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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	566.48
2	Mario Soto	543.71
3	Jack Morris	534.29
4	Steve Carlton	532.64
5	Richard Dotson	526.56
6	Fernando Valenzuela	509.03
7	Nolan Ryan	504.48
8	Charlie Hough	504.21
9	Phil Niekro	499.85
10	Floyd Bannister	497.4
11	Charlie Lea	495.65
12	La Marr Hoyt	494.94
13	Joaquin Andujar	493.94
14	Mike Boddicker	490.99
15	Ron Guidry	490.72
16	John Candelaria	488.14
17	Scott McGregor	487.06
18	Luis Leal	484.77
19	Joe Niekro	483.98
20	Rick Rhoden	482.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Denny	480.07
22	Don Sutton	476.84
23	Mike Flanagan	474.65
24	Larry McWilliams	473.76
25	Geoff Zahn	471.88
26	Dan Petry	471.64
27	Jim Beattie	469.52
28	Alejandro Pena	467.48
29	Bill Gullickson	467.28
30	Bob Welch	464.96
31	Tom Seaver	460.94
32	Bruce Hurst	460.54
33	Len Barker	460.09
34	Frank Viola	459.07
35	Mike Smithson	454.81
36	Frank Tanana	454.14
37	Moose Haas	452.42
38	Storm Davis	451.99
39	John Tudor	451.52
40	Tim Lollar	448.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Rick Sutcliffe	444.02
42	Bud Black	443.58
43	Milt Wilcox	442.51
44	Bob Knepper	442.22
45	Steve Rogers	441.68
46	Jerry Reuss	439.93
47	Jose DeLeon	439.55
48	Rick Honeycutt	438.7
49	Mike Witt	438.12
50	Tommy John	435.66
51	Jerry Koosman	435.63
52	Eric Show	432.0
53	Bert Blyleven	431.47
54	Bruce Berenyi	431.18
55	Craig McMurtry	428.19
56	Jim Clancy	425.44
57	Dave LaPoint	421.8
58	Dennis Eckersley	421.42
59	Bob Ojeda	420.79
60	Pascual Perez	419.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Britt Burns	419.3
62	Doyle Alexander	417.18
63	Steve McCatty	416.25
64	Bryn Smith	416.19
65	Dwight Gooden	416.12
66	Larry Gura	415.06
67	Mike Krukow	413.92
68	Bill Laskey	410.34
69	Shane Rawley	410.25
70	Scott Sanderson	407.7
71	Steve Trout	407.62
72	Ken Forsch	407.25
73	Mike Caldwell	406.1
74	Ed Whitson	405.72
75	Walt Terrell	405.5
76	Ron Romanick	404.36
77	Charles Hudson	402.54
78	Albert Williams	401.43
79	Juan Berenguer	401.24
80	Jeff Russell	399.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Gott	399.05
82	Mike Mason	397.43
83	Mark Langston	397.4
84	Ron Darling	394.32
85	Danny Darwin	392.56
86	Bob Forsch	392.04
87	Lary Sorensen	391.41
88	Mark Gubicza	391.38
89	Mark Davis	391.32
90	Mike Moore	390.99
91	John Stuper	388.57
92	Mark Thurmond	388.13
93	Joe Price	387.27
94	Dick Ruthven	387.02
95	Frank Pastore	386.94
96	John Butcher	386.77
97	Jaime Cocanower	384.95
98	Chuck Rainey	383.09
99	Ray Burris	378.18
100	Mike Torrez	377.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Neal Heaton	377.34
102	Rick Mahler	376.63
103	Jim Palmer	376.43
104	Matt Young	375.71
105	Jeff Robinson	375.3
106	Mike Scott	375.25
107	Paul Splittorff	370.28
108	Chuck Porter	369.13
109	Dave Stewart	369.05
110	Oil Can Boyd	366.91
111	Andy Hawkins	366.16
112	Burt Hooton	363.46
113	David Palmer	363.08
114	Marty Bystrom	361.95
115	Ken Schrom	356.84
116	Atlee Hammaker	355.1
117	Pete Falcone	354.19
118	Tim Conroy	353.8
119	Dave Righetti	350.87
120	Dennis Rasmussen	348.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Hodge	348.08
122	Steve Farr	348.06
123	Bret Saberhagen	347.95
124	Charlie Leibrandt	347.33
125	Danny Cox	346.92
126	Orel Hershiser	346.54
127	Ed Vande Berg	345.73
128	Al Nipper	345.54
129	Chris Codiroli	345.15
130	Bill Krueger	342.71
131	Ricky Horton	341.85
132	Bob Stoddard	341.62
133	Roger Clemens	340.8
134	Dennis Martinez	336.74
135	Mike Warren	336.68
136	Rick Reuschel	334.57
137	Ray Fontenot	332.4
138	Dave Rozema	332.19
139	Ed Lynch	330.38
140	Kevin Gross	329.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Curt Young	328.22
142	Mike LaCoss	327.96
143	John Montefusco	327.9
144	Dave Dravecky	325.86
145	Steve Comer	325.55
146	Lee Tunnell	322.82
147	Roy Smith	321.86
148	Bob McClure	321.06
149	Rick Camp	318.26
150	Jim Slaton	316.42
151	Mike Brown	315.95
152	Mike Madden	314.44
153	Rich Bordi	312.98
154	Dan Schatzeder	312.23
155	Steve Bedrosian	310.93
156	Dan Spillner	310.72
157	Tom Hume	309.75
158	Danny Jackson	309.14
159	Gene Nelson	309.12
160	Ken Dayley	309.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Kurt Kepshire	309.04
162	Glenn Abbott	308.66
163	Charlie Puleo	308.23
164	Bob Shirley	307.54
165	Pete Filson	306.34
166	Jose Rijo	305.93
167	Don Schulze	305.83
168	Mike Jones	305.56
169	Ralph Citarella	303.72
170	Tim Leary	303.28
171	Bob Fallon	303.0
172	Rick Ownbey	302.41
173	Ken Howell	302.28
174	Vern Ruhle	302.21
175	Bob Owchinko	301.96
176	Mike Jeffcoat	301.18
177	Jay Howell	300.68
178	Neil Allen	300.41
179	Andy McGaffigan	300.03

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