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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	571.62
2	Mario Soto	550.02
3	Steve Carlton	545.21
4	Fernando Valenzuela	524.39
5	Nolan Ryan	519.9
6	Mike Boddicker	519.08
7	Floyd Bannister	509.6
8	Charlie Hough	508.98
9	Charlie Lea	503.85
10	Jack Morris	503.48
11	John Denny	501.21
12	Joaquin Andujar	500.74
13	John Candelaria	499.45
14	Richard Dotson	498.82
15	Rick Rhoden	498.33
16	Larry McWilliams	496.46
17	Dan Petry	493.64
18	Joe Niekro	493.28
19	Ron Guidry	491.59
20	Bob Welch	488.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Alejandro Pena	487.29
22	La Marr Hoyt	485.48
23	Phil Niekro	484.4
24	Don Sutton	483.11
25	Luis Leal	479.89
26	Frank Viola	478.32
27	Bill Gullickson	477.44
28	Tom Seaver	474.65
29	Storm Davis	473.08
30	Frank Tanana	472.56
31	John Tudor	472.4
32	Mike Smithson	469.45
33	Jim Beattie	469.44
34	Rick Sutcliffe	467.48
35	Scott McGregor	465.9
36	Geoff Zahn	465.75
37	Mike Flanagan	465.49
38	Len Barker	465.31
39	Tim Lollar	463.91
40	Bruce Hurst	463.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Milt Wilcox	462.74
42	Bert Blyleven	459.33
43	Pascual Perez	458.97
44	Bob Knepper	458.5
45	Bud Black	458.27
46	Mike Witt	457.96
47	Jerry Koosman	457.49
48	Dennis Eckersley	457.39
49	Jim Clancy	456.38
50	Moose Haas	453.85
51	Doyle Alexander	451.8
52	Rick Honeycutt	449.0
53	Mike Krukow	447.97
54	Jose DeLeon	447.78
55	Eric Show	447.48
56	Dwight Gooden	447.28
57	Bob Ojeda	442.08
58	Mark Langston	440.19
59	Steve Rogers	439.62
60	Dave LaPoint	438.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Shane Rawley	431.81
62	Joe Price	429.21
63	Bruce Berenyi	428.95
64	Jerry Reuss	428.72
65	Bryn Smith	428.22
66	Tommy John	427.89
67	Walt Terrell	423.94
68	Juan Berenguer	422.64
69	John Butcher	422.04
70	Scott Sanderson	419.7
71	Mark Thurmond	419.36
72	Craig McMurtry	418.58
73	Ron Romanick	418.06
74	Charles Hudson	417.68
75	Steve McCatty	416.09
76	Bill Laskey	414.3
77	Ed Whitson	413.59
78	Dick Ruthven	410.61
79	Britt Burns	410.3
80	Oil Can Boyd	410.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ron Darling	409.0
82	Larry Gura	408.9
83	Mark Gubicza	408.31
84	Ray Burris	407.44
85	Mike Caldwell	407.22
86	Danny Darwin	406.44
87	Steve Trout	405.44
88	Lary Sorensen	404.21
89	Orel Hershiser	402.59
90	Rick Mahler	398.56
91	Ken Forsch	398.25
92	Mike Moore	395.41
93	Jeff Russell	393.16
94	Mark Davis	392.79
95	Albert Williams	392.43
96	Jim Gott	391.92
97	Dennis Rasmussen	390.93
98	Al Nipper	387.87
99	Mike Scott	386.69
100	Mike Mason	385.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ken Schrom	385.06
102	Neal Heaton	383.57
103	Jeff Robinson	383.13
104	Bob Forsch	383.04
105	Jaime Cocanower	381.24
106	John Stuper	379.57
107	Andy Hawkins	378.77
108	Roger Clemens	377.75
109	Frank Pastore	375.85
110	Dennis Martinez	375.81
111	Marty Bystrom	375.01
112	Chuck Rainey	374.09
113	Charlie Leibrandt	370.45
114	Mike Torrez	368.96
115	Dave Stewart	368.29
116	Steve Farr	367.43
117	Jim Palmer	367.43
118	Curt Young	367.06
119	Matt Young	366.71
120	David Palmer	365.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Rick Camp	363.29
122	Mike LaCoss	362.2
123	Paul Splittorff	361.28
124	Dan Schatzeder	361.22
125	Jay Tibbs	360.38
126	Chuck Porter	360.18
127	Danny Cox	357.85
128	Bill Krueger	357.59
129	Ray Fontenot	357.2
130	Atlee Hammaker	357.05
131	Ricky Horton	356.46
132	Sid Fernandez	356.26
133	Dave Dravecky	355.34
134	Burt Hooton	354.46
135	Steve Comer	352.76
136	Kurt Kepshire	351.6
137	Ed Hodge	349.79
138	Salome Barojas	346.98
139	Dave Rozema	346.38
140	Pete Falcone	345.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Roy Smith	345.05
142	Tim Conroy	344.8
143	Jim Slaton	343.97
144	Bret Saberhagen	342.69
145	Kevin Gross	342.33
146	Chris Codiroli	336.15
147	Ed Vande Berg	335.06
148	Bob McClure	333.37
149	Bob Stoddard	332.62
150	Rick Reuschel	331.98
151	John Montefusco	329.43
152	Gene Nelson	328.59
153	Don Schulze	327.95
154	Mike Warren	327.68
155	Joe Cowley	325.49
156	Mike Jones	325.48
157	Rich Bordi	324.91
158	Ed Lynch	322.67
159	Mark Calvert	320.74
160	Tom Hume	320.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Pete Filson	320.51
162	Steve Bedrosian	319.72
163	Joe Hesketh	318.68
164	Glenn Abbott	317.91
165	John Henry Johnson	317.52
166	Dickie Noles	315.97
167	Dave Righetti	314.87
168	Lee Tunnell	313.82
169	Bobby Castillo	312.21
170	Bruce Kison	310.14
171	Dave Geisel	309.64
172	Andy McGaffigan	309.14
173	Bob Walk	308.36
174	Bryan Clark	308.05
175	Mike Brown	306.95
176	Jamie Easterly	306.62
177	Tom Candiotti	306.58
178	Jim Acker	306.32
179	Frank Wills	306.24
180	Bob Shirley	306.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Mike Madden	305.44
182	Tony Brizzolara	305.37
183	Andy Beene	301.82
184	Dan Spillner	301.72
185	Danny Jackson	300.14
186	Ken Dayley	300.05

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