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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	589.65
2	J.R. Richard	574.63
3	Don Sutton	540.07
4	Phil Niekro	534.94
5	Steve Rogers	528.58
6	Larry Gura	519.39
7	Dennis Eckersley	517.95
8	Ron Guidry	517.03
9	Dennis Leonard	515.06
10	Nolan Ryan	511.8
11	Scott McGregor	511.29
12	Burt Hooton	510.96
13	Fergie Jenkins	509.67
14	Bert Blyleven	507.22
15	Mike Norris	505.44
16	Rick Langford	504.38
17	Tom Seaver	503.07
18	Steve Stone	501.47
19	Rick Reuschel	500.74
20	Mike Flanagan	493.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	493.1
22	John Candelaria	487.49
23	Gaylord Perry	487.34
24	Jerry Koosman	486.96
25	Bob Forsch	486.18
26	Vida Blue	483.06
27	Moose Haas	481.31
28	Len Barker	478.86
29	Jim Palmer	478.43
30	Pete Vuckovich	478.41
31	Floyd Bannister	474.98
32	Matt Keough	474.91
33	Rick Waits	465.64
34	Craig Swan	464.75
35	Milt Wilcox	464.16
36	Tom Underwood	464.15
37	Jim Bibby	461.99
38	Scott Sanderson	460.77
39	Jerry Reuss	460.42
40	Frank Tanana	459.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Caldwell	457.43
42	Dave Stieb	457.13
43	Jack Morris	455.88
44	Luis Tiant	455.22
45	Britt Burns	453.35
46	Paul Splittorff	452.79
47	Jon Matlack	450.59
48	Rich Gale	449.8
49	Jim Clancy	448.43
50	Roger Erickson	448.37
51	Joe Niekro	447.18
52	Dan Schatzeder	446.79
53	Rick Wise	445.34
54	Mike Torrez	444.9
55	Bill Travers	443.23
56	Geoff Zahn	443.2
57	Randy Jones	442.56
58	Dave Goltz	440.78
59	Doyle Alexander	440.47
60	Lary Sorensen	438.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ed Whitson	438.49
62	Bob Knepper	437.18
63	Ken Forsch	437.0
64	Bob Welch	434.79
65	Steve McCatty	434.47
66	Ross Baumgarten	433.02
67	Mike Krukow	432.42
68	Dick Ruthven	429.42
69	Dennis Lamp	428.81
70	Brian Kingman	428.25
71	John Fulgham	427.46
72	Dennis Martinez	427.16
73	Steve Trout	427.12
74	Rick Honeycutt	423.59
75	Ken Kravec	419.8
76	John Denny	419.72
77	Don Robinson	418.66
78	Doc Medich	418.04
79	Steve Renko	415.83
80	Silvio Martinez	415.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Richard Dotson	415.06
82	Pat Zachry	415.0
83	Frank Pastore	413.03
84	John Montefusco	411.07
85	Lynn McGlothen	410.18
86	Darrell Jackson	410.04
87	Randy Lerch	406.88
88	Mike LaCoss	403.86
89	Glenn Abbott	403.51
90	Bill Gullickson	403.19
91	Rudy May	402.58
92	John Curtis	400.35
93	Dan Spillner	398.5
94	Dan Petry	395.95
95	Tommy Boggs	395.37
96	Rick Matula	394.73
97	Jim Slaton	391.86
98	Dave Frost	390.84
99	Vern Ruhle	390.66
100	Bob Stanley	390.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Mura	389.76
102	Larry McWilliams	389.48
103	Pete Falcone	384.37
104	Jim Beattie	381.54
105	Ray Burris	380.45
106	Bill Bonham	380.29
107	Bob Sykes	379.44
108	Bruce Kison	379.1
109	Ed Halicki	378.71
110	Bob Walk	378.16
111	Eddie Solomon	377.91
112	Charlie Leibrandt	376.0
113	Don Aase	374.77
114	Eric Rasmussen	374.11
115	Bill Lee	374.01
116	Mike Parrott	371.75
117	Larry Christenson	370.81
118	Rick Rhoden	370.52
119	Dave Rozema	369.83
120	Alfredo Martinez	369.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Charlie Lea	369.27
122	Gary Lucas	368.92
123	Mark Bomback	368.42
124	John Tudor	368.34
125	Paul Moskau	367.3
126	Rick Sutcliffe	366.95
127	David Palmer	365.99
128	Wayne Garland	365.01
129	Ross Grimsley	361.96
130	Chris Knapp	360.54
131	Allen Ripley	360.28
132	Steve Comer	360.07
133	Reggie Cleveland	359.47
134	Chuck Rainey	357.35
135	Renie Martin	356.47
136	Fred Norman	356.31
137	Jesse Jefferson	355.83
138	Joe Price	355.37
139	La Marr Hoyt	353.11
140	Ed Figueroa	351.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Nino Espinosa	351.3
142	Rob Dressler	350.71
143	Bob Owchinko	350.41
144	Paul Mitchell	347.39
145	Mario Soto	347.07
146	Rich Wortham	343.55
147	Jim Kaat	342.62
148	Fernando Arroyo	341.91
149	Alan Hargesheimer	341.37
150	Jackson Todd	341.29
151	Doug Capilla	340.81
152	Joaquin Andujar	338.33
153	Pete Redfern	337.76
154	Jim Rooker	337.43
155	Paul Mirabella	337.4
156	John Pacella	335.06
157	Roy Lee Jackson	334.51
158	Juan Eichelberger	333.81
159	Ken Clay	329.47
160	Dave LaRoche	327.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Shirley	327.28
162	Mark Fidrych	324.18
163	Dave Lemanczyk	322.85
164	Gordie Pladson	322.42
165	Jack Kucek	321.92
166	Dick Drago	321.47
167	Albert Williams	321.35
168	Dan Larson	321.13
169	Joey McLaughlin	318.96
170	Don Hood	317.87
171	Charlie Hough	317.51
172	Steve Busby	317.27
173	Bob Ojeda	315.4
174	Marty Bystrom	314.02
175	Ralph Botting	312.37
176	Jim Barr	311.87
177	John Butcher	310.64
178	Bruce Robbins	310.6
179	Bob McClure	310.15
180	Bill Bordley	307.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Guy Hoffman	307.47
182	Bill Caudill	306.79
183	Bruce Berenyi	306.66
184	Mike Scott	305.88
185	Mike Griffin	305.28
186	Luis Leal	305.1
187	Randy Martz	305.01
188	Rick Anderson	304.36
189	Jim Dorsey	304.04
190	Pat Underwood	302.51
191	Jerry Ujdur	301.61
192	Bruce Hurst	301.59
193	Rickey Keeton	301.44
194	John Martin	300.92
195	Mike Proly	300.35

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