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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Dave Stieb	537.32
2	Fernando Valenzuela	534.41
3	Mario Soto	534.06
4	Jack Morris	518.66
5	Dwight Gooden	516.78
6	Nolan Ryan	513.46
7	Rick Sutcliffe	504.96
8	Mike Boddicker	498.71
9	Charlie Hough	492.06
10	Steve Carlton	486.27
11	Rick Rhoden	483.72
12	Dennis Eckersley	478.36
13	Joaquin Andujar	477.68
14	Bud Black	475.74
15	Dan Petry	474.39
16	Tom Seaver	473.83
17	Bert Blyleven	473.8
18	Mike Witt	470.8
19	Joe Niekro	464.65
20	Frank Viola	463.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Floyd Bannister	461.73
22	John Tudor	458.67
23	Doyle Alexander	457.34
24	Richard Dotson	456.09
25	La Marr Hoyt	455.51
26	Ron Guidry	454.67
27	Bill Gullickson	452.38
28	John Denny	449.65
29	Mark Langston	449.46
30	Mike Krukow	449.42
31	Phil Niekro	448.75
32	Oil Can Boyd	446.22
33	Mike Smithson	444.51
34	Scott Sanderson	441.54
35	Milt Wilcox	441.31
36	Larry McWilliams	438.37
37	Geoff Zahn	436.74
38	Orel Hershiser	436.05
39	Eric Show	434.91
40	Moose Haas	434.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Luis Leal	433.94
42	Frank Tanana	431.5
43	Bob Knepper	430.35
44	Jim Beattie	429.38
45	Steve Trout	428.53
46	Ron Darling	428.53
47	Bob Welch	428.27
48	Jose DeLeon	427.52
49	Bryn Smith	427.27
50	Dave LaPoint	426.67
51	Rick Mahler	426.5
52	John Butcher	426.17
53	Storm Davis	424.73
54	Tim Lollar	423.02
55	Don Sutton	421.86
56	Jerry Reuss	420.1
57	Danny Darwin	416.68
58	Shane Rawley	415.17
59	Walt Terrell	414.06
60	Pascual Perez	411.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Charlie Leibrandt	410.64
62	Mike Moore	410.59
63	Rick Honeycutt	409.3
64	Britt Burns	408.38
65	Jerry Koosman	407.99
66	Roger Clemens	406.44
67	Ron Romanick	405.14
68	Ed Whitson	405.14
69	Ray Burris	405.05
70	Charlie Lea	404.83
71	Bruce Berenyi	404.04
72	Mark Thurmond	402.57
73	Steve Rogers	402.01
74	Bruce Hurst	400.18
75	Scott McGregor	399.88
76	Jim Clancy	397.58
77	John Candelaria	393.29
78	Dennis Rasmussen	389.36
79	Neal Heaton	388.65
80	Matt Young	388.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Len Barker	386.93
82	Bill Laskey	386.15
83	Charles Hudson	385.9
84	Mike Flanagan	384.19
85	Alejandro Pena	382.01
86	Juan Berenguer	379.32
87	Andy Hawkins	378.31
88	Jay Tibbs	377.38
89	Al Nipper	376.65
90	Jim Slaton	376.52
91	Mike Scott	375.43
92	Danny Cox	374.68
93	Bob Ojeda	372.65
94	Bret Saberhagen	372.09
95	Mark Gubicza	370.1
96	Joe Hesketh	368.96
97	Tommy John	368.6
98	Chris Codiroli	368.0
99	Craig McMurtry	367.82
100	Bill Krueger	365.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Schrom	365.19
102	Joe Price	365.04
103	David Palmer	364.23
104	Tom Browning	362.21
105	Mike Mason	360.86
106	Dick Ruthven	357.98
107	Ed Lynch	357.97
108	Steve Bedrosian	355.41
109	Dave Dravecky	354.57
110	Dennis Martinez	353.55
111	Ken Dixon	348.95
112	Jim Gott	348.75
113	Kurt Kepshire	347.7
114	Atlee Hammaker	345.76
115	Jimmy Key	343.77
116	Rick Camp	341.85
117	Dickie Noles	340.96
118	Danny Jackson	340.64
119	Vern Ruhle	334.8
120	Bob Forsch	334.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Stuper	331.86
122	Kevin Gross	331.2
123	Don Schulze	330.68
124	Ray Fontenot	329.77
125	Joe Cowley	328.89
126	Steve McCatty	327.57
127	Sid Fernandez	326.06
128	Ron Mathis	324.74
129	Teddy Higuera	321.97
130	Dan Schatzeder	320.71
131	Jeff Russell	320.59
132	Kirk McCaskill	317.82
133	Pete Vuckovich	316.39
134	Salome Barojas	314.1
135	Dave Rozema	313.51
136	Burt Hooton	313.45
137	Mike Bielecki	313.28
138	Lee Tunnell	312.37
139	Curt Young	312.19
140	Tom Brennan	312.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bruce Kison	311.55
142	Dave Stewart	311.3
143	Bobby Castillo	310.67
144	Rick Reuschel	310.6
145	Keith Creel	310.38
146	Jim Winn	309.64
147	Tom Gorman	308.54
148	Tim Birtsas	307.7
149	Brian Snyder	306.99
150	Steve Crawford	306.27
151	Tom Klawitter	305.93
152	Jeff Robinson	305.77
153	Calvin Schiraldi	304.56
154	Mike Warren	304.17
155	Zane Smith	303.15
156	Mark Davis	302.6
157	Pete Filson	302.38
158	Bob McClure	301.29
159	Roger McDowell	300.41
160	Jose Roman	300.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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