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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	579.47
2	Tom Seaver	517.14
3	Don Sutton	513.33
4	Bert Blyleven	512.1
5	Nolan Ryan	506.93
6	Dennis Leonard	505.4
7	Ron Guidry	503.99
8	Larry Gura	497.96
9	Jack Morris	493.76
10	Phil Niekro	492.47
11	Steve Rogers	490.08
12	Dennis Eckersley	486.94
13	Rick Reuschel	485.14
14	Mike Norris	484.73
15	Steve McCatty	482.6
16	Britt Burns	480.92
17	Tommy John	480.74
18	Rick Langford	475.67
19	Burt Hooton	474.22
20	Vida Blue	473.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Matt Keough	471.12
22	Joe Niekro	469.84
23	Dave Stieb	468.65
24	Ken Forsch	467.99
25	Bob Forsch	462.88
26	Jerry Reuss	462.82
27	Pete Vuckovich	462.5
28	Scott McGregor	461.96
29	Len Barker	461.65
30	Scott Sanderson	459.5
31	Milt Wilcox	459.34
32	Jim Bibby	454.88
33	Bob Knepper	453.48
34	Mike Flanagan	452.91
35	Fernando Valenzuela	452.14
36	Dennis Martinez	449.97
37	Lary Sorensen	448.28
38	Rick Honeycutt	448.22
39	Moose Haas	445.07
40	Mike Caldwell	445.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jerry Koosman	443.97
42	Fergie Jenkins	441.16
43	Bill Gullickson	439.56
44	Doyle Alexander	437.48
45	Frank Tanana	436.83
46	Gaylord Perry	436.78
47	Steve Stone	436.66
48	Floyd Bannister	436.18
49	Jim Palmer	435.21
50	Bob Welch	429.43
51	Doc Medich	429.26
52	Dan Petry	429.08
53	Geoff Zahn	428.91
54	Frank Pastore	424.1
55	Steve Trout	423.96
56	Rudy May	422.7
57	Mario Soto	421.13
58	Dick Ruthven	419.33
59	Tommy Boggs	415.9
60	Paul Splittorff	415.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jon Matlack	414.81
62	Jim Clancy	414.7
63	Roger Erickson	414.33
64	Mike Krukow	414.12
65	Ed Whitson	413.73
66	Mike Torrez	413.57
67	Ross Baumgarten	411.3
68	Richard Dotson	411.01
69	John Candelaria	410.88
70	Tom Underwood	409.48
71	Pat Zachry	405.78
72	Glenn Abbott	404.84
73	John Denny	402.59
74	Rick Waits	400.39
75	Dave Righetti	398.38
76	Brian Kingman	397.53
77	Danny Darwin	395.45
78	Dan Schatzeder	395.42
79	Ray Burris	395.04
80	Rick Wise	394.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Vern Ruhle	392.23
82	Rich Gale	392.18
83	Tom Griffin	391.69
84	Bruce Berenyi	389.49
85	Larry Christenson	386.88
86	Steve Mura	385.82
87	Silvio Martinez	383.43
88	Steve Renko	379.3
89	Mike Scott	378.03
90	Rick Rhoden	373.84
91	Juan Eichelberger	371.32
92	Albert Williams	371.24
93	Pete Redfern	368.84
94	Bob Ojeda	368.04
95	Luis Leal	367.53
96	Mike Witt	365.38
97	Dave Goltz	364.9
98	Eddie Solomon	363.66
99	Don Robinson	362.18
100	Fernando Arroyo	359.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Slaton	359.16
102	Lynn McGlothen	358.92
103	John Martin	358.35
104	Ken Kravec	358.08
105	Doug Bird	355.96
106	Chris Welsh	355.27
107	Randy Jones	354.66
108	Jackson Todd	353.46
109	Jim Beattie	352.47
110	John Tudor	352.36
111	Mark Bomback	350.45
112	Craig Swan	350.23
113	Dennis Lamp	349.14
114	John Montefusco	348.14
115	Allen Ripley	347.62
116	Ed Lynch	346.0
117	Bill Travers	345.32
118	Randy Lerch	344.28
119	Mike Jones	343.37
120	Brad Havens	343.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Juan Berenguer	341.57
122	Rick Mahler	340.35
123	John Curtis	338.52
124	Charlie Lea	336.94
125	Dickie Noles	336.92
126	Mike LaCoss	336.73
127	Greg Harris	336.0
128	Randy Martz	335.24
129	Bob Walk	334.77
130	Ken Clay	333.01
131	Mike Parrott	332.99
132	Odell Jones	331.65
133	Darrell Jackson	331.2
134	Luis Tiant	330.74
135	Pascual Perez	328.92
136	Marty Bystrom	328.52
137	Jerry Don Gleaton	328.15
138	Joaquin Andujar	326.42
139	Mike Griffin	323.95
140	Bob Stoddard	323.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Charlie Hough	321.1
142	Charlie Leibrandt	320.38
143	Dave Rozema	320.01
144	Brian Allard	319.8
145	Dave Frost	319.75
146	Larry McWilliams	319.23
147	Wayne Garland	318.73
148	Tim Lollar	316.51
149	Atlee Hammaker	316.22
150	Mark Davis	316.2
151	Pete Falcone	315.87
152	Bob Shirley	315.67
153	Bryan Clark	314.91
154	Bruce Hurst	314.89
155	Tom Brennan	314.18
156	Steve Crawford	313.45
157	Andy Rincon	312.68
158	Nino Espinosa	311.73
159	Bill Lee	310.32
160	Dan Spillner	310.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	J.R. Richard	309.13
162	Stan Bahnsen	308.89
163	Fred Kuhaulua	308.75
164	Jerry Ujdur	308.74
165	Bruce Kison	307.48
166	Dan Larson	307.16
167	Sammy Stewart	307.06
168	Billy Smith	306.45
169	Rod Scurry	305.64
170	Steve Fireovid	304.52
171	Bill Caudill	304.01
172	Don Cooper	303.95
173	Bobby Castillo	303.71
174	Bob Stanley	303.28
175	Jim Wright	302.98
176	Angel Moreno	302.98
177	Terry Leach	302.69
178	Mark Littell	302.57
179	Gene Nelson	302.46
180	Ed Figueroa	302.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	George Cappuzzello	302.01
182	Jesse Jefferson	301.87
183	Bob Long	301.64
184	Paul Moskau	300.95

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