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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	579.42
2	Dave Stieb	577.16
3	Fernando Valenzuela	558.2
4	Bert Blyleven	550.79
5	Jack Morris	543.04
6	John Tudor	541.53
7	Mario Soto	538.11
8	Charlie Hough	530.54
9	Dan Petry	514.3
10	Ron Guidry	511.65
11	Mike Witt	510.61
12	Tom Seaver	507.02
13	Nolan Ryan	506.45
14	Joaquin Andujar	503.3
15	Rick Sutcliffe	500.03
16	Dennis Eckersley	498.8
17	Mike Boddicker	489.38
18	Don Sutton	487.22
19	Orel Hershiser	484.1
20	Doyle Alexander	483.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Welch	482.29
22	Oil Can Boyd	481.52
23	John Denny	479.76
24	Joe Niekro	479.07
25	Frank Tanana	477.51
26	Phil Niekro	477.36
27	Bryn Smith	477.13
28	Floyd Bannister	476.39
29	Mike Moore	474.42
30	Bruce Hurst	472.37
31	Bret Saberhagen	471.69
32	Danny Darwin	470.49
33	Rick Rhoden	470.31
34	La Marr Hoyt	469.88
35	Mike Krukow	469.27
36	Mike Smithson	469.17
37	Jerry Reuss	468.52
38	Shane Rawley	468.47
39	Ron Darling	468.45
40	Steve Carlton	468.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bud Black	468.03
42	Frank Viola	467.81
43	Eric Show	466.89
44	Britt Burns	463.25
45	Charlie Leibrandt	462.7
46	Walt Terrell	461.07
47	Bill Gullickson	460.3
48	Scott Sanderson	457.84
49	Rick Mahler	455.45
50	Danny Cox	455.45
51	Dave LaPoint	453.49
52	Bob Knepper	452.67
53	Mike Scott	452.2
54	Dave Dravecky	448.75
55	Storm Davis	446.39
56	Ray Burris	442.52
57	Moose Haas	438.54
58	Tom Browning	437.95
59	Richard Dotson	437.19
60	Mark Langston	436.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ed Whitson	433.78
62	Jose DeLeon	433.36
63	Steve Trout	433.31
64	Tim Lollar	432.72
65	John Butcher	431.79
66	Mark Gubicza	430.32
67	Jim Clancy	429.83
68	Joe Hesketh	428.56
69	Al Nipper	427.8
70	Ron Romanick	427.03
71	Sid Fernandez	426.43
72	Charles Hudson	423.46
73	Larry McWilliams	423.46
74	Chris Codiroli	423.17
75	Jerry Koosman	422.05
76	Jimmy Key	421.93
77	Andy Hawkins	421.82
78	Danny Jackson	419.41
79	Neal Heaton	419.3
80	Scott McGregor	419.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rick Honeycutt	418.58
82	Matt Young	418.04
83	Rick Reuschel	416.86
84	Steve Bedrosian	415.42
85	Milt Wilcox	414.8
86	Ed Lynch	414.64
87	Roger Clemens	413.91
88	Jay Tibbs	413.47
89	Jim Beattie	411.85
90	Kevin Gross	409.45
91	Bob Ojeda	407.17
92	Kurt Kepshire	406.97
93	Atlee Hammaker	406.66
94	Ken Schrom	406.15
95	Geoff Zahn	405.7
96	Luis Leal	405.55
97	Bill Laskey	404.24
98	Dennis Rasmussen	402.64
99	Kirk McCaskill	400.39
100	Teddy Higuera	400.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pascual Perez	400.06
102	Tim Birtsas	397.9
103	Mark Thurmond	396.95
104	Joe Cowley	389.35
105	Ray Fontenot	386.44
106	Juan Berenguer	384.5
107	Dennis Martinez	381.12
108	Jim Gott	380.44
109	David Palmer	380.36
110	Bruce Berenyi	380.04
111	Jim Slaton	378.08
112	Steve Rogers	378.01
113	Mike Mason	376.99
114	Len Barker	376.2
115	Tommy John	374.72
116	Dick Ruthven	371.87
117	Zane Smith	369.74
118	Rick Aguilera	366.83
119	Joe Price	365.39
120	Pete Vuckovich	362.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Randy O'Neal	360.14
122	Ken Dixon	358.98
123	Bill Krueger	358.05
124	Lee Tunnell	357.88
125	Mike Flanagan	356.15
126	Bob Forsch	355.62
127	Tom Filer	351.8
128	Burt Hooton	350.71
129	Craig McMurtry	350.65
130	Bill Swift	348.8
131	Andy McGaffigan	348.13
132	Frank Wills	347.48
133	Dan Schatzeder	343.61
134	Vida Blue	342.67
135	Urbano Lugo	340.03
136	Vern Ruhle	338.67
137	Gene Nelson	338.22
138	Ramon Romero	337.62
139	Joe Johnson	333.93
140	Roy Smith	333.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Waddell	333.5
142	Floyd Youmans	331.74
143	John Candelaria	329.87
144	Steve McCatty	329.5
145	Marty Bystrom	328.32
146	Dickie Noles	326.78
147	Mickey Mahler	325.46
148	Jaime Cocanower	324.19
149	Rick Camp	324.05
150	Joel Davis	324.01
151	Bob Shirley	323.54
152	Jose Rijo	321.53
153	Curt Wardle	320.79
154	Bruce Kison	320.69
155	Jim Winn	319.49
156	Don Robinson	319.47
157	Frank Pastore	318.46
158	Derek Botelho	315.95
159	Jay Baller	315.73
160	Ron Robinson	315.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Terry Leach	315.02
162	Jerry Reed	314.62
163	Steve Engel	314.39
164	Don Schulze	313.68
165	Bob Walk	313.11
166	John Stuper	313.04
167	Steve Shields	312.47
168	Ron Musselman	312.37
169	Ed Wojna	310.45
170	Ron Mathis	310.3
171	Roy Lee Jackson	309.78
172	Mike Trujillo	309.66
173	Glen Cook	309.36
174	Charlie Lea	308.83
175	Dave Stewart	308.18
176	Chris Welsh	307.43
177	Jamie Easterly	306.9
178	Dan Spillner	305.49
179	Lary Sorensen	303.63
180	Jeff Russell	303.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Steve Mura	303.23
182	Pete Filson	303.06
183	Jeff Heathcock	301.18
184	Brian Snyder	301.13
185	Steve Farr	301.08
186	Mark Portugal	300.41
187	Bill Latham	300.07

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