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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	561.07
2	John Tudor	553.52
3	Jack Morris	552.86
4	Fernando Valenzuela	551.83
5	Mike Scott	537.5
6	Mike Witt	532.84
7	Bert Blyleven	517.16
8	Charlie Hough	509.7
9	Ron Darling	506.56
10	Bob Knepper	502.47
11	Rick Rhoden	499.8
12	Nolan Ryan	495.94
13	Teddy Higuera	491.52
14	Roger Clemens	491.51
15	Doyle Alexander	491.1
16	Sid Fernandez	484.33
17	Bret Saberhagen	483.99
18	Don Sutton	482.23
19	Mike Boddicker	482.08
20	Eric Show	481.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Welch	480.57
22	Mike Krukow	478.86
23	Mario Soto	478.86
24	Ron Guidry	478.26
25	Oil Can Boyd	477.94
26	Tom Seaver	477.38
27	Kirk McCaskill	476.39
28	Dave Stieb	476.08
29	Orel Hershiser	474.6
30	Bruce Hurst	474.25
31	Frank Viola	474.15
32	Dennis Eckersley	471.98
33	Rick Sutcliffe	470.75
34	Walt Terrell	469.37
35	Bob Ojeda	468.07
36	Charlie Leibrandt	467.19
37	Frank Tanana	465.46
38	Tom Browning	462.63
39	Danny Cox	462.48
40	Jim Clancy	462.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jimmy Key	460.65
42	Mike Moore	459.66
43	John Denny	458.7
44	Shane Rawley	457.73
45	Bryn Smith	457.42
46	Dan Petry	453.77
47	Storm Davis	453.71
48	Bill Gullickson	453.5
49	Joaquin Andujar	450.93
50	Dave Dravecky	445.35
51	Scott Sanderson	444.34
52	Phil Niekro	443.3
53	Kevin Gross	442.1
54	Ken Dixon	440.53
55	Mark Langston	440.39
56	Rick Reuschel	437.27
57	Jay Tibbs	436.81
58	Bob Forsch	435.99
59	Mike Smithson	435.21
60	Floyd Bannister	434.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joe Niekro	434.71
62	Danny Jackson	433.87
63	Moose Haas	433.72
64	Ken Schrom	432.2
65	Scott McGregor	432.07
66	Dennis Rasmussen	430.16
67	Rick Honeycutt	429.49
68	La Marr Hoyt	428.68
69	Floyd Youmans	427.9
70	Zane Smith	423.41
71	David Palmer	423.03
72	Rick Mahler	420.52
73	Danny Darwin	420.1
74	Tom Candiotti	417.97
75	Steve Trout	417.75
76	Andy Hawkins	416.79
77	Neal Heaton	416.0
78	Mark Gubicza	414.02
79	Charles Hudson	412.05
80	Mike LaCoss	409.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Codiroli	407.89
82	Mike Mason	405.69
83	Joe Cowley	401.48
84	Bud Black	401.47
85	Steve Carlton	400.93
86	Mike Flanagan	399.87
87	Al Nipper	399.74
88	Ed Correa	396.68
89	Neil Allen	396.03
90	Ron Romanick	395.58
91	Juan Nieves	393.18
92	John Butcher	392.55
93	Jerry Reuss	391.38
94	Jose Rijo	389.17
95	Andy McGaffigan	388.79
96	Joe Hesketh	387.64
97	Vida Blue	386.26
98	Dennis Leonard	385.89
99	Scott Garrelts	385.71
100	Tim Leary	385.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jose Guzman	382.42
102	Bill Wegman	379.76
103	Curt Young	379.73
104	Dave LaPoint	378.48
105	Ed Whitson	376.29
106	Mark Thurmond	373.88
107	Joel Davis	372.12
108	Eric King	369.73
109	Larry McWilliams	368.99
110	Ray Burris	368.04
111	Rick Aguilera	367.6
112	Jim Deshaies	366.07
113	Tim Lollar	365.07
114	Bobby Witt	364.57
115	Bob Tewksbury	362.11
116	Mike Bielecki	361.81
117	Matt Young	360.95
118	Joe Johnson	360.62
119	John Cerutti	356.8
120	Mike Morgan	355.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Eric Plunk	355.39
122	Greg Mathews	354.52
123	Richard Dotson	349.86
124	Scott Bankhead	346.99
125	Don Schulze	346.18
126	Chris Welsh	344.49
127	Bob Kipper	343.37
128	John Candelaria	342.9
129	Jeff Sellers	338.84
130	Bob Walk	337.86
131	Bruce Ruffin	336.35
132	Doug Drabek	336.34
133	Randy O'Neal	335.58
134	Jim Slaton	335.53
135	Mike Brown	334.79
136	Mark Portugal	333.09
137	Roger Mason	333.02
138	Allan Anderson	331.18
139	Juan Berenguer	330.53
140	Lance McCullers	330.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Kurt Kepshire	325.64
142	Ed Lynch	324.98
143	Don Carman	324.8
144	Mark Knudson	324.66
145	Dave Stewart	324.59
146	Milt Wilcox	324.44
147	Britt Burns	321.49
148	Tommy John	319.92
149	Guy Hoffman	318.76
150	Alejandro Pena	318.48
151	Jim Acker	317.75
152	Jose DeLeon	317.46
153	Jamie Moyer	316.89
154	Terry Mulholland	315.56
155	Tim Conroy	315.17
156	Rick Langford	314.61
157	Scott Nielsen	314.6
158	Craig McMurtry	314.04
159	Rob Woodward	313.29
160	Bill Mooneyham	312.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Freddie Toliver	312.23
162	Jerry Reed	311.95
163	Jim Beattie	311.93
164	Dennis Martinez	311.34
165	Bryan Oelkers	310.57
166	Bill Swift	310.57
167	Bruce Berenyi	310.03
168	Mike Maddux	308.75
169	Manny Hernandez	308.62
170	Mike Loynd	307.6
171	Lee Guetterman	307.25
172	Bob Shirley	306.43
173	Mark Davis	306.26
174	Jim Gott	305.91
175	Rich Sauveur	305.22
176	Mike Madden	303.68
177	Scott Terry	303.37
178	Mickey Mahler	302.39
179	Rich Yett	302.23
180	Rich Bordi	302.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dan Schatzeder	301.03
182	Rick Anderson	300.59
183	Dennis Lamp	300.47
184	Gene Nelson	300.17

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