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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	565.72
2	Jack Morris	564.34
3	Fernando Valenzuela	555.67
4	Mike Scott	549.78
5	Bert Blyleven	547.38
6	Mike Witt	545.45
7	John Tudor	538.57
8	Ron Darling	511.14
9	Teddy Higuera	510.75
10	Bob Knepper	505.61
11	Rick Rhoden	505.05
12	Nolan Ryan	499.98
13	Roger Clemens	498.01
14	Orel Hershiser	493.18
15	Charlie Hough	491.37
16	Tom Seaver	491.03
17	Mike Boddicker	490.6
18	Frank Viola	489.94
19	Don Sutton	487.74
20	Bruce Hurst	486.48
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Welch	485.63
22	Danny Cox	485.32
23	Sid Fernandez	484.38
24	Ron Guidry	481.68
25	Bret Saberhagen	480.48
26	Bill Gullickson	479.57
27	Jim Clancy	479.1
28	Kirk McCaskill	478.93
29	Dennis Eckersley	478.6
30	Doyle Alexander	478.53
31	Oil Can Boyd	477.68
32	Mike Krukow	477.56
33	Eric Show	473.11
34	Tom Browning	471.5
35	Walt Terrell	470.35
36	Bob Ojeda	469.18
37	Rick Sutcliffe	469.13
38	Dave Stieb	467.01
39	Mario Soto	466.41
40	Jimmy Key	465.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Moore	464.23
42	Storm Davis	460.85
43	Kevin Gross	460.74
44	Charlie Leibrandt	459.94
45	Frank Tanana	459.35
46	John Denny	459.04
47	Bryn Smith	457.11
48	Shane Rawley	455.08
49	Dave Dravecky	453.95
50	Floyd Bannister	453.01
51	Mike Smithson	451.03
52	Dan Petry	449.52
53	Jay Tibbs	445.67
54	Mark Langston	445.13
55	Rick Reuschel	444.57
56	Scott Sanderson	444.36
57	Joaquin Andujar	443.79
58	David Palmer	442.24
59	Bob Forsch	442.18
60	La Marr Hoyt	436.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Dixon	434.98
62	Floyd Youmans	433.55
63	Rick Honeycutt	433.46
64	Danny Jackson	433.32
65	Scott McGregor	433.17
66	Phil Niekro	432.81
67	Tom Candiotti	432.7
68	Dennis Rasmussen	429.58
69	Moose Haas	429.47
70	Ken Schrom	427.49
71	Zane Smith	426.91
72	Joe Niekro	424.76
73	Mark Gubicza	423.07
74	Andy Hawkins	422.81
75	Rick Mahler	421.16
76	Neal Heaton	418.12
77	Joe Cowley	417.26
78	Danny Darwin	415.31
79	Charles Hudson	414.85
80	Al Nipper	414.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Trout	412.22
82	Mike Flanagan	411.28
83	Vida Blue	405.19
84	Mike LaCoss	403.78
85	Chris Codiroli	403.64
86	Mike Mason	401.44
87	Bud Black	397.22
88	Rick Aguilera	395.13
89	Jose Rijo	393.25
90	Curt Young	393.19
91	Tim Leary	393.15
92	Neil Allen	392.78
93	Steve Carlton	392.76
94	Bill Wegman	391.66
95	Ron Romanick	391.33
96	Juan Nieves	390.52
97	Ed Correa	389.31
98	Jerry Reuss	387.13
99	John Butcher	386.2
100	Andy McGaffigan	385.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mark Thurmond	385.63
102	Jim Deshaies	384.88
103	Joe Hesketh	383.39
104	Dennis Leonard	381.96
105	Scott Garrelts	381.46
106	Jose Guzman	381.1
107	Larry McWilliams	379.79
108	Ed Whitson	378.45
109	Bobby Witt	375.03
110	Dave LaPoint	374.23
111	John Candelaria	373.2
112	Eric King	371.7
113	Mike Morgan	369.18
114	Bruce Ruffin	368.86
115	Joel Davis	367.87
116	Joe Johnson	365.71
117	Mike Bielecki	365.28
118	Greg Mathews	364.99
119	Richard Dotson	363.84
120	Ray Burris	363.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tim Lollar	360.82
122	Scott Bankhead	359.44
123	Eric Plunk	359.2
124	Bob Tewksbury	357.86
125	Matt Young	356.7
126	John Cerutti	354.78
127	Ed Lynch	353.74
128	Bob Walk	352.06
129	Doug Drabek	350.54
130	Jose DeLeon	349.26
131	Dave Stewart	349.04
132	Randy O'Neal	347.61
133	Chris Welsh	347.35
134	Don Carman	347.03
135	Don Schulze	341.93
136	Tommy John	341.07
137	Bob Kipper	339.12
138	Jeff Sellers	335.3
139	Jim Acker	334.44
140	Alejandro Pena	333.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Lance McCullers	333.01
142	Jim Slaton	331.28
143	Mike Brown	330.54
144	Roger Mason	329.77
145	Terry Mulholland	329.52
146	Mark Portugal	328.84
147	Allan Anderson	327.9
148	Juan Berenguer	326.28
149	Mark Knudson	326.23
150	Jamie Moyer	325.75
151	Dennis Martinez	325.63
152	Tim Conroy	321.87
153	Kurt Kepshire	321.39
154	Milt Wilcox	320.19
155	Jerry Reed	317.89
156	Kelly Downs	317.83
157	Jim Beattie	317.29
158	Mike Loynd	317.27
159	Bob Sebra	316.96
160	Guy Hoffman	314.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dennis Powell	313.76
162	Rick Anderson	313.31
163	Bryan Oelkers	311.19
164	Jose Roman	310.78
165	Rick Langford	310.36
166	Craig McMurtry	309.79
167	Rob Woodward	309.04
168	Mike Maddux	308.73
169	Scott Nielsen	308.53
170	Chris Bosio	308.42
171	Bill Mooneyham	308.4
172	Bob Shirley	308.0
173	Freddie Toliver	307.98
174	Scott Bailes	307.75
175	Steve Fireovid	307.73
176	Vern Ruhle	307.47
177	Cliff Speck	306.66
178	Bill Swift	306.34
179	Matt Keough	306.22
180	Bruce Berenyi	305.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Britt Burns	304.49
182	Manny Hernandez	304.37
183	Ray Chadwick	303.87
184	Frank Pastore	303.24
185	Bob Stanley	303.04
186	Lee Guetterman	303.0
187	Mark Davis	302.01
188	Jim Gott	301.66
189	Dennis Lamp	301.2
190	Rich Sauveur	300.97
191	Scott Terry	300.62

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