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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	594.61
2	Don Sutton	530.9
3	Nolan Ryan	522.27
4	Tom Seaver	520.1
5	Bert Blyleven	510.26
6	Larry Gura	509.51
7	Dennis Leonard	509.18
8	Ron Guidry	507.92
9	Jack Morris	497.0
10	Phil Niekro	496.67
11	Steve Rogers	494.21
12	Steve McCatty	493.35
13	Rick Reuschel	488.14
14	Tommy John	485.32
15	Dennis Eckersley	483.7
16	Britt Burns	483.22
17	Rick Langford	482.64
18	Burt Hooton	478.85
19	Dave Stieb	477.27
20	Mike Norris	473.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Scott Sanderson	473.29
22	Vida Blue	470.81
23	Scott McGregor	469.41
24	Bob Forsch	468.94
25	Joe Niekro	468.81
26	Milt Wilcox	466.7
27	Ken Forsch	465.49
28	Len Barker	463.93
29	Pete Vuckovich	462.28
30	Matt Keough	461.85
31	Jerry Reuss	460.74
32	Bill Gullickson	457.37
33	Jim Bibby	455.93
34	Dennis Martinez	453.88
35	Fernando Valenzuela	451.44
36	Jim Palmer	451.19
37	Dan Petry	451.07
38	Bob Knepper	449.83
39	Doc Medich	449.57
40	Rick Honeycutt	448.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Floyd Bannister	447.03
42	Jerry Koosman	445.79
43	Mike Flanagan	445.29
44	Moose Haas	441.31
45	Frank Tanana	440.82
46	Mike Krukow	440.78
47	Fergie Jenkins	439.16
48	Mike Caldwell	438.57
49	Mario Soto	436.59
50	Lary Sorensen	436.27
51	Doyle Alexander	435.04
52	Steve Stone	434.66
53	Bob Welch	434.49
54	Frank Pastore	432.97
55	Gaylord Perry	431.61
56	Rudy May	429.11
57	Geoff Zahn	424.0
58	Jim Clancy	421.57
59	Richard Dotson	420.11
60	Ed Whitson	414.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Trout	413.89
62	Mike Torrez	413.88
63	Ross Baumgarten	413.48
64	Tommy Boggs	413.22
65	Glenn Abbott	413.16
66	Paul Splittorff	412.69
67	Jon Matlack	412.31
68	Tom Underwood	411.93
69	Roger Erickson	411.83
70	Dick Ruthven	411.0
71	Rick Waits	410.51
72	Ray Burris	410.47
73	Danny Darwin	410.03
74	John Candelaria	408.38
75	Vern Ruhle	403.75
76	Dave Righetti	402.67
77	Pat Zachry	400.27
78	Bruce Berenyi	398.16
79	John Denny	397.4
80	Brian Kingman	396.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Wise	392.26
82	Dan Schatzeder	391.38
83	Rich Gale	389.68
84	Pete Redfern	385.96
85	Steve Mura	384.82
86	Larry Christenson	384.38
87	Steve Renko	383.19
88	Mike Scott	381.98
89	Tom Griffin	381.18
90	Silvio Martinez	380.93
91	Albert Williams	379.48
92	Rick Rhoden	378.31
93	Mike Witt	377.45
94	Juan Eichelberger	376.75
95	Fernando Arroyo	371.31
96	Jim Beattie	370.14
97	Dennis Lamp	368.69
98	Bob Ojeda	368.45
99	Eddie Solomon	365.36
100	Ken Kravec	365.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave Goltz	363.4
102	Luis Leal	362.37
103	Chris Welsh	361.37
104	Jim Slaton	360.98
105	Don Robinson	359.68
106	John Martin	358.5
107	Mike Jones	357.38
108	Ed Lynch	356.62
109	Lynn McGlothen	356.42
110	Doug Bird	354.43
111	Rick Mahler	352.51
112	Randy Jones	352.16
113	Juan Berenguer	352.08
114	Jackson Todd	350.96
115	Randy Lerch	350.61
116	John Tudor	349.86
117	Greg Harris	348.96
118	Mark Bomback	347.95
119	Craig Swan	347.73
120	Allen Ripley	346.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Montefusco	345.64
122	Brad Havens	344.96
123	Dickie Noles	343.95
124	Bill Travers	342.82
125	Luis Tiant	342.59
126	Ken Clay	341.07
127	Joaquin Andujar	339.74
128	Charlie Hough	339.59
129	Bob Stoddard	336.43
130	John Curtis	336.02
131	Charlie Lea	335.69
132	Mike LaCoss	334.23
133	Randy Martz	332.74
134	Odell Jones	332.44
135	Bob Walk	332.27
136	Pascual Perez	331.05
137	Mike Parrott	330.49
138	Larry McWilliams	329.27
139	Bill Lee	328.62
140	Pete Falcone	328.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mark Davis	326.69
142	Marty Bystrom	326.02
143	Jerry Don Gleaton	325.65
144	Mike Griffin	325.32
145	Darrell Jackson	324.91
146	Bruce Hurst	322.77
147	Tom Brennan	321.51
148	Dan Larson	320.33
149	Angel Moreno	319.94
150	Dave Rozema	317.51
151	Brian Allard	317.3
152	Dave Frost	317.25
153	Charlie Leibrandt	316.27
154	Fred Kuhaulua	315.89
155	Wayne Garland	315.59
156	Tim Lollar	315.26
157	Steve Fireovid	314.79
158	Bruce Kison	314.58
159	Bob Shirley	314.52
160	Atlee Hammaker	314.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	John Butcher	313.61
162	Bryan Clark	312.41
163	Al Holland	311.78
164	Steve Crawford	310.95
165	Jerry Ujdur	310.92
166	Andy Rincon	310.18
167	Nino Espinosa	309.23
168	Jim Wright	308.95
169	Dan Spillner	308.13
170	Stan Bahnsen	306.39
171	Ted Power	305.26
172	Mike Proly	304.75
173	Dave LaPoint	304.58
174	Sammy Stewart	304.56
175	Billy Smith	303.95
176	Rod Scurry	303.14
177	Don Cooper	301.95
178	Bill Caudill	301.51
179	Bobby Castillo	301.21
180	Mark Littell	301.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Bob Stanley	300.78
182	Terry Leach	300.19

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