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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	577.84
2	Tom Seaver	519.07
3	Nolan Ryan	511.02
4	Bert Blyleven	505.33
5	Don Sutton	504.65
6	Ron Guidry	503.32
7	Steve Rogers	493.1
8	Larry Gura	491.42
9	Phil Niekro	489.77
10	Dennis Leonard	488.58
11	Dennis Eckersley	487.44
12	Jack Morris	486.17
13	Burt Hooton	475.81
14	Britt Burns	474.66
15	Vida Blue	474.15
16	Rick Reuschel	472.49
17	Rick Langford	472.32
18	Mike Norris	471.06
19	Len Barker	469.81
20	Steve McCatty	468.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	467.14
22	Ken Forsch	465.36
23	Milt Wilcox	464.79
24	Matt Keough	463.78
25	Scott Sanderson	463.64
26	Scott McGregor	461.6
27	Jim Bibby	458.63
28	Pete Vuckovich	458.38
29	Joe Niekro	457.86
30	Bob Forsch	457.6
31	Mike Flanagan	456.66
32	Jerry Reuss	456.21
33	Mike Caldwell	445.95
34	Fergie Jenkins	445.11
35	Moose Haas	444.42
36	Bob Knepper	444.39
37	Lary Sorensen	443.72
38	Dave Stieb	443.63
39	Jim Palmer	442.97
40	Jerry Koosman	442.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Stone	438.92
42	Rick Honeycutt	438.81
43	Bill Gullickson	438.68
44	Frank Tanana	438.67
45	Dennis Martinez	437.17
46	Gaylord Perry	436.03
47	Floyd Bannister	434.29
48	Fernando Valenzuela	431.13
49	Doc Medich	427.65
50	Bob Welch	426.84
51	Doyle Alexander	423.67
52	Jon Matlack	419.47
53	Frank Pastore	419.2
54	Paul Splittorff	418.94
55	Mario Soto	418.39
56	Roger Erickson	418.08
57	Ed Whitson	417.0
58	Steve Trout	416.7
59	Dick Ruthven	416.17
60	Richard Dotson	415.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John Candelaria	414.63
62	Geoff Zahn	413.99
63	Tom Underwood	413.23
64	Dan Petry	412.18
65	Rudy May	411.3
66	Mike Torrez	411.1
67	Rick Waits	410.98
68	Tommy Boggs	409.69
69	Ross Baumgarten	407.65
70	Mike Krukow	406.71
71	Brian Kingman	402.75
72	Rick Wise	400.68
73	Jim Clancy	399.37
74	Pat Zachry	398.93
75	Dan Schatzeder	398.67
76	Glenn Abbott	396.82
77	Rich Gale	395.68
78	Larry Christenson	390.63
79	Ray Burris	388.92
80	Steve Mura	388.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Danny Darwin	383.37
82	Steve Renko	381.48
83	Silvio Martinez	380.75
84	John Denny	379.35
85	Bruce Berenyi	377.09
86	Rick Rhoden	376.82
87	Vern Ruhle	375.84
88	Tom Griffin	375.02
89	Dave Righetti	371.9
90	Dave Goltz	366.75
91	Mike Witt	365.97
92	Don Robinson	365.93
93	Pete Redfern	364.6
94	Lynn McGlothen	362.67
95	Randy Jones	359.3
96	Eddie Solomon	358.07
97	Albert Williams	357.55
98	Mike Scott	357.34
99	Chris Welsh	357.29
100	Jackson Todd	357.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Tudor	356.11
102	Jim Slaton	354.95
103	Ken Kravec	354.49
104	Juan Eichelberger	354.42
105	Mark Bomback	354.2
106	Craig Swan	353.98
107	Allen Ripley	352.95
108	John Montefusco	351.89
109	Bill Travers	349.07
110	Luis Leal	347.28
111	Jim Beattie	346.41
112	Fernando Arroyo	343.96
113	John Martin	342.53
114	John Curtis	342.27
115	Bob Ojeda	340.87
116	Charlie Lea	339.88
117	Mike LaCoss	339.61
118	Bob Walk	338.52
119	Doug Bird	337.77
120	Mike Parrott	336.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Lynch	333.3
122	Marty Bystrom	332.27
123	Randy Lerch	331.93
124	Jerry Don Gleaton	331.15
125	Dennis Lamp	331.01
126	Juan Berenguer	330.68
127	Randy Martz	329.65
128	Rick Mahler	329.63
129	Greg Harris	327.13
130	Mike Jones	326.92
131	Pascual Perez	325.47
132	J.R. Richard	324.13
133	Brian Allard	323.55
134	Dave Rozema	323.51
135	Ken Clay	322.67
136	Wayne Garland	322.48
137	Darrell Jackson	320.63
138	Brad Havens	320.13
139	Dave Frost	319.74
140	Bob Shirley	319.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bryan Clark	318.66
142	Steve Crawford	317.2
143	Dickie Noles	316.65
144	Andy Rincon	316.43
145	Pete Falcone	316.22
146	Nino Espinosa	314.73
147	Mike Griffin	314.7
148	Joaquin Andujar	313.29
149	Odell Jones	312.5
150	Dan Spillner	312.1
151	Billy Smith	309.7
152	Rod Scurry	309.14
153	Bill Caudill	307.76
154	Atlee Hammaker	307.63
155	Terry Leach	306.44
156	Gene Nelson	306.21
157	Tim Lollar	305.98
158	Bob Stanley	305.78
159	Luis Tiant	305.73
160	Jesse Jefferson	305.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Don Cooper	305.1
162	Jerry Ujdur	304.67
163	Paul Moskau	303.95
164	Aurelio Lopez	303.74
165	Stan Bahnsen	303.59
166	Gary Lavelle	302.4
167	Sammy Stewart	301.87
168	Jay Howell	301.17
169	Rick Sutcliffe	300.94
170	Francisco Barrios	300.77

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