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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jack Morris	563.26
2	Mario Soto	558.41
3	Dave Stieb	555.59
4	Steve Carlton	536.19
5	Nolan Ryan	527.58
6	Richard Dotson	509.53
7	Fernando Valenzuela	507.15
8	La Marr Hoyt	492.57
9	Ron Guidry	492.36
10	John Denny	490.82
11	Floyd Bannister	483.65
12	John Candelaria	482.37
13	Mike Boddicker	480.83
14	Charlie Lea	479.59
15	Don Sutton	478.27
16	Phil Niekro	475.89
17	Bob Welch	475.02
18	Joaquin Andujar	474.52
19	Scott McGregor	473.79
20	Larry McWilliams	471.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	471.18
22	Dan Petry	469.72
23	Luis Leal	467.11
24	Rick Rhoden	466.78
25	Charlie Hough	454.93
26	Jerry Reuss	453.47
27	Steve Rogers	453.25
28	Jim Beattie	452.96
29	John Tudor	452.18
30	Storm Davis	452.05
31	Bruce Hurst	452.03
32	Geoff Zahn	450.61
33	Len Barker	447.9
34	Rick Honeycutt	444.9
35	Jim Clancy	444.6
36	Bob Knepper	443.86
37	Tommy John	439.8
38	Bill Gullickson	438.29
39	Mike Smithson	437.86
40	Moose Haas	435.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Craig McMurtry	435.57
42	Tom Seaver	435.32
43	Milt Wilcox	433.8
44	Frank Tanana	431.85
45	Britt Burns	431.64
46	Alejandro Pena	427.4
47	Tim Lollar	426.14
48	Eric Show	425.43
49	Frank Viola	423.69
50	Rick Sutcliffe	423.5
51	Larry Gura	421.13
52	Ken Forsch	418.0
53	Bob Ojeda	417.41
54	Mike Krukow	417.24
55	Mike Caldwell	416.85
56	Mike Flanagan	415.63
57	Bud Black	415.59
58	Dennis Eckersley	415.49
59	Bruce Berenyi	414.27
60	Scott Sanderson	411.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Shane Rawley	407.36
62	Dave LaPoint	406.44
63	Bob Forsch	401.54
64	Matt Young	400.68
65	Albert Williams	400.46
66	Doyle Alexander	399.46
67	Danny Darwin	399.45
68	Dick Ruthven	397.77
69	Bert Blyleven	397.3
70	Lary Sorensen	395.95
71	Steve Trout	395.94
72	Bill Laskey	395.27
73	Mike Moore	395.15
74	Charles Hudson	394.91
75	Steve McCatty	394.56
76	Dave Righetti	393.87
77	Juan Berenguer	393.22
78	Jose DeLeon	392.71
79	Jerry Koosman	392.59
80	Frank Pastore	392.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bryn Smith	392.35
82	Pascual Perez	392.16
83	Jim Palmer	387.18
84	Mike Witt	386.11
85	John Stuper	384.73
86	Paul Splittorff	383.7
87	Mike Torrez	381.17
88	Walt Terrell	378.47
89	Mark Davis	376.07
90	Burt Hooton	373.75
91	Ed Whitson	373.6
92	Jim Gott	371.92
93	Dwight Gooden	369.72
94	Andy Hawkins	368.17
95	Chuck Rainey	366.45
96	Chuck Porter	363.18
97	Neal Heaton	360.75
98	Mike Scott	360.73
99	Mark Thurmond	359.71
100	Jaime Cocanower	357.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Joe Price	357.73
102	Atlee Hammaker	357.04
103	John Butcher	356.74
104	Jeff Robinson	354.9
105	Ron Romanick	354.31
106	Dave Stewart	352.68
107	Pete Falcone	352.2
108	Danny Cox	351.58
109	Ray Burris	350.7
110	Mark Gubicza	350.48
111	Jeff Russell	348.27
112	Mike Warren	347.43
113	Chris Codiroli	347.22
114	Fergie Jenkins	342.8
115	Ron Darling	342.1
116	Bob Stoddard	341.93
117	Ray Fontenot	341.65
118	Mike Mason	340.75
119	Mark Langston	339.75
120	Tim Conroy	339.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Montefusco	338.65
122	Gaylord Perry	336.92
123	Ed Hodge	336.71
124	David Palmer	335.47
125	Marty Bystrom	332.47
126	Fred Breining	331.33
127	Bret Saberhagen	330.23
128	Ken Schrom	329.34
129	Ed Vande Berg	327.05
130	Mike Brown	326.7
131	Rick Mahler	326.15
132	Rick Reuschel	325.98
133	Steve Farr	322.31
134	Ken Dayley	319.91
135	Danny Jackson	319.89
136	Bill Krueger	319.77
137	Oil Can Boyd	319.36
138	Dennis Rasmussen	318.56
139	Glenn Abbott	318.46
140	Lee Tunnell	317.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tim Leary	314.82
142	Tom Hume	314.77
143	Dan Spillner	314.76
144	Bob Fallon	313.75
145	Ed Lynch	312.55
146	Charlie Leibrandt	311.58
147	Jose Rijo	311.27
148	Roger Clemens	311.13
149	Andy McGaffigan	310.61
150	Orel Hershiser	309.78
151	Bobby Castillo	307.85
152	Rich Bordi	307.37
153	Steve Comer	307.25
154	Bob Owchinko	306.67
155	Dave Rozema	306.47
156	Dickie Noles	306.0
157	Frank LaCorte	305.11
158	Rick Camp	304.69
159	Doug Corbett	304.52
160	Frank Williams	303.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Bob Shirley	303.35
162	Jim Slaton	303.18
163	Mike Madden	303.02
164	Bob McClure	302.93
165	Craig Swan	302.08
166	Greg Minton	301.75
167	Tom Underwood	301.59

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