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The Top Ranked Starting Pitchers of the 1970s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Nolan Ryan | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Seaver | 3 |
| 3 | J.R. Richard | 8 |
| 4 | Steve Carlton | 9 |
| 5 | Andy Messersmith | 13 |
| 6 | Jim Palmer | 14 |
| 7 | Bert Blyleven | 16 |
| 8 | Gaylord Perry | 19 |
| 9 | Don Sutton | 20 |
| 10 | Vida Blue | 21 |
| 11 | Fergie Jenkins | 23 |
| 12 | Catfish Hunter | 24 |
| 13 | Frank Tanana | 26 |
| 14 | Dennis Eckersley | 28 |
| 15 | Phil Niekro | 30 |
| 16 | Bob Gibson | 33 |
| 17 | Jon Matlack | 40 |
| 18 | Ron Guidry | 46 |
| 19 | Luis Tiant | 51 |
| 20 | Steve Rogers | 56 |
| 21 | Jerry Koosman | 59 |
| 22 | Burt Hooton | 62 |
| 23 | Wilbur Wood | 66 |
| 24 | John Candelaria | 67 |
| 25 | Don Gullett | 69 |
| 26 | Mickey Lolich | 80 |
| 27 | Joe Coleman Jr. | 81 |
| 28 | Rudy May | 86 |
| 29 | Don Wilson | 91 |
| 30 | Tommy John | 94 |
| 31 | Ken Holtzman | 95 |
| 32 | John Montefusco | 99 |
| 33 | Jim Kaat | 102 |
| 34 | Fred Norman | 103 |
| 35 | Ed Halicki | 105 |
| 36 | Dennis Leonard | 106 |
| 37 | Pat Dobson | 113 |
| 38 | Rick Reuschel | 114 |
| 39 | Jim Rooker | 116 |
| 40 | Mike Cuellar | 123 |
| 41 | Jim Bibby | 125 |
| 42 | Gary Nolan | 137 |
| 43 | Mike Flanagan | 140 |
| 44 | Dave Goltz | 141 |
| 45 | Pete Vuckovich | 143 |
| 46 | Joe Niekro | 149 |
| 47 | Clay Kirby | 152 |
| 48 | Bruce Kison | 159 |
| 49 | Randy Jones | 163 |
| 50 | Steve Busby | 167 |
| 51 | Lynn McGlothen | 168 |
| 52 | Wayne Twitchell | 173 |
| 53 | Dave McNally | 174 |
| 54 | Sam McDowell | 176 |
| 55 | Mike Caldwell | 179 |
| 56 | Roger Nelson | 180 |
| 57 | Scott Sanderson | 181 |
| 58 | John Fulgham | 183 |
| 59 | Craig Swan | 184 |
| 60 | Bob D. Johnson | 185 |
| 61 | Jerry Reuss | 187 |
| 62 | Mark Fidrych | 190 |
| 63 | Ken Brett | 191 |
| 64 | Dan Schatzeder | 193 |
| 65 | Ray Culp | 196 |
| 66 | Steve Renko | 197 |
| 67 | Tom Bradley | 198 |
| 68 | Bill Stoneman | 202 |
| 69 | Bart Johnson | 205 |
| 70 | Wayne Garland | 206 |
| 71 | Pat Zachry | 209 |
| 72 | Clyde Wright | 216 |
| 73 | Bob Knepper | 218 |
| 74 | Jim Perry | 219 |
| 75 | Buzz Capra | 222 |
| 76 | Bill Singer | 223 |
| 77 | Luke Walker | 225 |
| 78 | Balor Moore | 231 |
| 79 | Jack Morris | 234 |
| 80 | Wayne Simpson | 238 |
| 81 | Larry Dierker | 242 |
| 82 | Bill Bonham | 245 |
| 83 | Mike Torrez | 252 |
| 84 | Jack Billingham | 254 |
| 85 | Dave A. Roberts | 255 |
| 86 | Fritz Peterson | 258 |
| 87 | Ed Figueroa | 262 |
| 88 | Jim Lonborg | 263 |
