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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	589.82
2	Don Sutton	521.8
3	Tom Seaver	518.2
4	Bert Blyleven	510.76
5	Nolan Ryan	510.44
6	Ron Guidry	508.59
7	Dennis Leonard	507.04
8	Larry Gura	505.48
9	Jack Morris	501.01
10	Steve Rogers	495.83
11	Phil Niekro	495.21
12	Dennis Eckersley	490.27
13	Steve McCatty	488.68
14	Rick Reuschel	483.47
15	Rick Langford	481.66
16	Britt Burns	481.33
17	Tommy John	480.67
18	Mike Norris	476.34
19	Dave Stieb	473.45
20	Vida Blue	472.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Burt Hooton	470.0
22	Scott Sanderson	469.95
23	Matt Keough	469.87
24	Joe Niekro	469.84
25	Bob Forsch	467.27
26	Ken Forsch	466.74
27	Milt Wilcox	465.75
28	Len Barker	463.39
29	Jerry Reuss	462.82
30	Pete Vuckovich	462.28
31	Scott McGregor	458.39
32	Jim Bibby	455.93
33	Bill Gullickson	453.55
34	Fernando Valenzuela	451.32
35	Mike Flanagan	447.78
36	Bob Knepper	447.52
37	Lary Sorensen	445.36
38	Jerry Koosman	443.72
39	Dennis Martinez	443.36
40	Jim Palmer	442.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Honeycutt	441.85
42	Doc Medich	441.76
43	Floyd Bannister	441.4
44	Fergie Jenkins	440.41
45	Mike Caldwell	440.15
46	Doyle Alexander	439.5
47	Frank Tanana	438.4
48	Steve Stone	435.91
49	Moose Haas	435.85
50	Dan Petry	433.77
51	Gaylord Perry	432.54
52	Bob Welch	430.46
53	Mario Soto	430.23
54	Rudy May	427.71
55	Frank Pastore	427.09
56	Geoff Zahn	425.71
57	Mike Krukow	422.03
58	Ross Baumgarten	421.19
59	Jim Clancy	420.33
60	Dick Ruthven	419.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tommy Boggs	418.82
62	Ed Whitson	417.07
63	Steve Trout	417.05
64	Richard Dotson	416.89
65	Mike Torrez	414.28
66	Paul Splittorff	413.94
67	Jon Matlack	413.56
68	Roger Erickson	413.08
69	Tom Underwood	411.93
70	John Candelaria	409.63
71	Rick Waits	408.93
72	Danny Darwin	407.46
73	Ray Burris	407.31
74	John Denny	405.39
75	Glenn Abbott	402.62
76	Vern Ruhle	402.17
77	Pat Zachry	399.94
78	Rick Wise	398.11
79	Brian Kingman	397.28
80	Dave Righetti	393.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dan Schatzeder	392.13
82	Rich Gale	390.93
83	Bruce Berenyi	389.02
84	Tom Griffin	387.25
85	Steve Mura	385.82
86	Larry Christenson	385.63
87	Steve Renko	382.63
88	Silvio Martinez	382.18
89	Albert Williams	377.82
90	Juan Eichelberger	376.75
91	Mike Scott	374.56
92	Rick Rhoden	373.88
93	Pete Redfern	372.35
94	Bob Ojeda	369.6
95	Mike Witt	368.03
96	Chris Welsh	367.52
97	Luis Leal	365.27
98	Fernando Arroyo	365.07
99	Dave Goltz	364.65
100	Ken Kravec	363.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Eddie Solomon	362.9
102	Jim Beattie	362.66
103	Don Robinson	360.93
104	Jim Slaton	360.73
105	John Martin	359.35
106	Lynn McGlothen	357.67
107	Dennis Lamp	355.33
108	Randy Jones	353.41
109	Doug Bird	352.73
110	Jackson Todd	352.21
111	Ed Lynch	352.2
112	Juan Berenguer	351.8
113	John Tudor	351.11
114	Mark Bomback	349.2
115	Craig Swan	348.98
116	Brad Havens	348.26
117	Mike Jones	347.79
118	Allen Ripley	347.37
119	John Montefusco	346.89
120	Greg Harris	346.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy Lerch	344.28
122	Bill Travers	344.07
123	Ken Clay	342.07
124	Rick Mahler	340.35
125	Joaquin Andujar	339.74
126	Luis Tiant	338.87
127	John Curtis	337.27
128	Charlie Lea	336.94
129	Dickie Noles	336.92
130	Mike LaCoss	335.48
131	Larry McWilliams	334.37
132	Randy Martz	333.99
133	Bob Walk	333.52
134	Charlie Hough	331.75
135	Mike Parrott	331.74
136	Odell Jones	330.01
137	Bob Stoddard	329.21
138	Pascual Perez	327.67
139	Marty Bystrom	327.27
140	Jerry Don Gleaton	326.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Pete Falcone	326.3
142	Darrell Jackson	325.41
143	Mike Griffin	323.7
144	Mark Davis	321.88
145	Bruce Hurst	321.6
146	Dave Rozema	318.76
147	Bill Lee	318.65
148	Brian Allard	318.55
149	Dave Frost	318.5
150	Fred Kuhaulua	318.2
151	Tom Brennan	318.12
152	Wayne Garland	317.48
153	Tim Lollar	316.51
154	Charlie Leibrandt	316.27
155	Angel Moreno	315.89
156	Bob Shirley	315.27
157	Atlee Hammaker	314.26
158	Dan Larson	313.82
159	Bryan Clark	313.66
160	Steve Crawford	312.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Andy Rincon	311.43
162	Jerry Ujdur	310.92
163	Nino Espinosa	310.48
164	Dan Spillner	309.38
165	Steve Fireovid	309.29
166	Jim Wright	308.95
167	Bruce Kison	308.52
168	Stan Bahnsen	307.64
169	John Butcher	305.84
170	Sammy Stewart	305.81
171	Billy Smith	305.2
172	Mike Proly	305.0
173	Rod Scurry	304.39
174	J.R. Richard	304.13
175	Ted Power	303.73
176	Don Cooper	303.2
177	Bill Caudill	302.76
178	Bobby Castillo	302.46
179	Mark Littell	302.32
180	Bob Stanley	302.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Terry Leach	301.44
182	Gene Nelson	301.21
183	Ed Figueroa	301.2
184	George Cappuzzello	300.76
185	Jesse Jefferson	300.62
186	Bob Long	300.39

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