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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	J.R. Richard	584.39
2	Ron Guidry	570.1
3	Dennis Eckersley	552.09
4	Phil Niekro	545.94
5	Tom Seaver	541.56
6	Steve Carlton	535.85
7	Burt Hooton	527.12
8	Bert Blyleven	525.34
9	Nolan Ryan	524.72
10	Mike Flanagan	516.19
11	Jim Palmer	514.5
12	Steve Rogers	511.0
13	Gaylord Perry	510.12
14	Dave Goltz	509.9
15	Don Sutton	509.64
16	Rick Reuschel	509.42
17	Dennis Leonard	508.6
18	John Candelaria	508.1
19	Dennis Martinez	503.5
20	Craig Swan	501.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jerry Koosman	501.17
22	Mike Caldwell	495.83
23	Fergie Jenkins	494.04
24	Luis Tiant	491.8
25	Tommy John	489.66
26	Joe Niekro	483.79
27	Randy Jones	482.79
28	Ken Kravec	475.37
29	Jim Slaton	473.63
30	Lary Sorensen	471.6
31	Fred Norman	468.23
32	Bob Forsch	467.66
33	Rick Wise	465.47
34	Tom Underwood	464.83
35	Steve Stone	463.58
36	Pete Vuckovich	461.87
37	Paul Splittorff	461.35
38	Jon Matlack	459.88
39	Vida Blue	459.24
40	Mike Torrez	457.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Langford	456.69
42	Geoff Zahn	454.98
43	Scott McGregor	453.45
44	Larry Gura	452.97
45	Frank Tanana	448.78
46	Bob Knepper	448.78
47	Ed Figueroa	446.62
48	John Montefusco	446.14
49	Dave Frost	446.03
50	Dennis Lamp	444.83
51	Bill Bonham	444.12
52	Nino Espinosa	442.44
53	Ed Halicki	440.64
54	Dick Ruthven	439.84
55	Milt Wilcox	438.45
56	John Denny	437.72
57	Don Robinson	435.98
58	Bill Travers	434.17
59	Rick Waits	434.09
60	Bill Lee	431.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Parrott	430.12
62	Larry Christenson	428.9
63	Dave Rozema	428.3
64	Steve Comer	427.4
65	Floyd Bannister	425.55
66	Silvio Martinez	425.34
67	Francisco Barrios	424.82
68	Randy Lerch	424.38
69	Mike Krukow	423.92
70	Jim Barr	421.96
71	Jack Morris	420.57
72	Catfish Hunter	419.26
73	Don Aase	418.98
74	Steve Renko	418.69
75	Mike LaCoss	416.27
76	Jack Billingham	414.73
77	Rick Sutcliffe	413.04
78	Eric Rasmussen	412.06
79	Rich Gale	412.04
80	Rich Wortham	411.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Lynn McGlothen	410.55
82	Doyle Alexander	408.29
83	Ross Baumgarten	407.64
84	Dan Schatzeder	406.72
85	Eddie Solomon	406.11
86	Ross Grimsley	404.41
87	John Fulgham	404.21
88	John Henry Johnson	404.08
89	Bob Owchinko	403.81
90	Bruce Kison	403.41
91	Rick Honeycutt	402.06
92	Bob Shirley	401.37
93	Bob Stanley	401.29
94	Pete Falcone	399.96
95	Doug Rau	399.33
96	Scott Sanderson	395.56
97	Kevin Kobel	394.08
98	Matt Keough	393.84
99	John Curtis	393.54
100	Roger Erickson	392.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Forsch	392.24
102	Jim Rooker	391.31
103	Moose Haas	387.41
104	Doc Medich	386.76
105	Dave Lemanczyk	386.72
106	Jim Bibby	385.57
107	Joaquin Andujar	385.11
108	Len Barker	380.12
109	Paul Moskau	379.65
110	Glenn Abbott	378.14
111	Dock Ellis	378.06
112	Rick Matula	376.12
113	Chris Knapp	375.88
114	Brian Kingman	375.19
115	Jerry Reuss	374.86
116	Mike Paxton	374.6
117	Phil Huffman	374.1
118	Tom Hume	373.35
119	Jim Clancy	372.99
120	Steve McCatty	372.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Whitson	371.21
122	Paul Mitchell	367.36
123	Jesse Jefferson	365.84
124	Dave Stieb	365.58
125	Steve Trout	362.62
126	Jim Beattie	361.67
127	Mark Lemongello	361.2
128	Paul Hartzell	359.78
129	Pat Underwood	359.21
130	Dan Petry	357.44
131	Mickey Mahler	357.0
132	Tony Brizzolara	356.17
133	David Palmer	355.1
134	Craig Chamberlain	355.07
135	Bob Welch	355.06
136	Steve Busby	354.1
137	Rick Williams	353.74
138	Mike Norris	352.41
139	Ken Holtzman	349.23
140	Tom Hausman	346.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Larry McWilliams	345.94
142	Chuck Rainey	344.36
143	Rob Dressler	342.48
144	Pat Zachry	342.19
145	Philip Nastu	341.97
146	Rick Rhoden	341.09
147	Dan Spillner	340.97
148	Jim Kaat	339.66
149	Bruce Robbins	338.74
150	Charlie Hough	337.78
151	Balor Moore	336.94
152	Eric Wilkins	336.26
153	Bill Caudill	335.73
154	Dickie Noles	335.46
155	Odell Jones	334.46
156	John D'Acquisto	332.44
157	Vern Ruhle	332.42
158	Kip Young	331.27
159	Andy Hassler	330.04
160	Rudy May	329.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Byron McLaughlin	326.32
162	Roy Thomas	325.34
163	Frank Pastore	323.92
164	Mike Morgan	323.46
165	Danny Darwin	323.3
166	Mike Chris	322.81
167	Andy Messersmith	321.7
168	Ray Burris	321.62
169	Don Hood	321.58
170	David Clyde	321.25
171	Craig Minetto	320.73
172	Randy Niemann	320.73
173	Wayne Garland	320.35
174	Darrell Jackson	320.31
175	Pete Redfern	318.32
176	Butch Edge	317.78
177	Brian Allard	317.21
178	Preston Hanna	317.1
179	Jerry Augustine	316.03
180	Richard Dotson	314.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	John Tudor	312.78
182	Steve Baker	312.67
183	Randy Scarbery	311.9
184	Willie Hernandez	311.25
185	Wayne Twitchell	309.59
186	Dave Hamilton	309.21
187	Mike Proly	308.18
188	Marty Pattin	307.65
189	Allen Ripley	307.07
190	Dave Ford	305.76
191	Steve Eddy	305.65
192	Doug Bird	305.28
193	Joel Finch	304.07
194	Fred Howard	303.96
195	Frank LaCorte	303.94
196	Bob Sykes	303.68
197	Juan Berenguer	303.6
198	Shane Rawley	303.6
199	Ken Clay	303.16
200	Ralph Botting	303.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Sammy Stewart	301.49
202	Mike Marshall	300.92
203	Roy Branch	300.79
204	Dick Drago	300.58

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