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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	588.86
2	Ron Guidry	568.58
3	Dennis Eckersley	548.64
4	Tom Seaver	546.87
5	Steve Carlton	546.53
6	Phil Niekro	543.42
7	Nolan Ryan	529.61
8	Burt Hooton	527.37
9	Bert Blyleven	525.85
10	Mike Flanagan	513.79
11	Steve Rogers	513.53
12	Jim Palmer	512.61
13	Dennis Leonard	511.04
14	Gaylord Perry	510.62
15	John Candelaria	509.0
16	Jerry Koosman	508.84
17	Don Sutton	506.56
18	Dave Goltz	505.22
19	Rick Reuschel	504.72
20	Dennis Martinez	501.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Craig Swan	497.89
22	Mike Caldwell	495.83
23	Fergie Jenkins	492.99
24	Tommy John	490.28
25	Luis Tiant	489.87
26	Joe Niekro	480.67
27	Randy Jones	475.54
28	Ken Kravec	473.96
29	Lary Sorensen	466.89
30	Bob Forsch	466.68
31	Fred Norman	463.83
32	Mike Torrez	463.39
33	Jim Slaton	463.27
34	Paul Splittorff	463.21
35	Steve Stone	462.34
36	Rick Wise	461.6
37	Jon Matlack	461.13
38	Pete Vuckovich	460.06
39	Tom Underwood	458.0
40	Vida Blue	455.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Langford	454.09
42	Bob Knepper	448.78
43	Scott McGregor	448.37
44	Geoff Zahn	447.88
45	Ed Figueroa	447.87
46	Dave Frost	446.03
47	Larry Gura	445.04
48	Frank Tanana	444.32
49	John Denny	442.32
50	Dennis Lamp	441.23
51	Dick Ruthven	441.09
52	Nino Espinosa	440.68
53	John Montefusco	440.08
54	Bill Bonham	439.91
55	Bill Travers	438.82
56	Milt Wilcox	438.45
57	Rick Waits	437.95
58	Ed Halicki	435.46
59	Don Robinson	434.35
60	Larry Christenson	429.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Parrott	429.22
62	Francisco Barrios	426.07
63	Silvio Martinez	425.34
64	Bill Lee	425.18
65	Mike Krukow	425.17
66	Jack Morris	424.63
67	Randy Lerch	424.38
68	Dave Rozema	424.26
69	Steve Comer	423.49
70	Don Aase	420.23
71	Catfish Hunter	420.01
72	Steve Renko	419.94
73	Mike LaCoss	418.3
74	Lynn McGlothen	416.26
75	Floyd Bannister	416.14
76	Jack Billingham	415.73
77	Rich Wortham	414.63
78	Jim Barr	414.48
79	Eddie Solomon	414.39
80	Rich Gale	413.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Sutcliffe	406.32
82	Ross Grimsley	405.66
83	John Henry Johnson	405.33
84	Bruce Kison	404.41
85	Doyle Alexander	404.4
86	John Fulgham	404.05
87	Rick Honeycutt	403.88
88	Pete Falcone	403.38
89	Ross Baumgarten	402.61
90	Dan Schatzeder	402.35
91	Doug Rau	400.58
92	Eric Rasmussen	400.11
93	Scott Sanderson	396.06
94	Bob Owchinko	395.6
95	Roger Erickson	395.05
96	John Curtis	393.79
97	Bob Stanley	393.16
98	Matt Keough	393.14
99	Ken Forsch	392.24
100	Jim Rooker	391.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Shirley	391.01
102	Moose Haas	389.4
103	Joaquin Andujar	388.86
104	Kevin Kobel	387.74
105	Dave Lemanczyk	387.22
106	Jim Bibby	385.57
107	Len Barker	384.45
108	Rick Matula	383.85
109	Doc Medich	382.84
110	Paul Moskau	380.9
111	Glenn Abbott	379.39
112	Dock Ellis	378.31
113	Chris Knapp	375.88
114	Mike Paxton	375.85
115	Tom Hume	374.6
116	Jim Clancy	374.24
117	Phil Huffman	372.08
118	Jerry Reuss	368.82
119	Paul Mitchell	368.61
120	Ed Whitson	367.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jesse Jefferson	367.09
122	Brian Kingman	363.5
123	Jim Beattie	362.92
124	Steve McCatty	362.78
125	Dave Stieb	362.65
126	Mark Lemongello	362.45
127	Pat Underwood	360.46
128	Paul Hartzell	359.29
129	Mickey Mahler	358.25
130	Dan Petry	357.69
131	Tony Brizzolara	357.42
132	Steve Trout	357.16
133	Bob Welch	356.31
134	Steve Busby	355.35
135	Mike Norris	354.39
136	Rick Williams	353.99
137	David Palmer	353.84
138	Ken Holtzman	350.48
139	Dan Spillner	347.83
140	Tom Hausman	346.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Pat Zachry	343.44
142	Philip Nastu	343.22
143	Rick Rhoden	342.34
144	Craig Chamberlain	341.83
145	Jim Kaat	340.91
146	Balor Moore	340.12
147	Rob Dressler	337.98
148	Eric Wilkins	337.51
149	Larry McWilliams	337.4
150	Chuck Rainey	335.98
151	Odell Jones	335.71
152	Bill Caudill	334.8
153	John D'Acquisto	333.69
154	Charlie Hough	333.36
155	Bruce Robbins	333.13
156	Kip Young	332.52
157	Andy Hassler	331.29
158	Dickie Noles	328.16
159	Byron McLaughlin	327.57
160	Roy Thomas	326.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Vern Ruhle	325.44
162	Mike Morgan	324.71
163	Danny Darwin	324.55
164	Frank Pastore	324.17
165	Rudy May	323.69
166	Andy Messersmith	322.95
167	David Clyde	322.5
168	Craig Minetto	321.98
169	Randy Niemann	321.98
170	Wayne Garland	321.6
171	Don Hood	321.58
172	Darrell Jackson	321.56
173	Pete Redfern	319.57
174	Brian Allard	318.46
175	Butch Edge	317.78
176	Ray Burris	317.66
177	Jerry Augustine	317.28
178	Preston Hanna	317.1
179	Steve Baker	313.92
180	Randy Scarbery	313.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Mike Chris	311.35
182	Dave Hamilton	310.46
183	Wayne Twitchell	310.34
184	Mike Proly	309.43
185	Allen Ripley	308.32
186	Marty Pattin	307.65
187	Willie Hernandez	307.55
188	Dave Ford	307.01
189	Steve Eddy	306.9
190	Doug Bird	306.53
191	Joel Finch	305.32
192	Fred Howard	305.21
193	John Tudor	305.2
194	Frank LaCorte	305.19
195	Bob Sykes	304.93
196	Shane Rawley	304.85
197	Ralph Botting	304.36
198	Juan Berenguer	304.1
199	Sammy Stewart	302.74
200	Mike Marshall	302.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Ken Clay	302.02
202	Dick Drago	301.83
203	Jackson Todd	301.22

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