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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Ron Guidry	602.86
2	Tom Seaver	591.7
3	J.R. Richard	576.13
4	Jim Palmer	565.97
5	Phil Niekro	564.54
6	Steve Carlton	562.54
7	Bert Blyleven	559.33
8	Dennis Eckersley	556.77
9	Dennis Leonard	549.36
10	Nolan Ryan	548.75
11	Burt Hooton	545.15
12	Dave Goltz	544.46
13	Jon Matlack	538.09
14	Steve Rogers	534.84
15	Gaylord Perry	531.67
16	Don Sutton	527.96
17	Vida Blue	527.05
18	Fergie Jenkins	526.43
19	Luis Tiant	521.94
20	Ed Figueroa	512.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Frank Tanana	512.7
22	Bob Knepper	509.87
23	Rick Reuschel	507.82
24	John Candelaria	507.48
25	Larry Christenson	506.51
26	Ed Halicki	505.5
27	Mike Caldwell	504.4
28	Jerry Koosman	499.56
29	Mike Torrez	493.5
30	Paul Splittorff	488.44
31	John Montefusco	485.74
32	Ross Grimsley	485.7
33	John Denny	484.84
34	Dick Ruthven	483.74
35	Craig Swan	482.58
36	Dennis Martinez	479.57
37	Tommy John	475.15
38	Lary Sorensen	474.91
39	Mike Flanagan	474.15
40	Doug Rau	472.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Geoff Zahn	470.15
42	Catfish Hunter	469.71
43	Fred Norman	469.5
44	Dave Rozema	469.06
45	Randy Jones	468.56
46	Jim Slaton	465.84
47	Bob Forsch	465.03
48	Ken Kravec	458.74
49	Doyle Alexander	457.29
50	Francisco Barrios	456.47
51	Roger Erickson	455.85
52	Steve Stone	455.41
53	Rudy May	454.58
54	Jim Rooker	452.28
55	Scott McGregor	449.14
56	Rick Waits	447.09
57	Dock Ellis	446.3
58	Larry Gura	445.31
59	Don Robinson	444.7
60	Eric Rasmussen	442.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joe Niekro	441.86
62	Milt Wilcox	441.85
63	Rick Rhoden	441.02
64	Bill Bonham	440.58
65	Dennis Lamp	440.54
66	Doc Medich	435.91
67	Jesse Jefferson	435.47
68	Pat Zachry	435.41
69	Tom Underwood	435.06
70	Bob Owchinko	434.2
71	Ray Burris	434.1
72	Mark Lemongello	434.08
73	Rick Wise	430.54
74	Pete Vuckovich	429.22
75	Jack Billingham	429.05
76	Rich Gale	427.47
77	Jim Barr	427.21
78	Matt Keough	425.91
79	Chris Knapp	425.33
80	Rick Langford	424.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Randy Lerch	423.76
82	Jerry Augustine	423.76
83	Jim Clancy	423.07
84	Bill Travers	420.88
85	Don Aase	420.3
86	Paul Moskau	419.88
87	Jim Kaat	418.43
88	Jim Colborn	415.8
89	Mike Paxton	410.17
90	Jim Bibby	409.7
91	Nino Espinosa	409.23
92	Glenn Abbott	408.38
93	Mike Krukow	407.73
94	John Henry Johnson	407.47
95	Don Gullett	407.12
96	Bob Shirley	406.44
97	Dick Tidrow	404.26
98	Jerry Reuss	404.06
99	Steve Renko	403.96
100	Gary Serum	403.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Lee	399.91
102	Paul Mitchell	398.05
103	Jim Lonborg	397.22
104	Kip Young	394.85
105	Jim Beattie	394.82
106	Larry McWilliams	393.9
107	Silvio Martinez	393.66
108	Dan Schatzeder	391.84
109	Joaquin Andujar	391.76
110	Bob Welch	389.52
111	David Clyde	389.27
112	Preston Hanna	387.21
113	Woodie Fryman	386.31
114	Jim Wright	384.9
115	Wayne Garland	384.1
116	Byron McLaughlin	382.34
117	Jerry Garvin	379.88
118	Dave Lemanczyk	379.59
119	Tom Hume	377.88
120	Pete Broberg	376.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mickey Mahler	373.3
122	Wayne Twitchell	372.92
123	Dave Roberts	369.49
124	Wilbur Wood	368.33
125	Rick Honeycutt	367.62
126	Balor Moore	367.25
127	Vern Ruhle	364.81
128	Ken Brett	364.59
129	Tom Dixon	363.71
130	Steve Comer	363.01
131	Scott Sanderson	360.52
132	Paul Thormodsgard	360.38
133	Bruce Kison	359.62
134	Pete Falcone	359.6
135	Andy Replogle	359.17
136	Dave Frost	357.81
137	Darrell Jackson	355.63
138	Don Hood	353.96
139	Ken Forsch	353.75
140	Floyd Bannister	353.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike LaCoss	353.35
142	Hal Dues	351.86
143	Mike Bruhert	348.06
144	Paul Hartzell	347.55
145	Kevin Kobel	347.02
146	Dave Freisleben	344.62
147	Alan Wirth	342.95
148	Moose Haas	341.72
149	Nelson Briles	341.44
150	Jack Kucek	341.34
151	Andy Hassler	339.88
152	Eddie Solomon	339.2
153	Paul Reuschel	338.58
154	Tom Hausman	337.88
155	Don Kirkwood	337.35
156	Rich Wortham	337.15
157	John Urrea	334.07
158	Mike Proly	333.79
159	Marty Pattin	330.72
160	Dick Pole	329.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Eduardo Rodriguez	327.93
162	Bob Sykes	321.67
163	Bob Stanley	320.9
164	Jim Bouton	320.64
165	Tom Bruno	320.42
166	Stan Perzanowski	320.11
167	Steve Baker	319.59
168	John D'Acquisto	317.98
169	Steve Trout	316.99
170	Rich Hinton	316.58
171	Frank LaCorte	316.22
172	Allen Ripley	315.39
173	Aurelio Lopez	314.6
174	Mike Willis	313.3
175	Rob Dressler	311.97
176	Ron Schueler	311.48
177	Jim Umbarger	310.9
178	Bobby Sprowl	310.81
179	Lynn McGlothen	310.45
180	Tug McGraw	310.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dan O'Brien	309.93
182	Mike Norris	309.66
183	Dan Warthen	309.46
184	Sammy Stewart	309.17
185	Ross Baumgarten	309.09
186	Tommy Boggs	308.67
187	Mario Soto	308.29
188	Ken Clay	307.55
189	Juan Berenguer	307.42
190	Shane Rawley	307.23
191	Rick Camp	307.07
192	Odell Jones	306.49
193	Pete Redfern	306.32
194	Jack Morris	306.32
195	Adrian Devine	305.87
196	Tom House	305.79
197	Rick Jones	305.72
198	Mark Fidrych	305.5
199	Dave Ford	305.46
200	Danny Darwin	305.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Mickey Lolich	304.92
202	Steve Busby	304.23
203	David Palmer	303.78
204	Philip Nastu	303.47
205	Doug Bird	302.92
206	Mike Parrott	302.27
207	Ken Holtzman	300.9
208	Roy Lee Jackson	300.31
209	Manny Sarmiento	300.13

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