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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	566.03
2	Jack Morris	562.63
3	Steve Carlton	557.33
4	Dave Stieb	553.04
5	Floyd Bannister	538.89
6	Nolan Ryan	537.1
7	Steve Rogers	525.83
8	Ron Guidry	525.05
9	Bob Welch	517.08
10	La Marr Hoyt	511.33
11	Richard Dotson	505.6
12	Don Sutton	505.34
13	Fernando Valenzuela	504.02
14	Joe Niekro	503.1
15	Bill Gullickson	499.88
16	Dave Righetti	499.37
17	Jerry Reuss	498.94
18	Scott McGregor	497.29
19	John Candelaria	494.47
20	Dan Petry	493.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Charlie Hough	493.67
22	Larry McWilliams	489.8
23	Rick Rhoden	489.16
24	John Denny	488.47
25	Jim Clancy	478.55
26	Moose Haas	477.44
27	Charlie Lea	475.96
28	Joaquin Andujar	473.84
29	Phil Niekro	471.6
30	Luis Leal	468.8
31	Len Barker	468.07
32	Atlee Hammaker	467.79
33	Milt Wilcox	466.72
34	Britt Burns	465.96
35	Bruce Berenyi	465.9
36	Geoff Zahn	464.39
37	Ken Forsch	463.87
38	John Tudor	463.73
39	Mike Boddicker	463.0
40	Tom Seaver	461.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Krukow	458.69
42	Rick Sutcliffe	456.06
43	Fergie Jenkins	455.05
44	Tommy John	452.19
45	Dick Ruthven	452.04
46	Tim Lollar	451.07
47	Mike Flanagan	449.42
48	Albert Williams	448.74
49	Jim Beattie	447.84
50	John Stuper	444.85
51	Mike Caldwell	444.81
52	Craig McMurtry	441.86
53	Jim Palmer	441.4
54	Matt Young	439.97
55	Shane Rawley	439.66
56	Gaylord Perry	439.42
57	Paul Splittorff	438.35
58	Rick Honeycutt	438.32
59	Lary Sorensen	437.63
60	Bob Knepper	435.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Norris	435.24
62	Burt Hooton	432.38
63	Pascual Perez	432.24
64	Fred Breining	431.83
65	Frank Tanana	431.61
66	Storm Davis	430.64
67	Mike Torrez	429.96
68	Bobby Castillo	429.1
69	Larry Gura	428.87
70	Bob Forsch	428.03
71	Bruce Hurst	426.83
72	Mike Smithson	425.52
73	Alejandro Pena	425.39
74	Dennis Eckersley	424.45
75	Bill Laskey	422.98
76	Bob Ojeda	418.87
77	Scott Sanderson	418.18
78	Eric Show	416.71
79	Charles Hudson	416.16
80	Steve McCatty	416.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Frank Pastore	413.75
82	Jim Gott	413.47
83	Larry Christenson	412.18
84	Dave LaPoint	411.65
85	Jose DeLeon	411.58
86	Dave Dravecky	408.9
87	Vida Blue	408.89
88	Juan Berenguer	408.43
89	Jerry Koosman	407.97
90	Bert Blyleven	407.45
91	Chris Codiroli	406.86
92	Frank Viola	404.46
93	Joe Price	404.24
94	Bud Black	404.04
95	Ken Schrom	403.84
96	Bob McClure	403.5
97	Danny Darwin	402.9
98	Dennis Leonard	402.49
99	Chuck Rainey	399.47
100	Mike Moore	391.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lee Tunnell	391.36
102	Mike Witt	390.3
103	Bruce Kison	390.24
104	Dennis Martinez	390.22
105	Mike Scott	389.99
106	Glenn Abbott	389.22
107	Mark Davis	388.71
108	Mark Thurmond	388.31
109	Steve Trout	387.35
110	Bob Stoddard	383.98
111	Walt Terrell	383.0
112	Ed Whitson	380.55
113	John Montefusco	379.93
114	Bryn Smith	378.07
115	Tim Conroy	377.2
116	Dickie Noles	376.09
117	Chuck Porter	375.89
118	Steve Renko	374.52
119	Neil Allen	373.89
120	Ray Fontenot	373.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Matt Keough	372.37
122	Marty Bystrom	370.0
123	Ray Burris	369.9
124	Bob Shirley	368.39
125	Doyle Alexander	366.89
126	Kevin Gross	365.89
127	Andy Hawkins	365.78
128	Rick Camp	365.3
129	Ed Lynch	365.13
130	Bryan Clark	361.16
131	Rick Langford	360.99
132	Charlie Puleo	360.27
133	Neal Heaton	360.14
134	Brad Havens	359.84
135	Dave Rozema	359.36
136	Bill Krueger	359.21
137	Jeff Russell	357.95
138	Gorman Heimueller	357.03
139	Pete Falcone	356.96
140	Danny Cox	355.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dave Stewart	355.09
142	Mike Warren	353.59
143	Oil Can Boyd	352.87
144	Ken Dayley	352.87
145	Mike Madden	348.98
146	Mike Brown	348.95
147	Juan Eichelberger	348.16
148	Craig Swan	345.53
149	Allan Ramirez	344.48
150	Jerry Ujdur	343.73
151	Andy McGaffigan	343.55
152	Eric Rasmussen	340.92
153	Dennis Lamp	338.77
154	Tom Candiotti	337.23
155	Vern Ruhle	336.39
156	Jay Howell	329.97
157	John Butcher	328.36
158	Jon Matlack	327.25
159	Mike LaCoss	325.73
160	Ron Darling	325.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Gibson	325.49
162	Frank Wills	324.43
163	Tom Underwood	324.14
164	Pete Filson	321.8
165	Pete Vuckovich	321.05
166	Rick Behenna	319.76
167	Tom Brennan	319.47
168	Jack O'Connor	319.28
169	Scott Garrelts	318.68
170	Jay Pettibone	317.15
171	Rick Steirer	316.86
172	Steve Brown	315.88
173	Tony Ghelfi	315.57
174	Scott Holman	315.57
175	Rick Reuschel	314.52
176	Jaime Cocanower	314.41
177	John Curtis	312.05
178	Gene Nelson	310.84
179	Larry Pashnick	310.35
180	Doug Bird	309.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Mark Calvert	309.03
182	Don Robinson	305.47
183	Renie Martin	305.33
184	Craig Lefferts	304.9
185	Keith Creel	304.86
186	Rich Gale	304.49
187	Pat Zachry	304.03
188	Al Nipper	303.92
189	Doug Bair	302.88
190	Rick Lysander	302.53
191	Bill Swaggerty	301.68
192	Mike Jeffcoat	301.03
193	Greg Bargar	300.51
194	Byron McLaughlin	300.34
195	Jim Acker	300.05

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