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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	572.85
2	John Tudor	562.79
3	Fernando Valenzuela	543.6
4	Mike Scott	516.18
5	Charlie Hough	516.0
6	Jack Morris	512.77
7	Mike Witt	505.9
8	Bert Blyleven	494.44
9	Teddy Higuera	493.01
10	Orel Hershiser	490.2
11	Mario Soto	489.45
12	Dave Stieb	488.22
13	Bruce Hurst	486.81
14	Oil Can Boyd	486.34
15	Eric Show	482.56
16	Ron Darling	481.68
17	Rick Rhoden	480.95
18	Bret Saberhagen	480.29
19	Bob Knepper	479.93
20	Shane Rawley	477.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Doyle Alexander	477.36
22	Ron Guidry	476.5
23	Rick Sutcliffe	476.25
24	Sid Fernandez	474.54
25	Tom Seaver	471.23
26	Frank Tanana	470.99
27	Mike Boddicker	470.16
28	Mike Krukow	469.71
29	Charlie Leibrandt	469.71
30	Don Sutton	468.31
31	Frank Viola	467.97
32	Roger Clemens	466.07
33	Bob Welch	464.41
34	Nolan Ryan	463.31
35	Mike Moore	463.02
36	Storm Davis	461.03
37	Dan Petry	460.27
38	Bryn Smith	452.83
39	Mike Smithson	452.44
40	John Denny	450.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dennis Eckersley	449.87
42	Danny Cox	449.57
43	Walt Terrell	449.23
44	Bob Ojeda	448.24
45	Rick Reuschel	448.02
46	Jimmy Key	447.45
47	Joaquin Andujar	446.06
48	Kirk McCaskill	444.56
49	Dave Dravecky	444.16
50	Rick Mahler	443.93
51	Floyd Bannister	441.28
52	Tom Browning	439.34
53	Scott McGregor	437.95
54	Moose Haas	435.76
55	Joe Niekro	435.46
56	Rick Honeycutt	434.13
57	Jim Clancy	433.67
58	Bill Gullickson	433.61
59	Phil Niekro	432.44
60	Jay Tibbs	430.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mark Langston	429.34
62	Scott Sanderson	427.37
63	Kevin Gross	427.09
64	David Palmer	426.81
65	Bob Forsch	425.15
66	Andy Hawkins	423.21
67	Danny Jackson	419.5
68	Mark Gubicza	418.29
69	Ken Schrom	417.56
70	Zane Smith	416.66
71	Steve Trout	414.95
72	Chris Codiroli	413.89
73	La Marr Hoyt	409.62
74	Bud Black	407.97
75	Al Nipper	407.49
76	Charles Hudson	406.25
77	Ron Romanick	406.17
78	Joe Cowley	405.75
79	John Butcher	398.02
80	Steve Carlton	397.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jerry Reuss	397.38
82	Dennis Rasmussen	394.46
83	Scott Garrelts	394.32
84	Neal Heaton	394.17
85	Danny Darwin	393.36
86	Andy McGaffigan	389.7
87	Tom Candiotti	389.66
88	Ed Correa	388.83
89	Dennis Leonard	388.47
90	Ken Dixon	387.53
91	Mike LaCoss	386.33
92	Joe Hesketh	385.79
93	Floyd Youmans	385.21
94	Mike Mason	383.2
95	Larry McWilliams	379.9
96	Dave LaPoint	379.3
97	Ray Burris	377.95
98	Tim Leary	377.01
99	Mike Flanagan	376.64
100	Jose Guzman	373.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Vida Blue	373.08
102	Tim Lollar	371.57
103	Mark Thurmond	371.56
104	Juan Nieves	370.58
105	Matt Young	367.45
106	Bill Wegman	367.39
107	Jose Rijo	366.7
108	Joel Davis	366.49
109	Ed Whitson	366.01
110	Curt Young	360.44
111	Bobby Witt	357.79
112	Jim Deshaies	356.12
113	Richard Dotson	354.99
114	Mike Bielecki	353.65
115	Joe Johnson	352.92
116	Mike Morgan	352.45
117	Bob Tewksbury	352.25
118	Bob Kipper	349.87
119	Neil Allen	349.22
120	Don Schulze	347.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Britt Burns	347.49
122	Greg Mathews	346.62
123	Eric King	344.92
124	Jim Slaton	342.03
125	Mike Brown	341.29
126	Rick Aguilera	339.96
127	John Cerutti	339.04
128	Mark Portugal	338.09
129	Chris Welsh	337.73
130	Eric Plunk	337.62
131	Juan Berenguer	337.03
132	Roger Mason	333.02
133	Allan Anderson	332.33
134	Kurt Kepshire	332.14
135	Milt Wilcox	330.94
136	Jeff Sellers	329.71
137	Tommy John	326.42
138	Scott Bankhead	326.23
139	Guy Hoffman	325.26
140	Doug Drabek	323.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Terry Mulholland	322.06
142	John Candelaria	320.46
143	Rob Woodward	319.79
144	Rick Langford	319.61
145	Jim Acker	319.36
146	Randy O'Neal	319.06
147	Jose DeLeon	318.26
148	Craig McMurtry	318.03
149	Bob Walk	317.99
150	Bill Swift	317.07
151	Bruce Berenyi	316.53
152	Jim Beattie	316.27
153	Freddie Toliver	315.83
154	Bill Mooneyham	315.24
155	Manny Hernandez	315.12
156	Mike Maddux	313.75
157	Bob Shirley	312.47
158	Jim Gott	312.41
159	Mark Davis	311.51
160	Lee Guetterman	311.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Madden	310.18
162	Mickey Mahler	308.89
163	Mark Knudson	308.0
164	Rick Anderson	307.09
165	Tim Conroy	307.05
166	Gene Nelson	306.67
167	Rich Sauveur	305.66
168	Ricky Horton	305.43
169	Bruce Ruffin	305.34
170	Bryan Oelkers	303.17
171	Dave Stewart	301.99
172	Jim Winn	301.6
173	Alfonso Pulido	301.59
174	Steve Bedrosian	300.58
175	Rick Ownbey	300.54
176	Jamie Moyer	300.19

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