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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	567.5
2	Mario Soto	542.69
3	Steve Carlton	542.23
4	Jack Morris	525.4
5	Fernando Valenzuela	517.27
6	Richard Dotson	512.35
7	Charlie Hough	512.16
8	Nolan Ryan	510.34
9	Charlie Lea	502.38
10	John Candelaria	500.6
11	Floyd Bannister	495.2
12	Joe Niekro	493.75
13	La Marr Hoyt	491.92
14	Mike Boddicker	491.81
15	Luis Leal	490.6
16	Rick Rhoden	489.71
17	Phil Niekro	488.36
18	Joaquin Andujar	487.58
19	Ron Guidry	487.44
20	Dan Petry	487.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry McWilliams	482.1
22	Don Sutton	480.49
23	Scott McGregor	480.48
24	Jim Beattie	478.06
25	John Denny	477.32
26	Alejandro Pena	477.08
27	Tom Seaver	474.78
28	Mike Flanagan	473.39
29	Bill Gullickson	472.23
30	Bruce Hurst	471.28
31	Len Barker	470.06
32	Geoff Zahn	466.62
33	Bob Welch	463.46
34	John Tudor	461.85
35	Storm Davis	460.32
36	Frank Viola	459.67
37	Rick Sutcliffe	459.3
38	Moose Haas	458.33
39	Frank Tanana	457.61
40	Mike Smithson	457.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Witt	454.45
42	Milt Wilcox	451.56
43	Jose DeLeon	450.48
44	Tim Lollar	449.69
45	Jerry Koosman	449.41
46	Bob Knepper	448.53
47	Bud Black	447.07
48	Bob Ojeda	443.7
49	Bert Blyleven	443.42
50	Rick Honeycutt	443.3
51	Dennis Eckersley	440.63
52	Eric Show	437.91
53	Steve Rogers	436.69
54	Jerry Reuss	434.97
55	Jim Clancy	433.68
56	Dwight Gooden	431.2
57	Pascual Perez	430.7
58	Tommy John	427.05
59	Bruce Berenyi	426.81
60	Steve McCatty	423.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Doyle Alexander	423.28
62	Craig McMurtry	422.12
63	Mike Krukow	421.34
64	Bryn Smith	419.6
65	Britt Burns	416.55
66	Ron Romanick	415.2
67	Bill Laskey	414.68
68	Larry Gura	413.89
69	Shane Rawley	413.76
70	Walt Terrell	413.69
71	Dave LaPoint	411.05
72	Ed Whitson	410.96
73	Mark Langston	409.81
74	Mike Caldwell	408.47
75	Scott Sanderson	407.15
76	Ken Forsch	404.5
77	Ron Darling	403.87
78	Charles Hudson	403.59
79	Mark Gubicza	402.15
80	Dick Ruthven	401.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Trout	400.44
82	John Butcher	399.91
83	Danny Darwin	399.47
84	Albert Williams	398.68
85	Mark Thurmond	398.61
86	Juan Berenguer	398.49
87	Lary Sorensen	398.18
88	Jim Gott	397.17
89	Jeff Russell	395.43
90	Joe Price	393.9
91	Mike Mason	393.19
92	Mark Davis	390.36
93	Neal Heaton	389.49
94	Bob Forsch	389.29
95	Jaime Cocanower	388.04
96	John Stuper	385.82
97	Rick Mahler	385.71
98	Frank Pastore	384.19
99	Jeff Robinson	383.95
100	Ray Burris	383.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Moore	382.47
102	Chuck Rainey	380.34
103	Marty Bystrom	378.87
104	Mike Torrez	375.21
105	Oil Can Boyd	374.16
106	Andy Hawkins	373.96
107	Jim Palmer	373.68
108	Matt Young	372.96
109	Ken Schrom	371.88
110	Mike Scott	371.63
111	Orel Hershiser	370.17
112	Al Nipper	368.83
113	Paul Splittorff	367.53
114	Chuck Porter	366.18
115	Dave Stewart	365.88
116	David Palmer	364.31
117	Atlee Hammaker	363.3
118	Dennis Rasmussen	361.31
119	Burt Hooton	360.71
120	Steve Farr	359.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dennis Martinez	358.28
122	Charlie Leibrandt	356.02
123	Dave Rozema	352.8
124	Pete Falcone	351.44
125	Tim Conroy	351.05
126	Bill Krueger	350.82
127	Ricky Horton	348.03
128	Curt Young	346.77
129	Danny Cox	346.73
130	Bret Saberhagen	346.45
131	Roy Smith	346.17
132	Ed Hodge	345.33
133	Ed Vande Berg	345.24
134	Chris Codiroli	342.4
135	Ray Fontenot	340.64
136	Dave Righetti	339.87
137	Roger Clemens	339.55
138	Kevin Gross	339.19
139	Jim Slaton	339.02
140	Dave Dravecky	339.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob Stoddard	338.87
142	Steve Comer	334.53
143	Mike LaCoss	334.07
144	Mike Warren	333.93
145	Rick Camp	332.76
146	Rick Reuschel	331.82
147	Ed Lynch	327.63
148	John Montefusco	325.15
149	Jay Tibbs	324.29
150	Dan Schatzeder	323.64
151	Mike Jones	323.4
152	Gene Nelson	322.21
153	Sid Fernandez	321.99
154	Lee Tunnell	320.07
155	Glenn Abbott	319.43
156	Salome Barojas	319.16
157	Pete Filson	319.11
158	Bob McClure	318.31
159	Tom Hume	317.68
160	Bob Walk	314.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Mike Brown	313.2
162	Don Schulze	313.03
163	Kurt Kepshire	312.82
164	Mike Madden	311.69
165	Frank Wills	311.3
166	Rich Bordi	310.23
167	Bryan Clark	309.76
168	Steve Bedrosian	308.18
169	Dan Spillner	307.97
170	Danny Jackson	306.39
171	Ken Dayley	306.3
172	Charlie Puleo	305.48
173	Bob Shirley	304.79
174	Joe Cowley	304.29
175	Jose Rijo	303.18
176	Tom Candiotti	302.89
177	Dickie Noles	302.59
178	Ralph Citarella	300.97
179	Tim Leary	300.53
180	Bob Fallon	300.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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