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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jack Morris	550.23
2	Mario Soto	540.84
3	Dave Stieb	538.28
4	Steve Carlton	526.6
5	Nolan Ryan	501.76
6	La Marr Hoyt	499.51
7	Ron Guidry	495.81
8	Floyd Bannister	491.61
9	Fernando Valenzuela	488.81
10	John Denny	483.56
11	Richard Dotson	482.04
12	Bob Welch	478.2
13	Scott McGregor	476.37
14	Don Sutton	475.25
15	Joe Niekro	475.24
16	Phil Niekro	468.98
17	Dan Petry	467.58
18	Steve Rogers	466.96
19	Mike Boddicker	466.32
20	John Candelaria	458.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Charlie Lea	458.36
22	Rick Rhoden	457.68
23	Joaquin Andujar	455.1
24	Charlie Hough	453.48
25	Larry McWilliams	451.09
26	Jerry Reuss	448.24
27	Luis Leal	447.79
28	John Tudor	446.23
29	Geoff Zahn	445.44
30	Len Barker	442.03
31	Jim Clancy	439.97
32	Jim Beattie	437.84
33	Milt Wilcox	434.39
34	Tommy John	432.85
35	Bill Gullickson	431.19
36	Mike Caldwell	428.53
37	Rick Sutcliffe	426.88
38	Mike Smithson	426.86
39	Rick Honeycutt	426.32
40	Tom Seaver	425.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Craig McMurtry	425.38
42	Storm Davis	424.21
43	Bob Knepper	424.01
44	Ken Forsch	423.75
45	Moose Haas	423.1
46	Bruce Berenyi	420.91
47	Larry Gura	419.82
48	Dave Righetti	416.87
49	Bruce Hurst	416.7
50	Alejandro Pena	416.41
51	Britt Burns	413.92
52	Eric Show	412.44
53	Scott Sanderson	412.29
54	Mike Flanagan	410.36
55	Shane Rawley	409.0
56	Frank Viola	407.19
57	Bob Ojeda	406.56
58	Albert Williams	406.21
59	Bob Forsch	402.99
60	Tim Lollar	402.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Ruthven	402.22
62	Mike Krukow	400.85
63	Lary Sorensen	400.76
64	Danny Darwin	399.33
65	Frank Tanana	399.17
66	Bert Blyleven	398.65
67	Matt Young	396.82
68	Dennis Eckersley	395.94
69	Bill Laskey	393.58
70	Jim Palmer	392.93
71	Bud Black	390.3
72	Paul Splittorff	389.45
73	Mike Witt	389.08
74	Dave LaPoint	387.9
75	Mike Moore	386.55
76	Steve McCatty	384.09
77	Juan Berenguer	383.64
78	Charles Hudson	383.04
79	Mike Torrez	380.09
80	John Stuper	380.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Atlee Hammaker	380.04
82	Burt Hooton	378.0
83	Bryn Smith	377.29
84	Pascual Perez	373.31
85	Steve Trout	371.8
86	Ed Whitson	370.88
87	Doyle Alexander	369.5
88	Jerry Koosman	368.79
89	Walt Terrell	368.17
90	Mark Davis	366.43
91	Fergie Jenkins	365.8
92	Chuck Rainey	362.54
93	Frank Pastore	362.26
94	Gaylord Perry	359.92
95	Joe Price	359.74
96	Mark Thurmond	359.58
97	Jose DeLeon	358.77
98	Jim Gott	357.46
99	Fred Breining	354.33
100	Chris Codiroli	353.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Schrom	352.34
102	Andy Hawkins	351.92
103	Mike Scott	351.5
104	Mike Warren	350.48
105	Bob Stoddard	346.68
106	Neal Heaton	345.21
107	Tim Conroy	344.94
108	John Montefusco	344.4
109	Jeff Russell	342.94
110	Danny Cox	342.42
111	Jeff Robinson	341.83
112	Chuck Porter	341.55
113	Lee Tunnell	340.02
114	John Butcher	338.12
115	Pete Falcone	337.56
116	Ray Fontenot	337.1
117	Ron Darling	336.23
118	Ray Burris	335.31
119	Jaime Cocanower	334.97
120	Bobby Castillo	330.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mark Langston	329.11
122	Dwight Gooden	329.03
123	Dave Stewart	328.25
124	Mark Gubicza	327.2
125	David Palmer	326.64
126	Ron Romanick	325.97
127	Ken Dayley	325.66
128	Oil Can Boyd	324.61
129	Glenn Abbott	323.71
130	Ed Vande Berg	321.56
131	Mike Norris	320.49
132	Mike Mason	319.58
133	Tim Leary	319.57
134	Bob Fallon	318.25
135	Mike Brown	317.82
136	Andy McGaffigan	316.36
137	Dennis Martinez	313.72
138	Bret Saberhagen	313.7
139	Danny Jackson	313.36
140	Dave Rozema	312.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rick Camp	309.69
142	Ed Hodge	309.52
143	Dave Dravecky	309.15
144	Frank Williams	309.13
145	Neil Allen	308.87
146	Bob Owchinko	307.83
147	Bob McClure	307.18
148	Jose Rijo	305.46
149	Randy Lerch	305.28
150	Jim Acker	304.7
151	Jim Slaton	304.25
152	Mark Grant	303.35
153	Dan Spillner	303.17
154	Rick Reuschel	303.16
155	Matt Keough	302.81
156	Marty Bystrom	302.52
157	Larry Pashnick	302.52
158	Kevin Gross	302.32
159	Pete Filson	301.7
160	Rick Mahler	301.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Shirley	301.31
162	Curt Kaufman	301.0
163	Rick Behenna	301.0
164	Steve Brown	300.43

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