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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	J.R. Richard	580.94
2	Ron Guidry	572.7
3	Dennis Eckersley	556.79
4	Tom Seaver	544.65
5	Phil Niekro	540.46
6	Steve Carlton	538.39
7	Nolan Ryan	533.79
8	Burt Hooton	531.18
9	Bert Blyleven	523.57
10	Jim Palmer	512.61
11	Mike Flanagan	508.34
12	Gaylord Perry	507.33
13	Rick Reuschel	506.36
14	Steve Rogers	506.05
15	John Candelaria	505.23
16	Don Sutton	504.6
17	Dave Goltz	502.58
18	Mike Caldwell	501.86
19	Dennis Leonard	499.88
20	Jerry Koosman	497.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Craig Swan	497.89
22	Dennis Martinez	492.69
23	Tommy John	491.04
24	Fergie Jenkins	487.68
25	Luis Tiant	483.44
26	Ken Kravec	478.56
27	Randy Jones	478.0
28	Joe Niekro	474.97
29	Paul Splittorff	470.4
30	Lary Sorensen	466.89
31	Fred Norman	466.13
32	Jon Matlack	462.38
33	Jim Slaton	460.54
34	Mike Torrez	460.47
35	Bob Forsch	458.31
36	Bob Knepper	458.06
37	Rick Wise	455.22
38	Pete Vuckovich	455.06
39	Vida Blue	453.96
40	Steve Stone	453.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Langford	452.02
42	Dave Frost	449.44
43	Ed Figueroa	449.12
44	Tom Underwood	448.96
45	Larry Gura	445.47
46	Frank Tanana	445.12
47	John Montefusco	444.44
48	Bill Bonham	443.38
49	Dick Ruthven	442.34
50	John Denny	442.17
51	Bill Travers	438.82
52	Geoff Zahn	438.78
53	Scott McGregor	438.71
54	Ed Halicki	436.71
55	Rick Waits	436.67
56	Dennis Lamp	435.91
57	Don Robinson	433.64
58	Milt Wilcox	433.11
59	Nino Espinosa	432.56
60	Mike Parrott	431.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Larry Christenson	429.9
62	Mike LaCoss	428.28
63	Silvio Martinez	427.71
64	Francisco Barrios	427.32
65	Mike Krukow	426.17
66	Dave Rozema	425.83
67	Catfish Hunter	423.3
68	Bill Lee	422.66
69	Jack Morris	421.43
70	Steve Renko	421.19
71	Don Aase	420.98
72	Randy Lerch	420.27
73	Jack Billingham	415.73
74	Rich Wortham	415.48
75	Floyd Bannister	414.56
76	Jim Barr	414.48
77	Steve Comer	414.16
78	Rich Gale	413.04
79	Ross Grimsley	406.91
80	John Henry Johnson	406.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Eddie Solomon	405.88
82	Doyle Alexander	405.67
83	Bruce Kison	404.41
84	Rick Honeycutt	403.88
85	Ross Baumgarten	403.79
86	Doug Rau	401.83
87	Eric Rasmussen	401.36
88	Rick Sutcliffe	400.97
89	Dan Schatzeder	398.97
90	Pete Falcone	398.72
91	Lynn McGlothen	395.5
92	Scott Sanderson	393.19
93	Roger Erickson	392.7
94	Dave Lemanczyk	392.03
95	John Fulgham	392.02
96	Ken Forsch	390.27
97	Joaquin Andujar	388.97
98	Bob Owchinko	388.46
99	Jim Bibby	387.95
100	Jim Rooker	387.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Shirley	387.14
102	Kevin Kobel	385.65
103	John Curtis	383.82
104	Rick Matula	383.72
105	Matt Keough	383.13
106	Bob Stanley	382.87
107	Paul Moskau	382.15
108	Moose Haas	382.11
109	Len Barker	380.95
110	Glenn Abbott	380.64
111	Dock Ellis	380.49
112	Doc Medich	377.15
113	Tom Hume	375.85
114	Mike Paxton	375.85
115	Jim Clancy	375.49
116	Chris Knapp	374.9
117	Phil Huffman	372.08
118	Paul Mitchell	369.86
119	Jesse Jefferson	368.34
120	Jim Beattie	364.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mark Lemongello	363.7
122	Brian Kingman	363.5
123	Steve McCatty	362.78
124	Ed Whitson	362.76
125	Dan Petry	361.71
126	Pat Underwood	361.71
127	Steve Trout	361.69
128	Dave Stieb	359.86
129	Mickey Mahler	359.5
130	Paul Hartzell	359.29
131	Bob Welch	357.56
132	Tony Brizzolara	357.42
133	Steve Busby	356.6
134	Jerry Reuss	354.1
135	Mike Norris	353.85
136	Rick Williams	352.93
137	Ken Holtzman	351.73
138	Pat Zachry	344.69
139	Philip Nastu	344.47
140	Rick Rhoden	343.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dan Spillner	343.5
142	Jim Kaat	342.16
143	David Palmer	341.82
144	Balor Moore	340.37
145	Tom Hausman	340.2
146	Eric Wilkins	338.76
147	Craig Chamberlain	337.75
148	Larry McWilliams	337.24
149	Chuck Rainey	337.23
150	Odell Jones	336.96
151	John D'Acquisto	334.94
152	Bill Caudill	334.8
153	Kip Young	333.77
154	Bruce Robbins	332.57
155	Andy Hassler	332.54
156	Dickie Noles	329.41
157	Byron McLaughlin	328.82
158	Roy Thomas	327.84
159	Charlie Hough	326.95
160	Vern Ruhle	326.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rob Dressler	326.03
162	Mike Morgan	325.96
163	Danny Darwin	325.8
164	Andy Messersmith	324.2
165	David Clyde	323.75
166	Randy Niemann	323.23
167	Wayne Garland	322.85
168	Darrell Jackson	322.81
169	Craig Minetto	322.23
170	Frank Pastore	321.56
171	Pete Redfern	320.82
172	Brian Allard	319.71
173	Rudy May	318.87
174	Jerry Augustine	318.53
175	Butch Edge	318.0
176	Ray Burris	315.53
177	Steve Baker	315.17
178	Randy Scarbery	314.4
179	Don Hood	314.25
180	Mike Chris	312.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dave Hamilton	311.71
182	Mike Proly	309.68
183	Allen Ripley	309.07
184	Marty Pattin	308.9
185	Preston Hanna	308.43
186	Steve Eddy	308.15
187	Wayne Twitchell	308.09
188	Dave Ford	307.51
189	Joel Finch	306.57
190	Doug Bird	306.53
191	Fred Howard	306.46
192	Frank LaCorte	306.44
193	Bob Sykes	306.18
194	Shane Rawley	306.1
195	Ralph Botting	305.61
196	Sammy Stewart	303.99
197	Mike Marshall	303.42
198	Dick Drago	303.08
199	Jackson Todd	302.47
200	Ken Clay	302.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Kevin Saucier	300.84
202	Paul Reuschel	300.32

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