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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	568.22
2	Steve Carlton	557.67
3	Jack Morris	557.27
4	Dave Stieb	556.11
5	Nolan Ryan	547.23
6	Steve Rogers	534.9
7	Floyd Bannister	518.63
8	Dave Righetti	514.66
9	Joe Niekro	510.86
10	Bob Welch	508.66
11	Ron Guidry	503.67
12	Don Sutton	501.85
13	La Marr Hoyt	500.11
14	Scott McGregor	495.22
15	Bill Gullickson	494.02
16	Dan Petry	493.32
17	Fernando Valenzuela	493.05
18	Jerry Reuss	489.78
19	Jim Clancy	487.66
20	Joaquin Andujar	484.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Richard Dotson	481.39
22	Larry McWilliams	480.39
23	Rick Sutcliffe	477.97
24	John Candelaria	476.57
25	Moose Haas	475.22
26	Charlie Hough	475.19
27	Rick Rhoden	473.48
28	Charlie Lea	472.83
29	John Denny	472.43
30	Phil Niekro	470.73
31	Mike Krukow	467.14
32	Atlee Hammaker	463.56
33	Ken Forsch	463.37
34	Len Barker	460.39
35	Fergie Jenkins	460.24
36	Milt Wilcox	459.51
37	Luis Leal	458.32
38	John Tudor	458.03
39	Geoff Zahn	456.85
40	Rick Honeycutt	456.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Caldwell	455.15
42	Bruce Berenyi	452.26
43	Tim Lollar	450.01
44	Jim Palmer	447.68
45	Dick Ruthven	443.96
46	Gaylord Perry	443.16
47	Tom Seaver	442.54
48	Tommy John	441.08
49	Mike Flanagan	440.99
50	Mike Norris	440.49
51	Bob Knepper	440.36
52	Mike Torrez	440.3
53	Larry Gura	439.02
54	Burt Hooton	437.38
55	Britt Burns	434.35
56	Bobby Castillo	434.35
57	Matt Young	434.22
58	Storm Davis	433.77
59	Shane Rawley	432.72
60	Bob Forsch	431.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Albert Williams	431.33
62	Paul Splittorff	429.12
63	Dennis Eckersley	428.93
64	Lary Sorensen	428.45
65	Bill Laskey	428.23
66	Mike Boddicker	426.94
67	Jim Beattie	425.9
68	John Stuper	425.63
69	Scott Sanderson	422.61
70	Eric Show	422.55
71	Frank Tanana	421.89
72	Dave LaPoint	420.46
73	Mike Smithson	419.45
74	Craig McMurtry	418.52
75	Chris Codiroli	418.26
76	Larry Christenson	417.43
77	Dave Dravecky	414.15
78	Vida Blue	414.14
79	Bruce Hurst	411.38
80	Fred Breining	411.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chuck Rainey	410.07
82	Joe Price	409.2
83	Frank Viola	408.85
84	Bob McClure	408.75
85	Alejandro Pena	408.3
86	Bert Blyleven	408.08
87	Dennis Leonard	407.74
88	Pascual Perez	406.28
89	Jim Gott	406.26
90	Frank Pastore	405.56
91	Steve McCatty	405.46
92	Dennis Martinez	398.26
93	Jose DeLeon	396.98
94	Jerry Koosman	396.89
95	Bruce Kison	395.49
96	Charles Hudson	394.69
97	Bud Black	391.34
98	Mike Witt	391.26
99	Ken Schrom	389.55
100	Steve Trout	389.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Juan Berenguer	388.24
102	Bob Ojeda	388.22
103	Danny Darwin	387.87
104	Bob Stoddard	383.9
105	Steve Renko	379.77
106	Mike Moore	379.1
107	Matt Keough	377.62
108	Dickie Noles	377.3
109	Mark Thurmond	375.04
110	Ed Lynch	375.02
111	Chuck Porter	374.42
112	Lee Tunnell	372.96
113	John Montefusco	370.95
114	Mike Scott	370.74
115	Rick Camp	370.55
116	Walt Terrell	367.98
117	Neil Allen	367.47
118	Charlie Puleo	367.03
119	Tim Conroy	366.79
120	Mark Davis	366.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rick Langford	366.24
122	Neal Heaton	365.71
123	Brad Havens	365.09
124	Ray Burris	364.93
125	Dave Rozema	364.61
126	Bill Krueger	364.46
127	Ray Fontenot	363.2
128	Pete Falcone	362.21
129	Kevin Gross	362.11
130	Glenn Abbott	359.72
131	Marty Bystrom	358.55
132	Bryn Smith	357.24
133	Doyle Alexander	356.49
134	Gorman Heimueller	355.39
135	Ed Whitson	354.54
136	Ken Dayley	354.43
137	Mike Brown	353.95
138	Juan Eichelberger	353.41
139	Bob Shirley	352.73
140	Craig Swan	350.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jerry Ujdur	348.98
142	Andy McGaffigan	348.8
143	Oil Can Boyd	346.36
144	Dennis Lamp	344.02
145	Andy Hawkins	343.84
146	Bryan Clark	342.79
147	Mike Madden	342.66
148	Allan Ramirez	341.28
149	Vern Ruhle	340.5
150	Danny Cox	337.89
151	Jay Howell	335.22
152	Jeff Russell	334.23
153	Jon Matlack	332.5
154	Tom Candiotti	332.34
155	Mike LaCoss	330.98
156	Tom Underwood	329.39
157	John Butcher	327.59
158	Bob Gibson	326.08
159	Tom Brennan	324.72
160	Jack O'Connor	324.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Warren	323.54
162	Rick Steirer	322.11
163	Eric Rasmussen	321.73
164	Scott Holman	320.32
165	Pete Vuckovich	317.71
166	Dave Stewart	316.8
167	Larry Pashnick	315.6
168	Doug Bird	314.65
169	John Curtis	310.81
170	Don Robinson	310.72
171	Craig Lefferts	310.15
172	Rich Gale	309.74
173	Renie Martin	309.33
174	Pat Zachry	308.78
175	Keith Creel	308.61
176	Doug Bair	308.13
177	Mike Jeffcoat	306.28
178	Rick Lysander	305.91
179	Greg Bargar	305.76
180	Byron McLaughlin	305.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Tony Ghelfi	304.37
182	Elias Sosa	304.32
183	Jim Acker	304.05
184	Jim Bibby	303.9
185	Steve Comer	302.82
186	Mark Smith	302.29
187	Bill Swaggerty	302.03
188	Rich Bordi	301.82
189	Bill Travers	301.77
190	Tug McGraw	301.63
191	Howard Bailey	301.59
192	John Martin	301.22
193	Paul Moskau	300.5
194	Chris Welsh	300.43
195	Ted Power	300.32

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