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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	588.82
2	Nolan Ryan	528.81
3	Don Sutton	528.8
4	Dennis Leonard	524.74
5	Tom Seaver	521.01
6	Larry Gura	516.21
7	Ron Guidry	511.69
8	Bert Blyleven	508.76
9	Jack Morris	506.77
10	Steve Rogers	506.08
11	Steve McCatty	493.87
12	Phil Niekro	488.71
13	Burt Hooton	486.22
14	Britt Burns	484.52
15	Rick Langford	484.31
16	Mike Norris	483.85
17	Rick Reuschel	482.36
18	Dave Stieb	482.36
19	Tommy John	481.39
20	Dennis Eckersley	480.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pete Vuckovich	476.48
22	Jerry Reuss	472.07
23	Scott McGregor	471.7
24	Joe Niekro	470.99
25	Vida Blue	469.31
26	Milt Wilcox	466.45
27	Scott Sanderson	465.48
28	Ken Forsch	463.99
29	Bob Forsch	462.66
30	Len Barker	462.09
31	Matt Keough	461.85
32	Bill Gullickson	460.92
33	Fernando Valenzuela	459.26
34	Dennis Martinez	457.89
35	Frank Tanana	455.65
36	Jim Bibby	454.68
37	Bob Knepper	453.82
38	Doc Medich	452.85
39	Moose Haas	450.54
40	Jerry Koosman	447.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Palmer	447.16
42	Dan Petry	446.22
43	Floyd Bannister	445.61
44	Mike Flanagan	445.04
45	Mike Krukow	445.0
46	Rick Honeycutt	444.05
47	Lary Sorensen	443.31
48	Mario Soto	442.75
49	Bob Welch	442.6
50	Doyle Alexander	439.73
51	Fergie Jenkins	437.66
52	Mike Caldwell	435.22
53	Steve Stone	433.16
54	Gaylord Perry	431.25
55	Rudy May	428.86
56	Frank Pastore	426.32
57	Tom Underwood	423.48
58	Geoff Zahn	422.71
59	Mike Torrez	422.41
60	Jim Clancy	420.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tommy Boggs	417.94
62	Richard Dotson	415.81
63	Ross Baumgarten	413.48
64	Glenn Abbott	413.04
65	Steve Trout	412.89
66	Ray Burris	412.73
67	Danny Darwin	412.16
68	Paul Splittorff	411.19
69	Dave Righetti	411.04
70	Dick Ruthven	411.0
71	Jon Matlack	410.81
72	Roger Erickson	410.33
73	Rick Waits	410.26
74	Ed Whitson	409.29
75	John Candelaria	406.88
76	Vern Ruhle	406.11
77	John Denny	405.08
78	Pat Zachry	403.56
79	Bruce Berenyi	401.83
80	Rick Wise	398.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Brian Kingman	394.53
82	Rick Rhoden	391.43
83	Pete Redfern	390.52
84	Dan Schatzeder	389.94
85	Mike Witt	388.85
86	Rich Gale	388.18
87	Mike Scott	385.81
88	Juan Eichelberger	384.26
89	Steve Mura	383.32
90	Steve Renko	382.94
91	Larry Christenson	382.88
92	Tom Griffin	380.43
93	Silvio Martinez	379.43
94	Albert Williams	379.32
95	Dennis Lamp	375.57
96	John Martin	371.06
97	Jim Beattie	369.39
98	Eddie Solomon	368.97
99	Bob Ojeda	368.45
100	Luis Leal	366.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Fernando Arroyo	366.26
102	Rick Mahler	365.94
103	Doug Bird	365.47
104	Dave Goltz	361.9
105	Chris Welsh	361.37
106	Ken Kravec	361.2
107	Jim Slaton	359.69
108	Don Robinson	358.18
109	Mike Jones	357.11
110	Lynn McGlothen	354.92
111	Ed Lynch	354.49
112	Charlie Hough	353.7
113	Craig Swan	351.01
114	Randy Jones	350.66
115	Randy Lerch	350.61
116	Juan Berenguer	349.56
117	Jackson Todd	349.46
118	Brad Havens	349.43
119	Greg Harris	348.71
120	John Tudor	348.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Clay	347.58
122	Mark Bomback	346.45
123	Dickie Noles	345.76
124	Allen Ripley	344.62
125	John Montefusco	344.14
126	Luis Tiant	343.88
127	Joaquin Andujar	342.93
128	Pete Falcone	341.94
129	Bill Travers	341.32
130	Larry McWilliams	338.93
131	Tom Brennan	336.98
132	Bob Stoddard	336.18
133	Pascual Perez	335.68
134	John Curtis	334.52
135	Charlie Lea	334.19
136	Odell Jones	332.8
137	Mike LaCoss	332.73
138	Angel Moreno	332.04
139	Randy Martz	331.24
140	Bob Walk	330.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Parrott	328.99
142	John Butcher	328.89
143	Fred Kuhaulua	326.87
144	Al Holland	326.39
145	Mark Davis	326.14
146	Marty Bystrom	324.52
147	Mike Griffin	324.43
148	Jerry Don Gleaton	324.15
149	Bruce Hurst	324.1
150	Bruce Kison	323.65
151	Darrell Jackson	323.41
152	Bill Lee	323.39
153	Steve Fireovid	321.68
154	Dan Larson	321.5
155	Charlie Leibrandt	320.99
156	Tim Lollar	318.55
157	Jim Wright	316.01
158	Dave Rozema	316.01
159	Brian Allard	315.8
160	Dave Frost	315.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Wayne Garland	315.09
162	Alan Hargesheimer	314.59
163	Bryan Clark	314.17
164	Bob Shirley	313.02
165	Dave Geisel	312.83
166	Atlee Hammaker	312.76
167	Mike Proly	311.41
168	Charlie Puleo	311.17
169	Jerry Ujdur	309.67
170	Steve Crawford	309.45
171	Andy Rincon	308.68
172	Nino Espinosa	307.73
173	Dave LaPoint	307.0
174	Dan Spillner	306.63
175	Ted Power	305.01
176	Stan Bahnsen	304.89
177	Jay Howell	304.29
178	Bob Long	303.16
179	Sammy Stewart	302.61
180	Billy Smith	302.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Rod Scurry	301.64
182	George Cappuzzello	300.5
183	Don Cooper	300.45
184	Bill Caudill	300.01

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