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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	532.7
2	Mario Soto	532.15
3	Dave Stieb	529.02
4	Jack Morris	507.91
5	Dwight Gooden	502.25
6	Nolan Ryan	494.67
7	Rick Sutcliffe	493.45
8	Mike Boddicker	486.1
9	Dennis Eckersley	477.1
10	Charlie Hough	476.52
11	Steve Carlton	474.13
12	Joaquin Andujar	471.96
13	Rick Rhoden	470.97
14	Doyle Alexander	470.82
15	Bert Blyleven	469.39
16	Mike Witt	468.82
17	Tom Seaver	464.65
18	Bud Black	464.29
19	Dan Petry	462.13
20	Frank Viola	460.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Tudor	458.39
22	Joe Niekro	457.72
23	John Denny	455.64
24	Richard Dotson	454.1
25	La Marr Hoyt	454.01
26	Mike Smithson	453.69
27	Mark Langston	448.96
28	Larry McWilliams	448.08
29	Milt Wilcox	446.05
30	Floyd Bannister	445.15
31	Ron Guidry	443.98
32	Phil Niekro	443.15
33	Geoff Zahn	441.24
34	Bill Gullickson	440.06
35	Bob Knepper	435.5
36	Luis Leal	434.81
37	Jim Beattie	434.15
38	Bob Welch	432.77
39	Moose Haas	432.74
40	Oil Can Boyd	428.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Krukow	426.79
42	Eric Show	425.16
43	Steve Trout	424.7
44	Rick Mahler	423.43
45	Orel Hershiser	423.19
46	Charlie Lea	422.83
47	Don Sutton	421.75
48	Frank Tanana	421.22
49	John Butcher	419.08
50	Dave LaPoint	418.79
51	Pascual Perez	418.57
52	Steve Rogers	417.28
53	Danny Darwin	417.28
54	Jose DeLeon	416.48
55	Ron Darling	416.28
56	Storm Davis	416.11
57	Bryn Smith	413.5
58	Jerry Koosman	412.49
59	Shane Rawley	412.33
60	John Candelaria	411.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tim Lollar	411.24
62	Scott Sanderson	410.26
63	Bruce Berenyi	408.54
64	Walt Terrell	407.54
65	Ed Whitson	407.52
66	Bruce Hurst	406.23
67	Jerry Reuss	404.14
68	Mike Flanagan	402.19
69	Rick Honeycutt	401.7
70	Alejandro Pena	400.01
71	Scott McGregor	397.85
72	Ray Burris	395.4
73	Mark Thurmond	392.34
74	Bob Ojeda	390.65
75	Charlie Leibrandt	390.3
76	Ron Romanick	389.61
77	Britt Burns	387.55
78	Jim Clancy	387.05
79	Juan Berenguer	386.94
80	Roger Clemens	382.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dennis Rasmussen	381.89
82	Bill Laskey	380.8
83	Jay Tibbs	377.02
84	Craig McMurtry	375.9
85	Al Nipper	375.11
86	Neal Heaton	374.96
87	Matt Young	374.53
88	Danny Cox	372.03
89	Len Barker	371.68
90	Charles Hudson	371.28
91	Mark Gubicza	370.94
92	Jim Slaton	370.03
93	Mike Moore	367.97
94	Tommy John	367.3
95	Mike Scott	364.52
96	Joe Price	361.73
97	Mike Mason	361.39
98	Chris Codiroli	360.35
99	Andy Hawkins	357.63
100	Bret Saberhagen	357.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Ruthven	356.26
102	Ken Schrom	354.47
103	Rick Camp	346.35
104	Bill Krueger	343.92
105	David Palmer	342.4
106	Ken Dixon	342.39
107	Kurt Kepshire	340.11
108	Jeff Russell	338.59
109	Tom Browning	337.81
110	Joe Hesketh	335.09
111	Dennis Martinez	334.21
112	Danny Jackson	334.08
113	Ray Fontenot	333.91
114	Jimmy Key	333.23
115	Steve McCatty	331.75
116	Bob Forsch	331.61
117	Steve Bedrosian	331.54
118	Dave Dravecky	331.49
119	Jim Gott	331.32
120	Dave Stewart	329.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Don Schulze	327.21
122	Ed Lynch	326.35
123	Teddy Higuera	323.96
124	Jeff Robinson	323.77
125	Dickie Noles	323.15
126	Mark Davis	320.6
127	Pete Vuckovich	320.35
128	Atlee Hammaker	318.87
129	Vern Ruhle	318.54
130	Joe Cowley	318.25
131	Salome Barojas	318.1
132	Dave Rozema	318.01
133	Curt Young	316.69
134	John Stuper	316.41
135	Tom Brennan	315.17
136	Kevin Gross	313.03
137	Ron Mathis	311.05
138	Dan Schatzeder	310.67
139	Steve Crawford	310.02
140	Lee Tunnell	306.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Sid Fernandez	306.25
142	Mike Caldwell	306.09
143	Bob McClure	305.54
144	Jose Roman	304.82
145	Mike Bielecki	304.7
146	Frank Pastore	304.31
147	Roger McDowell	304.16
148	Kirk McCaskill	302.97
149	Mike Warren	302.17
150	Bob Gibson	302.04
151	Albert Williams	301.23
152	Bruce Kison	300.46
153	Calvin Schiraldi	300.4

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