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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	528.38
2	Dave Stieb	524.81
3	Fernando Valenzuela	524.05
4	Dwight Gooden	510.65
5	Jack Morris	509.13
6	Nolan Ryan	506.91
7	Rick Sutcliffe	506.89
8	Mike Boddicker	490.29
9	Charlie Hough	482.31
10	Steve Carlton	481.04
11	Dennis Eckersley	479.48
12	Bert Blyleven	477.58
13	Rick Rhoden	474.96
14	Tom Seaver	473.23
15	Joaquin Andujar	468.4
16	Doyle Alexander	467.9
17	Dan Petry	467.57
18	Frank Viola	467.3
19	Mike Witt	466.58
20	John Tudor	460.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Richard Dotson	460.54
22	Joe Niekro	459.62
23	Floyd Bannister	456.95
24	Bud Black	456.71
25	Mark Langston	453.94
26	Mike Smithson	449.12
27	Bill Gullickson	448.93
28	La Marr Hoyt	445.61
29	Milt Wilcox	445.32
30	Mike Krukow	445.21
31	Ron Guidry	444.79
32	John Denny	444.68
33	Phil Niekro	440.45
34	Larry McWilliams	439.62
35	Geoff Zahn	439.24
36	Bob Knepper	434.62
37	Oil Can Boyd	434.33
38	Luis Leal	433.83
39	Eric Show	432.7
40	Moose Haas	432.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Beattie	431.29
42	Bob Welch	430.77
43	Scott Sanderson	429.8
44	Orel Hershiser	429.15
45	Frank Tanana	428.73
46	Steve Trout	428.64
47	Bryn Smith	428.27
48	Don Sutton	427.96
49	Rick Mahler	421.89
50	John Butcher	421.86
51	Dave LaPoint	420.56
52	Ron Darling	420.45
53	Jose DeLeon	420.24
54	Storm Davis	419.1
55	Danny Darwin	417.79
56	Pascual Perez	417.32
57	Tim Lollar	414.92
58	Walt Terrell	414.84
59	Charlie Lea	414.83
60	Jerry Reuss	414.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Britt Burns	410.9
62	Steve Rogers	410.71
63	Shane Rawley	410.66
64	Jerry Koosman	410.49
65	Rick Honeycutt	410.14
66	Bruce Berenyi	406.54
67	Mark Thurmond	405.07
68	Ray Burris	404.61
69	John Candelaria	403.29
70	Charlie Leibrandt	401.76
71	Bruce Hurst	401.52
72	Ed Whitson	401.03
73	Mike Flanagan	394.19
74	Jim Clancy	392.3
75	Alejandro Pena	392.01
76	Mike Moore	391.23
77	Ron Romanick	389.97
78	Scott McGregor	387.52
79	Dennis Rasmussen	387.34
80	Roger Clemens	385.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Len Barker	384.25
82	Juan Berenguer	382.79
83	Bob Ojeda	382.65
84	Al Nipper	381.27
85	Jay Tibbs	380.66
86	Danny Cox	380.63
87	Neal Heaton	380.23
88	Matt Young	380.15
89	Charles Hudson	379.19
90	Bill Laskey	373.84
91	Chris Codiroli	373.46
92	Mark Gubicza	372.98
93	Jim Slaton	370.25
94	Craig McMurtry	369.57
95	Andy Hawkins	366.63
96	Joe Price	366.04
97	Tommy John	365.8
98	Ken Schrom	363.81
99	Mike Scott	363.68
100	Mike Mason	359.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Ruthven	357.45
102	Bill Krueger	356.74
103	Joe Hesketh	355.2
104	David Palmer	353.25
105	Bret Saberhagen	352.84
106	Tom Browning	352.54
107	Ed Lynch	347.33
108	Kurt Kepshire	346.27
109	Steve Bedrosian	345.94
110	Rick Camp	344.35
111	Ken Dixon	340.39
112	Atlee Hammaker	340.2
113	Dennis Martinez	338.94
114	Danny Jackson	337.84
115	Jim Gott	337.59
116	Dave Dravecky	337.02
117	Bob Forsch	336.37
118	Steve McCatty	334.23
119	Jimmy Key	333.19
120	Don Schulze	332.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jeff Russell	330.59
122	Dickie Noles	330.02
123	Ray Fontenot	325.91
124	Vern Ruhle	323.98
125	Dave Stewart	321.3
126	John Stuper	320.35
127	Ron Mathis	319.67
128	Teddy Higuera	319.5
129	Pete Vuckovich	318.64
130	Kevin Gross	317.6
131	Salome Barojas	316.6
132	Dave Rozema	316.01
133	Jeff Robinson	315.77
134	Sid Fernandez	315.35
135	Joe Cowley	314.86
136	Curt Young	314.69
137	Tom Brennan	314.67
138	Mike Bielecki	314.06
139	Mark Davis	312.6
140	Lee Tunnell	311.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bobby Castillo	310.58
142	Steve Crawford	308.77
143	Keith Creel	307.85
144	Calvin Schiraldi	305.81
145	Kirk McCaskill	304.51
146	Bob McClure	303.79
147	Roger McDowell	302.91
148	Jose Roman	302.82
149	Dan Schatzeder	302.67
150	Frank Pastore	302.31
151	Burt Hooton	302.11
152	Tom Klawitter	301.31
153	Mike Warren	300.67
154	Bob Gibson	300.04

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