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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	571.83
2	John Tudor	539.11
3	Bert Blyleven	513.87
4	Dave Stieb	513.47
5	Fernando Valenzuela	512.83
6	Mario Soto	491.95
7	Jack Morris	490.58
8	Orel Hershiser	485.02
9	Bret Saberhagen	478.81
10	Doyle Alexander	478.78
11	Tom Seaver	474.82
12	Ron Guidry	470.89
13	Charlie Hough	470.76
14	Mike Moore	468.82
15	Bob Welch	467.09
16	Nolan Ryan	465.39
17	Bruce Hurst	460.5
18	Dan Petry	459.3
19	Mike Witt	457.32
20	Frank Viola	456.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dennis Eckersley	453.88
22	Eric Show	453.12
23	Oil Can Boyd	450.09
24	Mike Boddicker	446.6
25	Charlie Leibrandt	446.11
26	Phil Niekro	445.17
27	Frank Tanana	444.46
28	John Denny	443.84
29	Rick Sutcliffe	443.03
30	Mike Smithson	442.98
31	Ron Darling	438.7
32	Bryn Smith	438.47
33	Danny Cox	436.91
34	Floyd Bannister	436.68
35	Don Sutton	433.92
36	Rick Reuschel	432.79
37	Mike Krukow	432.48
38	La Marr Hoyt	431.95
39	Bob Knepper	431.92
40	Shane Rawley	430.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bud Black	430.39
42	Rick Rhoden	427.75
43	Rick Mahler	423.67
44	Joaquin Andujar	423.21
45	Storm Davis	422.81
46	Tom Browning	422.19
47	Joe Niekro	421.82
48	Britt Burns	421.49
49	Moose Haas	421.29
50	Walt Terrell	419.16
51	Dave Dravecky	418.98
52	Bill Gullickson	415.71
53	Sid Fernandez	413.21
54	Jerry Reuss	413.15
55	Al Nipper	411.04
56	Mike Scott	410.96
57	Jim Clancy	409.55
58	Danny Jackson	405.91
59	Teddy Higuera	403.93
60	Jay Tibbs	401.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ron Romanick	400.23
62	Steve Carlton	399.74
63	Mark Gubicza	398.22
64	Bob Ojeda	397.99
65	Scott McGregor	397.16
66	Kevin Gross	393.92
67	Andy Hawkins	392.99
68	Jimmy Key	392.93
69	Dave LaPoint	391.33
70	Matt Young	390.83
71	Charles Hudson	390.64
72	Danny Darwin	390.38
73	Tim Lollar	389.82
74	Chris Codiroli	388.61
75	Steve Trout	385.35
76	Rick Honeycutt	383.16
77	John Butcher	382.11
78	Ed Whitson	378.63
79	Jose DeLeon	377.9
80	Larry McWilliams	376.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Kirk McCaskill	372.7
82	Steve Bedrosian	370.08
83	Neal Heaton	368.34
84	Mark Thurmond	366.97
85	Mark Langston	366.38
86	Ray Burris	365.77
87	Ken Schrom	365.76
88	Joe Cowley	364.5
89	Scott Sanderson	363.84
90	Mike Mason	361.07
91	Atlee Hammaker	360.98
92	Ed Lynch	359.16
93	David Palmer	355.84
94	Juan Berenguer	354.86
95	Pascual Perez	354.21
96	Joe Hesketh	352.18
97	Tim Birtsas	351.61
98	Zane Smith	350.95
99	Bob Forsch	350.48
100	Kurt Kepshire	350.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Dixon	349.76
102	Roger Clemens	348.52
103	Rick Aguilera	348.41
104	Mike Flanagan	347.81
105	Dennis Martinez	340.71
106	John Candelaria	338.96
107	Bill Laskey	338.68
108	Andy McGaffigan	337.68
109	Vida Blue	334.33
110	Jerry Koosman	334.05
111	Jim Gott	333.62
112	Scott Garrelts	328.09
113	Lee Tunnell	326.37
114	Gene Nelson	325.1
115	Ray Fontenot	324.43
116	Jim Beattie	323.85
117	Dennis Leonard	322.9
118	Joel Davis	322.5
119	Jim Slaton	321.67
120	Bill Swift	321.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Correa	319.91
122	Floyd Youmans	318.87
123	Jose Rijo	317.5
124	Jose Guzman	317.19
125	Bill Krueger	315.84
126	Tom Candiotti	315.38
127	Roger Mason	315.28
128	Tommy John	315.28
129	Dennis Rasmussen	314.79
130	Dan Schatzeder	313.26
131	Len Barker	312.85
132	Geoff Zahn	312.45
133	Jim Acker	312.34
134	Tim Leary	311.36
135	Matt Keough	311.36
136	Dennis Powell	310.75
137	Jaime Cocanower	310.7
138	Ricky Horton	310.54
139	Bobby Witt	309.8
140	Joe Johnson	309.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Deshaies	309.34
142	Bob Tewksbury	308.21
143	Juan Nieves	308.03
144	Richard Dotson	307.26
145	Mike Morgan	306.49
146	Mickey Mahler	306.49
147	Mike Bielecki	306.43
148	Rick Ownbey	305.95
149	Bill Wegman	305.68
150	Rick Langford	304.08
151	Don Schulze	304.0
152	Bill Latham	303.53
153	Frank Wills	303.2
154	Milt Wilcox	302.98
155	Bob Walk	300.15

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