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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Dwight Gooden	588.19
2	John Tudor	538.66
3	Fernando Valenzuela	524.2
4	Bert Blyleven	514.47
5	Dave Stieb	505.48
6	Jack Morris	493.74
7	Mario Soto	491.12
8	Orel Hershiser	488.84
9	Ron Guidry	482.96
10	Doyle Alexander	481.81
11	Mike Moore	480.81
12	Bruce Hurst	479.27
13	Mike Witt	477.32
14	Bob Welch	477.05
15	Tom Seaver	475.79
16	Bret Saberhagen	473.74
17	Dan Petry	469.28
18	Oil Can Boyd	468.39
19	Charlie Leibrandt	467.06
20	Frank Viola	466.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Smithson	465.3
22	Eric Show	463.17
23	Charlie Hough	460.95
24	Dennis Eckersley	458.88
25	Bob Knepper	458.49
26	Rick Sutcliffe	457.46
27	Frank Tanana	457.41
28	Nolan Ryan	455.03
29	Mike Boddicker	451.04
30	Sid Fernandez	448.85
31	Teddy Higuera	446.98
32	Ron Darling	446.69
33	Don Sutton	445.97
34	Moose Haas	445.61
35	Joaquin Andujar	445.54
36	Storm Davis	444.52
37	Phil Niekro	444.06
38	Mike Krukow	442.57
39	Joe Niekro	442.01
40	Floyd Bannister	439.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Rhoden	437.48
42	Mike Scott	435.99
43	Shane Rawley	435.73
44	Bryn Smith	435.6
45	Danny Cox	434.86
46	Jay Tibbs	434.53
47	John Denny	430.72
48	Bill Gullickson	429.8
49	Tom Browning	426.45
50	Bob Ojeda	424.15
51	Rick Reuschel	423.37
52	Jim Clancy	421.93
53	La Marr Hoyt	421.85
54	Walt Terrell	421.27
55	Bud Black	420.47
56	Al Nipper	419.69
57	Dave Dravecky	418.72
58	Rick Mahler	414.92
59	Jerry Reuss	414.37
60	Andy Hawkins	413.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Scott McGregor	410.15
62	Chris Codiroli	407.71
63	Kevin Gross	406.27
64	Danny Jackson	404.9
65	Steve Carlton	401.61
66	Ron Romanick	401.27
67	Zane Smith	398.59
68	Britt Burns	397.49
69	Mark Gubicza	397.36
70	Rick Honeycutt	395.58
71	Charles Hudson	395.15
72	Ken Schrom	394.41
73	Roger Clemens	393.26
74	David Palmer	392.12
75	John Butcher	390.75
76	Steve Trout	390.63
77	Jimmy Key	389.36
78	Mark Langston	387.08
79	Kirk McCaskill	384.93
80	Tim Lollar	384.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Matt Young	383.15
82	Neal Heaton	382.37
83	Bob Forsch	380.83
84	Larry McWilliams	380.43
85	Scott Sanderson	379.66
86	Ed Whitson	379.22
87	Mark Thurmond	379.08
88	Dave LaPoint	374.75
89	Mike Mason	373.96
90	Ken Dixon	368.66
91	Danny Darwin	366.38
92	Joe Cowley	358.75
93	Jose Rijo	358.24
94	Andy McGaffigan	355.77
95	Jose DeLeon	353.9
96	Ray Burris	352.35
97	Dennis Leonard	351.85
98	Joe Hesketh	351.84
99	Mike Flanagan	350.9
100	Steve Bedrosian	350.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Candiotti	349.43
102	Juan Berenguer	349.28
103	Jim Slaton	348.17
104	Rick Aguilera	345.53
105	Kurt Kepshire	344.64
106	Juan Nieves	343.42
107	Dennis Rasmussen	341.9
108	Scott Garrelts	341.88
109	Roger Mason	341.71
110	Joel Davis	341.21
111	Floyd Youmans	339.03
112	Atlee Hammaker	337.73
113	Ed Correa	337.69
114	Vida Blue	336.4
115	Mike LaCoss	336.15
116	Ed Lynch	335.16
117	Bobby Witt	334.91
118	Pascual Perez	333.96
119	John Candelaria	332.96
120	Tim Leary	331.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tim Birtsas	331.36
122	Mike Morgan	330.38
123	Joe Johnson	330.32
124	Bill Wegman	328.43
125	Milt Wilcox	327.59
126	Jose Guzman	325.27
127	Jim Gott	324.91
128	Mike Bielecki	324.45
129	Richard Dotson	324.34
130	Bob Tewksbury	323.45
131	Dennis Martinez	321.21
132	Jim Acker	319.67
133	Don Schulze	319.58
134	Mike Brown	319.53
135	Neil Allen	319.34
136	Gene Nelson	319.17
137	Bob Kipper	318.85
138	Ricky Horton	317.93
139	Rick Langford	317.64
140	Bill Laskey	316.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tim Conroy	316.25
142	Guy Hoffman	313.15
143	Rick Ownbey	313.04
144	Tommy John	310.14
145	Jerry Koosman	310.05
146	Ricky Wright	309.83
147	Jim Deshaies	309.71
148	Bill Swift	309.02
149	Lee Tunnell	305.37
150	Matt Keough	305.36
151	Jaime Cocanower	304.95
152	Mark Portugal	304.26
153	Dennis Powell	303.17
154	Mickey Mahler	302.67
155	Mike Madden	301.24
156	Ray Fontenot	300.43

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