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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Dwight Gooden	583.68
2	John Tudor	552.76
3	Fernando Valenzuela	543.88
4	Bert Blyleven	518.72
5	Jack Morris	499.36
6	Dave Stieb	495.63
7	Mike Witt	492.77
8	Bruce Hurst	492.31
9	Mario Soto	492.02
10	Oil Can Boyd	489.06
11	Orel Hershiser	486.95
12	Bret Saberhagen	486.38
13	Ron Guidry	485.11
14	Mike Scott	484.89
15	Teddy Higuera	483.33
16	Doyle Alexander	481.46
17	Charlie Leibrandt	477.77
18	Charlie Hough	474.59
19	Bob Knepper	473.83
20	Tom Seaver	473.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Sutcliffe	470.87
22	Mike Moore	469.43
23	Eric Show	469.13
24	Mike Boddicker	466.24
25	Dan Petry	465.77
26	Bob Welch	462.1
27	Mike Krukow	461.48
28	Rick Rhoden	459.73
29	Ron Darling	459.49
30	Frank Viola	458.89
31	Nolan Ryan	458.56
32	Don Sutton	456.69
33	Sid Fernandez	456.31
34	Storm Davis	456.17
35	Shane Rawley	455.25
36	Mike Smithson	452.49
37	Frank Tanana	451.93
38	Joe Niekro	451.59
39	Joaquin Andujar	450.81
40	Rick Reuschel	449.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bryn Smith	449.87
42	Floyd Bannister	447.29
43	Dave Dravecky	443.47
44	Dennis Eckersley	442.46
45	Danny Cox	442.11
46	Moose Haas	440.76
47	Bob Ojeda	439.42
48	Jim Clancy	438.96
49	Walt Terrell	437.82
50	John Denny	435.89
51	Tom Browning	434.62
52	Roger Clemens	433.55
53	Phil Niekro	432.41
54	Bill Gullickson	428.86
55	Rick Mahler	427.72
56	Jay Tibbs	426.72
57	Mark Gubicza	423.29
58	Zane Smith	422.42
59	Scott McGregor	420.61
60	Kirk McCaskill	420.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	La Marr Hoyt	419.24
62	Kevin Gross	418.23
63	Al Nipper	417.52
64	Jimmy Key	415.05
65	Bud Black	413.47
66	Andy Hawkins	411.4
67	Steve Trout	410.53
68	Rick Honeycutt	410.02
69	David Palmer	408.48
70	Ken Schrom	407.76
71	Steve Carlton	407.66
72	Chris Codiroli	407.64
73	Ron Romanick	406.81
74	Scott Sanderson	406.73
75	Danny Jackson	404.82
76	Charles Hudson	403.57
77	Mark Langston	398.97
78	Jerry Reuss	396.76
79	Bob Forsch	396.57
80	Neal Heaton	394.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Butcher	389.93
82	Mike Mason	389.09
83	Larry McWilliams	384.15
84	Dave LaPoint	383.03
85	Dennis Leonard	382.19
86	Ed Correa	381.85
87	Joe Cowley	381.52
88	Mark Thurmond	380.52
89	Ken Dixon	379.8
90	Tim Lollar	377.07
91	Dennis Rasmussen	375.13
92	Danny Darwin	374.55
93	Matt Young	372.95
94	Mike Flanagan	372.09
95	Ed Whitson	370.26
96	Jose Rijo	369.95
97	Britt Burns	369.49
98	Scott Garrelts	367.58
99	Andy McGaffigan	365.7
100	Floyd Youmans	364.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike LaCoss	361.06
102	Joel Davis	360.56
103	Ray Burris	358.14
104	Tom Candiotti	357.41
105	Bobby Witt	356.94
106	Joe Hesketh	356.83
107	Tim Leary	354.41
108	Bill Wegman	354.41
109	Joe Johnson	354.34
110	Jose Guzman	353.93
111	Juan Nieves	350.83
112	Jim Slaton	349.88
113	Don Schulze	346.06
114	Richard Dotson	343.27
115	Juan Berenguer	342.53
116	Rick Aguilera	339.55
117	Roger Mason	338.52
118	Vida Blue	338.39
119	Bob Kipper	337.88
120	Kurt Kepshire	337.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Bielecki	337.37
122	Milt Wilcox	336.44
123	Jim Deshaies	335.55
124	Mike Morgan	335.04
125	Mike Brown	334.42
126	Bob Tewksbury	333.74
127	Curt Young	332.29
128	Neil Allen	331.9
129	Tommy John	330.92
130	Mark Portugal	330.3
131	Guy Hoffman	328.69
132	John Candelaria	325.96
133	Jim Acker	324.86
134	Jose DeLeon	323.01
135	Steve Bedrosian	322.58
136	Freddie Toliver	321.33
137	Bill Swift	318.56
138	John Cerutti	318.29
139	Bob Shirley	317.97
140	Jim Gott	317.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Rob Woodward	316.27
142	Bruce Berenyi	316.18
143	Mike Madden	315.33
144	Eric Plunk	312.8
145	Rick Langford	312.65
146	Tim Conroy	312.55
147	Gene Nelson	312.17
148	Rick Anderson	311.09
149	Ricky Horton	310.93
150	Greg Mathews	310.54
151	Eric King	310.36
152	Terry Mulholland	310.25
153	Lee Guetterman	309.96
154	Chris Welsh	309.8
155	Atlee Hammaker	309.73
156	Dave Stewart	307.49
157	Ed Lynch	307.16
158	Jeff Sellers	307.03
159	Manny Hernandez	306.97
160	Rick Ownbey	306.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Pascual Perez	305.96
162	Matt Keough	303.71
163	Tim Birtsas	303.36
164	Ricky Wright	303.08
165	Mike Maddux	302.57
166	Dave Schmidt	300.77
167	Julio Solano	300.77

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