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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	571.71
2	Mario Soto	548.82
3	Steve Carlton	535.81
4	Jack Morris	525.96
5	Charlie Hough	516.86
6	Nolan Ryan	516.82
7	Fernando Valenzuela	509.13
8	Richard Dotson	503.2
9	Charlie Lea	502.38
10	Joe Niekro	501.63
11	John Candelaria	501.53
12	Mike Boddicker	500.73
13	Floyd Bannister	495.8
14	Joaquin Andujar	494.62
15	Dan Petry	493.95
16	Rick Rhoden	493.59
17	Ron Guidry	488.88
18	Larry McWilliams	487.81
19	Luis Leal	487.51
20	Tom Seaver	486.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	La Marr Hoyt	484.19
22	Don Sutton	483.98
23	Phil Niekro	481.64
24	John Denny	476.07
25	Alejandro Pena	475.93
26	Scott McGregor	475.34
27	Bob Welch	475.1
28	Mike Flanagan	471.42
29	Len Barker	470.06
30	Bill Gullickson	469.66
31	Jim Beattie	469.17
32	Frank Viola	469.0
33	Bruce Hurst	467.44
34	Geoff Zahn	467.15
35	Mike Smithson	466.87
36	Frank Tanana	466.01
37	Storm Davis	465.08
38	Rick Sutcliffe	462.18
39	Milt Wilcox	461.82
40	Tim Lollar	460.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	John Tudor	458.63
42	Mike Witt	456.13
43	Bob Ojeda	455.43
44	Moose Haas	454.66
45	Bud Black	452.16
46	Jose DeLeon	449.32
47	Jerry Koosman	449.02
48	Dennis Eckersley	446.98
49	Bob Knepper	446.37
50	Bert Blyleven	443.0
51	Eric Show	442.96
52	Rick Honeycutt	441.1
53	Dwight Gooden	438.84
54	Steve Rogers	435.69
55	Jerry Reuss	433.72
56	Mike Krukow	431.32
57	Pascual Perez	430.48
58	Jim Clancy	430.23
59	Doyle Alexander	429.44
60	Bryn Smith	429.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tommy John	428.39
62	Steve McCatty	425.67
63	Bruce Berenyi	425.6
64	Craig McMurtry	423.77
65	Walt Terrell	420.67
66	Bill Laskey	420.07
67	Mark Langston	419.12
68	Dave LaPoint	418.45
69	Shane Rawley	416.85
70	Britt Burns	415.3
71	Scott Sanderson	415.23
72	Ron Romanick	415.2
73	Larry Gura	412.43
74	Steve Trout	411.41
75	Ed Whitson	411.13
76	Mark Gubicza	410.67
77	Charles Hudson	407.75
78	Joe Price	407.54
79	Ron Darling	407.52
80	Mike Caldwell	407.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Butcher	405.03
82	Dick Ruthven	404.31
83	Ken Forsch	403.25
84	Mark Thurmond	402.72
85	Danny Darwin	400.62
86	Albert Williams	397.43
87	Lary Sorensen	397.43
88	Juan Berenguer	397.24
89	Jim Gott	396.92
90	Mike Moore	393.79
91	Mike Mason	392.94
92	Ray Burris	392.74
93	Jeff Russell	391.24
94	Rick Mahler	389.23
95	Mark Davis	388.64
96	Bob Forsch	388.04
97	Orel Hershiser	385.38
98	Neal Heaton	385.28
99	Oil Can Boyd	384.65
100	John Stuper	384.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jeff Robinson	383.95
102	Frank Pastore	382.94
103	Jaime Cocanower	382.55
104	Chuck Rainey	379.09
105	Marty Bystrom	378.76
106	Mike Scott	377.69
107	Andy Hawkins	376.49
108	Mike Torrez	373.96
109	Jim Palmer	372.43
110	Ken Schrom	371.88
111	Matt Young	371.71
112	David Palmer	370.12
113	Dennis Rasmussen	366.63
114	Paul Splittorff	366.28
115	Chuck Porter	365.18
116	Dave Stewart	364.63
117	Al Nipper	363.01
118	Atlee Hammaker	362.05
119	Charlie Leibrandt	360.0
120	Steve Farr	359.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Burt Hooton	359.46
122	Dennis Martinez	358.28
123	Roger Clemens	356.28
124	Danny Cox	353.79
125	Dave Dravecky	353.61
126	Dave Rozema	352.8
127	Pete Falcone	350.19
128	Curt Young	350.0
129	Tim Conroy	349.8
130	Bill Krueger	346.53
131	Roy Smith	346.17
132	Ricky Horton	346.04
133	Ed Vande Berg	345.24
134	Bret Saberhagen	345.2
135	Ed Hodge	344.08
136	Chris Codiroli	341.15
137	Ray Fontenot	339.89
138	Kevin Gross	338.44
139	Bob Stoddard	337.62
140	Dan Schatzeder	336.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Comer	336.52
142	Jim Slaton	336.07
143	Rick Camp	335.2
144	Dave Righetti	334.87
145	Mike Warren	332.68
146	Sid Fernandez	332.06
147	Mike LaCoss	330.8
148	Rick Reuschel	330.57
149	Salome Barojas	328.72
150	Gene Nelson	327.4
151	Ed Lynch	326.38
152	Tom Hume	324.58
153	Jay Tibbs	324.29
154	John Montefusco	323.9
155	Pete Filson	323.38
156	Mike Jones	322.32
157	Lee Tunnell	318.82
158	Bob McClure	317.06
159	Glenn Abbott	316.88
160	Bob Walk	313.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Kurt Kepshire	312.82
162	Mike Brown	311.95
163	Don Schulze	311.78
164	Frank Wills	311.05
165	Tom Candiotti	310.83
166	Mike Madden	310.44
167	Bryan Clark	309.01
168	Rich Bordi	308.98
169	Steve Bedrosian	306.93
170	Dan Spillner	306.72
171	John Henry Johnson	306.11
172	Danny Jackson	305.14
173	Ken Dayley	305.05
174	Charlie Puleo	304.23
175	Dickie Noles	303.94
176	Bob Shirley	303.54
177	Joe Cowley	303.04
178	Jose Rijo	301.93
179	Mark Calvert	300.4

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