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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	546.26
2	Mario Soto	544.71
3	Fernando Valenzuela	532.89
4	Jack Morris	527.79
5	Dwight Gooden	526.21
6	Nolan Ryan	515.4
7	Rick Sutcliffe	503.71
8	Charlie Hough	491.42
9	Mike Boddicker	490.11
10	Bert Blyleven	486.36
11	Steve Carlton	485.21
12	Dennis Eckersley	484.56
13	Rick Rhoden	483.72
14	Joaquin Andujar	480.83
15	Bud Black	480.75
16	Tom Seaver	474.54
17	Dan Petry	474.02
18	Mike Witt	470.28
19	Floyd Bannister	465.66
20	Joe Niekro	464.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ron Guidry	463.2
22	Bill Gullickson	458.89
23	Frank Viola	458.36
24	Phil Niekro	458.25
25	Oil Can Boyd	457.42
26	Doyle Alexander	457.34
27	Richard Dotson	457.27
28	La Marr Hoyt	456.87
29	John Tudor	455.19
30	John Denny	455.16
31	Mike Krukow	451.23
32	Mark Langston	448.71
33	Orel Hershiser	447.04
34	Scott Sanderson	441.54
35	Mike Smithson	440.78
36	Moose Haas	440.41
37	Milt Wilcox	437.67
38	Larry McWilliams	437.12
39	Ron Darling	436.1
40	Geoff Zahn	435.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Knepper	434.52
42	Frank Tanana	434.26
43	Rick Mahler	433.58
44	Eric Show	433.48
45	Dave LaPoint	433.1
46	Luis Leal	433.07
47	Storm Davis	431.47
48	Don Sutton	430.81
49	John Butcher	427.84
50	Steve Trout	427.28
51	Bob Welch	427.02
52	Jim Beattie	426.94
53	Bryn Smith	424.09
54	Jose DeLeon	422.18
55	Tim Lollar	421.77
56	Walt Terrell	418.69
57	Jerry Reuss	417.72
58	Danny Darwin	416.55
59	Rick Honeycutt	413.9
60	Mike Moore	413.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Charlie Leibrandt	412.64
62	Roger Clemens	411.63
63	Britt Burns	411.3
64	Pascual Perez	411.06
65	Ron Romanick	410.56
66	Shane Rawley	409.67
67	Jerry Koosman	406.74
68	Ray Burris	406.47
69	Scott McGregor	405.98
70	Ed Whitson	405.14
71	Bruce Berenyi	402.79
72	Steve Rogers	400.76
73	Dennis Rasmussen	400.18
74	Bruce Hurst	399.93
75	Charlie Lea	399.83
76	Mark Thurmond	397.5
77	Jim Clancy	394.22
78	Neal Heaton	393.86
79	Matt Young	393.79
80	Len Barker	389.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Candelaria	388.29
82	Bill Laskey	386.15
83	Charles Hudson	385.9
84	Danny Cox	385.54
85	Andy Hawkins	381.26
86	Mike Scott	379.62
87	Mike Flanagan	379.19
88	Bret Saberhagen	378.99
89	Chris Codiroli	378.26
90	Juan Berenguer	378.07
91	Joe Hesketh	377.05
92	Alejandro Pena	377.01
93	Al Nipper	376.65
94	Mark Gubicza	374.4
95	Jay Tibbs	371.89
96	David Palmer	371.57
97	Jim Slaton	371.38
98	Tommy John	367.35
99	Craig McMurtry	366.57
100	Bob Ojeda	365.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Browning	365.3
102	Dick Ruthven	365.21
103	Ken Schrom	364.11
104	Joe Price	363.79
105	Dave Dravecky	363.4
106	Ed Lynch	361.66
107	Mike Mason	360.86
108	Bill Krueger	360.79
109	Steve Bedrosian	360.42
110	Jim Gott	356.32
111	Atlee Hammaker	355.15
112	Dennis Martinez	353.55
113	Kurt Kepshire	347.2
114	Ken Dixon	345.92
115	Danny Jackson	345.44
116	Jimmy Key	343.77
117	Dickie Noles	341.0
118	Rick Camp	340.6
119	Joe Cowley	339.89
120	Bob Forsch	338.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Stuper	336.8
122	Vern Ruhle	333.55
123	Ray Fontenot	331.73
124	Sid Fernandez	330.16
125	Don Schulze	329.83
126	Kevin Gross	327.04
127	Teddy Higuera	326.76
128	Steve McCatty	326.32
129	Ron Mathis	326.17
130	Burt Hooton	325.34
131	Dan Schatzeder	321.79
132	Rick Reuschel	319.96
133	Kirk McCaskill	316.74
134	Salome Barojas	315.86
135	Bruce Kison	315.81
136	Jeff Russell	315.59
137	Pete Vuckovich	315.14
138	Jim Winn	313.5
139	Tim Birtsas	312.83
140	Dave Rozema	312.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Bielecki	312.03
142	Lee Tunnell	311.12
143	Curt Young	310.94
144	Tom Brennan	310.92
145	Keith Creel	310.38
146	Bobby Castillo	309.67
147	Tom Gorman	307.29
148	Brian Snyder	306.99
149	Dave Stewart	306.3
150	Don Robinson	305.96
151	Steve Crawford	305.02
152	Tom Klawitter	304.68
153	Mike Warren	304.17
154	Calvin Schiraldi	303.31
155	Pete Filson	302.38
156	Zane Smith	302.15
157	Jeff Robinson	300.77
158	Bryan Clark	300.44
159	Bob McClure	300.04

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