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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	578.67
2	Nolan Ryan	545.11
3	J.R. Richard	536.36
4	Steve Carlton	532.98
5	Dennis Eckersley	531.62
6	Jim Palmer	529.6
7	Tom Seaver	528.59
8	Gaylord Perry	517.05
9	Fergie Jenkins	505.51
10	Burt Hooton	504.38
11	Phil Niekro	503.83
12	Bert Blyleven	498.15
13	Steve Rogers	497.95
14	Mike Caldwell	497.46
15	Dennis Leonard	496.17
16	Tommy John	492.37
17	Dave Goltz	489.14
18	Don Sutton	485.71
19	Jon Matlack	482.81
20	Dennis Martinez	481.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Craig Swan	477.84
22	John Candelaria	476.0
23	Lary Sorensen	475.34
24	Jerry Koosman	474.22
25	Rick Reuschel	470.79
26	Ken Kravec	468.56
27	Mike Flanagan	466.44
28	Frank Tanana	464.37
29	Bob Knepper	463.81
30	Ed Halicki	463.54
31	Ed Figueroa	463.18
32	Mike Torrez	462.24
33	Luis Tiant	461.63
34	Dick Ruthven	459.76
35	Vida Blue	458.23
36	Paul Splittorff	456.74
37	Jim Slaton	455.13
38	Joe Niekro	454.75
39	John Denny	449.62
40	Fred Norman	445.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Rozema	444.34
42	Bob Forsch	443.21
43	Pete Vuckovich	439.84
44	Larry Christenson	438.67
45	Rick Waits	437.43
46	Don Robinson	436.37
47	John Montefusco	436.37
48	Francisco Barrios	433.51
49	Randy Jones	431.56
50	Ross Grimsley	429.21
51	Geoff Zahn	429.02
52	Catfish Hunter	426.43
53	Doyle Alexander	426.33
54	Doug Rau	422.33
55	Rick Wise	421.82
56	Randy Lerch	420.41
57	Steve Stone	419.68
58	Bill Travers	419.03
59	Don Aase	416.12
60	Jack Billingham	415.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Eric Rasmussen	413.33
62	Dennis Lamp	411.85
63	Milt Wilcox	411.18
64	Tom Underwood	409.76
65	Larry Gura	408.84
66	Bill Bonham	406.45
67	Nino Espinosa	405.78
68	Jim Rooker	403.03
69	Rich Gale	402.55
70	Scott McGregor	400.04
71	Mike Krukow	397.25
72	Steve Renko	397.07
73	Jesse Jefferson	395.0
74	Roger Erickson	394.81
75	John Henry Johnson	393.56
76	Jim Clancy	392.3
77	Bob Owchinko	390.05
78	Chris Knapp	389.4
79	Scott Sanderson	385.92
80	Glenn Abbott	385.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Silvio Martinez	384.9
82	Dock Ellis	384.8
83	Mark Lemongello	384.2
84	Jim Barr	383.3
85	Mike LaCoss	382.08
86	Rick Langford	381.39
87	Dave Lemanczyk	381.16
88	Mike Paxton	380.55
89	Jim Beattie	377.79
90	Paul Moskau	377.39
91	Matt Keough	372.5
92	Bob Stanley	369.29
93	Bill Lee	368.82
94	Steve Comer	368.7
95	Tom Hume	364.73
96	Pat Zachry	364.44
97	Rick Rhoden	364.09
98	Bob Welch	360.87
99	Paul Mitchell	359.86
100	Floyd Bannister	358.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Forsch	358.22
102	Rich Wortham	355.88
103	Ross Baumgarten	354.61
104	Jim Kaat	354.52
105	Rick Matula	352.72
106	Larry McWilliams	352.58
107	Steve Busby	351.84
108	Mike Parrott	351.31
109	Dan Schatzeder	350.0
110	Mickey Mahler	348.4
111	Rudy May	348.08
112	Bruce Kison	348.02
113	Dave Frost	347.87
114	Chuck Rainey	347.72
115	Vern Ruhle	347.19
116	Jack Morris	344.95
117	Andy Messersmith	344.7
118	Philip Nastu	343.94
119	Rick Honeycutt	343.65
120	Jerry Augustine	341.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Eddie Solomon	341.02
122	Bob Shirley	339.91
123	Paul Hartzell	339.42
124	Ken Holtzman	338.77
125	Rick Sutcliffe	338.67
126	Kevin Kobel	338.19
127	Eric Wilkins	337.44
128	Byron McLaughlin	336.47
129	Moose Haas	336.18
130	Lynn McGlothen	336.01
131	Rick Williams	335.96
132	Phil Huffman	335.6
133	Kip Young	334.67
134	Randy Niemann	332.02
135	Pete Falcone	331.68
136	Odell Jones	330.35
137	Doc Medich	329.41
138	Marty Pattin	328.74
139	Ray Burris	328.6
140	Steve McCatty	327.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Norris	326.22
142	Bob Sykes	325.18
143	Wayne Garland	324.61
144	Mike Scott	320.36
145	Jim Wright	320.05
146	Steve Mura	318.94
147	John Curtis	318.12
148	Craig Minetto	317.6
149	Joaquin Andujar	315.74
150	Tony Brizzolara	314.63
151	Pat Underwood	313.77
152	Sammy Stewart	313.59
153	Dave Hamilton	313.43
154	Jerry Reuss	312.1
155	Fred Howard	311.98
156	Ed Whitson	310.77
157	Balor Moore	309.56
158	Jesse Orosco	309.02
159	Mickey Lolich	307.83
160	Jim Colborn	307.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Steve Baker	307.21
162	Jim Bibby	307.15
163	Frank Riccelli	305.75
164	Steve Mingori	303.05
165	Dave Roberts	303.0
166	Jerry Garvin	302.07
167	Eduardo Rodriguez	301.66
168	Gary Serum	300.7
169	Neil Allen	300.62
170	Ed Farmer	300.08

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