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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	569.04
2	Steve Carlton	561.24
3	Jack Morris	558.36
4	Dave Stieb	556.37
5	Floyd Bannister	540.94
6	Nolan Ryan	531.09
7	Ron Guidry	529.34
8	Steve Rogers	522.84
9	Bob Welch	521.49
10	La Marr Hoyt	512.85
11	Joe Niekro	508.66
12	Fernando Valenzuela	506.06
13	Richard Dotson	504.76
14	Don Sutton	503.13
15	Jerry Reuss	501.21
16	Charlie Hough	499.66
17	Dave Righetti	497.62
18	John Denny	496.71
19	Bill Gullickson	496.17
20	Rick Rhoden	495.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Candelaria	494.22
22	Scott McGregor	491.35
23	Dan Petry	488.1
24	Larry McWilliams	486.61
25	Jim Clancy	481.0
26	Moose Haas	475.69
27	Phil Niekro	474.78
28	Joaquin Andujar	473.34
29	Charlie Lea	472.88
30	Len Barker	472.58
31	John Tudor	468.96
32	Milt Wilcox	468.9
33	Britt Burns	468.41
34	Geoff Zahn	467.86
35	Atlee Hammaker	466.04
36	Ken Forsch	463.12
37	Tom Seaver	462.19
38	Luis Leal	461.91
39	Jim Beattie	461.52
40	Rick Sutcliffe	459.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bruce Berenyi	458.1
42	Mike Krukow	457.13
43	Fergie Jenkins	453.3
44	Mike Boddicker	452.97
45	Craig McMurtry	448.68
46	Mike Caldwell	448.58
47	Bob Forsch	448.36
48	Tommy John	447.97
49	Jim Palmer	446.7
50	Paul Splittorff	446.16
51	Dick Ruthven	445.91
52	Tim Lollar	445.03
53	Mike Flanagan	444.62
54	Matt Young	444.3
55	Shane Rawley	443.85
56	Albert Williams	443.63
57	Pascual Perez	442.98
58	Gaylord Perry	438.42
59	Lary Sorensen	437.67
60	Rick Honeycutt	435.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John Stuper	435.51
62	Mike Smithson	435.21
63	Bob Knepper	434.04
64	Mike Norris	433.49
65	Mike Torrez	433.05
66	Dennis Eckersley	432.91
67	Fred Breining	431.33
68	Frank Tanana	431.21
69	Storm Davis	430.71
70	Burt Hooton	429.64
71	Larry Gura	428.83
72	Bobby Castillo	427.35
73	Bruce Hurst	424.22
74	Ken Schrom	423.84
75	Alejandro Pena	423.75
76	Bob Ojeda	422.48
77	Bill Laskey	421.23
78	Eric Show	419.47
79	Scott Sanderson	417.68
80	Steve McCatty	416.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Frank Pastore	415.73
82	Jose DeLeon	415.05
83	Charles Hudson	414.99
84	Juan Berenguer	413.82
85	Jim Gott	411.72
86	Dave LaPoint	411.4
87	Larry Christenson	410.43
88	Danny Darwin	407.53
89	Jerry Koosman	407.22
90	Chris Codiroli	407.2
91	Dave Dravecky	407.15
92	Vida Blue	407.14
93	Bert Blyleven	405.7
94	Mark Davis	404.45
95	Bud Black	403.76
96	Chuck Rainey	403.65
97	Joe Price	402.49
98	Frank Viola	402.03
99	Bob McClure	401.75
100	Dennis Leonard	400.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lee Tunnell	396.81
102	Mike Moore	393.3
103	Mike Witt	392.39
104	Bob Stoddard	392.24
105	Glenn Abbott	391.88
106	Mark Thurmond	391.5
107	Bryn Smith	390.24
108	Dennis Martinez	389.97
109	Mike Scott	388.5
110	Bruce Kison	388.49
111	John Montefusco	388.36
112	Ed Whitson	386.96
113	Steve Trout	386.1
114	Walt Terrell	382.5
115	Doyle Alexander	381.11
116	Neil Allen	379.37
117	Andy Hawkins	378.19
118	Matt Keough	376.31
119	Dickie Noles	374.59
120	Tim Conroy	373.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Chuck Porter	373.62
122	Steve Renko	372.77
123	Kevin Gross	371.82
124	Ray Fontenot	371.74
125	Bob Shirley	370.81
126	Marty Bystrom	369.75
127	Mike Warren	369.61
128	Neal Heaton	368.89
129	Ray Burris	368.4
130	Charlie Puleo	368.01
131	Oil Can Boyd	367.66
132	Ed Lynch	363.88
133	Dave Stewart	363.81
134	Rick Camp	363.55
135	Bryan Clark	361.3
136	Rick Langford	359.24
137	Brad Havens	358.09
138	Dave Rozema	357.61
139	Bill Krueger	357.46
140	Ken Dayley	357.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Danny Cox	357.16
142	Jeff Russell	355.21
143	Pete Falcone	355.21
144	Gorman Heimueller	354.64
145	Mike Madden	348.89
146	Mike Brown	347.2
147	Juan Eichelberger	346.41
148	Craig Swan	343.78
149	Allan Ramirez	342.73
150	Jerry Ujdur	341.98
151	Andy McGaffigan	341.8
152	Eric Rasmussen	340.17
153	Tom Candiotti	339.79
154	Dennis Lamp	337.02
155	Ron Darling	335.46
156	Vern Ruhle	334.64
157	Jay Howell	333.81
158	Scott Garrelts	332.22
159	Bob Gibson	331.88
160	Mike LaCoss	331.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Pete Filson	331.57
162	Frank Wills	326.75
163	John Butcher	326.61
164	Jaime Cocanower	326.21
165	Jon Matlack	325.5
166	Rick Behenna	324.32
167	Tom Underwood	322.39
168	Rick Reuschel	321.8
169	Pete Vuckovich	319.3
170	Jay Pettibone	319.22
171	Tom Brennan	317.72
172	Jack O'Connor	317.53
173	Scott Holman	317.25
174	Steve Brown	315.63
175	Rick Steirer	315.11
176	Tony Ghelfi	313.82
177	Reggie Patterson	312.34
178	John Curtis	310.55
179	Steve Bedrosian	309.94
180	Dennis Rasmussen	309.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Byron McLaughlin	309.28
182	Larry Pashnick	308.6
183	Doug Bird	307.65
184	Danny Jackson	306.69
185	Don Schulze	306.67
186	Gene Nelson	305.18
187	Mark Calvert	304.77
188	Don Robinson	303.72
189	Renie Martin	303.58
190	Craig Lefferts	303.15
191	Keith Creel	303.11
192	Rich Gale	302.74
193	Pat Zachry	302.28
194	Al Nipper	302.17
195	Jeff Heathcock	301.49
196	Doug Bair	301.13
197	Rick Lysander	300.78
198	Bill Swaggerty	300.68

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