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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	569.22
2	Mike Witt	567.94
3	Mike Scott	560.46
4	Fernando Valenzuela	554.41
5	Bert Blyleven	553.78
6	Jack Morris	541.33
7	John Tudor	539.63
8	Rick Rhoden	521.16
9	Teddy Higuera	517.61
10	Roger Clemens	512.62
11	Bob Knepper	512.31
12	Ron Darling	512.26
13	Bill Gullickson	503.85
14	Nolan Ryan	501.83
15	Bob Welch	496.78
16	Charlie Hough	495.4
17	Danny Cox	494.13
18	Mike Krukow	493.91
19	Don Sutton	493.78
20	Frank Viola	492.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Seaver	491.7
22	Orel Hershiser	490.28
23	Mike Boddicker	487.23
24	Eric Show	484.74
25	Oil Can Boyd	484.29
26	Ron Guidry	483.8
27	Doyle Alexander	482.9
28	Bruce Hurst	482.41
29	Sid Fernandez	481.56
30	Bob Ojeda	481.16
31	Dennis Eckersley	480.26
32	Jim Clancy	479.84
33	Kirk McCaskill	478.91
34	Bret Saberhagen	476.98
35	Dave Stieb	476.1
36	Jimmy Key	476.03
37	Mike Moore	476.02
38	Charlie Leibrandt	474.46
39	Rick Sutcliffe	471.53
40	John Denny	471.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Browning	470.47
42	Walt Terrell	466.69
43	Mario Soto	466.57
44	Storm Davis	463.83
45	Kevin Gross	462.81
46	Frank Tanana	461.16
47	Floyd Bannister	460.97
48	Bryn Smith	457.84
49	David Palmer	455.37
50	Bob Forsch	454.37
51	Dan Petry	452.01
52	Rick Reuschel	451.29
53	Shane Rawley	451.08
54	Scott Sanderson	448.63
55	Dave Dravecky	448.24
56	Mark Langston	446.84
57	Danny Jackson	446.24
58	Tom Candiotti	445.9
59	Phil Niekro	445.7
60	Floyd Youmans	444.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Smithson	444.08
62	Joaquin Andujar	443.73
63	Jay Tibbs	442.83
64	Dennis Rasmussen	441.51
65	Rick Honeycutt	440.59
66	La Marr Hoyt	440.07
67	Ken Dixon	439.04
68	Andy Hawkins	434.86
69	Scott McGregor	431.98
70	Mark Gubicza	428.62
71	Moose Haas	425.47
72	Neal Heaton	425.37
73	Mike Flanagan	425.31
74	Ken Schrom	422.17
75	Joe Niekro	421.77
76	Rick Mahler	418.98
77	Zane Smith	417.64
78	Vida Blue	417.61
79	Danny Darwin	415.18
80	Joe Cowley	414.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Al Nipper	412.6
82	Curt Young	407.58
83	Charles Hudson	406.66
84	Steve Trout	406.23
85	Steve Carlton	405.16
86	Jim Deshaies	401.8
87	Bill Wegman	401.01
88	Chris Codiroli	399.64
89	Mike Mason	399.6
90	Jose Rijo	399.33
91	Ed Correa	396.73
92	Bruce Ruffin	394.57
93	Bud Black	393.22
94	Rick Aguilera	393.2
95	John Candelaria	392.02
96	Mike LaCoss	391.87
97	Dennis Leonard	390.19
98	Mike Morgan	389.76
99	Tim Leary	389.02
100	Neil Allen	388.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ron Romanick	387.33
102	Greg Mathews	386.55
103	Jose Guzman	386.0
104	Jerry Reuss	383.13
105	Juan Nieves	383.12
106	Mark Thurmond	382.88
107	John Butcher	382.2
108	Andy McGaffigan	381.79
109	Joe Johnson	380.9
110	Ed Whitson	380.75
111	Bobby Witt	380.75
112	Eric King	379.65
113	Joe Hesketh	379.39
114	Dave Stewart	378.75
115	Mike Bielecki	377.56
116	Scott Garrelts	377.46
117	Larry McWilliams	375.95
118	Dave LaPoint	374.21
119	Jose DeLeon	370.46
120	Doug Drabek	368.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Richard Dotson	368.59
122	Scott Bankhead	366.93
123	Don Carman	365.45
124	Joel Davis	363.87
125	Bob Walk	362.99
126	Eric Plunk	362.21
127	John Cerutti	361.94
128	Ed Lynch	359.93
129	Ray Burris	359.79
130	Tim Lollar	356.82
131	Randy O'Neal	354.94
132	Bob Tewksbury	353.86
133	Matt Young	352.7
134	Jim Acker	350.25
135	Mark Portugal	350.16
136	Chris Welsh	349.68
137	Tommy John	344.24
138	Jamie Moyer	344.23
139	Dennis Martinez	339.71
140	Alejandro Pena	338.29
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Don Schulze	337.93
142	Kelly Downs	336.38
143	Bob Kipper	335.12
144	Bob Sebra	332.86
145	Jeff Sellers	331.3
146	Tim Conroy	330.78
147	Lance McCullers	330.51
148	Mike Maddux	327.99
149	Jim Slaton	327.28
150	Terry Mulholland	327.02
151	Mike Loynd	326.8
152	Roger Mason	325.77
153	Mike Brown	324.6
154	Allan Anderson	323.9
155	Scott Bailes	322.75
156	Juan Berenguer	322.28
157	Mark Knudson	322.23
158	Jose Roman	321.23
159	Kurt Kepshire	317.39
160	Tim Burke	317.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Milt Wilcox	316.19
162	Rick Anderson	315.19
163	Jerry Reed	313.89
164	Ted Power	313.39
165	Dennis Powell	313.38
166	Jim Beattie	313.29
167	Chris Bosio	313.27
168	Matt Keough	313.04
169	Greg Swindell	310.91
170	Tom Hume	310.75
171	Guy Hoffman	310.51
172	Ricky Horton	309.77
173	Mike Trujillo	307.4
174	Bryan Oelkers	307.19
175	Jim Winn	306.75
176	Bill Swift	306.41
177	Rick Langford	306.36
178	Randy Niemann	306.25
179	Craig McMurtry	305.79
180	Vern Ruhle	305.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Rob Woodward	305.04
182	Steve Fireovid	304.98
183	Ray Chadwick	304.73
184	Scott Nielsen	304.53
185	Bill Mooneyham	304.4
186	Bob Shirley	304.0
187	Freddie Toliver	303.98
188	John Habyan	303.23
189	Cliff Speck	302.66
190	Bruce Berenyi	301.78
191	Manny Hernandez	300.37
192	Bob Stanley	300.29

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