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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	587.05
2	Ron Guidry	573.2
3	Phil Niekro	552.13
4	Dennis Eckersley	551.59
5	Tom Seaver	550.1
6	Steve Carlton	539.48
7	Nolan Ryan	528.58
8	Burt Hooton	525.87
9	Bert Blyleven	524.55
10	Mike Flanagan	520.0
11	Dennis Leonard	518.57
12	Jim Palmer	514.96
13	John Candelaria	514.0
14	Steve Rogers	513.28
15	Don Sutton	511.63
16	Rick Reuschel	509.32
17	Gaylord Perry	508.87
18	Mike Caldwell	506.63
19	Dave Goltz	503.58
20	Jerry Koosman	503.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dennis Martinez	498.34
22	Craig Swan	497.56
23	Fergie Jenkins	495.09
24	Luis Tiant	491.8
25	Tommy John	490.72
26	Jim Slaton	479.91
27	Randy Jones	477.51
28	Joe Niekro	475.93
29	Fred Norman	473.32
30	Bob Forsch	471.61
31	Tom Underwood	470.73
32	Lary Sorensen	470.72
33	Ken Kravec	470.64
34	Pete Vuckovich	469.22
35	Rick Wise	467.25
36	Steve Stone	463.79
37	Vida Blue	462.34
38	Jon Matlack	458.63
39	Rick Langford	457.4
40	Paul Splittorff	456.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Torrez	454.26
42	Scott McGregor	453.45
43	Geoff Zahn	452.4
44	Frank Tanana	451.01
45	John Montefusco	449.94
46	Bill Bonham	449.67
47	Bob Knepper	448.13
48	Dennis Lamp	447.12
49	Milt Wilcox	446.91
50	Larry Gura	446.29
51	Ed Figueroa	445.37
52	Dave Frost	445.03
53	John Denny	443.66
54	Nino Espinosa	442.44
55	Ed Halicki	440.09
56	Dick Ruthven	438.59
57	Rick Waits	437.27
58	Randy Lerch	436.74
59	Don Robinson	435.98
60	Bill Travers	431.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Floyd Bannister	430.48
62	Mike Parrott	429.79
63	Steve Comer	428.61
64	Bill Lee	427.84
65	Larry Christenson	427.65
66	Silvio Martinez	427.62
67	Dave Rozema	427.59
68	Mike Krukow	425.83
69	Rick Sutcliffe	424.03
70	Francisco Barrios	423.57
71	Jim Barr	422.57
72	Jack Morris	422.21
73	Steve Renko	421.95
74	Dan Schatzeder	418.13
75	Don Aase	417.73
76	John Fulgham	415.06
77	Jack Billingham	413.48
78	Catfish Hunter	412.8
79	Ross Baumgarten	412.77
80	Mike LaCoss	412.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rich Wortham	411.69
82	Eric Rasmussen	411.06
83	Rich Gale	410.79
84	Pete Falcone	409.25
85	Eddie Solomon	407.2
86	Scott Sanderson	405.39
87	Doyle Alexander	404.42
88	Bob Owchinko	403.81
89	Bruce Kison	403.16
90	John Henry Johnson	402.83
91	Bob Shirley	401.3
92	Lynn McGlothen	400.97
93	Ross Grimsley	400.48
94	Rick Honeycutt	400.05
95	Doug Rau	398.08
96	Roger Erickson	397.66
97	Moose Haas	396.59
98	Bob Stanley	396.47
99	Ken Forsch	395.14
100	Matt Keough	393.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Kevin Kobel	392.42
102	John Curtis	392.29
103	Jim Rooker	390.06
104	Doc Medich	388.81
105	Dave Lemanczyk	385.47
106	Jim Bibby	384.57
107	Joaquin Andujar	384.36
108	Brian Kingman	383.98
109	Rick Matula	381.92
110	Steve McCatty	379.56
111	Len Barker	379.32
112	Jerry Reuss	379.19
113	Paul Moskau	378.4
114	Glenn Abbott	376.89
115	Dock Ellis	376.81
116	Steve Trout	375.99
117	Mike Paxton	373.35
118	Ed Whitson	372.44
119	Tom Hume	372.1
120	Chris Knapp	372.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Clancy	371.74
122	Dave Stieb	371.26
123	Phil Huffman	368.38
124	Paul Hartzell	366.32
125	Paul Mitchell	366.11
126	Jesse Jefferson	364.59
127	Bob Welch	360.71
128	Jim Beattie	360.42
129	Mark Lemongello	359.95
130	Pat Underwood	357.96
131	Craig Chamberlain	356.69
132	Dan Petry	356.19
133	Mickey Mahler	355.75
134	Chuck Rainey	355.45
135	David Palmer	355.1
136	Tony Brizzolara	354.92
137	Steve Busby	352.85
138	Rick Williams	352.49
139	Rob Dressler	352.29
140	Mike Norris	352.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dickie Noles	350.4
142	Ken Holtzman	347.98
143	Larry McWilliams	345.94
144	Vern Ruhle	345.61
145	Charlie Hough	345.6
146	Tom Hausman	345.55
147	Balor Moore	344.33
148	Dan Spillner	340.97
149	Pat Zachry	340.94
150	Philip Nastu	340.72
151	Rick Rhoden	339.84
152	Jim Kaat	338.41
153	Bruce Robbins	337.99
154	Rudy May	335.77
155	Bill Caudill	335.73
156	Eric Wilkins	335.01
157	Odell Jones	333.21
158	John D'Acquisto	331.19
159	Kip Young	330.02
160	Butch Edge	329.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Andy Hassler	328.79
162	Don Hood	326.59
163	Richard Dotson	326.15
164	Byron McLaughlin	325.07
165	Roy Thomas	324.09
166	Frank Pastore	322.67
167	Danny Darwin	322.05
168	Mike Morgan	322.03
169	Ray Burris	321.37
170	Andy Messersmith	320.45
171	David Clyde	320.0
172	Craig Minetto	319.48
173	Randy Niemann	319.48
174	Wayne Garland	319.12
175	Darrell Jackson	319.06
176	Mike Chris	318.67
177	Pete Redfern	317.07
178	Preston Hanna	316.1
179	Brian Allard	315.96
180	Jerry Augustine	314.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Steve Baker	311.42
182	Willie Hernandez	310.75
183	Randy Scarbery	310.65
184	Juan Berenguer	309.76
185	Dan Larson	308.74
186	Wayne Twitchell	308.34
187	Dave Hamilton	307.96
188	Marty Pattin	307.65
189	John Tudor	307.06
190	Mike Proly	306.93
191	Allen Ripley	305.82
192	Dave Ford	304.51
193	Steve Eddy	304.4
194	Dave Righetti	304.04
195	Doug Bird	304.03
196	Joel Finch	302.82
197	Fred Howard	302.71
198	Frank LaCorte	302.69
199	Bob Sykes	302.43
200	Ken Clay	302.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Shane Rawley	302.35
202	Ralph Botting	301.86
203	Roy Branch	300.79
204	Sammy Stewart	300.24

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