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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	577.74
2	Dwight Gooden	560.88
3	Fernando Valenzuela	546.18
4	Mario Soto	532.93
5	Bert Blyleven	529.57
6	Jack Morris	526.42
7	John Tudor	514.47
8	Joaquin Andujar	514.04
9	Rick Sutcliffe	510.85
10	Charlie Hough	508.76
11	Ron Guidry	506.4
12	Mike Witt	504.0
13	Nolan Ryan	502.2
14	La Marr Hoyt	497.84
15	Tom Seaver	494.49
16	Dennis Eckersley	494.36
17	Dan Petry	491.82
18	Mike Boddicker	486.64
19	Steve Carlton	479.88
20	Oil Can Boyd	477.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	477.56
22	Scott Sanderson	477.07
23	Don Sutton	476.72
24	John Denny	476.33
25	Mike Smithson	467.92
26	Ron Darling	465.81
27	Bud Black	464.75
28	Floyd Bannister	461.83
29	Frank Viola	459.75
30	Bob Knepper	457.32
31	Doyle Alexander	455.56
32	Phil Niekro	455.36
33	Rick Rhoden	454.37
34	Rick Mahler	452.74
35	Eric Show	451.94
36	Orel Hershiser	451.69
37	Moose Haas	451.13
38	Danny Cox	450.64
39	Walt Terrell	449.62
40	Bryn Smith	449.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Richard Dotson	448.69
42	Danny Darwin	448.2
43	Dave LaPoint	447.87
44	Mike Krukow	447.82
45	Ed Whitson	447.44
46	Britt Burns	446.4
47	Frank Tanana	446.36
48	Jose DeLeon	446.03
49	Bob Welch	445.32
50	Jerry Reuss	444.34
51	Mike Moore	443.06
52	Bill Gullickson	442.97
53	Charlie Leibrandt	441.43
54	Ron Romanick	439.92
55	Bret Saberhagen	439.75
56	Larry McWilliams	435.79
57	Shane Rawley	433.88
58	Storm Davis	433.87
59	Mike Scott	433.74
60	Bruce Hurst	433.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mark Langston	432.17
62	Steve Trout	431.07
63	Jim Clancy	429.26
64	Jerry Koosman	427.16
65	Milt Wilcox	426.3
66	John Butcher	426.14
67	Scott McGregor	424.34
68	Geoff Zahn	424.24
69	Tim Lollar	419.99
70	Rick Honeycutt	419.77
71	Ray Burris	419.59
72	Luis Leal	417.05
73	Dave Dravecky	416.27
74	Dennis Rasmussen	412.98
75	Pascual Perez	412.25
76	Roger Clemens	410.16
77	Al Nipper	410.06
78	Mark Gubicza	408.89
79	Bill Laskey	407.87
80	Jim Beattie	406.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Codiroli	402.65
82	Matt Young	402.32
83	David Palmer	401.78
84	Charles Hudson	401.63
85	Ed Lynch	401.1
86	Joe Hesketh	399.87
87	Jimmy Key	398.06
88	Steve Bedrosian	396.17
89	Neal Heaton	394.15
90	Bob Ojeda	394.08
91	Andy Hawkins	391.57
92	Bruce Berenyi	391.54
93	Tom Browning	391.22
94	Ken Schrom	390.99
95	Jay Tibbs	390.36
96	Steve Rogers	389.51
97	Danny Jackson	389.43
98	Kurt Kepshire	387.6
99	Sid Fernandez	385.63
100	Jim Slaton	382.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mark Thurmond	382.55
102	Kevin Gross	381.55
103	Mike Mason	381.15
104	Rick Reuschel	380.53
105	Len Barker	378.8
106	Joe Price	375.38
107	Atlee Hammaker	374.52
108	Teddy Higuera	372.48
109	Dick Ruthven	371.97
110	Jim Gott	369.58
111	Joe Cowley	368.79
112	Dennis Martinez	368.1
113	Ray Fontenot	367.47
114	Juan Berenguer	366.82
115	Zane Smith	365.48
116	Kirk McCaskill	364.44
117	Tommy John	362.74
118	Tim Birtsas	359.15
119	Randy O'Neal	359.12
120	Ken Dixon	356.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Craig McMurtry	355.32
122	Charlie Lea	354.83
123	Bill Krueger	352.04
124	Vern Ruhle	348.14
125	Burt Hooton	347.37
126	Urbano Lugo	343.87
127	John Candelaria	343.29
128	Dan Schatzeder	343.19
129	Bob Forsch	340.8
130	Frank Wills	338.03
131	Dickie Noles	337.81
132	Pete Vuckovich	337.8
133	Steve McCatty	336.26
134	Rick Aguilera	335.78
135	Rick Camp	335.55
136	Mike Flanagan	334.19
137	Mickey Mahler	333.59
138	Alejandro Pena	332.01
139	Jim Winn	331.38
140	Bruce Kison	331.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bill Swift	329.95
142	Frank Pastore	328.96
143	Bob Shirley	327.87
144	Vida Blue	327.38
145	Don Schulze	325.18
146	John Stuper	324.54
147	Steve Shields	323.97
148	Ron Mathis	321.8
149	Ron Robinson	321.6
150	Ed Wojna	320.7
151	Ramon Romero	315.96
152	Jerry Reed	315.3
153	Pete Filson	314.56
154	Brian Snyder	312.63
155	Gene Nelson	312.46
156	Glen Cook	310.53
157	Roy Smith	310.14
158	Lee Tunnell	308.97
159	Dave Rozema	308.38
160	Bob Sebra	308.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Keith Creel	306.72
162	Dennis Lamp	306.26
163	Bruce Tanner	306.03
164	Salome Barojas	305.11
165	Bobby Castillo	304.12
166	Floyd Youmans	304.0
167	Tom Filer	303.58
168	Ron Musselman	303.11
169	Rick Behenna	302.94
170	Chris Welsh	301.88
171	Mike Bielecki	300.78
172	Mark Knudson	300.23
173	Rick Lysander	300.01

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