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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	572.99
2	John Tudor	570.93
3	Fernando Valenzuela	538.46
4	Jack Morris	508.21
5	Charlie Hough	506.32
6	Mike Witt	505.03
7	Mike Scott	503.68
8	Doyle Alexander	497.02
9	Bret Saberhagen	492.41
10	Bert Blyleven	492.16
11	Orel Hershiser	491.06
12	Mario Soto	490.95
13	Dave Stieb	488.45
14	Bruce Hurst	488.31
15	Bob Knepper	485.5
16	Ron Guidry	483.87
17	Oil Can Boyd	483.83
18	Teddy Higuera	483.82
19	Eric Show	482.66
20	Rick Sutcliffe	479.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ron Darling	475.29
22	Mike Boddicker	473.63
23	Tom Seaver	472.46
24	Sid Fernandez	471.88
25	Shane Rawley	470.95
26	Rick Rhoden	470.49
27	Bob Welch	468.28
28	Charlie Leibrandt	466.05
29	Don Sutton	465.32
30	Mike Krukow	465.19
31	Frank Tanana	464.68
32	Storm Davis	464.23
33	Dan Petry	461.77
34	Frank Viola	460.09
35	Roger Clemens	459.23
36	Nolan Ryan	457.55
37	Mike Moore	456.51
38	Rick Reuschel	449.55
39	Mike Smithson	447.96
40	Joaquin Andujar	447.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bryn Smith	447.38
42	John Denny	447.07
43	Danny Cox	446.75
44	Dennis Eckersley	443.74
45	Floyd Bannister	443.29
46	Dave Dravecky	442.74
47	Jimmy Key	442.11
48	Walt Terrell	442.02
49	Kirk McCaskill	440.16
50	Bob Ojeda	440.04
51	Joe Niekro	439.64
52	Jim Clancy	438.43
53	Bill Gullickson	437.28
54	Moose Haas	437.26
55	Rick Mahler	436.15
56	Phil Niekro	434.21
57	Rick Honeycutt	434.13
58	Jay Tibbs	433.4
59	Tom Browning	432.4
60	Scott McGregor	431.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Kevin Gross	426.13
62	Andy Hawkins	425.63
63	Mark Langston	423.58
64	Danny Jackson	420.77
65	Mark Gubicza	419.79
66	David Palmer	417.23
67	Bob Forsch	416.07
68	Scott Sanderson	415.25
69	Al Nipper	414.84
70	Ken Schrom	414.51
71	Steve Trout	410.49
72	Zane Smith	410.19
73	Bud Black	409.47
74	Ron Romanick	408.03
75	Chris Codiroli	408.02
76	Charles Hudson	404.32
77	La Marr Hoyt	403.24
78	Joe Cowley	400.26
79	Jerry Reuss	399.15
80	Steve Carlton	398.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Danny Darwin	398.15
82	Neal Heaton	395.67
83	Scott Garrelts	391.21
84	Ed Correa	390.53
85	John Butcher	387.63
86	Dennis Rasmussen	386.81
87	Mike Mason	385.84
88	Ken Dixon	385.06
89	Mike LaCoss	383.62
90	Tom Candiotti	383.35
91	Dennis Leonard	381.76
92	Joe Hesketh	381.68
93	Larry McWilliams	381.4
94	Dave LaPoint	380.8
95	Floyd Youmans	380.79
96	Tim Leary	379.44
97	Andy McGaffigan	377.97
98	Ray Burris	375.78
99	Mark Thurmond	373.58
100	Tim Lollar	373.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Vida Blue	373.04
102	Mike Flanagan	372.45
103	Matt Young	368.95
104	Ed Whitson	367.51
105	Bill Wegman	367.39
106	Jose Rijo	364.32
107	Jose Guzman	363.33
108	Joel Davis	361.53
109	Juan Nieves	359.87
110	Mike Bielecki	355.36
111	Joe Johnson	354.17
112	Britt Burns	353.49
113	Curt Young	352.59
114	Jim Deshaies	352.31
115	Bobby Witt	351.45
116	Bob Kipper	351.37
117	Mike Morgan	350.18
118	Don Schulze	348.16
119	Richard Dotson	347.6
120	Bob Tewksbury	346.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Slaton	343.53
122	Greg Mathews	343.17
123	Neil Allen	342.9
124	Mike Brown	342.54
125	Eric King	341.72
126	Rick Aguilera	341.46
127	John Cerutti	339.29
128	Juan Berenguer	338.53
129	Eric Plunk	335.59
130	Mark Portugal	334.97
131	Roger Mason	334.52
132	Kurt Kepshire	333.64
133	Milt Wilcox	332.44
134	Chris Welsh	332.03
135	Rick Langford	329.93
136	Tommy John	327.92
137	Allan Anderson	327.2
138	Guy Hoffman	326.76
139	Scott Bankhead	323.11
140	Terry Mulholland	322.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Candelaria	321.96
142	Jim Acker	320.86
143	Jeff Sellers	320.49
144	Rob Woodward	320.04
145	Jose DeLeon	319.76
146	Bill Swift	318.07
147	Freddie Toliver	317.33
148	Randy O'Neal	317.26
149	Bruce Berenyi	316.78
150	Bill Mooneyham	315.99
151	Manny Hernandez	315.87
152	Bob Shirley	313.97
153	Jim Gott	313.91
154	Jim Beattie	313.52
155	Doug Drabek	312.59
156	Mike Madden	311.68
157	Mark Davis	311.33
158	Bob Walk	310.55
159	Mickey Mahler	309.64
160	Rick Anderson	308.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Tim Conroy	308.55
162	Mike Maddux	308.52
163	Gene Nelson	308.17
164	Craig McMurtry	307.93
165	Lee Guetterman	306.96
166	Ricky Horton	306.93
167	Steve Bedrosian	306.58
168	Mark Knudson	306.23
169	Bryan Oelkers	304.42
170	Dave Stewart	303.49
171	Alfonso Pulido	303.09
172	Rick Ownbey	302.04
173	Jim Winn	301.85
174	Jamie Moyer	300.69
175	Matt Keough	300.21

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