| 89 | Larry Gura | 265 |
| 90 | Juan Marichal | 269 |
| 91 | Marty Pattin | 272 |
| 92 | Dan Warthen | 276 |
| 93 | Pete Falcone | 277 |
| 94 | Doug Rau | 289 |
| 95 | Ross Grimsley | 296 |
| 96 | Gary Gentry | 304 |
| 97 | Dick Bosman | 311 |
| 98 | Al Downing | 329 |
| 99 | Larry Christenson | 330 |
| 100 | Rick Sutcliffe | 332 |
| 101 | Ron Bryant | 334 |
| 102 | Dock Ellis | 337 |
| 103 | Doc Medich | 340 |
| 104 | Steve Hargan | 343 |
| 105 | Don Robinson | 345 |
| 106 | Bill Travers | 346 |
| 107 | Dick Woodson | 348 |
| 108 | Pat Jarvis | 356 |
| 109 | Mike Paul | 357 |
| 110 | Tom Hume | 359 |
| 111 | Woodie Fryman | 360 |
| 112 | Ken Kravec | 361 |
| 113 | Bob Forsch | 363 |
| 114 | Les Cain | 368 |
| 115 | Joe Decker | 375 |
| 116 | Ray Sadecki | 378 |
| 117 | Sonny Siebert | 379 |
| 118 | John Urrea | 381 |
| 119 | Silvio Martinez | 384 |
| 120 | Steve Blass | 386 |
| 121 | John Denny | 387 |
| 122 | Scott McGregor | 388 |
| 123 | Bob Veale | 389 |
| 124 | Rick Wise | 392 |
| 125 | Reggie Cleveland | 394 |
| 126 | Dick Ruthven | 395 |
| 127 | Dave Rozema | 397 |
| 128 | Dave Frost | 403 |
| 129 | Brent Storm | 405 |
| 130 | Bill F. Lee | 408 |
| 131 | Dennis Martinez | 409 |
| 132 | Bob Shirley | 410 |
| 133 | Bill Hands | 411 |
| 134 | Rick Rhoden | 419 |
| 135 | Roger Moret | 427 |
| 136 | Mel Stottlemyre | 428 |
| 137 | Bob Moose | 429 |
| 138 | Jim Colborn | 437 |
| 139 | Floyd Bannister | 442 |
| 140 | Dennis Blair | 444 |
| 141 | Claude Osteen | 449 |
| 142 | Mike Parrott | 454 |
| 143 | Chuck Dobson | 465 |
| 144 | Rich Gale | 470 |
| 145 | Nelson Briles | 473 |
| 146 | John Curtis | 478 |
| 147 | Milt Wilcox | 479 |
| 148 | Paul Splittorff | 483 |
| 149 | Steve Stone | 484 |
| 150 | Stan Bahnsen | 489 |
| 151 | Nino Espinosa | 491 |
| 152 | Andy Hassler | 492 |
| 153 | Blue Moon Odom | 493 |
| 154 | Gary Peters | 497 |
| 155 | Chris Knapp | 500 |
| 156 | Doyle Alexander | 502 |
| 157 | Bill Greif | 505 |
| 158 | Milt Pappas | 507 |
| 159 | Jim Barr | 515 |
| 160 | Rick Waits | 516 |
| 161 | Joaquin Andujar | 519 |
| 162 | Jim McAndrew | 520 |
| 163 | Mike Hedlund | 521 |
| 164 | Jackie Brown | 526 |
| 165 | Eric Rasmussen | 527 |
| 166 | George H. Stone | 529 |
| 167 | Carl Morton | 534 |
| 168 | Tom Underwood | 535 |
| 169 | Bill Parsons | 540 |
| 170 | Matt Keough | 541 |
| 171 | Ray Burris | 543 |
| 172 | Alan Foster | 544 |
| 173 | John Henry Johnson | 549 |
| 174 | Jim Merritt | 550 |
| 175 | Jim Nash | 558 |
| 176 | Geoff Zahn | 563 |
| 177 | Bill Gogolewski | 569 |
| 178 | Ross Baumgarten | 572 |
