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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	597.44
2	Tom Seaver	586.5
3	J.R. Richard	570.04
4	Phil Niekro	562.47
5	Bert Blyleven	559.86
6	Jim Palmer	556.73
7	Steve Carlton	550.05
8	Burt Hooton	547.01
9	Nolan Ryan	546.26
10	Dave Goltz	539.39
11	Steve Rogers	538.84
12	Dennis Leonard	535.32
13	Dennis Eckersley	532.2
14	Vida Blue	530.75
15	Don Sutton	527.05
16	Fergie Jenkins	521.44
17	Frank Tanana	521.05
18	Jon Matlack	514.52
19	Gaylord Perry	511.4
20	Rick Reuschel	510.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Luis Tiant	509.07
22	Ed Figueroa	504.69
23	John Candelaria	502.51
24	Jerry Koosman	502.06
25	Ed Halicki	500.91
26	Larry Christenson	494.11
27	Mike Caldwell	493.88
28	Bob Knepper	493.27
29	Mike Torrez	490.83
30	Paul Splittorff	484.61
31	Ross Grimsley	482.51
32	John Montefusco	482.19
33	Dick Ruthven	479.29
34	Tommy John	475.95
35	Lary Sorensen	472.54
36	Doug Rau	471.92
37	Fred Norman	468.94
38	Craig Swan	468.46
39	Randy Jones	467.78
40	John Denny	467.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Rozema	467.08
42	Bob Forsch	466.55
43	Ken Kravec	466.13
44	Jim Slaton	460.58
45	Dennis Martinez	460.12
46	Jim Rooker	459.48
47	Mike Flanagan	459.22
48	Francisco Barrios	458.59
49	Catfish Hunter	457.02
50	Geoff Zahn	456.43
51	Steve Stone	455.33
52	Dock Ellis	449.05
53	Doyle Alexander	447.22
54	Rick Waits	446.37
55	Roger Erickson	445.76
56	Rudy May	445.23
57	Bill Bonham	443.33
58	Eric Rasmussen	441.64
59	Pat Zachry	439.41
60	Milt Wilcox	439.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dennis Lamp	438.64
62	Scott McGregor	437.4
63	Bob Owchinko	436.15
64	Mark Lemongello	435.2
65	Rick Rhoden	435.02
66	Don Robinson	434.35
67	Rick Wise	434.04
68	Ray Burris	432.73
69	Rich Gale	431.81
70	Jesse Jefferson	430.42
71	Rick Langford	430.38
72	Jim Barr	429.95
73	Larry Gura	429.91
74	Jerry Augustine	427.76
75	Jack Billingham	427.09
76	Jim Clancy	426.12
77	Tom Underwood	425.33
78	Pete Vuckovich	425.27
79	Doc Medich	424.63
80	Don Aase	423.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Glenn Abbott	423.06
82	Chris Knapp	422.1
83	Jim Colborn	421.34
84	Joe Niekro	420.55
85	Matt Keough	417.23
86	Jim Bibby	413.7
87	Randy Lerch	412.78
88	Jim Kaat	411.46
89	Don Gullett	411.12
90	Mike Paxton	410.56
91	Bob Shirley	409.19
92	Paul Moskau	408.58
93	Nino Espinosa	408.06
94	John Henry Johnson	407.52
95	Bill Travers	405.44
96	Steve Renko	405.01
97	Bill Lee	403.91
98	Paul Mitchell	402.5
99	Jerry Reuss	401.0
100	Jim Lonborg	400.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Krukow	400.03
102	Dick Tidrow	398.09
103	Joaquin Andujar	395.76
104	Preston Hanna	391.21
105	Woodie Fryman	388.81
106	Wayne Garland	388.1
107	Jim Wright	387.65
108	Gary Serum	386.83
109	Jim Beattie	384.05
110	Jerry Garvin	383.88
111	Dave Lemanczyk	383.59
112	Dan Schatzeder	382.17
113	Silvio Martinez	381.63
114	David Clyde	379.95
115	Pete Broberg	378.54
116	Kip Young	378.35
117	Wayne Twitchell	376.92
118	Bob Welch	375.74
119	Rick Honeycutt	373.96
120	Dave Roberts	373.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mickey Mahler	372.93
122	Larry McWilliams	372.51
123	Wilbur Wood	372.33
124	Ken Brett	368.59
125	Paul Thormodsgard	364.38
126	Pete Falcone	362.6
127	Tom Dixon	361.64
128	Balor Moore	361.27
129	Andy Replogle	358.28
130	Floyd Bannister	357.61
131	Hal Dues	355.86
132	Steve Comer	354.45
133	Dave Frost	352.77
134	Paul Hartzell	350.24
135	Dave Freisleben	348.62
136	Tom Hume	348.25
137	Byron McLaughlin	348.03
138	Darrell Jackson	347.36
139	Bruce Kison	347.35
140	Moose Haas	345.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Nelson Briles	345.44
142	Andy Hassler	343.88
143	Tom Hausman	341.88
144	Eddie Solomon	341.7
145	Don Hood	341.48
146	Vern Ruhle	340.58
147	Ken Forsch	340.43
148	Mike LaCoss	339.09
149	Mike Proly	337.79
150	Scott Sanderson	336.54
151	Paul Reuschel	336.46
152	Alan Wirth	335.14
153	Don Kirkwood	334.0
154	Dick Pole	333.92
155	Kevin Kobel	331.83
156	Rich Wortham	330.19
157	Mike Bruhert	329.18
158	Bob Sykes	325.67
159	Steve Baker	325.15
160	Jack Kucek	324.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Stan Perzanowski	324.11
162	John Urrea	323.17
163	Allen Ripley	319.39
164	Aurelio Lopez	318.6
165	Tom Bruno	316.06
166	Ron Schueler	315.48
167	Eduardo Rodriguez	315.13
168	Jim Umbarger	314.9
169	Mike Norris	314.67
170	Marty Pattin	313.12
171	Ross Baumgarten	313.09
172	Tommy Boggs	312.67
173	Rick Camp	311.07
174	Pete Redfern	310.32
175	Rich Hinton	310.03
176	Adrian Devine	309.87
177	Tom House	309.79
178	Rob Dressler	309.72
179	Mark Fidrych	309.5
180	Dave Ford	309.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Jim Bouton	309.28
182	Mickey Lolich	308.92
183	Dan O'Brien	308.92
184	Steve Trout	308.37
185	Bobby Sprowl	308.22
186	Doug Bird	306.92
187	Mike Parrott	305.27
188	Sammy Stewart	305.24
189	Manny Sarmiento	304.13
190	Al Fitzmorris	303.93
191	Paul Mirabella	303.2
192	Andy Messersmith	303.07
193	Jack Morris	302.12
194	Manny Seoane	302.06
195	Paul Lindblad	301.82
196	Roy Lee Jackson	301.79
197	Donnie Moore	301.65
198	Dick Drago	301.16
199	Ken Holtzman	300.97
200	Mark Bomback	300.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Bob Stanley	300.62
202	Ken Clay	300.52

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