper	433.02
67	Roger Erickson	432.48
68	Ross Baumgarten	430.07
69	John Fulgham	429.46
70	Steve McCatty	428.32
71	Bob Welch	424.92
72	Rick Honeycutt	423.68
73	Ken Kravec	422.55
74	John Denny	422.47
75	Steve Trout	420.56
76	Dennis Martinez	419.67
77	Steve Renko	419.1
78	John Montefusco	418.92
79	Don Robinson	418.92
80	Randy Lerch	409.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pat Zachry	408.91
82	Silvio Martinez	407.92
83	Doc Medich	403.39
84	Richard Dotson	403.27
85	Dan Petry	402.93
86	Frank Pastore	402.78
87	Glenn Abbott	399.58
88	Mike LaCoss	398.15
89	Lynn McGlothen	398.08
90	Dan Spillner	396.69
91	Darrell Jackson	395.29
92	Jim Slaton	394.61
93	Dave Frost	394.24
94	Bob Stanley	393.14
95	Tommy Boggs	388.25
96	Larry McWilliams	388.06
97	John Curtis	387.93
98	Rick Matula	387.88
99	Pete Falcone	386.67
100	Vern Ruhle	386.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Beattie	386.2
102	Ray Burris	385.58
103	Bill Bonham	383.04
104	Bob Sykes	382.86
105	Rudy May	382.71
106	Bruce Kison	381.85
107	Ed Halicki	381.46
108	Eddie Solomon	380.66
109	Steve Mura	380.18
110	Charlie Leibrandt	378.75
111	Don Aase	377.52
112	Bill Lee	376.76
113	Bill Gullickson	375.81
114	Mark Bomback	374.91
115	David Palmer	372.32
116	Gary Lucas	371.67
117	Eric Rasmussen	371.64
118	Rick Sutcliffe	369.2
119	Paul Moskau	369.15
120	Dave Rozema	368.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Allen Ripley	365.5
122	Bob Walk	364.98
123	Wayne Garland	364.5
124	Charlie Lea	363.53
125	Rick Rhoden	363.45
126	Mike Parrott	363.33
127	Steve Comer	362.82
128	Reggie Cleveland	362.22
129	Chris Knapp	361.89
130	Chuck Rainey	360.1
131	Ross Grimsley	359.96
132	Larry Christenson	359.8
133	Alfredo Martinez	358.94
134	Jesse Jefferson	358.08
135	Fred Norman	357.52
136	John Tudor	354.7
137	Renie Martin	353.3
138	Bob Owchinko	353.16
139	Nino Espinosa	352.55
140	Ed Figueroa	350.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Kaat	346.65
142	Rich Wortham	346.3
143	Fernando Arroyo	344.41
144	Doug Capilla	342.57
145	Paul Mitchell	341.73
146	Pete Redfern	340.51
147	Jim Rooker	340.18
148	Paul Mirabella	340.15
149	Rob Dressler	339.62
150	Alan Hargesheimer	339.43
151	Joaquin Andujar	337.42
152	Roy Lee Jackson	335.76
153	John Pacella	335.16
154	Joe Price	334.91
155	Mario Soto	334.63
156	Dave LaRoche	329.72
157	La Marr Hoyt	328.79
158	Jackson Todd	328.32
159	Juan Eichelberger	328.0
160	Gordie Pladson	325.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Lemanczyk	325.6
162	Jack Kucek	324.67
163	Don Hood	324.25
164	Bob Shirley	324.09
165	Dan Larson	323.88
166	Ken Clay	323.77
167	Charlie Hough	319.76
168	Steve Busby	319.52
169	Bob Ojeda	318.15
170	Jim Barr	314.62
171	Bruce Robbins	313.35
172	Bill Bordley	310.44
173	Bill Caudill	309.54
174	Bruce Berenyi	309.41
175	Mike Griffin	308.03
176	Joey McLaughlin	306.6
177	Albert Williams	306.45
178	Mark Fidrych	305.6
179	Pat Underwood	305.26
180	Bruce Hurst	304.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Rickey Keeton	304.19
182	Jerry Ujdur	303.86
183	Roger Weaver	302.73
184	Mike Proly	301.74
185	Sammy Stewart	301.51
186	Skip Lockwood	301.21
187	Balor Moore	300.45
188	Luis Leal	300.1

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