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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	Bert Blyleven	534.82
5	Mario Soto	528.21
6	Jack Morris	525.67
7	Joaquin Andujar	514.85
8	John Tudor	513.97
9	Charlie Hough	510.99
10	Rick Sutcliffe	509.6
11	Ron Guidry	506.4
12	Tom Seaver	504.38
13	Mike Witt	504.0
14	Nolan Ryan	501.7
15	Dennis Eckersley	499.27
16	La Marr Hoyt	497.59
17	Dan Petry	493.29
18	Oil Can Boyd	483.9
19	Joe Niekro	480.99
20	Mike Boddicker	480.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Steve Carlton	478.63
22	Scott Sanderson	476.32
23	John Denny	475.83
24	Don Sutton	474.79
25	Mike Smithson	466.71
26	Bud Black	464.75
27	Ron Darling	463.16
28	Floyd Bannister	461.33
29	Doyle Alexander	459.88
30	Frank Viola	459.75
31	Bryn Smith	459.1
32	Mike Krukow	457.24
33	Britt Burns	456.84
34	Orel Hershiser	456.18
35	Bob Knepper	455.93
36	Phil Niekro	455.36
37	Rick Rhoden	454.37
38	Bob Welch	453.63
39	Eric Show	451.94
40	Rick Mahler	451.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Moose Haas	451.13
42	Walt Terrell	449.62
43	Mike Moore	449.58
44	Frank Tanana	448.01
45	Dave LaPoint	447.87
46	Danny Darwin	447.67
47	Richard Dotson	447.44
48	Ron Romanick	445.93
49	Danny Cox	444.33
50	Jose DeLeon	443.93
51	Jerry Reuss	443.59
52	Bruce Hurst	443.07
53	Bill Gullickson	442.97
54	Ed Whitson	442.05
55	Charlie Leibrandt	441.79
56	Bret Saberhagen	438.36
57	Larry McWilliams	435.29
58	Shane Rawley	433.63
59	Mike Scott	432.99
60	Storm Davis	432.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jerry Koosman	431.37
62	Steve Trout	431.07
63	Mark Langston	430.92
64	Jim Clancy	429.26
65	Scott McGregor	425.52
66	Milt Wilcox	425.05
67	Geoff Zahn	422.99
68	John Butcher	422.92
69	Rick Honeycutt	419.77
70	Dave Dravecky	419.32
71	Ray Burris	418.84
72	Tim Lollar	418.74
73	Luis Leal	415.8
74	Pascual Perez	412.25
75	Dennis Rasmussen	412.23
76	Al Nipper	409.56
77	Joe Hesketh	408.93
78	Roger Clemens	408.91
79	Mark Gubicza	408.14
80	Bill Laskey	407.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jimmy Key	405.63
82	Jim Beattie	404.95
83	Chris Codiroli	404.95
84	Charles Hudson	401.63
85	David Palmer	401.53
86	Ed Lynch	401.1
87	Matt Young	398.99
88	Andy Hawkins	398.83
89	Steve Bedrosian	395.92
90	Tom Browning	395.86
91	Neal Heaton	394.15
92	Bob Ojeda	393.33
93	Ken Schrom	390.99
94	Bruce Berenyi	390.29
95	Jay Tibbs	389.11
96	Danny Jackson	388.93
97	Steve Rogers	388.26
98	Kurt Kepshire	387.6
99	Kevin Gross	387.39
100	Rick Reuschel	386.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Sid Fernandez	385.13
102	Jim Slaton	382.32
103	Mark Thurmond	382.05
104	Mike Mason	381.15
105	Len Barker	378.05
106	Zane Smith	375.23
107	Joe Price	374.13
108	Atlee Hammaker	373.27
109	Teddy Higuera	372.14
110	Jim Gott	372.02
111	Dick Ruthven	371.72
112	Ray Fontenot	370.33
113	Joe Cowley	368.55
114	Dennis Martinez	368.1
115	Juan Berenguer	365.57
116	Tommy John	361.49
117	Tim Birtsas	359.15
118	Randy O'Neal	358.62
119	Kirk McCaskill	357.35
120	Ken Dixon	356.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Burt Hooton	354.07
122	Craig McMurtry	354.07
123	Bill Krueger	352.04
124	Charlie Lea	349.83
125	Rick Aguilera	345.57
126	Urbano Lugo	343.87
127	Dan Schatzeder	341.94
128	Vern Ruhle	341.73
129	Bob Forsch	339.55
130	John Candelaria	338.29
131	Frank Wills	338.03
132	Pete Vuckovich	337.3
133	Dickie Noles	336.56
134	Steve McCatty	335.01
135	Rick Camp	334.3
136	Mickey Mahler	332.84
137	Bruce Kison	330.94
138	Jim Winn	330.13
139	Bill Swift	329.45
140	Mike Flanagan	329.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Frank Pastore	328.71
142	Alejandro Pena	327.01
143	Vida Blue	326.63
144	Bob Shirley	326.62
145	Don Schulze	323.93
146	John Stuper	323.29
147	Steve Shields	322.72
148	Ron Robinson	321.1
149	Ed Wojna	320.7
150	Ron Mathis	320.55
151	Ramon Romero	315.71
152	Jerry Reed	314.55
153	Pete Filson	313.31
154	Gene Nelson	312.21
155	Brian Snyder	311.38
156	Glen Cook	310.03
157	Roy Smith	308.89
158	Lee Tunnell	308.22
159	Bob Sebra	307.79
160	Dave Rozema	307.13
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Keith Creel	305.47
162	Dennis Lamp	305.01
163	Bruce Tanner	304.78
164	Salome Barojas	303.86
165	Bobby Castillo	302.87
166	Floyd Youmans	302.75
167	Tom Filer	302.58
168	Ron Musselman	301.86
169	Rick Behenna	301.69
170	Chris Welsh	300.63
171	Mark Knudson	300.23

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