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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	576.57
2	Dwight Gooden	552.28
3	Fernando Valenzuela	538.65
4	Mario Soto	534.71
5	Bert Blyleven	528.5
6	Jack Morris	526.42
7	Joaquin Andujar	512.56
8	Rick Sutcliffe	511.1
9	Charlie Hough	508.76
10	John Tudor	505.9
11	Mike Witt	499.93
12	Nolan Ryan	498.91
13	Ron Guidry	497.3
14	Dan Petry	496.77
15	Dennis Eckersley	495.36
16	La Marr Hoyt	490.6
17	Tom Seaver	489.57
18	Mike Boddicker	488.28
19	Steve Carlton	480.88
20	Scott Sanderson	477.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	476.91
22	Don Sutton	473.56
23	Oil Can Boyd	472.21
24	John Denny	471.69
25	Bud Black	462.95
26	Mike Smithson	462.24
27	Frank Viola	461.84
28	Ron Darling	461.09
29	Floyd Bannister	460.99
30	Moose Haas	460.54
31	Doyle Alexander	456.49
32	Rick Rhoden	455.9
33	Orel Hershiser	454.59
34	Mike Krukow	454.13
35	Rick Mahler	453.64
36	Phil Niekro	451.45
37	Richard Dotson	449.69
38	Britt Burns	448.74
39	Bob Knepper	448.61
40	Danny Cox	448.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bryn Smith	447.42
42	Eric Show	446.69
43	Jose DeLeon	444.83
44	Frank Tanana	444.65
45	Danny Darwin	444.46
46	Jerry Reuss	444.34
47	Larry McWilliams	441.73
48	Dave LaPoint	440.85
49	Charlie Leibrandt	440.44
50	Ron Romanick	439.92
51	Walt Terrell	439.65
52	Bob Welch	438.42
53	Bill Gullickson	437.64
54	Ed Whitson	436.76
55	Mike Moore	436.61
56	Storm Davis	434.12
57	Mike Scott	433.74
58	Mark Langston	433.17
59	Steve Trout	432.39
60	Bruce Hurst	430.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bret Saberhagen	430.02
62	Scott McGregor	427.91
63	Milt Wilcox	427.3
64	Jerry Koosman	427.16
65	Shane Rawley	427.04
66	Jim Clancy	426.58
67	Rick Honeycutt	426.0
68	John Butcher	425.36
69	Geoff Zahn	425.24
70	Tim Lollar	420.24
71	Ray Burris	419.59
72	Luis Leal	418.05
73	Dave Dravecky	416.27
74	Dennis Rasmussen	412.98
75	Charles Hudson	412.7
76	Roger Clemens	411.16
77	Pascual Perez	409.99
78	Mark Gubicza	408.89
79	Jim Beattie	407.2
80	David Palmer	405.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Laskey	404.55
82	Al Nipper	404.15
83	Chris Codiroli	399.99
84	Jimmy Key	399.04
85	Matt Young	398.3
86	Neal Heaton	395.12
87	Bob Ojeda	394.08
88	Steve Bedrosian	393.73
89	Joe Hesketh	392.85
90	Ken Schrom	392.81
91	Ed Lynch	392.55
92	Bruce Berenyi	392.54
93	Andy Hawkins	392.07
94	Jay Tibbs	391.36
95	Steve Rogers	390.51
96	Tom Browning	387.68
97	Mark Thurmond	387.22
98	Kevin Gross	385.14
99	Jim Slaton	384.29
100	Sid Fernandez	381.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Kurt Kepshire	378.8
102	Len Barker	378.8
103	Mike Mason	378.35
104	Danny Jackson	376.88
105	Atlee Hammaker	375.52
106	Joe Price	375.38
107	Rick Reuschel	373.91
108	Dennis Martinez	371.1
109	Dick Ruthven	368.94
110	Juan Berenguer	367.82
111	Jim Gott	367.26
112	Joe Cowley	366.59
113	Tommy John	363.74
114	Teddy Higuera	361.47
115	Ray Fontenot	361.25
116	Kirk McCaskill	360.67
117	Charlie Lea	358.83
118	Randy O'Neal	357.2
119	Craig McMurtry	356.32
120	Zane Smith	355.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Dixon	353.36
122	Burt Hooton	351.6
123	Tim Birtsas	350.48
124	Bill Krueger	349.41
125	John Candelaria	347.29
126	Dan Schatzeder	344.19
127	Bob Forsch	341.8
128	Urbano Lugo	339.79
129	Dickie Noles	338.81
130	Mike Flanagan	338.19
131	Pete Vuckovich	337.14
132	Rick Camp	336.55
133	Steve McCatty	336.51
134	Alejandro Pena	336.01
135	Rick Aguilera	335.78
136	Vern Ruhle	334.93
137	Mickey Mahler	333.59
138	Frank Wills	333.23
139	Jim Winn	332.38
140	Bill Swift	331.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob Shirley	328.12
142	Bruce Kison	327.72
143	Vida Blue	327.38
144	Frank Pastore	326.9
145	Don Schulze	326.18
146	John Stuper	325.54
147	Steve Shields	324.97
148	Ron Mathis	322.8
149	Ed Wojna	321.01
150	Glen Cook	317.66
151	Pete Filson	315.56
152	Jerry Reed	315.3
153	Gene Nelson	313.76
154	Brian Snyder	313.63
155	Roy Smith	311.14
156	Dave Rozema	309.38
157	Ron Robinson	309.07
158	Lee Tunnell	308.97
159	Bob Sebra	308.82
160	Keith Creel	307.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Ramon Romero	307.37
162	Dennis Lamp	307.26
163	Bruce Tanner	307.03
164	Salome Barojas	306.11
165	Bobby Castillo	305.12
166	Floyd Youmans	305.0
167	Ron Musselman	304.11
168	Rick Behenna	303.94
169	Tom Filer	303.58
170	Chris Welsh	302.88
171	Mike Bielecki	301.78
172	Curt Young	300.69
173	Tom Brennan	300.67
174	Rick Langford	300.49
175	Doug Bair	300.36
176	Rick Lysander	300.26

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