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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	576.89
2	Ron Guidry	575.62
3	Tom Seaver	550.75
4	Dennis Eckersley	538.31
5	Steve Carlton	537.25
6	J.R. Richard	531.35
7	Gaylord Perry	529.14
8	Phil Niekro	522.33
9	Steve Rogers	520.52
10	Jim Palmer	514.7
11	Burt Hooton	513.55
12	Bert Blyleven	505.04
13	Mike Caldwell	503.27
14	Fergie Jenkins	503.13
15	Dennis Leonard	498.25
16	Tommy John	497.79
17	Luis Tiant	496.06
18	Craig Swan	493.53
19	Dennis Martinez	490.89
20	John Candelaria	487.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Reuschel	485.98
22	Dave Goltz	484.95
23	Ken Kravec	477.08
24	Lary Sorensen	476.64
25	Mike Flanagan	475.6
26	Don Sutton	475.24
27	Jim Slaton	473.32
28	Jerry Koosman	473.16
29	Jon Matlack	473.13
30	Randy Jones	467.53
31	Fred Norman	463.55
32	Mike Torrez	462.93
33	Paul Splittorff	457.63
34	Frank Tanana	455.87
35	Joe Niekro	455.43
36	Tom Underwood	455.37
37	Ed Figueroa	452.44
38	Bob Knepper	451.24
39	Rick Wise	450.43
40	Vida Blue	449.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Ruthven	448.29
42	Ed Halicki	447.46
43	Bill Travers	439.94
44	Geoff Zahn	439.85
45	Francisco Barrios	438.07
46	Steve Renko	436.93
47	Dave Rozema	436.58
48	Mike Krukow	435.65
49	Pete Vuckovich	435.27
50	John Denny	435.13
51	Don Robinson	434.74
52	Don Aase	433.84
53	John Montefusco	432.21
54	Catfish Hunter	429.53
55	Randy Lerch	425.37
56	Larry Christenson	424.31
57	Scott McGregor	424.27
58	John Henry Johnson	423.91
59	Ross Grimsley	423.59
60	Steve Stone	422.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dennis Lamp	420.22
62	Bob Forsch	418.67
63	Nino Espinosa	418.57
64	Bill Bonham	415.53
65	Doyle Alexander	414.53
66	Jack Billingham	412.72
67	Rich Gale	412.58
68	Doug Rau	412.58
69	Eric Rasmussen	412.11
70	Silvio Martinez	411.31
71	Larry Gura	410.96
72	Rick Waits	409.94
73	Mike LaCoss	408.28
74	Milt Wilcox	407.84
75	Scott Sanderson	406.94
76	Steve Comer	402.86
77	Rick Langford	399.95
78	Jim Rooker	399.27
79	Jim Barr	398.17
80	Paul Moskau	394.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dave Frost	393.96
82	Bill Lee	392.75
83	Mike Paxton	392.54
84	Glenn Abbott	392.1
85	Jack Morris	389.37
86	Dave Lemanczyk	388.49
87	Mike Parrott	388.43
88	Bruce Kison	387.95
89	Bob Owchinko	387.07
90	Rick Honeycutt	386.52
91	Roger Erickson	386.06
92	Bob Stanley	385.9
93	Matt Keough	383.31
94	Dock Ellis	382.79
95	Jesse Jefferson	380.03
96	Floyd Bannister	379.75
97	Chris Knapp	379.65
98	Rick Matula	379.47
99	Jim Clancy	378.42
100	Tom Hume	376.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mark Lemongello	374.45
102	Bob Shirley	373.15
103	Ross Baumgarten	371.83
104	Rick Sutcliffe	371.38
105	Ken Forsch	370.61
106	John Curtis	370.61
107	Joaquin Andujar	370.57
108	Jim Beattie	370.05
109	Eddie Solomon	369.88
110	Kevin Kobel	369.56
111	Dan Schatzeder	368.64
112	Bob Welch	368.06
113	Pat Underwood	366.82
114	Rich Wortham	366.69
115	Moose Haas	362.04
116	Ken Holtzman	360.68
117	Steve Busby	359.16
118	Paul Mitchell	355.63
119	Pat Zachry	355.44
120	Philip Nastu	355.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rick Rhoden	354.34
122	Lynn McGlothen	353.63
123	Mickey Mahler	351.83
124	Pete Falcone	351.31
125	Rick Williams	350.33
126	Tony Brizzolara	350.08
127	Larry McWilliams	347.99
128	Chuck Rainey	347.98
129	Odell Jones	346.82
130	Doc Medich	345.37
131	Jim Kaat	344.77
132	Kip Young	344.52
133	Paul Hartzell	344.31
134	John Fulgham	341.8
135	Mike Norris	341.3
136	Balor Moore	340.81
137	Eric Wilkins	340.57
138	Byron McLaughlin	339.57
139	Dave Stieb	338.67
140	Phil Huffman	338.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve McCatty	338.37
142	Ed Whitson	337.84
143	Andy Hassler	337.71
144	Vern Ruhle	337.44
145	Andy Messersmith	334.95
146	Steve Trout	334.31
147	Wayne Garland	333.6
148	Dickie Noles	332.64
149	Randy Niemann	332.26
150	Jerry Augustine	332.05
151	Brian Kingman	331.1
152	Tom Hausman	326.74
153	Darrell Jackson	323.9
154	Steve Baker	323.41
155	Jim Bibby	323.31
156	John D'Acquisto	322.68
157	Dave Hamilton	322.46
158	Jerry Reuss	322.06
159	David Clyde	321.87
160	Marty Pattin	319.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dan Petry	319.36
162	Danny Darwin	319.07
163	Len Barker	317.25
164	Bob Sykes	316.93
165	Bill Caudill	315.11
166	Joel Finch	314.31
167	Fred Howard	313.05
168	Roy Thomas	312.28
169	Craig Minetto	311.55
170	Mike Scott	310.61
171	Jim Wright	310.3
172	Steve Mura	309.19
173	Rudy May	309.08
174	Mike Morgan	305.47
175	Sammy Stewart	304.34
176	Ken Clay	303.61
177	David Palmer	303.46
178	Don Hood	301.08
179	Gary Serum	300.94
180	Jesse Orosco	300.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Jerry Don Gleaton	300.71

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