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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	560.31
2	Dwight Gooden	547.91
3	Mario Soto	536.83
4	Fernando Valenzuela	536.42
5	Jack Morris	523.74
6	Bert Blyleven	519.37
7	Rick Sutcliffe	518.52
8	Nolan Ryan	508.93
9	Joaquin Andujar	500.0
10	Charlie Hough	497.69
11	Dennis Eckersley	496.26
12	Dan Petry	491.25
13	John Tudor	489.19
14	Ron Guidry	487.04
15	La Marr Hoyt	485.29
16	Mike Witt	484.86
17	Steve Carlton	484.63
18	Tom Seaver	478.52
19	Oil Can Boyd	476.42
20	Bud Black	475.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Boddicker	474.34
22	Joe Niekro	469.28
23	Floyd Bannister	467.54
24	Scott Sanderson	466.58
25	John Denny	466.02
26	Rick Rhoden	463.82
27	Ron Darling	463.66
28	Frank Viola	461.66
29	Doyle Alexander	460.93
30	Orel Hershiser	457.43
31	Don Sutton	456.19
32	Mike Krukow	454.35
33	Eric Show	454.28
34	Richard Dotson	453.44
35	Moose Haas	452.78
36	Larry McWilliams	451.8
37	Bill Gullickson	451.27
38	Rick Mahler	448.43
39	Jose DeLeon	447.69
40	Phil Niekro	447.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave LaPoint	445.46
42	Danny Darwin	437.96
43	Storm Davis	437.7
44	Mark Langston	436.92
45	Mike Smithson	436.73
46	Frank Tanana	436.12
47	Bob Knepper	435.66
48	Jerry Reuss	434.51
49	Bryn Smith	431.08
50	Milt Wilcox	431.05
51	Bob Welch	430.01
52	Danny Cox	429.93
53	Ron Romanick	429.72
54	Geoff Zahn	428.99
55	Ed Whitson	428.29
56	Jerry Koosman	426.23
57	Steve Trout	425.54
58	Scott McGregor	424.1
59	Tim Lollar	423.53
60	Luis Leal	423.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Britt Burns	422.6
62	Rick Honeycutt	422.3
63	Ray Burris	421.15
64	Charlie Leibrandt	419.96
65	John Butcher	419.2
66	Walt Terrell	418.47
67	Mike Moore	418.07
68	Jim Clancy	416.45
69	Roger Clemens	414.43
70	Shane Rawley	411.93
71	Jim Beattie	410.95
72	Bret Saberhagen	406.6
73	Pascual Perez	406.37
74	Dennis Rasmussen	406.09
75	Matt Young	405.43
76	Al Nipper	404.81
77	Charles Hudson	400.87
78	Dave Dravecky	400.64
79	Bruce Hurst	400.41
80	Mike Scott	400.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	David Palmer	399.98
82	Bill Laskey	398.86
83	Mark Gubicza	396.48
84	Bruce Berenyi	396.29
85	Bob Ojeda	394.68
86	Andy Hawkins	394.61
87	Steve Rogers	394.26
88	Jay Tibbs	393.84
89	Ken Schrom	393.06
90	Chris Codiroli	392.62
91	Mark Thurmond	390.97
92	Joe Hesketh	390.84
93	Jim Slaton	390.61
94	Jimmy Key	389.33
95	Ed Lynch	386.48
96	Neal Heaton	386.39
97	Len Barker	384.28
98	Steve Bedrosian	383.92
99	Mike Mason	379.37
100	Atlee Hammaker	375.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Charlie Lea	373.83
102	Dick Ruthven	373.11
103	Danny Jackson	372.47
104	Joe Price	372.06
105	Juan Berenguer	371.57
106	Dennis Martinez	370.81
107	Tom Browning	369.48
108	Kurt Kepshire	369.09
109	Jim Gott	367.51
110	Tommy John	367.49
111	John Candelaria	362.29
112	Sid Fernandez	361.8
113	Craig McMurtry	360.07
114	Kevin Gross	357.93
115	Joe Cowley	356.5
116	Mike Flanagan	353.19
117	Rick Reuschel	352.71
118	Alejandro Pena	351.01
119	Teddy Higuera	349.72
120	Bill Krueger	348.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dan Schatzeder	347.69
122	Kirk McCaskill	347.37
123	Tim Birtsas	344.96
124	Bob Forsch	344.8
125	Ray Fontenot	343.0
126	Dickie Noles	342.56
127	Ken Dixon	341.85
128	Rick Camp	339.8
129	Burt Hooton	337.44
130	Zane Smith	336.75
131	Steve McCatty	334.82
132	Randy O'Neal	333.0
133	Bruce Kison	330.47
134	Vern Ruhle	329.96
135	Don Schulze	329.68
136	Jim Winn	329.32
137	John Stuper	329.29
138	Steve Shields	328.22
139	Bob Shirley	328.09
140	Mickey Mahler	326.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ron Mathis	324.73
142	Urbano Lugo	324.49
143	Bill Swift	322.29
144	Pete Vuckovich	321.82
145	Vida Blue	321.45
146	Frank Wills	320.09
147	Frank Pastore	319.32
148	Pete Filson	318.06
149	Dave Rozema	313.13
150	Ed Wojna	313.06
151	Keith Creel	311.47
152	Brian Snyder	311.22
153	Glen Cook	310.45
154	Salome Barojas	309.86
155	Roy Smith	309.1
156	Bobby Castillo	308.87
157	Rick Aguilera	308.59
158	Bruce Tanner	307.65
159	Rick Behenna	307.19
160	Ron Musselman	307.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Bielecki	305.53
162	Chris Welsh	305.38
163	Lee Tunnell	304.62
164	Curt Young	304.44
165	Tom Brennan	304.42
166	Rick Langford	304.29
167	Doug Bair	304.11
168	Calvin Schiraldi	302.53
169	Bill Wilkinson	301.56
170	Mike Warren	300.79
171	Don Robinson	300.46

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