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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	528.68
2	Mario Soto	526.88
3	Fernando Valenzuela	522.31
4	Jack Morris	510.74
5	Rick Sutcliffe	490.86
6	Dwight Gooden	489.76
7	Mike Boddicker	487.23
8	Nolan Ryan	484.91
9	Charlie Hough	477.01
10	Steve Carlton	470.91
11	Rick Rhoden	470.54
12	Joaquin Andujar	469.2
13	Doyle Alexander	466.09
14	Bud Black	463.39
15	Dennis Eckersley	463.25
16	Frank Viola	463.13
17	Bert Blyleven	460.9
18	Mike Witt	459.37
19	Tom Seaver	457.97
20	Bill Gullickson	455.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	La Marr Hoyt	455.73
22	Dan Petry	455.26
23	John Denny	454.5
24	Mike Smithson	453.48
25	Joe Niekro	452.83
26	John Tudor	451.58
27	Richard Dotson	450.53
28	Milt Wilcox	448.38
29	Floyd Bannister	447.82
30	Phil Niekro	446.35
31	Geoff Zahn	442.49
32	Larry McWilliams	441.66
33	Don Sutton	440.18
34	Mark Langston	435.58
35	Bob Welch	435.02
36	Luis Leal	434.72
37	Ron Guidry	434.49
38	Charlie Lea	433.83
39	Bob Knepper	432.48
40	Jim Beattie	425.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Moose Haas	425.36
42	Storm Davis	424.92
43	Eric Show	424.06
44	John Candelaria	422.29
45	Jose DeLeon	421.89
46	Steve Trout	420.08
47	Mike Krukow	419.71
48	Frank Tanana	419.18
49	John Butcher	417.73
50	Steve Rogers	416.76
51	Rick Mahler	416.2
52	Pascual Perez	415.67
53	Orel Hershiser	414.41
54	Oil Can Boyd	413.32
55	Mike Flanagan	413.19
56	Tim Lollar	413.17
57	Ed Whitson	412.15
58	Scott Sanderson	411.22
59	Alejandro Pena	411.01
60	Bruce Berenyi	410.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ron Darling	408.77
62	Rick Honeycutt	406.62
63	Dave LaPoint	405.85
64	Jerry Koosman	404.65
65	Danny Darwin	403.72
66	Shane Rawley	403.43
67	Jerry Reuss	401.75
68	Bob Ojeda	401.65
69	Bruce Hurst	400.48
70	Bryn Smith	399.98
71	Ray Burris	396.65
72	Scott McGregor	395.25
73	Juan Berenguer	390.48
74	Ron Romanick	390.38
75	Mark Thurmond	389.3
76	Craig McMurtry	386.9
77	Charlie Leibrandt	385.47
78	Jim Clancy	385.35
79	Walt Terrell	385.29
80	Charles Hudson	382.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Britt Burns	380.75
82	Bill Laskey	379.32
83	Roger Clemens	375.94
84	Mark Gubicza	373.8
85	Mike Moore	373.05
86	Len Barker	372.83
87	Joe Price	372.73
88	Mike Scott	367.54
89	Jay Tibbs	367.09
90	Neal Heaton	364.3
91	Al Nipper	363.32
92	Dennis Rasmussen	362.81
93	Matt Young	361.81
94	Tommy John	360.23
95	Mike Mason	358.86
96	Danny Cox	356.27
97	Dick Ruthven	353.54
98	Jim Slaton	353.2
99	Ken Schrom	351.52
100	Jeff Russell	349.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Rick Camp	349.1
102	Andy Hawkins	346.92
103	Ray Fontenot	344.91
104	Chris Codiroli	341.39
105	Dave Stewart	340.3
106	Dennis Martinez	340.22
107	Bill Krueger	339.91
108	Bret Saberhagen	339.55
109	Bob Forsch	338.33
110	Tom Browning	338.05
111	Jeff Robinson	334.77
112	Kurt Kepshire	332.67
113	Mark Davis	331.6
114	David Palmer	331.57
115	Danny Jackson	331.14
116	Steve McCatty	328.59
117	Ken Dixon	324.74
118	Dave Dravecky	324.29
119	Atlee Hammaker	322.86
120	Dan Schatzeder	321.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jimmy Key	321.45
122	Pete Vuckovich	321.38
123	Vern Ruhle	319.79
124	Dave Rozema	319.76
125	Dickie Noles	319.03
126	Steve Bedrosian	319.02
127	Jim Gott	318.22
128	Curt Young	317.94
129	Sid Fernandez	317.25
130	Mike Caldwell	317.09
131	Joe Hesketh	314.53
132	Salome Barojas	314.27
133	Ron Mathis	313.05
134	Don Schulze	312.74
135	Albert Williams	312.23
136	Tom Brennan	311.11
137	Lee Tunnell	310.93
138	Joe Cowley	310.58
139	Larry Gura	310.4
140	Ed Lynch	307.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jose Roman	306.78
142	Frank Pastore	305.81
143	John Montefusco	304.62
144	Mike Bielecki	304.11
145	Teddy Higuera	304.06
146	John Stuper	304.01
147	Bruce Kison	303.21
148	Calvin Schiraldi	302.65
149	Rich Yett	302.27
150	Mike Morgan	301.87
151	Mike Warren	301.79
152	Bob Kipper	300.59
153	Mike LaCoss	300.41
154	Mike Trujillo	300.18
155	Burt Hooton	300.02

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