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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	589.74
2	John Tudor	540.25
3	Fernando Valenzuela	526.84
4	Bert Blyleven	511.47
5	Jack Morris	501.42
6	Dave Stieb	497.76
7	Orel Hershiser	495.47
8	Mario Soto	490.71
9	Bruce Hurst	486.22
10	Mike Witt	484.11
11	Bret Saberhagen	479.32
12	Doyle Alexander	477.88
13	Tom Seaver	476.09
14	Ron Guidry	475.3
15	Oil Can Boyd	474.15
16	Bob Welch	473.81
17	Mike Moore	473.09
18	Eric Show	467.69
19	Frank Viola	466.15
20	Bob Knepper	465.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Charlie Leibrandt	464.35
22	Dan Petry	464.31
23	Mike Smithson	457.94
24	Mike Boddicker	454.36
25	Nolan Ryan	453.87
26	Dennis Eckersley	453.7
27	Teddy Higuera	453.39
28	Charlie Hough	452.54
29	Ron Darling	450.29
30	Rick Sutcliffe	449.88
31	Frank Tanana	449.17
32	Sid Fernandez	448.56
33	Mike Scott	448.03
34	Don Sutton	445.97
35	Floyd Bannister	445.58
36	Joaquin Andujar	445.54
37	Moose Haas	444.89
38	Jay Tibbs	441.33
39	Storm Davis	441.13
40	Bryn Smith	440.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Danny Cox	439.91
42	Phil Niekro	439.76
43	Mike Krukow	439.25
44	Joe Niekro	438.9
45	Rick Rhoden	436.2
46	John Denny	435.64
47	Rick Reuschel	435.41
48	Walt Terrell	430.29
49	Shane Rawley	427.81
50	Tom Browning	427.54
51	Bob Ojeda	425.72
52	Bill Gullickson	425.11
53	La Marr Hoyt	424.4
54	Dave Dravecky	423.37
55	Rick Mahler	422.65
56	Jim Clancy	421.93
57	Al Nipper	419.69
58	Bud Black	419.22
59	Andy Hawkins	418.49
60	Scott McGregor	417.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jerry Reuss	414.59
62	Mark Gubicza	411.56
63	Steve Carlton	410.04
64	Chris Codiroli	409.2
65	Danny Jackson	407.02
66	Ron Romanick	404.45
67	Zane Smith	402.3
68	Charles Hudson	401.39
69	Kevin Gross	399.87
70	Ken Schrom	398.79
71	Roger Clemens	397.6
72	David Palmer	397.19
73	John Butcher	396.51
74	Rick Honeycutt	394.58
75	Jimmy Key	393.36
76	Kirk McCaskill	393.12
77	Britt Burns	392.49
78	Mark Langston	391.31
79	Steve Trout	389.37
80	Scott Sanderson	388.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Mike Mason	383.22
82	Tim Lollar	382.82
83	Bob Forsch	382.39
84	Larry McWilliams	379.43
85	Mark Thurmond	379.08
86	Dave LaPoint	378.98
87	Neal Heaton	378.18
88	Ed Whitson	377.97
89	Matt Young	377.2
90	Ken Dixon	374.43
91	Danny Darwin	361.38
92	Joe Hesketh	359.81
93	Mike Flanagan	358.71
94	Dennis Leonard	358.7
95	Jose Rijo	357.99
96	Joe Cowley	357.5
97	Andy McGaffigan	357.0
98	Ray Burris	352.1
99	Scott Garrelts	350.39
100	Jose DeLeon	348.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Slaton	348.7
102	Juan Berenguer	348.28
103	Joe Johnson	346.73
104	Ed Correa	346.08
105	Joel Davis	345.59
106	Steve Bedrosian	345.58
107	Roger Mason	345.03
108	Tom Candiotti	344.37
109	Rick Aguilera	344.28
110	Kurt Kepshire	343.39
111	Floyd Youmans	342.11
112	Dennis Rasmussen	341.9
113	Juan Nieves	340.42
114	Mike LaCoss	340.01
115	Jose Guzman	335.35
116	Vida Blue	335.15
117	Bob Tewksbury	333.77
118	Bobby Witt	333.62
119	Atlee Hammaker	332.73
120	John Candelaria	331.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Morgan	331.34
122	Ed Lynch	330.16
123	Jim Acker	330.11
124	Don Schulze	330.02
125	Neil Allen	329.49
126	Pascual Perez	328.96
127	Richard Dotson	328.01
128	Tim Leary	327.97
129	Milt Wilcox	327.59
130	Bill Wegman	326.68
131	Tim Birtsas	326.36
132	Mike Bielecki	325.63
133	Jim Gott	323.66
134	Mike Brown	321.87
135	Bob Kipper	319.3
136	Gene Nelson	317.92
137	Tommy John	317.17
138	Rick Langford	316.9
139	Ricky Horton	316.68
140	Dennis Martinez	316.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tim Conroy	313.43
142	Bill Laskey	311.93
143	Guy Hoffman	311.9
144	Rick Ownbey	311.79
145	Bob Shirley	311.62
146	Jim Deshaies	310.81
147	Bill Swift	309.02
148	Ricky Wright	308.83
149	Mark Portugal	308.65
150	Freddie Toliver	307.48
151	Bruce Berenyi	307.43
152	Curt Young	306.84
153	Jerry Koosman	305.05
154	Matt Keough	304.11
155	Jaime Cocanower	303.7
156	Dennis Powell	301.92
157	Mickey Mahler	301.42
158	Lee Tunnell	300.37

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