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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	593.39
2	J.R. Richard	570.63
3	Don Sutton	538.11
4	Dennis Eckersley	534.36
5	Phil Niekro	532.42
6	Steve Rogers	531.77
7	Dennis Leonard	529.26
8	Ron Guidry	519.54
9	Tom Seaver	518.22
10	Bert Blyleven	508.57
11	Larry Gura	508.2
12	Nolan Ryan	506.97
13	Scott McGregor	506.47
14	Tommy John	505.46
15	Mike Norris	505.29
16	Fergie Jenkins	499.43
17	Rick Langford	498.77
18	Jerry Koosman	497.52
19	Steve Stone	496.89
20	Rick Reuschel	496.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Floyd Bannister	494.29
22	Moose Haas	493.86
23	Burt Hooton	489.07
24	Matt Keough	488.87
25	Mike Flanagan	486.46
26	Vida Blue	485.7
27	Bob Forsch	484.37
28	Pete Vuckovich	482.43
29	Len Barker	481.65
30	John Candelaria	477.98
31	Gaylord Perry	476.28
32	Jim Palmer	474.02
33	Jim Bibby	473.24
34	Mike Caldwell	469.83
35	Frank Tanana	468.81
36	Rick Waits	468.51
37	Scott Sanderson	467.73
38	Luis Tiant	465.1
39	Jack Morris	462.93
40	Tom Underwood	461.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Craig Swan	460.75
42	Paul Splittorff	457.31
43	Roger Erickson	456.9
44	Lary Sorensen	456.25
45	Britt Burns	454.45
46	Milt Wilcox	454.4
47	Jerry Reuss	453.97
48	Jim Clancy	450.3
49	Geoff Zahn	450.06
50	Jon Matlack	449.94
51	Joe Niekro	449.69
52	Bob Welch	449.53
53	Ed Whitson	449.22
54	Dave Stieb	449.1
55	Dan Schatzeder	447.02
56	Dave Goltz	445.7
57	Ken Forsch	445.21
58	Rich Gale	444.12
59	Steve McCatty	443.29
60	Dick Ruthven	442.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ross Baumgarten	442.01
62	Doyle Alexander	440.72
63	Rick Wise	440.1
64	Mike Torrez	439.29
65	Bill Travers	439.23
66	Randy Jones	438.56
67	Frank Pastore	433.88
68	Rick Honeycutt	433.57
69	Mike Krukow	433.31
70	Bob Knepper	430.93
71	Don Robinson	428.82
72	Brian Kingman	425.86
73	Doc Medich	424.28
74	Dennis Martinez	424.16
75	John Fulgham	423.46
76	Steve Trout	422.05
77	Pat Zachry	419.45
78	Lynn McGlothen	419.18
79	Rudy May	417.62
80	Glenn Abbott	416.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Gullickson	416.82
82	Richard Dotson	415.98
83	Ken Kravec	415.8
84	John Denny	415.72
85	Dennis Lamp	415.09
86	Steve Renko	414.74
87	Tommy Boggs	413.17
88	Vern Ruhle	409.43
89	Dan Petry	408.44
90	Darrell Jackson	406.79
91	John Curtis	406.71
92	Silvio Martinez	405.78
93	John Montefusco	404.19
94	Randy Lerch	402.88
95	Mike LaCoss	402.12
96	Rick Matula	399.95
97	Steve Mura	396.53
98	Dan Spillner	395.36
99	Larry McWilliams	392.46
100	Ray Burris	391.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Beattie	387.87
102	Jim Slaton	387.86
103	Dave Frost	387.34
104	Bob Stanley	386.39
105	Alfredo Martinez	385.87
106	Rick Rhoden	385.23
107	Bob Walk	381.89
108	Larry Christenson	380.53
109	Pete Falcone	380.37
110	David Palmer	378.54
111	Bill Bonham	376.29
112	Bob Sykes	375.94
113	Mark Bomback	375.5
114	Bruce Kison	375.1
115	Ed Halicki	374.71
116	Eddie Solomon	373.91
117	Charlie Leibrandt	372.78
118	Charlie Lea	371.89
119	Mario Soto	371.16
120	Don Aase	370.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Wayne Garland	370.26
122	Eric Rasmussen	370.11
123	Mike Parrott	370.05
124	Bill Lee	370.01
125	John Tudor	369.76
126	Paul Moskau	369.35
127	Dave Rozema	365.83
128	Rob Dressler	365.23
129	Gary Lucas	364.92
130	Bob Owchinko	364.1
131	Rick Sutcliffe	362.95
132	Allen Ripley	362.73
133	Nino Espinosa	359.62
134	Renie Martin	359.26
135	Chris Knapp	356.54
136	Ross Grimsley	356.17
137	Steve Comer	356.07
138	Reggie Cleveland	355.47
139	Chuck Rainey	353.35
140	Fred Norman	352.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alan Hargesheimer	351.85
142	Jesse Jefferson	351.83
143	Joe Price	350.6
144	Joaquin Andujar	349.95
145	La Marr Hoyt	349.28
146	Ed Figueroa	349.2
147	Jackson Todd	347.71
148	Paul Mitchell	347.04
149	Jim Kaat	347.01
150	Juan Eichelberger	344.89
151	Fernando Arroyo	344.08
152	Doug Capilla	339.74
153	Rich Wortham	339.55
154	Albert Williams	338.2
155	Marty Bystrom	337.87
156	Andy Rincon	337.21
157	Pete Redfern	336.79
158	Bob Shirley	336.78
159	Paul Mirabella	334.3
160	Jim Rooker	333.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dick Drago	333.13
162	Ken Clay	332.79
163	John Pacella	331.81
164	Roy Lee Jackson	330.51
165	Bob McClure	330.39
166	Joey McLaughlin	329.16
167	Mark Fidrych	327.33
168	Dave LaRoche	323.97
169	Al Olmsted	323.85
170	John Butcher	321.31
171	Luis Leal	320.52
172	Ed Lynch	319.58
173	Dave Lemanczyk	318.85
174	Gordie Pladson	318.42
175	Jack Kucek	317.92
176	Ralph Botting	317.46
177	Dan Larson	317.13
178	Don Kainer	316.06
179	Don Hood	315.37
180	Tom Griffin	314.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Randy Martz	314.13
182	Charlie Hough	313.51
183	Steve Busby	313.27
184	John Martin	312.91
185	Jim Barr	312.27
186	Bob Ojeda	311.4
187	Mike Scott	310.72
188	Tom Tellmann	310.5
189	Preston Hanna	308.03
190	Bruce Robbins	306.6
191	Jim Dorsey	306.54
192	Steve Crawford	305.18
193	George Stablein	305.14
194	Bob Ferris	304.98
195	Bill Bordley	303.69
196	Guy Hoffman	303.47
197	Bill Caudill	302.79
198	Bruce Berenyi	302.66
199	Dave LaPoint	302.34
200	Roger Weaver	301.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Mike Griffin	301.28
202	Rick Anderson	301.11
203	Randy Niemann	300.57

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