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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	576.6
2	John Tudor	560.28
3	Fernando Valenzuela	541.27
4	Mike Scott	522.27
5	Charlie Hough	516.0
6	Jack Morris	514.85
7	Mike Witt	512.84
8	Bert Blyleven	496.69
9	Ron Darling	488.46
10	Teddy Higuera	488.38
11	Mario Soto	488.2
12	Orel Hershiser	487.1
13	Rick Rhoden	486.91
14	Bob Knepper	485.56
15	Bruce Hurst	485.56
16	Eric Show	482.56
17	Dave Stieb	482.55
18	Oil Can Boyd	481.39
19	Mike Krukow	479.01
20	Tom Seaver	478.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Shane Rawley	478.14
22	Doyle Alexander	477.36
23	Don Sutton	477.04
24	Sid Fernandez	477.04
25	Ron Guidry	476.91
26	Rick Sutcliffe	476.0
27	Frank Tanana	474.63
28	Bret Saberhagen	472.97
29	Roger Clemens	470.49
30	Charlie Leibrandt	469.71
31	Frank Viola	468.13
32	Nolan Ryan	466.75
33	Bob Welch	466.22
34	Mike Boddicker	465.94
35	Mike Moore	460.66
36	Storm Davis	460.53
37	Dan Petry	459.02
38	Bryn Smith	456.6
39	Bob Ojeda	455.72
40	Dennis Eckersley	455.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Kirk McCaskill	453.44
42	Danny Cox	451.39
43	Jimmy Key	450.62
44	Tom Browning	448.52
45	John Denny	448.05
46	Mike Smithson	447.34
47	Walt Terrell	446.93
48	Dave Dravecky	446.74
49	Floyd Bannister	445.14
50	Joaquin Andujar	444.81
51	Rick Reuschel	444.03
52	Jim Clancy	441.99
53	Bill Gullickson	440.77
54	Phil Niekro	437.93
55	Rick Mahler	436.22
56	Scott McGregor	435.64
57	Joe Niekro	434.96
58	David Palmer	434.62
59	Moose Haas	434.51
60	Rick Honeycutt	433.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Kevin Gross	431.84
62	Jay Tibbs	430.12
63	Scott Sanderson	429.86
64	Mark Langston	429.78
65	Andy Hawkins	424.89
66	Ken Schrom	422.62
67	Bob Forsch	422.3
68	La Marr Hoyt	420.8
69	Mark Gubicza	417.04
70	Steve Trout	416.31
71	Zane Smith	416.19
72	Danny Jackson	415.18
73	Ken Dixon	413.44
74	Chris Codiroli	413.14
75	Dennis Rasmussen	408.11
76	Bud Black	406.72
77	Joe Cowley	405.57
78	Al Nipper	405.29
79	Danny Darwin	404.61
80	Charles Hudson	403.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Neal Heaton	402.2
82	Tom Candiotti	402.18
83	Ron Romanick	402.11
84	Ed Correa	399.74
85	John Butcher	398.02
86	Jerry Reuss	396.63
87	Mike LaCoss	396.31
88	Steve Carlton	393.57
89	Joe Hesketh	392.14
90	Mike Mason	391.87
91	Scott Garrelts	390.46
92	Floyd Youmans	390.06
93	Dennis Leonard	389.33
94	Andy McGaffigan	386.71
95	Juan Nieves	383.99
96	Dave LaPoint	383.23
97	Tim Leary	381.15
98	Jose Guzman	381.03
99	Mike Flanagan	379.84
100	Larry McWilliams	378.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Vida Blue	376.27
102	Jose Rijo	372.94
103	Ray Burris	372.29
104	Mark Thurmond	371.31
105	Tim Lollar	370.32
106	Bill Wegman	367.39
107	Bobby Witt	366.93
108	Richard Dotson	366.59
109	Joel Davis	366.49
110	Matt Young	366.2
111	Ed Whitson	364.76
112	Jim Deshaies	363.67
113	Curt Young	361.88
114	Bob Tewksbury	360.93
115	Mike Bielecki	359.72
116	Mike Morgan	358.85
117	Neil Allen	353.66
118	Greg Mathews	352.71
119	Joe Johnson	351.67
120	Don Schulze	350.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Kipper	348.62
122	Chris Welsh	348.43
123	Eric Plunk	348.14
124	Britt Burns	342.49
125	John Cerutti	341.57
126	Jim Slaton	340.78
127	Mike Brown	340.04
128	Eric King	339.97
129	Rick Aguilera	339.66
130	Mark Portugal	338.09
131	Jeff Sellers	336.42
132	Juan Berenguer	335.78
133	Bob Walk	332.36
134	Scott Bankhead	332.22
135	Allan Anderson	331.99
136	Roger Mason	331.77
137	Kurt Kepshire	330.89
138	Milt Wilcox	329.69
139	Tommy John	325.17
140	Doug Drabek	324.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Guy Hoffman	324.01
142	Terry Mulholland	320.81
143	Rick Langford	319.61
144	John Candelaria	319.21
145	Randy O'Neal	318.56
146	Rob Woodward	318.54
147	Jim Acker	318.11
148	Craig McMurtry	318.04
149	Jose DeLeon	317.01
150	Jim Beattie	316.18
151	Freddie Toliver	315.98
152	Bill Swift	315.82
153	Bruce Berenyi	315.28
154	Manny Hernandez	313.87
155	Mike Maddux	313.75
156	Bill Mooneyham	312.5
157	Lance McCullers	312.05
158	Mark Davis	311.51
159	Lee Guetterman	311.42
160	Bob Shirley	311.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jim Gott	311.16
162	Ed Lynch	311.15
163	Mark Knudson	310.99
164	Bruce Ruffin	309.79
165	Mike Madden	308.93
166	Mickey Mahler	307.64
167	Jamie Moyer	307.01
168	Alejandro Pena	306.67
169	Dennis Martinez	306.22
170	Rich Sauveur	306.01
171	Rick Anderson	305.84
172	Tim Conroy	305.8
173	Gene Nelson	305.42
174	Dennis Lamp	304.22
175	Ricky Horton	304.18
176	Alfonso Pulido	302.79
177	Bryan Oelkers	301.92
178	Dave Stewart	300.74
179	Jim Winn	300.35

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