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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	572.46
2	Dwight Gooden	548.38
3	Fernando Valenzuela	537.98
4	Mario Soto	537.38
5	Bert Blyleven	522.37
6	Jack Morris	517.51
7	Rick Sutcliffe	516.4
8	Joaquin Andujar	510.72
9	Nolan Ryan	507.76
10	Dan Petry	502.15
11	John Tudor	500.44
12	Charlie Hough	498.93
13	Ron Guidry	497.28
14	Mike Witt	495.98
15	Dennis Eckersley	495.61
16	La Marr Hoyt	482.88
17	Steve Carlton	482.13
18	Mike Boddicker	481.76
19	Tom Seaver	481.69
20	Scott Sanderson	474.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	473.25
22	John Denny	469.2
23	Oil Can Boyd	467.68
24	Bud Black	467.13
25	Don Sutton	465.91
26	Ron Darling	464.44
27	Floyd Bannister	463.93
28	Rick Rhoden	463.46
29	Orel Hershiser	462.09
30	Doyle Alexander	461.93
31	Mike Smithson	459.57
32	Moose Haas	458.19
33	Frank Viola	455.98
34	Mike Krukow	455.23
35	Eric Show	454.36
36	Richard Dotson	450.94
37	Bob Knepper	449.88
38	Phil Niekro	449.06
39	Bill Gullickson	448.77
40	Dave LaPoint	446.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jose DeLeon	445.9
42	Larry McWilliams	445.85
43	Rick Mahler	445.59
44	Britt Burns	444.26
45	Jerry Reuss	443.15
46	Danny Cox	439.08
47	Frank Tanana	438.97
48	Storm Davis	438.09
49	Charlie Leibrandt	437.8
50	Bryn Smith	437.6
51	Danny Darwin	436.64
52	Ed Whitson	435.47
53	Walt Terrell	434.57
54	Mark Langston	434.42
55	Jerry Koosman	434.26
56	Mike Moore	432.49
57	Ron Romanick	432.0
58	Bob Welch	431.53
59	Steve Trout	428.8
60	Milt Wilcox	428.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Geoff Zahn	426.49
62	Rick Honeycutt	424.91
63	Scott McGregor	423.95
64	John Butcher	423.78
65	Bruce Hurst	422.88
66	Tim Lollar	421.62
67	Mike Scott	421.57
68	Shane Rawley	420.74
69	Bret Saberhagen	420.16
70	Luis Leal	419.3
71	Jim Clancy	418.75
72	Dave Dravecky	415.85
73	Ray Burris	415.38
74	Roger Clemens	411.66
75	Mark Gubicza	409.22
76	Dennis Rasmussen	409.1
77	Jim Beattie	408.45
78	Charles Hudson	406.42
79	Pascual Perez	405.51
80	Al Nipper	405.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Matt Young	401.98
82	Bill Laskey	401.85
83	David Palmer	401.35
84	Ken Schrom	398.55
85	Joe Hesketh	397.8
86	Andy Hawkins	397.13
87	Bob Ojeda	396.12
88	Chris Codiroli	394.12
89	Bruce Berenyi	393.79
90	Ed Lynch	392.4
91	Jay Tibbs	392.11
92	Steve Rogers	391.76
93	Jimmy Key	390.68
94	Mark Thurmond	388.47
95	Steve Bedrosian	388.19
96	Jim Slaton	387.02
97	Tom Browning	383.31
98	Neal Heaton	382.67
99	Mike Mason	381.78
100	Len Barker	381.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Kurt Kepshire	381.12
102	Kevin Gross	380.42
103	Danny Jackson	380.0
104	Atlee Hammaker	376.77
105	Dennis Martinez	376.47
106	Joe Price	373.77
107	Sid Fernandez	373.41
108	Dick Ruthven	370.19
109	Rick Reuschel	369.7
110	Juan Berenguer	369.07
111	Jim Gott	367.81
112	Joe Cowley	367.34
113	Tommy John	364.99
114	Charlie Lea	363.83
115	Ray Fontenot	357.94
116	Craig McMurtry	357.57
117	Kirk McCaskill	354.6
118	Burt Hooton	352.37
119	John Candelaria	352.29
120	Zane Smith	351.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy O'Neal	351.56
122	Teddy Higuera	350.35
123	Ken Dixon	350.18
124	Tim Birtsas	348.06
125	Dan Schatzeder	345.44
126	Bill Krueger	343.27
127	Mike Flanagan	343.19
128	Bob Forsch	343.05
129	Alejandro Pena	341.01
130	Steve McCatty	340.13
131	Dickie Noles	340.06
132	Rick Camp	337.8
133	Urbano Lugo	336.5
134	Vern Ruhle	334.59
135	Jim Winn	333.38
136	Mickey Mahler	332.01
137	Frank Wills	331.64
138	Pete Vuckovich	330.85
139	Vida Blue	329.75
140	Bruce Kison	328.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Swift	327.76
142	Don Schulze	327.43
143	Bob Shirley	326.86
144	John Stuper	326.79
145	Steve Shields	326.22
146	Ron Mathis	323.8
147	Rick Aguilera	323.0
148	Ed Wojna	320.16
149	Frank Pastore	319.3
150	Pete Filson	316.81
151	Brian Snyder	314.13
152	Roy Smith	312.14
153	Glen Cook	311.11
154	Dave Rozema	310.63
155	Lee Tunnell	309.78
156	Keith Creel	308.97
157	Gene Nelson	308.84
158	Bruce Tanner	308.28
159	Jerry Reed	307.53
160	Salome Barojas	307.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dennis Lamp	307.26
162	Bobby Castillo	306.37
163	Floyd Youmans	305.75
164	Ron Musselman	305.36
165	Rick Behenna	305.19
166	Chris Welsh	304.13
167	Mike Bielecki	303.03
168	Curt Young	301.94
169	Tom Brennan	301.92
170	Doug Bair	301.61
171	Rick Langford	300.99
172	Bob Sebra	300.17
173	Calvin Schiraldi	300.03

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