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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	547.17
2	Dave Stieb	545.5
3	Dwight Gooden	532.46
4	Fernando Valenzuela	531.43
5	Jack Morris	527.5
6	Nolan Ryan	502.66
7	Rick Sutcliffe	502.46
8	Charlie Hough	498.37
9	Mike Boddicker	493.76
10	Dennis Eckersley	491.33
11	Joaquin Andujar	488.65
12	Steve Carlton	485.34
13	Bert Blyleven	478.67
14	Mike Witt	478.03
15	Bud Black	477.94
16	Rick Rhoden	473.2
17	Tom Seaver	472.39
18	Ron Guidry	468.68
19	Floyd Bannister	467.5
20	Dan Petry	466.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Phil Niekro	465.74
22	Richard Dotson	462.42
23	Joe Niekro	461.82
24	Oil Can Boyd	461.37
25	La Marr Hoyt	461.34
26	Mike Krukow	458.09
27	Doyle Alexander	458.0
28	Frank Viola	456.32
29	John Tudor	455.95
30	Bill Gullickson	452.45
31	John Denny	451.85
32	Orel Hershiser	451.12
33	Scott Sanderson	447.47
34	Mark Langston	444.08
35	Moose Haas	441.98
36	Mike Smithson	440.78
37	Dave LaPoint	439.18
38	Ron Darling	438.18
39	Don Sutton	437.44
40	Larry McWilliams	435.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Luis Leal	435.73
42	Milt Wilcox	435.05
43	Geoff Zahn	434.24
44	Rick Mahler	433.4
45	Storm Davis	433.0
46	Bob Knepper	431.99
47	Frank Tanana	430.2
48	Eric Show	429.92
49	Jose DeLeon	429.15
50	Steve Trout	426.03
51	Bob Welch	425.77
52	Jerry Reuss	425.33
53	Danny Darwin	424.53
54	Jim Beattie	421.64
55	Rick Honeycutt	421.1
56	John Butcher	419.28
57	Bryn Smith	418.89
58	Walt Terrell	418.69
59	Tim Lollar	418.69
60	Scott McGregor	414.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Moore	413.78
62	Shane Rawley	413.53
63	Charlie Leibrandt	412.88
64	Roger Clemens	411.13
65	Pascual Perez	411.12
66	Britt Burns	409.53
67	Ron Romanick	409.42
68	Ray Burris	406.47
69	Jerry Koosman	405.49
70	Bruce Hurst	404.78
71	Ed Whitson	403.92
72	Jim Clancy	402.8
73	Bruce Berenyi	401.54
74	Steve Rogers	399.51
75	Danny Cox	399.13
76	Dennis Rasmussen	397.67
77	Mark Thurmond	397.44
78	Neal Heaton	396.47
79	Charlie Lea	394.83
80	Charles Hudson	389.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Len Barker	389.53
82	Mike Scott	389.26
83	Bill Laskey	384.9
84	Matt Young	384.85
85	Al Nipper	384.62
86	Andy Hawkins	384.07
87	John Candelaria	383.29
88	Bret Saberhagen	382.24
89	Joe Hesketh	382.12
90	Jay Tibbs	378.99
91	Mark Gubicza	378.73
92	David Palmer	378.46
93	Juan Berenguer	376.82
94	Chris Codiroli	376.46
95	Bob Ojeda	376.0
96	Mike Flanagan	374.19
97	Jim Slaton	374.09
98	Ken Schrom	372.77
99	Alejandro Pena	372.01
100	Tommy John	371.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Browning	370.79
102	Dick Ruthven	370.38
103	Dave Dravecky	370.36
104	Mike Mason	370.21
105	Jim Gott	368.63
106	Craig McMurtry	365.32
107	Ed Lynch	363.51
108	Joe Price	362.54
109	Atlee Hammaker	361.58
110	Steve Bedrosian	358.45
111	Dennis Martinez	358.26
112	Bill Krueger	356.88
113	Jimmy Key	352.37
114	Kurt Kepshire	347.3
115	Danny Jackson	345.44
116	Joe Cowley	345.25
117	Ken Dixon	343.39
118	Dickie Noles	342.39
119	Rick Camp	339.35
120	Sid Fernandez	337.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Stuper	337.16
122	Bob Forsch	336.77
123	Burt Hooton	336.35
124	Teddy Higuera	335.93
125	Kevin Gross	332.98
126	Vern Ruhle	332.3
127	Ray Fontenot	330.98
128	Don Schulze	329.21
129	Bruce Kison	326.1
130	Ron Mathis	325.92
131	Steve McCatty	325.07
132	Dan Schatzeder	324.64
133	Rick Reuschel	323.07
134	Tim Birtsas	322.0
135	Jim Winn	320.8
136	Kirk McCaskill	318.59
137	Pete Vuckovich	316.73
138	Keith Creel	315.37
139	Salome Barojas	315.11
140	Bobby Castillo	313.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dave Rozema	311.01
142	Mike Bielecki	310.78
143	Jeff Russell	310.59
144	Lee Tunnell	309.87
145	Curt Young	309.69
146	Tom Brennan	309.67
147	Vida Blue	308.06
148	Calvin Schiraldi	307.97
149	Brian Snyder	307.63
150	Tom Gorman	306.04
151	Don Robinson	305.71
152	Mike Warren	305.04
153	Randy O'Neal	304.79
154	Steve Crawford	303.77
155	Bryan Clark	303.71
156	Pete Filson	303.58
157	Tom Klawitter	303.43
158	Steve Shields	301.9
159	Dave Stewart	301.3
160	Zane Smith	300.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Larry Gura	300.63
162	Rick Behenna	300.06

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