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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Fernando Valenzuela	532.09
2	Dave Stieb	527.96
3	Mario Soto	527.14
4	Jack Morris	503.82
5	Dwight Gooden	498.72
6	Nolan Ryan	494.67
7	Rick Sutcliffe	493.45
8	Mike Boddicker	487.23
9	Joaquin Andujar	476.12
10	Charlie Hough	474.42
11	Steve Carlton	474.13
12	Bert Blyleven	472.65
13	Dennis Eckersley	471.76
14	Doyle Alexander	470.82
15	Rick Rhoden	468.14
16	Bud Black	467.2
17	Mike Witt	464.92
18	Tom Seaver	464.65
19	Dan Petry	462.13
20	Frank Viola	459.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Tudor	458.39
22	Joe Niekro	456.0
23	John Denny	455.42
24	Mike Smithson	453.69
25	Richard Dotson	452.34
26	La Marr Hoyt	451.08
27	Larry McWilliams	448.08
28	Milt Wilcox	446.3
29	Bill Gullickson	444.53
30	Floyd Bannister	442.4
31	Geoff Zahn	442.24
32	Luis Leal	439.8
33	Phil Niekro	438.91
34	Mark Langston	438.3
35	Jim Beattie	437.63
36	Ron Guidry	435.47
37	Bob Welch	433.77
38	Bob Knepper	431.74
39	Don Sutton	428.82
40	Oil Can Boyd	428.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Eric Show	427.24
42	Charlie Lea	426.83
43	Mike Krukow	426.79
44	John Butcher	425.56
45	Moose Haas	424.86
46	Steve Trout	422.72
47	Orel Hershiser	422.37
48	Pascual Perez	420.86
49	Jose DeLeon	419.73
50	Steve Rogers	418.03
51	Rick Mahler	417.49
52	Storm Davis	416.86
53	Frank Tanana	415.83
54	Danny Darwin	415.49
55	John Candelaria	415.29
56	Ed Whitson	414.48
57	Tim Lollar	413.72
58	Jerry Koosman	412.74
59	Shane Rawley	411.98
60	Scott Sanderson	411.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bruce Berenyi	409.54
62	Ron Darling	409.05
63	Bryn Smith	408.53
64	Dave LaPoint	408.25
65	Bruce Hurst	406.3
66	Mike Flanagan	406.19
67	Alejandro Pena	404.01
68	Rick Honeycutt	401.7
69	Jerry Reuss	400.49
70	Scott McGregor	397.85
71	Walt Terrell	396.92
72	Ray Burris	396.4
73	Bob Ojeda	394.65
74	Mark Thurmond	394.06
75	Charlie Leibrandt	390.03
76	Britt Burns	387.55
77	Jim Clancy	386.54
78	Ron Romanick	383.91
79	Juan Berenguer	383.48
80	Dennis Rasmussen	381.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Laskey	380.78
82	Craig McMurtry	379.9
83	Roger Clemens	376.84
84	Charles Hudson	375.28
85	Al Nipper	375.11
86	Len Barker	371.68
87	Mark Gubicza	370.94
88	Jim Slaton	370.03
89	Mike Moore	367.97
90	Tommy John	367.3
91	Jay Tibbs	367.16
92	Danny Cox	366.59
93	Neal Heaton	366.28
94	Joe Price	365.73
95	Mike Scott	364.26
96	Matt Young	362.8
97	Mike Mason	361.39
98	Andy Hawkins	357.63
99	Chris Codiroli	352.81
100	Dick Ruthven	352.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bret Saberhagen	351.56
102	Ken Schrom	351.27
103	Rick Camp	347.35
104	Bill Krueger	344.22
105	Jeff Russell	342.59
106	Dennis Martinez	339.97
107	David Palmer	338.54
108	Bob Forsch	338.08
109	Ray Fontenot	337.91
110	Tom Browning	336.55
111	Kurt Kepshire	336.16
112	Joe Hesketh	335.09
113	Danny Jackson	334.08
114	Dave Stewart	333.3
115	Jimmy Key	333.23
116	Ken Dixon	332.62
117	Steve McCatty	331.75
118	Jeff Robinson	327.77
119	Ed Lynch	326.35
120	Don Schulze	325.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mark Davis	324.6
122	Jim Gott	324.49
123	Dave Dravecky	324.04
124	Teddy Higuera	323.96
125	Steve Bedrosian	322.93
126	Atlee Hammaker	322.61
127	Dickie Noles	322.0
128	Pete Vuckovich	321.79
129	Vern Ruhle	319.54
130	Dave Rozema	319.01
131	Joe Cowley	319.0
132	Salome Barojas	318.1
133	Curt Young	317.69
134	John Stuper	316.41
135	Tom Brennan	316.11
136	Dan Schatzeder	314.67
137	Ron Mathis	312.05
138	Sid Fernandez	310.25
139	Mike Caldwell	310.09
140	Lee Tunnell	309.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Kevin Gross	308.55
142	Mike Bielecki	305.7
143	Bob McClure	305.54
144	Frank Pastore	305.31
145	Albert Williams	305.23
146	Jose Roman	305.07
147	Roger McDowell	303.81
148	Larry Gura	303.4
149	Kirk McCaskill	302.82
150	Bob Gibson	302.29
151	Mike Warren	302.17
152	Bruce Kison	301.46
153	Calvin Schiraldi	301.4
154	Rich Yett	300.52
155	Mike Morgan	300.12

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