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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Dave Stieb	524.67
2	Mario Soto	507.85
3	Fernando Valenzuela	495.91
4	Jack Morris	488.61
5	Rick Rhoden	482.87
6	Mike Boddicker	482.6
7	Nolan Ryan	480.7
8	Rick Sutcliffe	480.1
9	Steve Carlton	471.94
10	Dwight Gooden	465.0
11	Bert Blyleven	464.05
12	Charlie Hough	461.64
13	John Denny	460.92
14	Bud Black	456.81
15	Joaquin Andujar	456.53
16	Richard Dotson	454.57
17	Doyle Alexander	454.18
18	Tom Seaver	452.38
19	Frank Viola	451.53
20	Charlie Lea	450.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry McWilliams	446.72
22	Dan Petry	445.71
23	La Marr Hoyt	445.63
24	Floyd Bannister	444.32
25	Milt Wilcox	444.06
26	Mike Witt	443.56
27	Jim Beattie	443.29
28	Joe Niekro	442.92
29	Bill Gullickson	441.47
30	John Tudor	441.25
31	Mike Smithson	439.62
32	John Candelaria	439.29
33	Bob Welch	438.02
34	Don Sutton	435.41
35	Dennis Eckersley	434.74
36	Phil Niekro	428.83
37	Alejandro Pena	428.01
38	Mike Flanagan	427.19
39	Frank Tanana	426.05
40	Geoff Zahn	425.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Storm Davis	425.15
42	Ron Guidry	423.07
43	Pascual Perez	421.72
44	Mark Langston	420.41
45	Luis Leal	420.4
46	Bob Knepper	417.65
47	Moose Haas	417.35
48	Bob Ojeda	414.15
49	Ed Whitson	411.56
50	Jose DeLeon	411.32
51	Steve Rogers	409.85
52	Tim Lollar	407.52
53	Jerry Koosman	406.67
54	Eric Show	405.6
55	Bruce Berenyi	402.54
56	Juan Berenguer	401.48
57	Jerry Reuss	401.38
58	Scott McGregor	400.2
59	Bruce Hurst	400.14
60	Rick Mahler	399.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Scott Sanderson	398.96
62	Craig McMurtry	398.65
63	Oil Can Boyd	397.46
64	Jim Clancy	397.1
65	Steve Trout	396.31
66	Shane Rawley	394.69
67	Charles Hudson	393.28
68	Rick Honeycutt	391.28
69	Orel Hershiser	389.53
70	Mike Krukow	389.19
71	Joe Price	388.23
72	Danny Darwin	388.1
73	Dave LaPoint	387.84
74	John Butcher	387.3
75	Mark Thurmond	386.67
76	Bryn Smith	385.83
77	Walt Terrell	383.76
78	Ron Darling	382.41
79	Ron Romanick	380.68
80	Ray Burris	375.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike Moore	373.78
82	Bill Laskey	372.07
83	Al Nipper	368.52
84	Mark Gubicza	368.09
85	Britt Burns	367.19
86	Len Barker	363.56
87	Jeff Russell	361.34
88	Tommy John	361.23
89	Dick Ruthven	359.99
90	Dennis Rasmussen	358.05
91	Charlie Leibrandt	357.49
92	Ray Fontenot	356.66
93	Rick Camp	355.17
94	Matt Young	355.05
95	Dave Stewart	352.05
96	Mike Mason	350.5
97	Jeff Robinson	349.52
98	Neal Heaton	345.77
99	Steve McCatty	345.59
100	Ken Schrom	343.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Scott	342.88
102	Roger Clemens	342.87
103	Danny Cox	342.69
104	Mark Davis	341.85
105	Jay Tibbs	341.08
106	Kurt Kepshire	335.05
107	Dan Schatzeder	334.92
108	Bret Saberhagen	334.14
109	Mike Caldwell	334.09
110	Jim Slaton	332.01
111	Sid Fernandez	330.5
112	Albert Williams	329.23
113	Larry Gura	327.4
114	Dennis Martinez	326.71
115	Andy Hawkins	324.87
116	Bob Forsch	323.68
117	Dave Dravecky	319.97
118	Curt Young	319.45
119	John Montefusco	317.87
120	Chris Codiroli	317.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	David Palmer	317.01
122	Salome Barojas	316.94
123	Lary Sorensen	316.85
124	Bill Krueger	315.89
125	Joe Cowley	315.71
126	Burt Hooton	315.52
127	Mike LaCoss	315.16
128	Atlee Hammaker	310.16
129	Marty Bystrom	308.62
130	Jaime Cocanower	307.96
131	Kevin Gross	304.91
132	Don Schulze	304.44
133	Ricky Horton	303.74
134	Tim Conroy	303.63
135	Steve Comer	301.92
136	Bob McClure	301.48

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