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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	568.58
2	Mike Scott	559.0
3	Jack Morris	558.12
4	Fernando Valenzuela	554.97
5	Mike Witt	553.99
6	Bert Blyleven	546.11
7	John Tudor	539.83
8	Bob Knepper	514.81
9	Ron Darling	514.72
10	Rick Rhoden	513.52
11	Teddy Higuera	502.15
12	Nolan Ryan	501.25
13	Tom Seaver	500.21
14	Roger Clemens	496.12
15	Frank Viola	494.05
16	Sid Fernandez	490.0
17	Don Sutton	489.03
18	Orel Hershiser	488.24
19	Bob Welch	487.66
20	Mike Krukow	486.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Boddicker	485.04
22	Bruce Hurst	483.83
23	Bill Gullickson	483.09
24	Danny Cox	482.72
25	Eric Show	482.31
26	Dennis Eckersley	480.63
27	Ron Guidry	480.23
28	Bret Saberhagen	479.73
29	Kirk McCaskill	478.93
30	Doyle Alexander	478.53
31	Charlie Hough	478.03
32	Mike Moore	476.3
33	John Denny	472.45
34	Jim Clancy	471.89
35	Jimmy Key	471.54
36	Oil Can Boyd	470.16
37	Rick Sutcliffe	469.13
38	Mario Soto	468.57
39	Storm Davis	467.3
40	Dave Stieb	467.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bob Ojeda	464.95
42	Kevin Gross	463.94
43	Tom Browning	463.29
44	Walt Terrell	462.99
45	Charlie Leibrandt	459.94
46	Bryn Smith	457.11
47	Floyd Bannister	455.18
48	Shane Rawley	453.83
49	Frank Tanana	451.42
50	Jay Tibbs	450.79
51	Scott Sanderson	450.73
52	Mike Smithson	449.35
53	Dave Dravecky	448.39
54	Dan Petry	448.27
55	Bob Forsch	448.17
56	David Palmer	444.32
57	Rick Honeycutt	444.32
58	Rick Reuschel	444.04
59	Ken Dixon	441.07
60	Phil Niekro	441.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joaquin Andujar	441.0
62	Floyd Youmans	439.05
63	Danny Jackson	438.72
64	Mark Langston	437.33
65	Tom Candiotti	436.39
66	Mark Gubicza	435.37
67	La Marr Hoyt	434.29
68	Scott McGregor	433.17
69	Neal Heaton	429.17
70	Dennis Rasmussen	429.09
71	Moose Haas	428.22
72	Zane Smith	427.07
73	Andy Hawkins	426.68
74	Ken Schrom	425.33
75	Joe Niekro	424.76
76	Rick Mahler	420.28
77	Mike Flanagan	417.74
78	Joe Cowley	417.26
79	Danny Darwin	415.31
80	Al Nipper	410.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Charles Hudson	410.03
82	Steve Trout	408.23
83	Vida Blue	407.89
84	Chris Codiroli	402.39
85	Mike Mason	400.93
86	Mike LaCoss	398.07
87	Steve Carlton	397.94
88	Rick Aguilera	396.49
89	Bud Black	395.97
90	Bill Wegman	394.76
91	Curt Young	394.29
92	Jose Rijo	393.71
93	Juan Nieves	391.97
94	Ed Correa	391.74
95	Neil Allen	391.53
96	Tim Leary	390.52
97	Ron Romanick	390.08
98	Jim Deshaies	386.6
99	Jerry Reuss	385.88
100	Mark Thurmond	385.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	John Butcher	384.95
102	Andy McGaffigan	384.54
103	Joe Hesketh	382.14
104	Mike Morgan	381.35
105	Jose Guzman	380.6
106	John Candelaria	380.57
107	Larry McWilliams	380.3
108	Scott Garrelts	380.21
109	Ed Whitson	378.41
110	Greg Mathews	378.07
111	Dennis Leonard	377.15
112	Bruce Ruffin	375.69
113	Dave LaPoint	375.46
114	Joe Johnson	375.39
115	Bobby Witt	375.03
116	Richard Dotson	367.47
117	Joel Davis	366.62
118	Mike Bielecki	366.2
119	Eric King	366.07
120	Ray Burris	362.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tim Lollar	359.57
122	Eric Plunk	358.95
123	Bob Walk	357.97
124	Scott Bankhead	357.16
125	Doug Drabek	356.93
126	Bob Tewksbury	356.61
127	Jose DeLeon	356.33
128	Matt Young	355.45
129	John Cerutti	354.28
130	Ed Lynch	353.53
131	Dave Stewart	349.04
132	Randy O'Neal	347.61
133	Don Carman	345.2
134	Chris Welsh	345.19
135	Jim Acker	341.88
136	Jamie Moyer	341.68
137	Tommy John	341.07
138	Don Schulze	340.68
139	Mark Portugal	340.44
140	Bob Kipper	337.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jeff Sellers	334.05
142	Lance McCullers	333.01
143	Alejandro Pena	332.42
144	Dennis Martinez	331.38
145	Jim Slaton	330.03
146	Terry Mulholland	329.52
147	Mike Brown	329.29
148	Roger Mason	328.52
149	Mike Loynd	327.66
150	Bob Sebra	326.85
151	Allan Anderson	326.65
152	Tim Conroy	326.33
153	Juan Berenguer	325.03
154	Mark Knudson	324.98
155	Kelly Downs	322.1
156	Kurt Kepshire	320.14
157	Milt Wilcox	318.94
158	Mike Maddux	317.98
159	Rick Anderson	317.44
160	Scott Bailes	317.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jerry Reed	316.64
162	Dennis Powell	316.48
163	Jim Beattie	316.04
164	Matt Keough	314.79
165	Guy Hoffman	313.26
166	Tom Hume	312.5
167	Ricky Horton	312.02
168	Jose Roman	311.54
169	Bryan Oelkers	309.94
170	Chris Bosio	309.55
171	Rick Langford	309.11
172	Craig McMurtry	308.54
173	Jim Winn	308.32
174	Bill Swift	308.16
175	Tim Burke	308.0
176	Rob Woodward	307.79
177	Randy Niemann	307.75
178	Steve Fireovid	307.73
179	Vern Ruhle	307.47
180	Scott Nielsen	307.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Bill Mooneyham	307.15
182	Bob Shirley	306.75
183	Freddie Toliver	306.73
184	Cliff Speck	305.41
185	Bruce Berenyi	304.53
186	Manny Hernandez	303.12
187	Bob Stanley	303.04
188	Frank Pastore	302.74
189	Ray Chadwick	302.62
190	Lee Guetterman	301.75
191	Mark Davis	300.76
192	Jim Gott	300.41

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