| 179 | Pete Broberg | 577 |
| 180 | Tom Phoebus | 578 |
| 181 | Lary Sorensen | 580 |
| 182 | Steve Arlin | 591 |
| 183 | Jim M. Hughes | 592 |
| 184 | Mike Krukow | 595 |
| 185 | Dave Freisleben | 598 |
| 186 | Rick Langford | 601 |
| 187 | Rich Hand | 603 |
| 188 | Lew Krausse Jr. | 604 |
| 189 | Francisco Barrios | 610 |
| 190 | Mike LaCoss | 611 |
| 191 | Jim Slaton | 614 |
| 192 | Jim McGlothlin | 616 |
| 193 | Jim Umbarger | 619 |
| 194 | Danny Coombs | 621 |
| 195 | Mike Paxton | 627 |
| 196 | Al Fitzmorris | 639 |
| 197 | Dennis Lamp | 643 |
| 198 | Joe Horlen | 652 |
| 199 | Steve Kline (1947) | 664 |
| 200 | Randy Tate | 667 |
| 201 | Moose Haas | 672 |
| 202 | Roger Erickson | 673 |
| 203 | Dave Lemanczyk | 676 |
| 204 | John Cumberland | 678 |
| 205 | Jim Bunning | 681 |
| 206 | Jerry Garvin | 683 |
| 207 | Bob Owchinko | 684 |
| 208 | Paul Hartzell | 685 |
| 209 | Randy Lerch | 692 |
| 210 | Steve Trout | 697 |
| 211 | Mark Lemongello | 703 |
| 212 | Paul Moskau | 713 |
| 213 | Glenn Abbott | 715 |
| 214 | Ernie McAnally | 717 |
| 215 | Jesse Jefferson | 722 |
| 216 | Jim Beattie | 724 |
| 217 | Rich Wortham | 725 |
| 218 | Tom Kelley | 729 |
| 219 | Jim Hardin | 734 |
| 220 | Bill Zepp | 739 |
| 221 | Pat Underwood | 741 |
| 222 | Don Aase | 743 |
| 223 | Jim Clancy | 747 |
| 224 | Chris Short | 750 |
| 225 | Pat Darcy | 768 |
| 226 | Tom Dixon | 770 |
| 227 | Vic Albury | 773 |
| 228 | Rick Honeycutt | 776 |
| 229 | Dean Chance | 781 |
| 230 | Gary Serum | 784 |
| 231 | George Brunet | 789 |
| 232 | Jim Hannan | 798 |
| 233 | Dave Morehead | 803 |
| 234 | Mickey Mahler | 811 |
| 235 | Paul Thormodsgard | 812 |
| 236 | Mike Kekich | 821 |
| 237 | David Clyde | 823 |
| 238 | Joe McIntosh | 826 |
| 239 | Vern Ruhle | 828 |
| 240 | Ken Frailing | 829 |
| 241 | Rick Williams | 832 |
| 242 | Rich Troedson | 842 |
| 243 | Steve McCatty | 843 |
| 244 | Earl Wilson | 862 |
| 245 | Doug Konieczny | 869 |
| 246 | Santo Alcala | 872 |
| 247 | Wade Blasingame | 873 |
| 248 | Ray Bare | 882 |
| 249 | Mike Norris | 883 |
| 250 | Denny McLain | 885 |
| 251 | Fernando Arroyo | 889 |
| 252 | Preston Hanna | 893 |
| 253 | Wally Bunker | 899 |
| 254 | Ken Reynolds | 902 |
| 255 | Frank Reberger | 906 |
| 256 | Dave Stieb | 909 |
| 257 | Mike Nagy | 914 |
| 258 | Rick Matula | 915 |
| 259 | Gerry Janeski | 920 |
| 260 | Andy Replogle | 927 |
| 261 | Gene Brabender | 933 |
| 262 | Barry Moore | 935 |
| 263 | Mike Bruhert | 953 |
| 264 | Phil Huffman | 954 |
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