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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	579.27
2	Dave Stieb	568.33
3	Fernando Valenzuela	553.8
4	Mario Soto	545.55
5	John Tudor	537.78
6	Bert Blyleven	534.7
7	Jack Morris	531.06
8	Joaquin Andujar	515.54
9	Charlie Hough	514.68
10	Mike Witt	510.43
11	Tom Seaver	505.59
12	Rick Sutcliffe	505.03
13	Dennis Eckersley	503.8
14	Ron Guidry	501.74
15	Nolan Ryan	499.62
16	Dan Petry	498.15
17	Oil Can Boyd	484.52
18	La Marr Hoyt	483.47
19	Joe Niekro	479.99
20	Doyle Alexander	479.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Denny	478.69
22	Bob Welch	477.57
23	Don Sutton	476.81
24	Steve Carlton	473.38
25	Mike Boddicker	473.34
26	Bud Black	472.93
27	Orel Hershiser	472.75
28	Bryn Smith	470.17
29	Britt Burns	465.51
30	Floyd Bannister	464.87
31	Mike Moore	464.39
32	Frank Tanana	464.37
33	Mike Smithson	463.34
34	Scott Sanderson	462.29
35	Rick Rhoden	461.72
36	Eric Show	460.37
37	Rick Mahler	458.99
38	Phil Niekro	458.92
39	Bret Saberhagen	457.88
40	Mike Krukow	457.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Shane Rawley	455.86
42	Bill Gullickson	455.81
43	Ron Darling	454.31
44	Frank Viola	454.22
45	Walt Terrell	453.25
46	Jerry Reuss	451.37
47	Bruce Hurst	450.04
48	Bob Knepper	449.55
49	Moose Haas	447.79
50	Dave LaPoint	447.75
51	Mike Scott	447.14
52	Ron Romanick	444.91
53	Danny Darwin	444.35
54	Richard Dotson	442.19
55	Jose DeLeon	440.18
56	Charlie Leibrandt	439.53
57	Ed Whitson	438.76
58	Jerry Koosman	437.36
59	Dave Dravecky	436.47
60	Danny Cox	435.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Clancy	434.83
62	Storm Davis	434.8
63	Tim Lollar	429.78
64	Mark Langston	429.63
65	Steve Trout	429.12
66	Larry McWilliams	428.46
67	Scott McGregor	427.0
68	John Butcher	422.97
69	Chris Codiroli	421.26
70	Ray Burris	420.53
71	Milt Wilcox	419.8
72	Al Nipper	419.72
73	Jimmy Key	419.72
74	Joe Hesketh	417.46
75	Bill Laskey	417.29
76	Mark Gubicza	416.68
77	Charles Hudson	415.79
78	Rick Honeycutt	413.65
79	Tom Browning	413.59
80	Kevin Gross	412.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Roger Clemens	410.89
82	Luis Leal	410.55
83	Danny Jackson	410.25
84	Geoff Zahn	409.54
85	Andy Hawkins	408.38
86	Dennis Rasmussen	407.64
87	Bob Ojeda	407.02
88	Ed Lynch	406.49
89	Jim Beattie	406.35
90	Pascual Perez	404.81
91	Ken Schrom	404.13
92	Matt Young	403.9
93	Sid Fernandez	398.76
94	Jay Tibbs	396.35
95	Steve Bedrosian	396.06
96	Kurt Kepshire	395.79
97	Neal Heaton	393.96
98	Atlee Hammaker	393.69
99	Rick Reuschel	393.47
100	David Palmer	385.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bruce Berenyi	385.04
102	Tim Birtsas	383.29
103	Steve Rogers	383.01
104	Ray Fontenot	382.96
105	Mike Mason	382.93
106	Jim Gott	381.58
107	Teddy Higuera	378.83
108	Kirk McCaskill	377.75
109	Len Barker	377.68
110	Mark Thurmond	376.8
111	Dick Ruthven	375.37
112	Zane Smith	374.74
113	Jim Slaton	373.88
114	Joe Cowley	372.9
115	Tommy John	372.02
116	Joe Price	370.39
117	Dennis Martinez	369.86
118	Randy O'Neal	364.14
119	Bill Krueger	360.8
120	Juan Berenguer	360.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Pete Vuckovich	360.02
122	Rick Aguilera	356.33
123	Mike Flanagan	353.29
124	Burt Hooton	352.74
125	Ken Dixon	350.78
126	Craig McMurtry	348.82
127	Dan Schatzeder	348.11
128	Urbano Lugo	345.03
129	Vern Ruhle	343.67
130	Lee Tunnell	343.57
131	Tom Filer	337.73
132	Bill Swift	336.22
133	Bob Forsch	334.3
134	Frank Wills	334.15
135	Gene Nelson	332.4
136	Dickie Noles	331.31
137	Vida Blue	330.58
138	Mickey Mahler	330.46
139	Steve McCatty	329.76
140	Rick Camp	329.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Charlie Lea	328.83
142	Bob Shirley	328.54
143	John Candelaria	326.94
144	Ramon Romero	326.34
145	Bruce Kison	325.69
146	Jim Winn	324.88
147	Frank Pastore	323.46
148	Andy McGaffigan	321.52
149	Roy Smith	321.25
150	Ron Robinson	320.62
151	Jerry Reed	319.62
152	Don Schulze	318.68
153	John Stuper	318.04
154	Steve Shields	317.47
155	Tom Waddell	316.57
156	Chris Welsh	315.71
157	Ed Wojna	315.45
158	Ron Mathis	315.3
159	Jaime Cocanower	314.71
160	Joe Johnson	314.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Glen Cook	314.36
162	Marty Bystrom	312.28
163	Don Robinson	308.92
164	Dan Spillner	308.47
165	Pete Filson	308.06
166	Ron Musselman	306.94
167	Curt Wardle	306.56
168	Brian Snyder	306.13
169	Alejandro Pena	306.01
170	Bill Latham	305.07
171	Steve Farr	304.83
172	Larry Gura	303.98
173	Bob Sebra	302.54
174	Dave Rozema	301.88
175	Jeff Russell	301.79
176	Rick Langford	301.37
177	Terry Leach	301.25
178	Keith Creel	300.22

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