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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Dwight Gooden	569.06
2	John Tudor	536.46
3	Dave Stieb	524.06
4	Fernando Valenzuela	517.75
5	Bert Blyleven	514.67
6	Mario Soto	495.96
7	Jack Morris	491.37
8	Orel Hershiser	479.25
9	Charlie Hough	476.76
10	Doyle Alexander	473.8
11	Tom Seaver	469.19
12	Ron Guidry	467.06
13	Dan Petry	466.59
14	Bret Saberhagen	465.81
15	Mike Witt	463.22
16	Bob Welch	459.76
17	Nolan Ryan	458.75
18	Mike Moore	452.46
19	Oil Can Boyd	452.27
20	Dennis Eckersley	449.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bruce Hurst	447.93
22	Rick Sutcliffe	447.27
23	Frank Viola	446.74
24	Eric Show	446.1
25	Don Sutton	445.48
26	Frank Tanana	442.26
27	Charlie Leibrandt	441.68
28	John Denny	441.36
29	Mike Smithson	439.71
30	Danny Cox	438.41
31	Phil Niekro	436.86
32	Mike Boddicker	436.3
33	Bob Knepper	434.14
34	La Marr Hoyt	433.45
35	Bryn Smith	433.39
36	Ron Darling	433.34
37	Bud Black	432.58
38	Floyd Bannister	432.4
39	Walt Terrell	428.88
40	Shane Rawley	425.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Browning	424.65
42	Rick Reuschel	424.29
43	Storm Davis	423.06
44	Britt Burns	422.99
45	Mike Krukow	422.97
46	Rick Mahler	422.41
47	Rick Rhoden	420.61
48	Joaquin Andujar	420.28
49	Jerry Reuss	413.4
50	Sid Fernandez	413.21
51	Joe Niekro	413.14
52	Bill Gullickson	412.18
53	Moose Haas	411.5
54	Dave Dravecky	410.96
55	Danny Jackson	407.41
56	Mike Scott	407.36
57	Teddy Higuera	403.93
58	Jim Clancy	403.42
59	Al Nipper	401.52
60	Bob Ojeda	399.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Steve Carlton	398.74
62	Jay Tibbs	398.09
63	Jimmy Key	396.82
64	Andy Hawkins	396.78
65	Danny Darwin	396.38
66	Scott McGregor	393.48
67	Mark Gubicza	393.31
68	Dave LaPoint	392.83
69	Charles Hudson	392.14
70	Matt Young	389.3
71	Steve Trout	388.18
72	Ron Romanick	386.66
73	Jose DeLeon	383.9
74	Tim Lollar	383.54
75	Kevin Gross	382.46
76	John Butcher	381.64
77	Chris Codiroli	380.04
78	Ed Whitson	379.38
79	Larry McWilliams	376.27
80	Rick Honeycutt	376.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Bedrosian	371.58
82	Scott Sanderson	369.84
83	Kirk McCaskill	369.77
84	Neal Heaton	369.09
85	Mark Thurmond	367.83
86	Mark Langston	367.54
87	Ray Burris	367.27
88	Ken Schrom	367.26
89	Joe Cowley	366.41
90	Ed Lynch	362.91
91	Atlee Hammaker	362.48
92	Mike Mason	358.03
93	Juan Berenguer	356.36
94	Pascual Perez	355.71
95	Tim Birtsas	353.11
96	Bob Forsch	350.73
97	David Palmer	350.03
98	Joe Hesketh	347.46
99	Kurt Kepshire	345.06
100	Rick Aguilera	343.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dennis Martinez	342.21
102	Zane Smith	341.52
103	Ken Dixon	341.17
104	Bill Laskey	340.18
105	Jerry Koosman	340.05
106	Mike Flanagan	339.78
107	John Candelaria	339.71
108	Jim Gott	339.62
109	Andy McGaffigan	339.18
110	Vida Blue	336.93
111	Roger Clemens	335.59
112	Ray Fontenot	330.43
113	Jim Beattie	329.85
114	Lee Tunnell	327.87
115	Gene Nelson	326.6
116	Bill Swift	322.95
117	Jim Slaton	322.76
118	Tommy John	320.53
119	Floyd Youmans	319.03
120	Len Barker	318.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jose Rijo	318.75
122	Geoff Zahn	318.45
123	Bill Krueger	317.34
124	Joel Davis	316.54
125	Dennis Leonard	315.64
126	Dan Schatzeder	314.76
127	Jim Acker	312.34
128	Matt Keough	311.36
129	Scott Garrelts	309.93
130	Tom Candiotti	309.89
131	Jim Deshaies	309.59
132	Tim Leary	309.05
133	Dennis Rasmussen	308.55
134	Richard Dotson	308.31
135	Jose Guzman	308.26
136	Roger Mason	308.02
137	Ed Correa	307.66
138	Bob Tewksbury	306.81
139	Mike Morgan	306.49
140	Mickey Mahler	306.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Ownbey	306.45
142	Frank Wills	304.7
143	Bill Wegman	304.41
144	Rick Langford	304.33
145	Joe Johnson	303.81
146	Jaime Cocanower	303.78
147	Bob Walk	301.65
148	Ron Robinson	300.19
149	Juan Nieves	300.03

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