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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	586.93
2	John Tudor	558.66
3	Fernando Valenzuela	548.96
4	Bert Blyleven	509.17
5	Jack Morris	500.38
6	Mike Witt	499.87
7	Mario Soto	495.96
8	Dave Stieb	491.65
9	Mike Scott	491.25
10	Bruce Hurst	491.06
11	Bret Saberhagen	490.94
12	Doyle Alexander	488.16
13	Oil Can Boyd	487.54
14	Charlie Hough	487.31
15	Ron Guidry	483.93
16	Bob Knepper	482.99
17	Orel Hershiser	482.03
18	Teddy Higuera	481.99
19	Rick Sutcliffe	481.08
20	Eric Show	476.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Seaver	470.49
22	Mike Boddicker	468.88
23	Charlie Leibrandt	467.1
24	Sid Fernandez	467.02
25	Dan Petry	464.52
26	Bob Welch	464.2
27	Shane Rawley	463.13
28	Mike Krukow	461.38
29	Rick Rhoden	460.96
30	Ron Darling	460.45
31	Storm Davis	459.04
32	Frank Viola	458.89
33	Mike Moore	458.58
34	Nolan Ryan	457.31
35	Don Sutton	455.57
36	Joe Niekro	455.02
37	Frank Tanana	454.74
38	Joaquin Andujar	450.31
39	Mike Smithson	449.62
40	Rick Reuschel	447.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Floyd Bannister	446.04
42	Bryn Smith	444.34
43	Roger Clemens	442.59
44	Dennis Eckersley	441.86
45	Danny Cox	441.54
46	Moose Haas	440.01
47	Bob Ojeda	439.74
48	John Denny	437.67
49	Dave Dravecky	436.44
50	Tom Browning	434.62
51	Rick Mahler	434.24
52	Walt Terrell	431.46
53	Jim Clancy	430.98
54	Jay Tibbs	430.22
55	Bill Gullickson	428.06
56	Phil Niekro	427.81
57	Zane Smith	423.92
58	Jimmy Key	423.09
59	Mark Gubicza	422.54
60	La Marr Hoyt	418.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Honeycutt	418.81
62	Scott McGregor	418.12
63	Kevin Gross	416.94
64	Al Nipper	416.27
65	Scott Sanderson	415.52
66	Kirk McCaskill	415.41
67	Steve Trout	415.3
68	David Palmer	414.54
69	Andy Hawkins	414.36
70	Danny Jackson	412.45
71	Bud Black	412.22
72	Chris Codiroli	407.39
73	Ken Schrom	407.24
74	Ron Romanick	404.01
75	Charles Hudson	403.76
76	Steve Carlton	403.58
77	Mark Langston	403.17
78	Bob Forsch	400.98
79	Neal Heaton	396.92
80	Jerry Reuss	396.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Butcher	388.68
82	Mike Mason	388.59
83	Joe Cowley	388.56
84	Ed Correa	386.71
85	Dennis Leonard	385.1
86	Larry McWilliams	384.15
87	Dave LaPoint	382.55
88	Danny Darwin	381.74
89	Dennis Rasmussen	380.97
90	Scott Garrelts	379.37
91	Ken Dixon	379.25
92	Mark Thurmond	376.7
93	Floyd Youmans	376.47
94	Tim Lollar	375.82
95	Matt Young	371.7
96	Mike Flanagan	370.84
97	Ed Whitson	370.26
98	Mike LaCoss	369.93
99	Ray Burris	369.89
100	Jose Rijo	368.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tom Candiotti	366.5
102	Joe Hesketh	366.02
103	Andy McGaffigan	365.45
104	Bill Wegman	364.89
105	Britt Burns	364.49
106	Tim Leary	362.93
107	Jose Guzman	362.08
108	Joe Johnson	359.71
109	Joel Davis	357.18
110	Bobby Witt	356.94
111	Juan Nieves	350.83
112	Vida Blue	349.01
113	Don Schulze	346.06
114	Jim Slaton	345.03
115	Bob Kipper	344.92
116	Mike Morgan	343.35
117	Bob Tewksbury	341.66
118	Juan Berenguer	341.28
119	Curt Young	341.09
120	Jim Deshaies	340.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Brown	340.84
122	Richard Dotson	339.39
123	Rick Aguilera	339.05
124	Mike Bielecki	338.74
125	Neil Allen	338.24
126	Roger Mason	337.27
127	Kurt Kepshire	336.39
128	Milt Wilcox	335.19
129	Mark Portugal	334.85
130	Tommy John	330.67
131	Guy Hoffman	328.76
132	Greg Mathews	324.96
133	John Candelaria	324.71
134	Eric Plunk	324.23
135	Jim Acker	323.61
136	Jose DeLeon	322.51
137	Chris Welsh	320.7
138	John Cerutti	320.28
139	Freddie Toliver	320.08
140	Steve Bedrosian	317.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Swift	317.1
142	Bob Shirley	316.72
143	Jim Gott	316.66
144	Rob Woodward	316.27
145	Bruce Berenyi	315.18
146	Rick Langford	314.44
147	Mike Madden	313.68
148	Jim Beattie	313.38
149	Manny Hernandez	313.0
150	Eric King	312.84
151	Jeff Sellers	312.67
152	Terry Mulholland	312.51
153	Allan Anderson	311.66
154	Tim Conroy	311.3
155	Rick Anderson	311.09
156	Gene Nelson	310.92
157	Lee Guetterman	309.71
158	Ricky Horton	309.68
159	Dave Stewart	306.24
160	Alfonso Pulido	304.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Ownbey	304.79
162	Atlee Hammaker	304.73
163	Matt Keough	302.96
164	Mike Maddux	302.57
165	Ed Lynch	302.16
166	Ricky Wright	301.83
167	Bill Mooneyham	301.78
168	Pascual Perez	300.96
169	Scott Bankhead	300.9

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