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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	600.46
2	J.R. Richard	569.38
3	Don Sutton	540.9
4	Steve Rogers	535.23
5	Dennis Leonard	530.83
6	Phil Niekro	529.88
7	Tom Seaver	523.74
8	Dennis Eckersley	523.53
9	Ron Guidry	519.54
10	Mike Norris	508.09
11	Bert Blyleven	506.63
12	Nolan Ryan	505.77
13	Jerry Koosman	504.33
14	Larry Gura	502.09
15	Fergie Jenkins	499.43
16	Tommy John	498.21
17	Rick Langford	497.93
18	Steve Stone	496.78
19	Rick Reuschel	496.49
20	Scott McGregor	493.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Burt Hooton	490.29
22	Floyd Bannister	489.38
23	Matt Keough	488.87
24	Pete Vuckovich	487.02
25	Mike Flanagan	486.35
26	Vida Blue	485.7
27	Moose Haas	485.36
28	John Candelaria	477.98
29	Jim Bibby	477.26
30	Bob Forsch	476.46
31	Gaylord Perry	476.28
32	Jim Palmer	474.75
33	Mike Caldwell	471.98
34	Frank Tanana	471.93
35	Len Barker	471.7
36	Scott Sanderson	471.12
37	Jack Morris	469.08
38	Tom Underwood	467.6
39	Britt Burns	462.8
40	Rick Waits	461.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Craig Swan	459.5
42	Luis Tiant	458.27
43	Joe Niekro	456.21
44	Roger Erickson	455.31
45	Lary Sorensen	454.95
46	Jerry Reuss	454.12
47	Milt Wilcox	453.9
48	Dan Schatzeder	453.12
49	Paul Splittorff	453.01
50	Jim Clancy	452.24
51	Steve McCatty	451.64
52	Geoff Zahn	450.06
53	Jon Matlack	449.69
54	Bob Welch	448.38
55	Rich Gale	446.95
56	Dave Goltz	445.7
57	Ken Forsch	444.09
58	Dick Ruthven	442.34
59	Dave Stieb	441.05
60	Ed Whitson	440.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Wise	440.1
62	Mike Krukow	438.74
63	Mike Torrez	438.04
64	Bill Travers	437.98
65	Randy Jones	437.31
66	Ross Baumgarten	435.91
67	Rick Honeycutt	434.41
68	Don Robinson	434.3
69	Doyle Alexander	434.01
70	Dennis Martinez	432.03
71	Brian Kingman	430.05
72	Doc Medich	429.88
73	Bob Knepper	429.68
74	Frank Pastore	427.34
75	Bill Gullickson	424.86
76	Richard Dotson	423.09
77	John Fulgham	422.21
78	Steve Trout	420.18
79	Pat Zachry	419.45
80	Rudy May	417.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Glenn Abbott	416.97
82	Vern Ruhle	415.98
83	Ken Kravec	414.55
84	John Denny	414.47
85	John Curtis	414.39
86	Lynn McGlothen	413.45
87	Dennis Lamp	413.42
88	Tommy Boggs	413.17
89	Steve Renko	408.38
90	Dan Petry	407.89
91	Darrell Jackson	405.54
92	Silvio Martinez	404.53
93	John Montefusco	402.94
94	Randy Lerch	401.63
95	Mike LaCoss	401.37
96	Rick Matula	399.45
97	Steve Mura	396.53
98	Larry McWilliams	395.58
99	Dan Spillner	395.36
100	David Palmer	391.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Beattie	390.08
102	Rick Rhoden	388.07
103	Pete Falcone	387.17
104	Ray Burris	386.99
105	Bob Walk	386.85
106	Jim Slaton	386.61
107	Dave Frost	386.09
108	Larry Christenson	385.53
109	Bob Stanley	385.14
110	Alfredo Martinez	383.69
111	Mario Soto	377.34
112	Charlie Leibrandt	376.98
113	Bill Lee	375.7
114	Bill Bonham	375.04
115	Bob Sykes	374.69
116	Bruce Kison	373.85
117	Eddie Solomon	372.66
118	Allen Ripley	372.14
119	Mark Bomback	371.7
120	Charlie Lea	371.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rob Dressler	369.89
122	Ed Halicki	369.77
123	Wayne Garland	369.76
124	Don Aase	369.52
125	Mike Parrott	368.8
126	Paul Moskau	368.1
127	John Tudor	367.81
128	Eric Rasmussen	367.74
129	Bob Owchinko	366.04
130	Dave Rozema	364.58
131	Gary Lucas	363.67
132	Rick Sutcliffe	361.7
133	Renie Martin	358.76
134	Nino Espinosa	358.37
135	Chris Knapp	355.29
136	Ross Grimsley	354.92
137	Steve Comer	354.82
138	Reggie Cleveland	354.22
139	Chuck Rainey	352.1
140	Jackson Todd	351.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alan Hargesheimer	351.35
142	Fred Norman	351.06
143	Jesse Jefferson	350.58
144	Joe Price	350.35
145	Joaquin Andujar	349.7
146	La Marr Hoyt	349.28
147	Juan Eichelberger	348.08
148	Ed Figueroa	347.95
149	Jim Kaat	347.01
150	Marty Bystrom	346.58
151	Paul Mitchell	346.04
152	Bob Shirley	345.46
153	Fernando Arroyo	343.08
154	Bob McClure	339.64
155	Doug Capilla	338.49
156	Rich Wortham	338.3
157	Albert Williams	337.95
158	Andy Rincon	336.89
159	Dick Drago	336.12
160	Pete Redfern	335.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ken Clay	332.29
162	Jim Rooker	332.18
163	Paul Mirabella	331.92
164	John Pacella	330.56
165	Al Olmsted	329.71
166	Roy Lee Jackson	329.26
167	John Butcher	329.12
168	Mark Fidrych	327.73
169	Joey McLaughlin	327.51
170	Randy Martz	325.03
171	Dave LaRoche	322.72
172	Mike Scott	322.67
173	Tom Griffin	321.51
174	Ed Lynch	320.48
175	Luis Leal	320.02
176	Dave Lemanczyk	317.6
177	Gordie Pladson	317.17
178	Ralph Botting	316.72
179	Jack Kucek	316.67
180	Don Kainer	316.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dan Larson	315.88
182	Don Hood	314.12
183	John Martin	312.66
184	Steve Crawford	312.65
185	Jim Barr	312.27
186	Charlie Hough	312.26
187	Steve Busby	312.02
188	Bob Ojeda	310.15
189	Jeff Little	309.56
190	Tom Tellmann	309.5
191	Roger Weaver	309.29
192	Preston Hanna	307.28
193	Bruce Robbins	305.35
194	Jim Dorsey	305.29
195	Keith Macwhorter	305.2
196	Bob Ferris	305.1
197	George Stablein	303.89
198	Dave LaPoint	303.24
199	Bill Bordley	302.44
200	Guy Hoffman	302.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Bill Caudill	301.54
202	Bruce Berenyi	301.41
203	Randy Niemann	300.07
204	Mike Griffin	300.03

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