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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	552.97
2	Mario Soto	541.49
3	Dwight Gooden	537.61
4	Jack Morris	531.78
5	Fernando Valenzuela	524.85
6	Nolan Ryan	514.61
7	Rick Sutcliffe	511.32
8	Bert Blyleven	497.87
9	Dennis Eckersley	497.31
10	Charlie Hough	494.36
11	Joaquin Andujar	491.37
12	Steve Carlton	490.8
13	Dan Petry	485.44
14	Tom Seaver	484.88
15	Mike Boddicker	481.4
16	Mike Witt	478.58
17	Oil Can Boyd	477.81
18	La Marr Hoyt	476.07
19	Bud Black	473.78
20	John Tudor	473.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Floyd Bannister	468.37
22	Ron Guidry	466.6
23	Joe Niekro	466.46
24	Doyle Alexander	465.88
25	Rick Rhoden	463.94
26	Phil Niekro	459.42
27	Scott Sanderson	459.33
28	Frank Viola	458.84
29	John Denny	458.43
30	Richard Dotson	456.19
31	Mike Krukow	450.57
32	Bill Gullickson	450.45
33	Ron Darling	450.23
34	Don Sutton	444.96
35	Rick Mahler	443.49
36	Orel Hershiser	442.18
37	Eric Show	441.65
38	Jose DeLeon	441.61
39	Danny Darwin	441.38
40	Larry McWilliams	439.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave LaPoint	439.7
42	Mark Langston	439.67
43	Storm Davis	438.22
44	Moose Haas	438.1
45	Mike Smithson	437.34
46	Milt Wilcox	433.8
47	Jerry Reuss	432.88
48	Geoff Zahn	431.74
49	Frank Tanana	431.02
50	Bob Welch	430.07
51	Steve Trout	428.17
52	Bob Knepper	426.78
53	John Butcher	426.3
54	Luis Leal	425.6
55	Britt Burns	425.25
56	Tim Lollar	423.15
57	Scott McGregor	423.09
58	Rick Honeycutt	419.9
59	Bryn Smith	419.51
60	Charlie Leibrandt	418.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Walt Terrell	418.35
62	Ron Romanick	416.28
63	Ray Burris	415.65
64	Shane Rawley	414.68
65	Jim Beattie	413.7
66	Roger Clemens	413.21
67	Mike Moore	412.78
68	Ed Whitson	411.33
69	Pascual Perez	409.12
70	Mike Scott	408.61
71	Danny Cox	408.41
72	Jerry Koosman	407.73
73	Dennis Rasmussen	405.86
74	Bruce Hurst	403.28
75	Jim Clancy	402.27
76	Bruce Berenyi	399.04
77	Steve Rogers	397.01
78	Al Nipper	396.82
79	Mark Thurmond	396.27
80	Neal Heaton	395.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bret Saberhagen	394.84
82	David Palmer	394.25
83	Mark Gubicza	392.35
84	Andy Hawkins	392.06
85	Jay Tibbs	391.29
86	Bill Laskey	389.6
87	Charles Hudson	389.04
88	Len Barker	387.03
89	Matt Young	385.94
90	Bob Ojeda	385.4
91	Joe Hesketh	384.99
92	Charlie Lea	384.83
93	Chris Codiroli	384.08
94	Jim Slaton	381.04
95	Ed Lynch	379.03
96	Dave Dravecky	378.16
97	Jimmy Key	377.1
98	Dennis Martinez	375.79
99	Dick Ruthven	374.56
100	Juan Berenguer	374.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Schrom	374.24
102	John Candelaria	373.29
103	Mike Mason	370.76
104	Tommy John	370.24
105	Steve Bedrosian	367.29
106	Joe Price	364.91
107	Atlee Hammaker	364.59
108	Mike Flanagan	364.19
109	Tom Browning	363.57
110	Jim Gott	363.37
111	Craig McMurtry	362.82
112	Alejandro Pena	362.01
113	Kurt Kepshire	357.67
114	Teddy Higuera	355.38
115	Kevin Gross	350.88
116	Danny Jackson	350.75
117	Bill Krueger	347.78
118	Sid Fernandez	346.96
119	Dickie Noles	345.08
120	Joe Cowley	344.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Burt Hooton	343.37
122	Ken Dixon	342.14
123	Bob Forsch	340.17
124	Rick Reuschel	339.72
125	Rick Camp	336.85
126	Dan Schatzeder	335.59
127	Ray Fontenot	335.12
128	Kirk McCaskill	334.23
129	Bruce Kison	332.7
130	Tim Birtsas	331.58
131	John Stuper	331.54
132	Don Schulze	330.7
133	Vern Ruhle	329.8
134	Steve McCatty	328.54
135	Steve Shields	327.09
136	Jim Winn	326.29
137	Mickey Mahler	324.58
138	Ron Mathis	323.42
139	Pete Vuckovich	323.23
140	Zane Smith	320.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Randy O'Neal	315.65
142	Dave Rozema	315.13
143	Keith Creel	313.72
144	Pete Filson	313.3
145	Brian Snyder	312.97
146	Salome Barojas	312.61
147	Bobby Castillo	311.62
148	Mike Bielecki	308.28
149	Bob Shirley	308.03
150	Frank Wills	307.56
151	Doug Bair	307.4
152	Lee Tunnell	307.37
153	Curt Young	307.19
154	Tom Brennan	307.17
155	Bruce Tanner	306.94
156	Vida Blue	306.56
157	Calvin Schiraldi	305.03
158	Bill Wilkinson	304.18
159	Urbano Lugo	303.81
160	Mike Warren	303.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Don Robinson	303.21
162	Jaime Cocanower	302.56
163	Bryan Clark	301.71
164	Steve Crawford	301.27
165	Bill Swift	301.25
166	Tom Klawitter	300.93
167	Jeff Russell	300.59
168	Tom Gorman	300.21

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