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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	580.37
2	Bert Blyleven	512.6
3	Tom Seaver	510.71
4	Don Sutton	509.96
5	Nolan Ryan	509.76
6	Ron Guidry	506.64
7	Steve Rogers	498.86
8	Dennis Leonard	498.82
9	Larry Gura	498.46
10	Phil Niekro	494.95
11	Jack Morris	489.08
12	Steve McCatty	488.43
13	Rick Reuschel	485.14
14	Burt Hooton	480.54
15	Dennis Eckersley	478.03
16	Tommy John	476.74
17	Mike Norris	476.3
18	Vida Blue	473.31
19	Matt Keough	471.12
20	Rick Langford	470.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Britt Burns	470.11
22	Dave Stieb	468.65
23	Ken Forsch	467.99
24	Len Barker	464.94
25	Milt Wilcox	463.18
26	Joe Niekro	461.08
27	Scott McGregor	459.58
28	Bob Forsch	458.79
29	Scott Sanderson	458.31
30	Jerry Reuss	457.42
31	Jim Bibby	456.13
32	Mike Flanagan	454.16
33	Pete Vuckovich	453.25
34	Mike Caldwell	450.12
35	Fergie Jenkins	448.35
36	Rick Honeycutt	448.22
37	Bob Knepper	447.86
38	Dennis Martinez	447.65
39	Lary Sorensen	443.39
40	Frank Tanana	442.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Moose Haas	441.16
42	Fernando Valenzuela	440.88
43	Jerry Koosman	440.31
44	Bill Gullickson	439.36
45	Steve Stone	439.29
46	Gaylord Perry	435.83
47	Jim Palmer	435.21
48	Doyle Alexander	434.45
49	Floyd Bannister	432.06
50	Dan Petry	430.76
51	Doc Medich	429.67
52	Bob Welch	428.06
53	Geoff Zahn	426.77
54	Mario Soto	426.34
55	Frank Pastore	423.5
56	Steve Trout	421.82
57	Mike Krukow	417.09
58	Paul Splittorff	416.44
59	Rudy May	416.24
60	Jon Matlack	416.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Roger Erickson	415.58
62	Tommy Boggs	415.4
63	Jim Clancy	412.24
64	John Candelaria	412.13
65	Ross Baumgarten	411.55
66	Richard Dotson	411.01
67	Tom Underwood	410.73
68	Mike Torrez	410.13
69	Dick Ruthven	409.68
70	Ed Whitson	407.81
71	Pat Zachry	405.92
72	Glenn Abbott	404.84
73	John Denny	402.84
74	Brian Kingman	402.72
75	Rick Waits	400.39
76	Dan Schatzeder	396.67
77	Rick Wise	396.08
78	Rich Gale	393.43
79	Ray Burris	392.25
80	Steve Mura	392.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dave Righetti	391.5
82	Vern Ruhle	390.92
83	Tom Griffin	389.52
84	Danny Darwin	388.59
85	Larry Christenson	388.13
86	Silvio Martinez	384.18
87	Steve Renko	380.55
88	Bruce Berenyi	376.96
89	Mike Scott	374.81
90	Rick Rhoden	373.84
91	Pete Redfern	368.84
92	Dave Goltz	368.08
93	Albert Williams	365.61
94	Eddie Solomon	363.66
95	Don Robinson	363.43
96	Mike Witt	363.42
97	Juan Eichelberger	363.26
98	Bob Ojeda	361.47
99	Luis Leal	360.84
100	Lynn McGlothen	360.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Chris Welsh	360.08
102	Jim Slaton	359.41
103	Ken Kravec	358.83
104	Doug Bird	355.96
105	Randy Jones	355.91
106	Fernando Arroyo	355.79
107	Jackson Todd	354.71
108	John Tudor	353.61
109	Jim Beattie	352.47
110	Mark Bomback	351.7
111	Craig Swan	351.48
112	Allen Ripley	350.45
113	John Montefusco	349.39
114	John Martin	348.53
115	Bill Travers	346.57
116	Ed Lynch	341.79
117	Mike Jones	340.86
118	John Curtis	339.77
119	Juan Berenguer	338.73
120	Charlie Lea	338.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Greg Harris	338.34
122	Mike LaCoss	337.98
123	Dennis Lamp	337.69
124	Randy Lerch	336.66
125	Randy Martz	336.49
126	Rick Mahler	336.15
127	Bob Walk	336.02
128	Brad Havens	334.99
129	Mike Parrott	334.24
130	Darrell Jackson	332.2
131	Marty Bystrom	329.77
132	Pascual Perez	329.42
133	Jerry Don Gleaton	329.4
134	Odell Jones	324.39
135	Ken Clay	324.12
136	Dickie Noles	324.09
137	Mike Griffin	321.62
138	Dave Rozema	321.26
139	Brian Allard	321.05
140	Dave Frost	320.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Wayne Garland	319.98
142	Luis Tiant	317.18
143	Bob Shirley	316.92
144	Pete Falcone	316.87
145	Tim Lollar	316.64
146	Bryan Clark	316.16
147	Bob Stoddard	314.93
148	Steve Crawford	314.7
149	J.R. Richard	314.13
150	Andy Rincon	313.93
151	Joaquin Andujar	313.02
152	Nino Espinosa	312.98
153	Larry McWilliams	311.11
154	Stan Bahnsen	309.89
155	Dan Spillner	309.6
156	Charlie Hough	309.2
157	Bruce Hurst	308.25
158	Mark Davis	308.16
159	Dan Larson	307.91
160	Jerry Ujdur	307.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Billy Smith	307.7
162	Charlie Leibrandt	307.55
163	Sammy Stewart	307.31
164	Atlee Hammaker	307.16
165	Rod Scurry	306.89
166	Bill Caudill	305.26
167	Bobby Castillo	304.96
168	Tom Brennan	304.76
169	Bob Stanley	304.53
170	Steve Fireovid	304.52
171	Terry Leach	303.94
172	Gene Nelson	303.71
173	Ed Figueroa	303.7
174	Don Cooper	303.35
175	Jesse Jefferson	303.12
176	Bill Lee	302.93
177	Bob Long	302.64
178	Paul Moskau	302.2
179	George Cappuzzello	302.01
180	Aurelio Lopez	301.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Alan Hargesheimer	300.42

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