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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	549.41
2	Mario Soto	543.83
3	Dwight Gooden	535.68
4	Jack Morris	533.94
5	Fernando Valenzuela	524.85
6	Rick Sutcliffe	512.0
7	Nolan Ryan	509.76
8	Dennis Eckersley	498.12
9	Joaquin Andujar	493.49
10	Charlie Hough	492.73
11	Steve Carlton	489.15
12	Bert Blyleven	488.46
13	Mike Boddicker	483.83
14	Tom Seaver	478.38
15	Dan Petry	477.49
16	Mike Witt	473.98
17	Joe Niekro	472.82
18	La Marr Hoyt	472.57
19	Oil Can Boyd	471.92
20	Bud Black	470.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Floyd Bannister	467.99
22	John Tudor	466.92
23	Doyle Alexander	466.76
24	Rick Rhoden	466.72
25	Ron Guidry	462.22
26	Scott Sanderson	460.08
27	Phil Niekro	459.42
28	Richard Dotson	456.44
29	Frank Viola	456.32
30	Mike Krukow	452.01
31	John Denny	451.85
32	Bill Gullickson	451.7
33	Ron Darling	445.78
34	Don Sutton	442.32
35	Orel Hershiser	442.18
36	Moose Haas	441.73
37	Mark Langston	440.42
38	Mike Smithson	439.55
39	Eric Show	438.25
40	Rick Mahler	437.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Tanana	436.5
42	Danny Darwin	435.88
43	Dave LaPoint	435.56
44	Milt Wilcox	435.05
45	Larry McWilliams	434.8
46	Jose DeLeon	434.48
47	Geoff Zahn	432.99
48	Bob Knepper	432.89
49	Steve Trout	431.55
50	Storm Davis	431.2
51	Bob Welch	430.82
52	Luis Leal	427.07
53	Jerry Reuss	426.45
54	John Butcher	426.3
55	Bryn Smith	420.78
56	Rick Honeycutt	420.35
57	Scott McGregor	418.43
58	Tim Lollar	418.19
59	Ron Romanick	417.24
60	Britt Burns	416.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Shane Rawley	414.68
62	Ray Burris	414.15
63	Mike Moore	413.78
64	Jim Beattie	413.7
65	Charlie Leibrandt	412.88
66	Pascual Perez	410.37
67	Roger Clemens	409.88
68	Walt Terrell	409.36
69	Dennis Rasmussen	405.14
70	Bruce Hurst	404.53
71	Jerry Koosman	404.24
72	Ed Whitson	400.29
73	Bruce Berenyi	400.29
74	Mark Thurmond	400.16
75	Jim Clancy	399.92
76	Steve Rogers	398.26
77	Danny Cox	398.03
78	Mike Scott	396.79
79	Charles Hudson	395.8
80	Neal Heaton	395.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bret Saberhagen	390.96
82	Charlie Lea	389.83
83	Andy Hawkins	388.61
84	Al Nipper	388.47
85	Mark Gubicza	388.42
86	Len Barker	388.28
87	Bill Laskey	387.9
88	David Palmer	386.68
89	Matt Young	384.56
90	Jay Tibbs	383.15
91	Joe Hesketh	382.98
92	Chris Codiroli	380.17
93	John Candelaria	378.29
94	Dick Ruthven	376.78
95	Bob Ojeda	376.0
96	Juan Berenguer	375.57
97	Ed Lynch	375.15
98	Ken Schrom	374.24
99	Mike Mason	373.62
100	Dennis Martinez	373.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Slaton	372.81
102	Tommy John	371.49
103	Dave Dravecky	369.62
104	Jimmy Key	369.34
105	Mike Flanagan	369.19
106	Jim Gott	368.63
107	Alejandro Pena	367.01
108	Joe Price	364.91
109	Craig McMurtry	364.07
110	Tom Browning	363.82
111	Steve Bedrosian	363.37
112	Atlee Hammaker	363.05
113	Kurt Kepshire	357.92
114	Danny Jackson	353.62
115	Bill Krueger	352.65
116	Joe Cowley	345.25
117	Dickie Noles	345.08
118	Teddy Higuera	345.05
119	Kevin Gross	343.42
120	Ken Dixon	343.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Sid Fernandez	343.13
122	Bob Forsch	340.17
123	Rick Camp	338.1
124	Burt Hooton	338.05
125	Bruce Kison	335.63
126	John Stuper	332.66
127	Rick Reuschel	331.9
128	Vern Ruhle	331.05
129	Don Schulze	330.7
130	Ray Fontenot	329.73
131	Steve McCatty	328.54
132	Pete Vuckovich	326.88
133	Jim Winn	326.29
134	Ron Mathis	324.67
135	Dan Schatzeder	324.64
136	Tim Birtsas	322.0
137	Kirk McCaskill	321.74
138	Mickey Mahler	317.27
139	Randy O'Neal	315.65
140	Keith Creel	315.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Shields	313.87
142	Salome Barojas	313.86
143	Bobby Castillo	312.87
144	Brian Snyder	311.78
145	Pete Filson	311.37
146	Dave Rozema	309.76
147	Mike Bielecki	309.53
148	Lee Tunnell	308.62
149	Curt Young	308.44
150	Tom Brennan	308.42
151	Vida Blue	307.81
152	Doug Bair	307.4
153	Jeff Russell	305.59
154	Frank Wills	305.07
155	Calvin Schiraldi	305.03
156	Tom Gorman	304.79
157	Mike Warren	304.79
158	Don Robinson	304.46
159	Bryan Clark	302.96
160	Jaime Cocanower	302.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Steve Crawford	302.52
162	Tom Klawitter	302.18
163	Larry Gura	300.38

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