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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	567.33
2	Mike Witt	559.44
3	Mike Scott	558.65
4	Jack Morris	551.15
5	Bert Blyleven	549.42
6	Fernando Valenzuela	547.86
7	John Tudor	540.35
8	Rick Rhoden	520.74
9	Bob Knepper	512.99
10	Ron Darling	512.73
11	Roger Clemens	505.71
12	Teddy Higuera	501.12
13	Tom Seaver	497.63
14	Nolan Ryan	495.43
15	Frank Viola	494.05
16	Mike Krukow	493.66
17	Bob Welch	491.6
18	Ron Guidry	490.24
19	Danny Cox	488.86
20	Don Sutton	488.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Orel Hershiser	488.24
22	Sid Fernandez	487.54
23	Bill Gullickson	487.17
24	Charlie Hough	485.7
25	Doyle Alexander	485.6
26	Bruce Hurst	484.74
27	Mike Boddicker	483.53
28	Eric Show	482.5
29	Kirk McCaskill	482.14
30	Bret Saberhagen	478.48
31	Dennis Eckersley	477.48
32	Tom Browning	474.92
33	Walt Terrell	474.78
34	Jimmy Key	473.31
35	Oil Can Boyd	473.11
36	Dave Stieb	472.52
37	John Denny	472.45
38	Jim Clancy	472.32
39	Mike Moore	472.32
40	Bob Ojeda	471.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Storm Davis	470.58
42	Mario Soto	468.07
43	Rick Sutcliffe	467.48
44	Charlie Leibrandt	465.78
45	Kevin Gross	463.69
46	Frank Tanana	461.85
47	Bryn Smith	453.56
48	Dave Dravecky	452.88
49	Shane Rawley	452.58
50	Floyd Bannister	451.57
51	Bob Forsch	451.19
52	Jay Tibbs	451.03
53	David Palmer	450.06
54	Rick Reuschel	448.59
55	Dan Petry	448.5
56	Mark Langston	447.77
57	Danny Jackson	446.27
58	Joaquin Andujar	445.89
59	Scott Sanderson	445.39
60	Floyd Youmans	445.04
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Smithson	442.66
62	Tom Candiotti	440.83
63	Phil Niekro	440.78
64	Ken Dixon	440.57
65	La Marr Hoyt	440.07
66	Dennis Rasmussen	437.64
67	Rick Honeycutt	437.5
68	Andy Hawkins	435.14
69	Scott McGregor	431.92
70	Neal Heaton	429.37
71	Mark Gubicza	428.62
72	Ken Schrom	427.09
73	Moose Haas	426.97
74	Zane Smith	426.43
75	Joe Niekro	423.51
76	Mike Flanagan	421.57
77	Danny Darwin	414.31
78	Joe Cowley	414.06
79	Rick Mahler	413.49
80	Charles Hudson	412.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Al Nipper	411.3
82	Steve Trout	407.73
83	Vida Blue	403.96
84	Curt Young	403.28
85	Steve Carlton	401.2
86	Chris Codiroli	401.14
87	Bill Wegman	400.25
88	Mike Mason	399.85
89	Jim Deshaies	399.14
90	Mike LaCoss	397.82
91	Rick Aguilera	396.49
92	Bud Black	394.72
93	Jose Rijo	393.21
94	Ed Correa	391.78
95	Tim Leary	390.52
96	Neil Allen	390.28
97	Juan Nieves	389.83
98	Ron Romanick	388.83
99	John Candelaria	387.33
100	Jose Guzman	387.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bruce Ruffin	386.85
102	Joe Johnson	385.46
103	Jerry Reuss	384.63
104	Mark Thurmond	384.38
105	John Butcher	383.7
106	Andy McGaffigan	383.29
107	Mike Morgan	381.5
108	Ed Whitson	381.38
109	Joe Hesketh	380.89
110	Scott Garrelts	378.96
111	Eric King	378.38
112	Dennis Leonard	376.4
113	Larry McWilliams	376.2
114	Dave LaPoint	375.46
115	Mike Bielecki	375.45
116	Bobby Witt	374.03
117	Greg Mathews	373.87
118	Richard Dotson	370.87
119	Joel Davis	365.37
120	Don Carman	362.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ray Burris	361.29
122	Jose DeLeon	360.97
123	Dave Stewart	360.67
124	Doug Drabek	360.43
125	Tim Lollar	358.32
126	Scott Bankhead	358.25
127	Ed Lynch	358.09
128	Bob Walk	357.97
129	Eric Plunk	357.7
130	John Cerutti	356.98
131	Randy O'Neal	355.94
132	Bob Tewksbury	355.36
133	Matt Young	354.2
134	Jim Acker	350.98
135	Chris Welsh	347.98
136	Mark Portugal	347.82
137	Jamie Moyer	346.87
138	Tommy John	341.49
139	Don Schulze	339.43
140	Bob Kipper	336.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Bob Sebra	332.86
142	Jeff Sellers	332.8
143	Tim Conroy	332.42
144	Lance McCullers	332.01
145	Alejandro Pena	331.17
146	Mike Loynd	329.31
147	Jim Slaton	328.78
148	Terry Mulholland	328.52
149	Dennis Martinez	328.28
150	Roger Mason	327.27
151	Kelly Downs	326.46
152	Allan Anderson	325.4
153	Mike Brown	324.6
154	Mike Maddux	324.31
155	Juan Berenguer	323.78
156	Mark Knudson	323.73
157	Kurt Kepshire	318.89
158	Milt Wilcox	317.69
159	Jose Roman	317.43
160	Rick Anderson	316.69
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jerry Reed	315.39
162	Jim Beattie	314.79
163	Matt Keough	314.54
164	Scott Bailes	314.38
165	Dennis Powell	314.13
166	Tom Hume	312.25
167	Guy Hoffman	312.01
168	Chris Bosio	311.37
169	Ricky Horton	311.27
170	Bryan Oelkers	308.69
171	Bill Swift	307.91
172	Rick Langford	307.86
173	Jim Winn	307.82
174	Randy Niemann	307.75
175	Tim Burke	307.5
176	Craig McMurtry	307.29
177	Rob Woodward	306.54
178	Vern Ruhle	306.51
179	Steve Fireovid	306.48
180	Scott Nielsen	306.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Bill Mooneyham	305.9
182	Bob Shirley	305.5
183	Freddie Toliver	305.48
184	Ray Chadwick	304.73
185	Ted Power	304.34
186	Cliff Speck	304.16
187	Bruce Berenyi	303.28
188	Manny Hernandez	301.87
189	Bob Stanley	301.79
190	Frank Pastore	301.49
191	Lee Guetterman	300.5

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