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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	567.47
2	John Tudor	558.2
3	Fernando Valenzuela	546.56
4	Jack Morris	534.35
5	Mike Scott	529.49
6	Mike Witt	523.91
7	Bert Blyleven	507.2
8	Charlie Hough	502.95
9	Ron Darling	498.69
10	Rick Rhoden	492.83
11	Bob Knepper	489.06
12	Sid Fernandez	488.83
13	Mike Krukow	487.86
14	Doyle Alexander	487.05
15	Mario Soto	485.45
16	Bret Saberhagen	484.29
17	Eric Show	484.15
18	Teddy Higuera	483.26
19	Bruce Hurst	482.81
20	Oil Can Boyd	480.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dave Stieb	480.21
22	Tom Seaver	479.11
23	Don Sutton	478.31
24	Orel Hershiser	476.64
25	Roger Clemens	476.57
26	Nolan Ryan	476.51
27	Bob Welch	474.67
28	Ron Guidry	474.66
29	Rick Sutcliffe	473.25
30	Shane Rawley	470.31
31	Mike Boddicker	468.97
32	Bob Ojeda	468.65
33	Dennis Eckersley	468.5
34	Frank Tanana	467.96
35	Charlie Leibrandt	466.83
36	Kirk McCaskill	462.61
37	Frank Viola	460.96
38	Mike Moore	459.73
39	Walt Terrell	458.81
40	Tom Browning	458.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	John Denny	458.01
42	Storm Davis	457.78
43	Bryn Smith	457.05
44	Danny Cox	456.43
45	Dan Petry	456.27
46	Jimmy Key	455.17
47	Phil Niekro	449.36
48	Bill Gullickson	447.03
49	Jim Clancy	446.83
50	Mark Langston	446.21
51	Dave Dravecky	445.64
52	Floyd Bannister	444.89
53	Joaquin Andujar	442.06
54	Mike Smithson	439.78
55	Jay Tibbs	437.8
56	Scott McGregor	436.31
57	Rick Reuschel	435.95
58	Rick Honeycutt	434.8
59	Scott Sanderson	433.92
60	Joe Niekro	432.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Moose Haas	431.76
62	Kevin Gross	430.94
63	Ken Dixon	430.12
64	Bob Forsch	426.74
65	La Marr Hoyt	424.74
66	Andy Hawkins	423.22
67	Dennis Rasmussen	422.21
68	David Palmer	421.71
69	Danny Jackson	421.54
70	Rick Mahler	420.67
71	Ken Schrom	419.76
72	Steve Trout	414.45
73	Mark Gubicza	414.29
74	Zane Smith	412.78
75	Joe Cowley	410.5
76	Chris Codiroli	410.39
77	Floyd Youmans	410.12
78	Al Nipper	408.71
79	Tom Candiotti	408.15
80	Mike Mason	407.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Danny Darwin	406.45
82	Ed Correa	405.14
83	Bud Black	403.97
84	Neal Heaton	403.79
85	Mike LaCoss	402.29
86	Ron Romanick	400.53
87	Charles Hudson	399.21
88	Jerry Reuss	393.88
89	Juan Nieves	393.84
90	John Butcher	392.51
91	Steve Carlton	390.25
92	Joe Hesketh	390.14
93	Andy McGaffigan	388.97
94	Mike Flanagan	388.85
95	Scott Garrelts	388.21
96	Vida Blue	386.28
97	Dennis Leonard	384.61
98	Dave LaPoint	380.98
99	Jose Guzman	380.59
100	Bill Wegman	377.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tim Leary	377.04
102	Neil Allen	376.07
103	Larry McWilliams	375.9
104	Jose Rijo	375.62
105	Joel Davis	375.3
106	Ray Burris	370.54
107	Mark Thurmond	368.56
108	Tim Lollar	367.57
109	Bob Tewksbury	364.11
110	Matt Young	363.45
111	Ed Whitson	363.38
112	Bobby Witt	363.01
113	Mike Morgan	362.51
114	Mike Bielecki	361.86
115	Richard Dotson	361.83
116	Jim Deshaies	361.67
117	Curt Young	359.72
118	Joe Johnson	351.02
119	Eric King	349.15
120	Eric Plunk	348.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Don Schulze	348.68
122	Rick Aguilera	348.06
123	Bob Kipper	345.87
124	Greg Mathews	345.66
125	Chris Welsh	345.49
126	Jeff Sellers	344.37
127	John Cerutti	344.06
128	Scott Bankhead	340.76
129	Jim Slaton	338.03
130	John Candelaria	337.37
131	Mike Brown	337.29
132	Mark Portugal	335.59
133	Doug Drabek	334.34
134	Juan Berenguer	333.03
135	Allan Anderson	331.54
136	Britt Burns	331.49
137	Bob Walk	329.08
138	Roger Mason	329.02
139	Kurt Kepshire	328.14
140	Bruce Ruffin	327.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Milt Wilcox	326.94
142	Lance McCullers	322.7
143	Tommy John	322.42
144	Guy Hoffman	321.26
145	Scott Nielsen	320.48
146	Ed Lynch	319.58
147	Terry Mulholland	318.06
148	Alejandro Pena	318.06
149	Randy O'Neal	317.97
150	Rick Langford	317.11
151	Craig McMurtry	316.54
152	Rob Woodward	315.79
153	Jim Acker	315.36
154	Dennis Martinez	315.11
155	Mark Knudson	314.89
156	Freddie Toliver	314.73
157	Bill Mooneyham	314.65
158	Tim Conroy	314.63
159	Dave Stewart	314.59
160	Jim Beattie	314.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jose DeLeon	314.26
162	Bill Swift	313.07
163	Bruce Berenyi	312.53
164	Mike Maddux	311.25
165	Manny Hernandez	311.12
166	Don Carman	310.53
167	Lee Guetterman	309.75
168	Mark Davis	308.76
169	Bob Shirley	308.47
170	Jim Gott	308.41
171	Rich Sauveur	307.72
172	Mike Madden	306.18
173	Bryan Oelkers	304.99
174	Mickey Mahler	304.89
175	Rich Bordi	304.72
176	Jamie Moyer	304.34
177	Rick Anderson	303.09
178	Dennis Lamp	302.97
179	Gene Nelson	302.67
180	Jerry Reed	301.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Ricky Horton	301.43

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