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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	559.54
2	John Tudor	555.35
3	Fernando Valenzuela	549.4
4	Jack Morris	546.15
5	Mike Scott	532.9
6	Mike Witt	527.73
7	Bert Blyleven	515.3
8	Charlie Hough	504.57
9	Ron Darling	501.79
10	Bob Knepper	500.55
11	Rick Rhoden	495.75
12	Nolan Ryan	490.61
13	Doyle Alexander	488.63
14	Sid Fernandez	486.94
15	Teddy Higuera	485.37
16	Bret Saberhagen	483.99
17	Eric Show	482.9
18	Roger Clemens	480.78
19	Mario Soto	480.75
20	Bob Welch	479.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Krukow	479.36
22	Oil Can Boyd	479.19
23	Don Sutton	478.96
24	Tom Seaver	477.97
25	Bruce Hurst	477.84
26	Mike Boddicker	476.68
27	Orel Hershiser	476.64
28	Dave Stieb	476.58
29	Ron Guidry	473.41
30	Dennis Eckersley	472.33
31	Rick Sutcliffe	472.0
32	Charlie Leibrandt	470.34
33	Frank Viola	470.04
34	Walt Terrell	469.72
35	Bob Ojeda	468.07
36	Shane Rawley	467.98
37	Kirk McCaskill	466.99
38	Frank Tanana	466.71
39	Danny Cox	458.68
40	Mike Moore	458.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Browning	457.73
42	Jim Clancy	456.79
43	Dan Petry	455.02
44	Bryn Smith	454.72
45	Storm Davis	453.71
46	Bill Gullickson	451.45
47	Joaquin Andujar	450.93
48	John Denny	450.69
49	Phil Niekro	450.1
50	Jimmy Key	449.89
51	Scott Sanderson	445.73
52	Dave Dravecky	445.6
53	Mark Langston	445.1
54	Floyd Bannister	442.43
55	Rick Honeycutt	437.8
56	Rick Reuschel	436.61
57	Jay Tibbs	435.49
58	Mike Smithson	435.46
59	Kevin Gross	435.42
60	Moose Haas	434.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Dixon	434.18
62	Bob Forsch	432.58
63	Joe Niekro	432.52
64	Scott McGregor	432.12
65	Dennis Rasmussen	430.16
66	Danny Jackson	427.83
67	La Marr Hoyt	427.57
68	Rick Mahler	424.56
69	David Palmer	423.53
70	Floyd Youmans	422.91
71	Ken Schrom	422.58
72	Zane Smith	420.1
73	Andy Hawkins	418.26
74	Tom Candiotti	413.45
75	Neal Heaton	413.22
76	Mark Gubicza	413.04
77	Danny Darwin	412.68
78	Joe Cowley	411.26
79	Steve Trout	409.96
80	Mike LaCoss	409.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Codiroli	409.14
82	Mike Mason	406.44
83	Charles Hudson	405.71
84	Al Nipper	405.3
85	Bud Black	402.72
86	Ed Correa	398.31
87	Mike Flanagan	396.92
88	John Butcher	395.63
89	Ron Romanick	395.58
90	Juan Nieves	393.18
91	Jerry Reuss	392.63
92	Dennis Leonard	391.62
93	Steve Carlton	391.36
94	Neil Allen	390.14
95	Joe Hesketh	388.89
96	Andy McGaffigan	387.72
97	Scott Garrelts	386.96
98	Jose Rijo	386.39
99	Bill Wegman	382.84
100	Jose Guzman	380.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave LaPoint	379.73
102	Vida Blue	378.69
103	Tim Leary	375.17
104	Larry McWilliams	374.65
105	Mark Thurmond	372.79
106	Joel Davis	372.12
107	Ed Whitson	371.97
108	Ray Burris	369.29
109	Curt Young	368.64
110	Tim Lollar	366.32
111	Mike Bielecki	365.53
112	Jim Deshaies	364.79
113	Bob Tewksbury	363.36
114	Eric King	362.59
115	Matt Young	362.2
116	Joe Johnson	361.28
117	Bobby Witt	360.26
118	Rick Aguilera	357.32
119	Mike Morgan	356.09
120	Richard Dotson	355.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Cerutti	351.18
122	Greg Mathews	351.11
123	Don Schulze	347.43
124	Eric Plunk	346.94
125	Chris Welsh	345.49
126	Bob Kipper	344.62
127	John Candelaria	343.97
128	Bob Walk	340.57
129	Jeff Sellers	339.09
130	Doug Drabek	337.25
131	Jim Slaton	336.78
132	Scott Bankhead	336.65
133	Mike Brown	336.04
134	Mark Portugal	334.34
135	Juan Berenguer	331.78
136	Allan Anderson	330.29
137	Roger Mason	329.36
138	Ed Lynch	327.02
139	Kurt Kepshire	326.89
140	Lance McCullers	326.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Britt Burns	326.49
142	Milt Wilcox	325.69
143	Randy O'Neal	325.51
144	Bruce Ruffin	324.46
145	Alejandro Pena	322.79
146	Tommy John	321.17
147	Guy Hoffman	320.01
148	Don Carman	318.82
149	Mark Knudson	317.74
150	Jamie Moyer	316.89
151	Terry Mulholland	316.81
152	Rick Langford	315.86
153	Tim Conroy	315.42
154	Craig McMurtry	315.29
155	Scott Nielsen	315.18
156	Rob Woodward	314.54
157	Jim Acker	314.11
158	Dennis Martinez	314.11
159	Bill Mooneyham	313.9
160	Dave Stewart	313.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Freddie Toliver	313.48
162	Jim Beattie	313.18
163	Jose DeLeon	313.01
164	Bill Swift	311.82
165	Bruce Berenyi	311.28
166	Bryan Oelkers	310.57
167	Mike Maddux	310.0
168	Manny Hernandez	309.87
169	Lee Guetterman	308.5
170	Mark Davis	307.51
171	Jim Gott	307.16
172	Bob Shirley	306.68
173	Rich Sauveur	306.47
174	Scott Terry	306.28
175	Jerry Reed	305.2
176	Mike Madden	304.93
177	Mickey Mahler	303.64
178	Rich Bordi	303.47
179	Rick Anderson	301.84
180	Dennis Lamp	301.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Gene Nelson	301.42
182	Dan Schatzeder	301.03
183	Ricky Horton	300.18

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