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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	581.12
2	Dave Stieb	575.27
3	Fernando Valenzuela	554.63
4	Bert Blyleven	552.68
5	Mario Soto	547.32
6	John Tudor	543.7
7	Jack Morris	543.04
8	Charlie Hough	526.54
9	Mike Witt	514.48
10	Joaquin Andujar	510.51
11	Dan Petry	510.28
12	Ron Guidry	510.21
13	Tom Seaver	505.84
14	Rick Sutcliffe	501.28
15	Nolan Ryan	500.35
16	Dennis Eckersley	500.05
17	Don Sutton	487.22
18	Bob Welch	485.54
19	Oil Can Boyd	484.43
20	Bryn Smith	482.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Joe Niekro	481.77
22	Doyle Alexander	480.67
23	Mike Moore	480.67
24	John Denny	479.86
25	Orel Hershiser	479.41
26	Mike Boddicker	478.81
27	Frank Tanana	476.04
28	Floyd Bannister	474.78
29	Bud Black	472.32
30	Bret Saberhagen	471.69
31	Frank Viola	471.51
32	La Marr Hoyt	471.13
33	Phil Niekro	470.71
34	Mike Smithson	469.82
35	Steve Carlton	469.63
36	Mike Krukow	469.27
37	Rick Rhoden	468.75
38	Shane Rawley	468.52
39	Ron Darling	468.45
40	Eric Show	467.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Britt Burns	465.89
42	Walt Terrell	465.01
43	Jerry Reuss	463.45
44	Bruce Hurst	463.13
45	Danny Darwin	462.75
46	Rick Mahler	459.81
47	Mike Scott	459.76
48	Bob Knepper	459.24
49	Scott Sanderson	459.09
50	Charlie Leibrandt	457.26
51	Bill Gullickson	453.29
52	Dave LaPoint	451.59
53	Dave Dravecky	449.91
54	Danny Cox	446.86
55	Storm Davis	446.39
56	Moose Haas	444.04
57	Ray Burris	441.67
58	Richard Dotson	438.44
59	Mark Langston	436.56
60	Jose DeLeon	436.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John Butcher	432.54
62	Jim Clancy	431.08
63	Ed Whitson	430.73
64	Steve Trout	429.77
65	Al Nipper	429.05
66	Tim Lollar	428.78
67	Joe Hesketh	428.56
68	Danny Jackson	427.05
69	Ron Romanick	427.03
70	Tom Browning	426.24
71	Jimmy Key	424.82
72	Larry McWilliams	424.71
73	Scott McGregor	424.55
74	Sid Fernandez	424.08
75	Mark Gubicza	423.75
76	Jerry Koosman	422.55
77	Charles Hudson	421.84
78	Andy Hawkins	419.2
79	Rick Honeycutt	418.58
80	Ed Lynch	417.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Chris Codiroli	417.13
82	Milt Wilcox	416.05
83	Roger Clemens	415.16
84	Neal Heaton	414.96
85	Kevin Gross	414.26
86	Jim Beattie	412.35
87	Steve Bedrosian	409.06
88	Rick Reuschel	408.78
89	Bob Ojeda	407.92
90	Ken Schrom	407.4
91	Jay Tibbs	407.3
92	Geoff Zahn	406.95
93	Luis Leal	406.8
94	Matt Young	406.37
95	Bill Laskey	404.22
96	Dennis Rasmussen	403.89
97	Atlee Hammaker	403.51
98	Pascual Perez	401.31
99	Kurt Kepshire	399.38
100	Teddy Higuera	397.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Kirk McCaskill	396.31
102	Tim Birtsas	390.51
103	Mark Thurmond	387.38
104	Ray Fontenot	386.56
105	Jim Gott	386.52
106	David Palmer	381.61
107	Bruce Berenyi	381.29
108	Steve Rogers	379.26
109	Joe Cowley	378.25
110	Mike Mason	377.99
111	Dennis Martinez	375.8
112	Juan Berenguer	374.91
113	Dick Ruthven	373.12
114	Jim Slaton	372.97
115	Zane Smith	370.99
116	Len Barker	368.61
117	Joe Price	366.64
118	Tommy John	365.34
119	Pete Vuckovich	364.82
120	Rick Aguilera	362.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy O'Neal	361.39
122	Lee Tunnell	360.24
123	Ken Dixon	359.98
124	Bill Krueger	359.3
125	Mike Flanagan	358.92
126	Bob Forsch	355.62
127	Burt Hooton	352.12
128	Craig McMurtry	350.65
129	Bill Swift	349.04
130	Tom Filer	346.34
131	Dan Schatzeder	344.86
132	Frank Wills	344.74
133	Andy McGaffigan	342.16
134	Urbano Lugo	341.28
135	Vern Ruhle	339.92
136	John Candelaria	335.34
137	Vida Blue	335.13
138	Ramon Romero	332.23
139	Gene Nelson	331.44
140	Steve McCatty	330.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Roy Smith	330.31
142	Dickie Noles	330.15
143	Marty Bystrom	328.32
144	Mickey Mahler	326.71
145	Tom Waddell	325.85
146	Rick Camp	325.3
147	Bob Shirley	324.79
148	Joe Johnson	322.83
149	Floyd Youmans	322.0
150	Bruce Kison	321.94
151	Joel Davis	321.75
152	Jaime Cocanower	320.84
153	Jim Winn	320.74
154	Don Robinson	320.72
155	Frank Pastore	319.71
156	Ron Robinson	316.87
157	Jerry Reed	315.87
158	Terry Leach	315.27
159	Don Schulze	314.93
160	John Stuper	314.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Charlie Lea	313.83
162	Steve Shields	313.72
163	Derek Botelho	312.67
164	Jose Rijo	312.47
165	Ron Musselman	312.37
166	Ed Wojna	311.7
167	Ron Mathis	311.55
168	Curt Wardle	311.19
169	Glen Cook	310.61
170	Roy Lee Jackson	309.78
171	Jeff Russell	309.47
172	Mike Trujillo	308.99
173	Chris Welsh	308.68
174	Jay Baller	308.06
175	Steve Engel	306.78
176	Dan Spillner	306.74
177	Lary Sorensen	304.88
178	Steve Mura	304.48
179	Pete Filson	304.31
180	Bob Walk	303.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dave Stewart	303.26
182	Brian Snyder	302.38
183	Steve Farr	302.33
184	Mark Portugal	301.66
185	Bill Latham	301.32
186	Larry Gura	300.23

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