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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	562.26
2	Mario Soto	555.08
3	Jack Morris	533.55
4	Steve Carlton	533.22
5	Richard Dotson	527.56
6	Nolan Ryan	513.53
7	Fernando Valenzuela	509.53
8	Phil Niekro	497.95
9	Charlie Hough	497.36
10	Floyd Bannister	493.22
11	Joaquin Andujar	492.39
12	Joe Niekro	491.47
13	Mike Boddicker	491.25
14	Charlie Lea	490.51
15	La Marr Hoyt	489.99
16	John Candelaria	485.91
17	Ron Guidry	483.89
18	Luis Leal	483.76
19	John Denny	481.57
20	Scott McGregor	477.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Don Sutton	475.98
22	Rick Rhoden	475.29
23	Larry McWilliams	472.01
24	Geoff Zahn	471.73
25	Dan Petry	471.25
26	Bob Welch	469.89
27	Jim Beattie	469.52
28	Mike Flanagan	467.89
29	Bill Gullickson	466.74
30	Len Barker	461.59
31	Bruce Hurst	460.54
32	Alejandro Pena	459.23
33	Mike Smithson	454.81
34	Tim Lollar	454.71
35	Frank Tanana	454.14
36	Tom Seaver	453.76
37	John Tudor	452.52
38	Frank Viola	450.87
39	Rick Sutcliffe	447.12
40	Storm Davis	446.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Moose Haas	446.31
42	Bud Black	446.18
43	Milt Wilcox	444.84
44	Bob Knepper	443.22
45	Steve Rogers	442.18
46	Jerry Reuss	441.43
47	Rick Honeycutt	438.7
48	Tommy John	435.66
49	Jerry Koosman	435.15
50	Jose DeLeon	433.04
51	Craig McMurtry	432.29
52	Mike Witt	429.07
53	Eric Show	427.55
54	Jim Clancy	425.69
55	Dave LaPoint	422.24
56	Bruce Berenyi	422.07
57	Dennis Eckersley	421.92
58	Pascual Perez	420.07
59	Britt Burns	420.05
60	Bert Blyleven	419.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Ojeda	417.74
62	Dwight Gooden	416.37
63	Larry Gura	415.85
64	Doyle Alexander	414.11
65	Mike Krukow	413.41
66	Steve McCatty	411.27
67	Shane Rawley	411.12
68	Bill Laskey	410.97
69	Bryn Smith	409.72
70	Ken Forsch	408.75
71	Scott Sanderson	407.11
72	Mike Caldwell	406.6
73	Ed Whitson	404.83
74	Charles Hudson	403.29
75	Steve Trout	402.66
76	Albert Williams	402.43
77	Juan Berenguer	401.74
78	Walt Terrell	400.45
79	Jim Gott	399.05
80	Mike Moore	396.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jeff Russell	396.3
82	Mark Davis	393.56
83	Bob Forsch	393.54
84	Danny Darwin	392.81
85	Mike Mason	392.21
86	Ron Romanick	392.0
87	Mark Gubicza	391.73
88	Lary Sorensen	391.41
89	Ron Darling	390.27
90	John Stuper	390.07
91	Dick Ruthven	388.52
92	Frank Pastore	388.44
93	Mark Thurmond	388.13
94	Mark Langston	386.58
95	Joe Price	385.78
96	Chuck Rainey	384.59
97	Jaime Cocanower	383.71
98	John Butcher	382.26
99	Neal Heaton	382.16
100	Ray Burris	381.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Torrez	379.46
102	Jim Palmer	377.93
103	Matt Young	376.96
104	Jeff Robinson	376.3
105	Mike Scott	375.5
106	Dave Stewart	373.62
107	Rick Mahler	373.27
108	Paul Splittorff	371.78
109	Chuck Porter	369.13
110	Andy Hawkins	367.66
111	Oil Can Boyd	367.13
112	Burt Hooton	364.96
113	David Palmer	363.33
114	Ken Schrom	357.59
115	Dave Righetti	356.87
116	Pete Falcone	355.69
117	Tim Conroy	355.05
118	Marty Bystrom	352.43
119	Atlee Hammaker	351.54
120	Bret Saberhagen	349.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Hodge	349.58
122	Danny Cox	348.42
123	Charlie Leibrandt	347.83
124	Chris Codiroli	346.15
125	Al Nipper	346.04
126	Ed Vande Berg	344.49
127	Roger Clemens	343.6
128	Bob Stoddard	343.12
129	Dennis Rasmussen	340.17
130	Mike Warren	338.18
131	Steve Farr	336.88
132	Dennis Martinez	336.74
133	Bill Krueger	336.41
134	Ricky Horton	336.21
135	Rick Reuschel	334.82
136	Ray Fontenot	333.9
137	Dave Rozema	332.44
138	Ed Lynch	331.38
139	Kevin Gross	330.38
140	Orel Hershiser	329.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	John Montefusco	329.4
142	Curt Young	328.72
143	Mike LaCoss	328.05
144	Steve Comer	326.55
145	Dave Dravecky	326.11
146	Lee Tunnell	324.32
147	Roy Smith	322.11
148	Bob McClure	321.56
149	Rick Camp	318.51
150	Mike Brown	317.45
151	Jim Slaton	316.92
152	Mike Madden	315.94
153	Rich Bordi	314.48
154	Dan Schatzeder	312.73
155	Dan Spillner	312.22
156	Steve Bedrosian	311.93
157	Danny Jackson	310.64
158	Ken Dayley	310.55
159	Tom Hume	310.25
160	Glenn Abbott	310.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Kurt Kepshire	310.04
162	Charlie Puleo	308.23
163	Bob Shirley	308.04
164	Jose Rijo	307.43
165	Don Schulze	306.33
166	Mike Jones	305.81
167	Fergie Jenkins	305.8
168	Ralph Citarella	305.22
169	Bob Fallon	304.5
170	Tim Leary	303.78
171	Ken Howell	303.53
172	Bob Owchinko	302.96
173	Vern Ruhle	302.71
174	Mike Jeffcoat	302.68
175	Rick Ownbey	302.66
176	Jay Howell	302.18
177	Neil Allen	301.66
178	Andy McGaffigan	301.53
179	Mark Grant	300.53

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