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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	588.86
2	Ron Guidry	587.76
3	J.R. Richard	573.23
4	Phil Niekro	562.87
5	Bert Blyleven	562.03
6	Jim Palmer	557.94
7	Steve Carlton	557.51
8	Nolan Ryan	552.8
9	Burt Hooton	545.48
10	Dennis Leonard	543.11
11	Dave Goltz	542.66
12	Steve Rogers	537.59
13	Dennis Eckersley	535.64
14	Vida Blue	527.82
15	Fergie Jenkins	527.63
16	Don Sutton	527.3
17	Jon Matlack	522.73
18	Gaylord Perry	518.13
19	Frank Tanana	517.87
20	Rick Reuschel	507.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ed Figueroa	507.69
22	Mike Caldwell	505.28
23	John Candelaria	504.52
24	Luis Tiant	502.22
25	Jerry Koosman	502.06
26	Ed Halicki	497.06
27	Larry Christenson	496.32
28	Bob Knepper	491.21
29	Mike Torrez	488.03
30	John Montefusco	486.16
31	Paul Splittorff	484.45
32	Doug Rau	478.67
33	Craig Swan	478.37
34	Dick Ruthven	478.13
35	Ross Grimsley	475.23
36	Tommy John	474.7
37	Dave Rozema	474.39
38	John Denny	473.62
39	Randy Jones	471.28
40	Francisco Barrios	469.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Flanagan	468.97
42	Bob Forsch	466.55
43	Dennis Martinez	466.53
44	Lary Sorensen	465.95
45	Catfish Hunter	464.23
46	Fred Norman	462.56
47	Ken Kravec	462.56
48	Steve Stone	456.91
49	Jim Slaton	456.39
50	Jim Rooker	453.53
51	Geoff Zahn	451.92
52	Dock Ellis	449.05
53	Roger Erickson	448.41
54	Doyle Alexander	447.22
55	Rick Rhoden	446.41
56	Rudy May	444.24
57	Scott McGregor	444.02
58	Bill Bonham	443.33
59	Rick Waits	442.26
60	Milt Wilcox	440.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Owchinko	439.04
62	Dennis Lamp	438.16
63	Pat Zachry	438.16
64	Eric Rasmussen	436.88
65	Ray Burris	436.27
66	Mark Lemongello	436.08
67	Don Robinson	435.72
68	Tom Underwood	433.6
69	Rick Wise	433.29
70	Rich Gale	430.08
71	Jim Barr	428.7
72	Jesse Jefferson	428.41
73	Joe Niekro	427.93
74	Jack Billingham	426.92
75	Rick Langford	426.71
76	Jerry Augustine	426.51
77	Jim Clancy	426.12
78	Pete Vuckovich	424.54
79	Doc Medich	424.13
80	Don Aase	423.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Larry Gura	423.0
82	Jim Colborn	421.34
83	Paul Moskau	419.56
84	Chris Knapp	419.22
85	Mike Paxton	419.15
86	Randy Lerch	416.89
87	Glenn Abbott	416.65
88	Matt Keough	416.64
89	Jim Bibby	412.45
90	John Henry Johnson	412.31
91	Jim Kaat	411.46
92	Mike Krukow	411.17
93	Don Gullett	409.87
94	Nino Espinosa	409.79
95	Bob Shirley	409.19
96	Bill Travers	407.22
97	Dick Tidrow	405.76
98	Steve Renko	405.46
99	Paul Mitchell	402.72
100	Bill Lee	402.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jerry Reuss	400.0
102	Jim Lonborg	399.97
103	Joaquin Andujar	394.51
104	Gary Serum	391.0
105	Preston Hanna	389.96
106	Woodie Fryman	388.81
107	Jim Wright	387.65
108	Jim Beattie	387.13
109	Wayne Garland	386.85
110	Kip Young	385.63
111	Dan Schatzeder	384.8
112	Jerry Garvin	382.63
113	Dave Lemanczyk	382.34
114	Silvio Martinez	380.63
115	Larry McWilliams	378.94
116	Pete Broberg	378.54
117	Bob Welch	377.21
118	Wayne Twitchell	375.67
119	David Clyde	373.9
120	Mickey Mahler	372.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dave Roberts	372.24
122	Rick Honeycutt	371.12
123	Wilbur Wood	371.08
124	Ken Brett	367.34
125	Byron McLaughlin	363.39
126	Paul Thormodsgard	363.13
127	Pete Falcone	362.35
128	Andy Replogle	361.51
129	Tom Dixon	360.39
130	Balor Moore	360.02
131	Floyd Bannister	356.36
132	Tom Hume	355.04
133	Hal Dues	354.61
134	Steve Comer	354.11
135	Mike LaCoss	351.56
136	Dave Frost	351.52
137	Paul Hartzell	349.8
138	Vern Ruhle	349.74
139	Don Hood	349.02
140	Dave Freisleben	347.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bruce Kison	347.35
142	Darrell Jackson	346.11
143	Moose Haas	344.47
144	Nelson Briles	344.19
145	Scott Sanderson	343.86
146	Mike Bruhert	343.53
147	Andy Hassler	342.63
148	Eddie Solomon	341.7
149	Tom Hausman	340.63
150	Ken Forsch	340.18
151	Alan Wirth	339.13
152	Mike Proly	336.54
153	Paul Reuschel	336.46
154	Jack Kucek	334.41
155	Kevin Kobel	334.37
156	Dick Pole	332.67
157	Don Kirkwood	331.6
158	Rich Wortham	330.19
159	Bob Sykes	324.42
160	Steve Baker	323.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Stan Perzanowski	322.86
162	Marty Pattin	322.79
163	Tom Bruno	321.92
164	John Urrea	321.92
165	Allen Ripley	318.14
166	Aurelio Lopez	317.35
167	Steve Trout	317.29
168	Jim Bouton	315.49
169	Ron Schueler	314.23
170	Eduardo Rodriguez	313.88
171	Mike Norris	313.67
172	Jim Umbarger	313.65
173	Mike Willis	312.75
174	Bobby Sprowl	312.56
175	Ross Baumgarten	311.84
176	Tommy Boggs	311.42
177	Dan O'Brien	311.18
178	Rick Camp	309.82
179	Rob Dressler	309.72
180	Rich Hinton	309.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Pete Redfern	309.07
182	Frank LaCorte	308.9
183	Ken Clay	308.8
184	Adrian Devine	308.62
185	Tom House	308.54
186	Mark Fidrych	308.25
187	Dave Ford	308.21
188	Mickey Lolich	307.67
189	Doug Bird	305.67
190	Mike Parrott	304.02
191	Sammy Stewart	303.99
192	Manny Sarmiento	302.88
193	Al Fitzmorris	302.68
194	Paul Mirabella	301.95
195	Andy Messersmith	301.82
196	Jack Morris	300.87
197	Manny Seoane	300.81
198	Paul Lindblad	300.57
199	Roy Lee Jackson	300.54
200	Donnie Moore	300.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Mark Bomback	300.33

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