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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	580.69
2	Nolan Ryan	547.09
3	J.R. Richard	536.49
4	Steve Carlton	534.98
5	Tom Seaver	531.61
6	Dennis Eckersley	530.34
7	Jim Palmer	528.35
8	Gaylord Perry	513.61
9	Burt Hooton	506.52
10	Bert Blyleven	504.76
11	Phil Niekro	504.68
12	Steve Rogers	504.67
13	Fergie Jenkins	501.55
14	Tommy John	495.82
15	Dennis Leonard	494.92
16	Don Sutton	492.09
17	Mike Caldwell	490.47
18	Craig Swan	488.77
19	Dave Goltz	481.82
20	Dennis Martinez	480.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jon Matlack	480.72
22	Jerry Koosman	473.96
23	Rick Reuschel	473.28
24	Lary Sorensen	471.63
25	Ken Kravec	468.8
26	Luis Tiant	466.83
27	Bob Knepper	466.73
28	John Candelaria	466.11
29	Frank Tanana	464.37
30	Ed Halicki	462.29
31	Jim Slaton	459.34
32	Joe Niekro	459.11
33	Mike Flanagan	458.94
34	Vida Blue	455.65
35	Ed Figueroa	455.38
36	Dick Ruthven	454.38
37	Mike Torrez	451.93
38	Paul Splittorff	448.09
39	Fred Norman	445.85
40	Dave Rozema	443.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Waits	443.78
42	Don Robinson	442.43
43	John Denny	440.21
44	Pete Vuckovich	438.17
45	Randy Jones	437.69
46	John Montefusco	437.51
47	Bob Forsch	435.53
48	Francisco Barrios	433.51
49	Larry Christenson	432.38
50	Geoff Zahn	431.67
51	Ross Grimsley	431.65
52	Bill Travers	426.76
53	Catfish Hunter	425.18
54	Don Aase	423.47
55	Doyle Alexander	422.03
56	Doug Rau	421.08
57	Tom Underwood	420.89
58	Eric Rasmussen	420.85
59	Rick Wise	420.46
60	Randy Lerch	420.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jack Billingham	418.2
62	Nino Espinosa	416.15
63	Steve Stone	416.01
64	Milt Wilcox	414.44
65	Jim Rooker	409.41
66	Rich Gale	406.1
67	Dennis Lamp	405.87
68	Bill Bonham	405.66
69	Larry Gura	403.54
70	Steve Renko	402.33
71	Scott McGregor	400.04
72	Mike Krukow	399.8
73	Bob Owchinko	396.85
74	Jesse Jefferson	395.69
75	Glenn Abbott	395.55
76	Roger Erickson	394.56
77	John Henry Johnson	393.06
78	Scott Sanderson	391.5
79	Jim Clancy	391.05
80	Dave Lemanczyk	389.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Knapp	388.15
82	Mike LaCoss	387.79
83	Dock Ellis	384.55
84	Mark Lemongello	382.95
85	Silvio Martinez	382.51
86	Matt Keough	382.02
87	Mike Paxton	380.3
88	Rick Langford	380.14
89	Jim Barr	379.81
90	Paul Moskau	379.26
91	Jim Beattie	374.42
92	Steve Comer	372.68
93	Bill Lee	370.4
94	Bob Stanley	369.29
95	Pat Zachry	363.94
96	Tom Hume	363.48
97	Rick Rhoden	362.84
98	Bob Welch	361.57
99	Paul Mitchell	359.86
100	Rich Wortham	358.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Floyd Bannister	358.36
102	Steve Busby	357.71
103	Mickey Mahler	357.5
104	Ken Forsch	356.97
105	Dave Frost	355.76
106	Rick Matula	354.56
107	Ross Baumgarten	353.36
108	Jim Kaat	353.27
109	Kevin Kobel	352.69
110	Larry McWilliams	351.33
111	Bruce Kison	350.43
112	Mike Parrott	349.76
113	Jack Morris	349.59
114	Dan Schatzeder	348.75
115	Rick Honeycutt	346.52
116	Philip Nastu	346.34
117	Chuck Rainey	346.32
118	Vern Ruhle	345.94
119	Eddie Solomon	345.24
120	Andy Messersmith	343.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rudy May	343.08
122	Paul Hartzell	342.38
123	Rick Sutcliffe	342.23
124	Ken Holtzman	341.85
125	Moose Haas	340.9
126	Rick Williams	340.62
127	Jerry Augustine	340.55
128	Bob Shirley	338.66
129	Eric Wilkins	336.34
130	Mike Norris	336.28
131	Byron McLaughlin	335.22
132	Lynn McGlothen	334.76
133	Kip Young	333.42
134	Steve McCatty	333.2
135	Pete Falcone	332.23
136	Randy Niemann	332.02
137	Phil Huffman	330.97
138	Wayne Garland	330.76
139	John Curtis	330.7
140	Marty Pattin	327.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Joaquin Andujar	327.33
142	Odell Jones	326.41
143	Pat Underwood	326.3
144	Bob Sykes	325.18
145	Doc Medich	324.41
146	Ray Burris	323.6
147	Mike Scott	319.11
148	Jim Wright	318.8
149	Craig Minetto	318.01
150	Steve Mura	317.69
151	Dave Hamilton	316.04
152	Tony Brizzolara	314.63
153	Fred Howard	314.54
154	Balor Moore	314.33
155	Sammy Stewart	312.84
156	Jerry Reuss	312.1
157	Len Barker	311.39
158	Ed Whitson	309.77
159	Jesse Orosco	309.02
160	Mickey Lolich	306.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Rajsich	306.45
162	Steve Baker	305.96
163	Jim Bibby	305.9
164	Joe Decker	305.12
165	Frank Riccelli	304.5
166	Steve Mingori	303.05
167	Jim Colborn	302.55
168	Dave Roberts	301.75
169	Jerry Garvin	300.82
170	Eduardo Rodriguez	300.41
171	Tom Hausman	300.07

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