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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	571.75
2	Nolan Ryan	566.23
3	Tom Seaver	546.07
4	Dennis Eckersley	540.32
5	J.R. Richard	533.75
6	Phil Niekro	533.18
7	Steve Carlton	530.6
8	Gaylord Perry	528.43
9	Steve Rogers	524.26
10	Burt Hooton	514.01
11	Bert Blyleven	513.71
12	Jim Palmer	513.45
13	Craig Swan	502.46
14	Fergie Jenkins	499.31
15	Dennis Leonard	498.48
16	Mike Caldwell	498.35
17	Tommy John	491.45
18	Dave Goltz	489.46
19	Luis Tiant	489.44
20	John Candelaria	488.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dennis Martinez	488.28
22	Rick Reuschel	479.24
23	Ken Kravec	475.98
24	Don Sutton	473.83
25	Lary Sorensen	473.49
26	Jerry Koosman	473.38
27	Jon Matlack	471.88
28	Jim Slaton	471.12
29	Mike Flanagan	468.63
30	Randy Jones	463.81
31	Joe Niekro	463.12
32	Mike Torrez	462.1
33	Fred Norman	460.58
34	Bob Knepper	459.27
35	Rick Wise	457.63
36	Paul Splittorff	457.27
37	Tom Underwood	455.37
38	Frank Tanana	454.62
39	Ed Figueroa	454.17
40	Vida Blue	448.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ed Halicki	446.21
42	Pete Vuckovich	443.53
43	Mike Krukow	442.74
44	Bill Travers	439.64
45	Dick Ruthven	439.0
46	John Denny	437.13
47	Francisco Barrios	436.82
48	John Montefusco	436.64
49	Steve Renko	435.33
50	Dave Rozema	435.33
51	Geoff Zahn	435.08
52	Don Robinson	433.35
53	Steve Stone	432.41
54	Don Aase	431.18
55	Scott McGregor	429.7
56	Catfish Hunter	428.28
57	John Henry Johnson	423.72
58	Rick Waits	423.13
59	Larry Christenson	423.06
60	Nino Espinosa	422.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bill Bonham	422.35
62	Bob Forsch	417.29
63	Dennis Lamp	416.05
64	Milt Wilcox	415.76
65	Ross Grimsley	415.63
66	Silvio Martinez	414.3
67	Randy Lerch	413.47
68	Doyle Alexander	413.28
69	Jack Billingham	411.47
70	Doug Rau	411.33
71	Eric Rasmussen	410.86
72	Larry Gura	406.98
73	Rich Gale	406.83
74	Dave Frost	405.38
75	Scott Sanderson	403.96
76	Rick Langford	402.15
77	Steve Comer	400.93
78	Jim Rooker	400.12
79	Jim Barr	398.17
80	Jack Morris	397.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike LaCoss	397.56
82	Bill Lee	394.39
83	Paul Moskau	391.86
84	Glenn Abbott	390.24
85	Mike Parrott	388.69
86	Bob Stanley	386.74
87	Rick Honeycutt	386.26
88	Dave Lemanczyk	386.12
89	Bob Owchinko	385.82
90	Roger Erickson	384.81
91	Tom Hume	384.35
92	Rick Matula	383.64
93	Dock Ellis	383.61
94	Matt Keough	383.43
95	Bruce Kison	383.35
96	Mike Paxton	382.55
97	Ken Forsch	380.22
98	Jesse Jefferson	378.78
99	Chris Knapp	378.4
100	Bob Shirley	377.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rich Wortham	377.11
102	Dan Schatzeder	376.76
103	Ross Baumgarten	376.01
104	Jim Clancy	375.2
105	Moose Haas	375.12
106	Floyd Bannister	374.78
107	Mark Lemongello	373.2
108	Joaquin Andujar	371.95
109	Eddie Solomon	371.28
110	Kevin Kobel	370.17
111	Rick Sutcliffe	369.87
112	Pat Underwood	369.31
113	Jim Beattie	368.8
114	Bob Welch	367.06
115	John Curtis	363.97
116	Paul Mitchell	361.55
117	Ken Holtzman	359.24
118	Pete Falcone	358.24
119	Steve Busby	357.91
120	Mickey Mahler	356.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pat Zachry	354.19
122	Philip Nastu	353.97
123	Lynn McGlothen	353.58
124	Doc Medich	353.51
125	Paul Hartzell	353.46
126	Rick Rhoden	353.09
127	Rick Williams	349.08
128	Tony Brizzolara	348.29
129	Eric Wilkins	347.26
130	Larry McWilliams	346.74
131	Chuck Rainey	346.73
132	John Fulgham	346.66
133	Balor Moore	345.26
134	Jim Kaat	343.52
135	Kip Young	343.27
136	Odell Jones	343.09
137	Dave Stieb	342.84
138	Mike Norris	340.05
139	Steve Trout	338.63
140	Byron McLaughlin	338.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Phil Huffman	337.85
142	Steve McCatty	337.12
143	Tom Hausman	336.57
144	Andy Hassler	336.46
145	Vern Ruhle	336.19
146	Ed Whitson	335.13
147	Dickie Noles	334.47
148	Andy Messersmith	333.7
149	Jim Bibby	332.72
150	Jerry Reuss	332.56
151	Wayne Garland	332.35
152	Randy Niemann	331.98
153	Jerry Augustine	330.8
154	Dan Petry	327.81
155	Bill Caudill	326.78
156	Brian Kingman	324.02
157	David Clyde	324.0
158	Darrell Jackson	323.9
159	Steve Baker	323.67
160	John D'Acquisto	321.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Hamilton	321.21
162	Len Barker	320.28
163	Danny Darwin	319.07
164	Marty Pattin	318.4
165	Bob Sykes	315.68
166	Sammy Stewart	312.99
167	Joel Finch	312.34
168	Pete Redfern	312.23
169	Randy Scarbery	312.0
170	Fred Howard	311.8
171	Craig Minetto	311.41
172	Roy Thomas	311.03
173	Charlie Hough	309.55
174	Mike Morgan	309.37
175	Mike Scott	309.36
176	Jim Wright	309.05
177	Don Hood	307.94
178	Steve Mura	307.94
179	Steve Eddy	307.91
180	Dave Ford	305.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Rudy May	304.08
182	Dave Roberts	303.5
183	Preston Hanna	303.43
184	Ken Clay	302.36
185	David Palmer	302.21

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