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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	570.61
2	Tom Seaver	542.75
3	J.R. Richard	529.71
4	Jim Palmer	525.79
5	Nolan Ryan	524.9
6	Phil Niekro	524.21
7	Dennis Eckersley	512.74
8	Dennis Leonard	511.43
9	Steve Carlton	511.35
10	Burt Hooton	507.62
11	Bert Blyleven	498.75
12	Don Sutton	491.24
13	Mike Caldwell	487.1
14	Gaylord Perry	485.47
15	Fergie Jenkins	484.92
16	Dave Goltz	484.03
17	Vida Blue	476.91
18	Steve Rogers	474.78
19	Bob Knepper	471.11
20	Frank Tanana	470.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	469.13
22	Jon Matlack	468.36
23	John Candelaria	467.59
24	Dick Ruthven	466.25
25	Rick Reuschel	465.58
26	Luis Tiant	463.34
27	Ed Figueroa	460.35
28	Craig Swan	459.72
29	Dennis Martinez	458.92
30	John Denny	458.78
31	Mike Torrez	457.24
32	Jerry Koosman	453.38
33	Lary Sorensen	453.23
34	Ross Grimsley	449.48
35	Paul Splittorff	449.36
36	John Montefusco	445.37
37	Jim Slaton	443.63
38	Ed Halicki	441.12
39	Mike Flanagan	440.69
40	Larry Christenson	435.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Kravec	434.62
42	Geoff Zahn	433.01
43	Fred Norman	429.27
44	Dave Rozema	427.47
45	Bob Forsch	426.84
46	Randy Jones	426.56
47	Catfish Hunter	425.2
48	Don Robinson	423.18
49	Francisco Barrios	418.57
50	Doyle Alexander	417.9
51	Dennis Lamp	414.76
52	Pete Vuckovich	413.5
53	Steve Stone	413.18
54	Nino Espinosa	411.43
55	Doug Rau	411.13
56	Joe Niekro	409.43
57	Rick Waits	407.16
58	Randy Lerch	404.4
59	Rick Wise	403.09
60	Larry Gura	401.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Roger Erickson	401.56
62	Milt Wilcox	398.59
63	Scott McGregor	396.28
64	Jim Clancy	395.49
65	Bill Bonham	393.6
66	Eric Rasmussen	392.28
67	Dock Ellis	390.59
68	Don Aase	389.2
69	Jack Billingham	388.56
70	Tom Underwood	388.53
71	Bill Travers	387.46
72	Rich Gale	386.82
73	Chris Knapp	386.69
74	Mark Lemongello	385.68
75	Glenn Abbott	384.11
76	Rudy May	384.08
77	Steve Renko	380.32
78	Bob Owchinko	379.57
79	Mike Krukow	378.6
80	Matt Keough	378.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jesse Jefferson	378.34
82	Jim Rooker	377.03
83	Rick Langford	374.59
84	Mike Paxton	372.31
85	Jim Barr	371.23
86	John Henry Johnson	370.73
87	Rick Rhoden	370.52
88	Bob Welch	369.62
89	Doc Medich	365.41
90	Ray Burris	364.6
91	Jim Kaat	363.52
92	Paul Mitchell	361.17
93	Vern Ruhle	355.19
94	Pat Zachry	355.08
95	Larry McWilliams	355.07
96	Jim Beattie	354.19
97	Silvio Martinez	353.21
98	Jerry Augustine	350.8
99	Bill Lee	350.1
100	Steve Comer	349.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bob Shirley	348.91
102	Tom Hume	348.58
103	Ken Forsch	348.53
104	Byron McLaughlin	347.94
105	Paul Moskau	346.13
106	Kip Young	345.65
107	Jim Colborn	343.55
108	Dan Schatzeder	342.08
109	Rich Wortham	337.72
110	Gary Serum	336.7
111	Mike LaCoss	335.76
112	Scott Sanderson	334.95
113	Dave Lemanczyk	334.92
114	Jerry Reuss	334.56
115	Dave Frost	331.76
116	Bob Stanley	331.36
117	Jim Wright	329.05
118	Dick Tidrow	328.26
119	Ross Baumgarten	327.33
120	Rick Matula	327.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bruce Kison	325.97
122	Floyd Bannister	325.5
123	Mickey Mahler	324.43
124	Pete Falcone	323.45
125	Jim Bibby	322.45
126	David Clyde	321.77
127	Mike Norris	320.98
128	Andy Messersmith	320.68
129	Moose Haas	319.27
130	Ken Holtzman	318.39
131	Odell Jones	317.23
132	Steve Mura	316.02
133	Lynn McGlothen	315.58
134	Rick Honeycutt	315.45
135	Jim Lonborg	314.47
136	Paul Hartzell	314.15
137	Chuck Rainey	313.5
138	Eric Wilkins	312.45
139	Bob Sykes	312.05
140	Rick Sutcliffe	311.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Phil Huffman	311.39
142	Frank Riccelli	310.51
143	Steve Baker	310.29
144	Mike Parrott	310.28
145	Steve Busby	308.6
146	Eddie Solomon	308.35
147	Craig Minetto	308.35
148	Woodie Fryman	307.31
149	Neil Allen	307.27
150	Tom Griffin	306.9
151	Mike Scott	306.33
152	Kevin Kobel	305.92
153	Sammy Stewart	305.48
154	Philip Nastu	305.19
155	Alan Wirth	304.3
156	Mark Fidrych	303.98
157	Joaquin Andujar	303.91
158	Pete Redfern	303.67
159	Ed Whitson	303.49
160	Mike Proly	302.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Preston Hanna	302.21
162	Lerrin LaGrow	301.19
163	Wayne Twitchell	300.81

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