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

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Morning of Date:
RankPitcherRating
1Dwight Gooden588.19
2John Tudor538.66
3Fernando Valenzuela524.2
4Bert Blyleven514.47
5Dave Stieb505.48
6Jack Morris493.74
7Mario Soto491.12
8Orel Hershiser488.84
9Ron Guidry482.96
10Doyle Alexander481.81
11Mike Moore480.81
12Bruce Hurst479.27
13Mike Witt477.32
14Bob Welch477.05
15Tom Seaver475.79
16Bret Saberhagen473.74
17Dan Petry469.28
18Oil Can Boyd468.39
19Charlie Leibrandt467.06
20Frank Viola466.6
RankPitcherRating
21Mike Smithson465.3
22Eric Show463.17
23Charlie Hough460.95
24Dennis Eckersley458.88
25Bob Knepper458.49
26Rick Sutcliffe457.46
27Frank Tanana457.41
28Nolan Ryan455.03
29Mike Boddicker451.04
30Sid Fernandez448.85
31Teddy Higuera446.98
32Ron Darling446.69
33Don Sutton445.97
34Moose Haas445.61
35Joaquin Andujar445.54
36Storm Davis444.52
37Phil Niekro444.06
38Mike Krukow442.57
39Joe Niekro442.01
40Floyd Bannister439.22
RankPitcherRating
41Rick Rhoden437.48
42Mike Scott435.99
43Shane Rawley435.73
44Bryn Smith435.6
45Danny Cox434.86
46Jay Tibbs434.53
47John Denny430.72
48Bill Gullickson429.8
49Tom Browning426.45
50Bob Ojeda424.15
51Rick Reuschel423.37
52Jim Clancy421.93
53La Marr Hoyt421.85
54Walt Terrell421.27
55Bud Black420.47
56Al Nipper419.69
57Dave Dravecky418.72
58Rick Mahler414.92
59Jerry Reuss414.37
60Andy Hawkins413.26
RankPitcherRating
61Scott McGregor410.15
62Chris Codiroli407.71
63Kevin Gross406.27
64Danny Jackson404.9
65Steve Carlton401.61
66Ron Romanick401.27
67Zane Smith398.59
68Britt Burns397.49
69Mark Gubicza397.36
70Rick Honeycutt395.58
71Charles Hudson395.15
72Ken Schrom394.41
73Roger Clemens393.26
74David Palmer392.12
75John Butcher390.75
76Steve Trout390.63
77Jimmy Key389.36
78Mark Langston387.08
79Kirk McCaskill384.93
80Tim Lollar384.07
RankPitcherRating
81Matt Young383.15
82Neal Heaton382.37
83Bob Forsch380.83
84Larry McWilliams380.43
85Scott Sanderson379.66
86Ed Whitson379.22
87Mark Thurmond379.08
88Dave LaPoint374.75
89Mike Mason373.96
90Ken Dixon368.66
91Danny Darwin366.38
92Joe Cowley358.75
93Jose Rijo358.24
94Andy McGaffigan355.77
95Jose DeLeon353.9
96Ray Burris352.35
97Dennis Leonard351.85
98Joe Hesketh351.84
99Mike Flanagan350.9
100Steve Bedrosian350.58
RankPitcherRating
101Tom Candiotti349.43
102Juan Berenguer349.28
103Jim Slaton348.17
104Rick Aguilera345.53
105Kurt Kepshire344.64
106Juan Nieves343.42
107Dennis Rasmussen341.9
108Scott Garrelts341.88
109Roger Mason341.71
110Joel Davis341.21
111Floyd Youmans339.03
112Atlee Hammaker337.73
113Ed Correa337.69
114Vida Blue336.4
115Mike LaCoss336.15
116Ed Lynch335.16
117Bobby Witt334.91
118Pascual Perez333.96
119John Candelaria332.96
120Tim Leary331.55
RankPitcherRating
121Tim Birtsas331.36
122Mike Morgan330.38
123Joe Johnson330.32
124Bill Wegman328.43
125Milt Wilcox327.59
126Jose Guzman325.27
127Jim Gott324.91
128Mike Bielecki324.45
129Richard Dotson324.34
130Bob Tewksbury323.45
131Dennis Martinez321.21
132Jim Acker319.67
133Don Schulze319.58
134Mike Brown319.53
135Neil Allen319.34
136Gene Nelson319.17
137Bob Kipper318.85
138Ricky Horton317.93
139Rick Langford317.64
140Bill Laskey316.93
RankPitcherRating
141Tim Conroy316.25
142Guy Hoffman313.15
143Rick Ownbey313.04
144Tommy John310.14
145Jerry Koosman310.05
146Ricky Wright309.83
147Jim Deshaies309.71
148Bill Swift309.02
149Lee Tunnell305.37
150Matt Keough305.36
151Jaime Cocanower304.95
152Mark Portugal304.26
153Dennis Powell303.17
154Mickey Mahler302.67
155Mike Madden301.24
156Ray Fontenot300.43

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