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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	578.45
2	Dave Stieb	576.2
3	Fernando Valenzuela	555.11
4	Bert Blyleven	553.16
5	John Tudor	548.22
6	Mario Soto	541.78
7	Jack Morris	531.31
8	Charlie Hough	529.04
9	Mike Witt	511.87
10	Dan Petry	510.72
11	Tom Seaver	508.89
12	Ron Guidry	505.39
13	Nolan Ryan	503.34
14	Joaquin Andujar	502.09
15	Rick Sutcliffe	498.78
16	Dennis Eckersley	497.55
17	Orel Hershiser	493.35
18	Don Sutton	492.76
19	Mike Boddicker	489.23
20	Doyle Alexander	486.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Moore	485.74
22	John Denny	485.31
23	Bob Welch	483.59
24	Oil Can Boyd	479.66
25	Phil Niekro	479.62
26	Shane Rawley	478.57
27	Bret Saberhagen	477.19
28	Mike Krukow	476.14
29	Mike Smithson	476.07
30	Bruce Hurst	476.02
31	Floyd Bannister	475.76
32	Rick Rhoden	475.72
33	Bryn Smith	475.49
34	Ron Darling	474.45
35	Joe Niekro	472.93
36	Britt Burns	470.55
37	Frank Tanana	469.28
38	Danny Darwin	468.74
39	La Marr Hoyt	468.63
40	Steve Carlton	468.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bill Gullickson	467.87
42	Jerry Reuss	466.31
43	Walt Terrell	466.19
44	Eric Show	464.96
45	Bud Black	464.89
46	Bob Knepper	461.47
47	Charlie Leibrandt	458.79
48	Storm Davis	458.53
49	Frank Viola	458.27
50	Dave LaPoint	457.79
51	Scott Sanderson	456.59
52	Danny Cox	455.76
53	Mike Scott	453.48
54	Rick Mahler	450.53
55	Moose Haas	444.05
56	Tom Browning	443.5
57	Jose DeLeon	442.04
58	Dave Dravecky	441.78
59	Tim Lollar	439.93
60	Richard Dotson	435.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mark Gubicza	435.08
62	Ray Burris	434.77
63	Ed Whitson	433.1
64	Mark Langston	431.89
65	Steve Trout	431.78
66	Sid Fernandez	431.75
67	John Butcher	431.42
68	Jim Clancy	428.58
69	Joe Hesketh	427.31
70	Jimmy Key	426.84
71	Charles Hudson	425.93
72	Andy Hawkins	425.76
73	Matt Young	423.86
74	Ron Romanick	423.6
75	Rick Reuschel	423.32
76	Larry McWilliams	422.21
77	Al Nipper	421.92
78	Jay Tibbs	421.76
79	Jerry Koosman	420.8
80	Chris Codiroli	420.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Scott McGregor	418.97
82	Rick Honeycutt	417.58
83	Danny Jackson	416.53
84	Steve Bedrosian	415.17
85	Ed Lynch	415.0
86	Neal Heaton	414.6
87	Kevin Gross	414.14
88	Milt Wilcox	413.55
89	Roger Clemens	412.66
90	Atlee Hammaker	411.74
91	Jim Beattie	410.6
92	Bob Ojeda	407.83
93	Geoff Zahn	404.45
94	Luis Leal	404.3
95	Teddy Higuera	403.99
96	Bill Laskey	403.74
97	Ken Schrom	403.15
98	Kurt Kepshire	401.8
99	Tim Birtsas	401.62
100	Dennis Rasmussen	401.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pascual Perez	398.81
102	Juan Berenguer	392.53
103	Mark Thurmond	392.06
104	Kirk McCaskill	391.83
105	Joe Cowley	391.25
106	Jim Gott	388.74
107	Jim Slaton	386.38
108	Ray Fontenot	385.34
109	Mike Mason	379.7
110	David Palmer	379.11
111	Bruce Berenyi	378.79
112	Dennis Martinez	378.75
113	Steve Rogers	376.76
114	Len Barker	376.62
115	Rick Aguilera	371.61
116	Dick Ruthven	370.62
117	Tommy John	368.65
118	Zane Smith	368.49
119	Joe Price	364.14
120	Pete Vuckovich	362.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Lee Tunnell	360.09
122	Randy O'Neal	358.89
123	Ken Dixon	357.73
124	Bob Forsch	356.9
125	Bill Krueger	356.8
126	Mike Flanagan	354.81
127	Joe Johnson	353.0
128	Craig McMurtry	352.21
129	Tom Filer	351.55
130	Burt Hooton	350.71
131	Vida Blue	350.0
132	Andy McGaffigan	349.99
133	Bill Swift	348.32
134	Dan Schatzeder	346.8
135	Frank Wills	340.16
136	Gene Nelson	339.74
137	John Candelaria	339.22
138	Urbano Lugo	338.78
139	Ramon Romero	337.62
140	Vern Ruhle	337.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Waddell	336.15
142	Roy Smith	333.02
143	Floyd Youmans	332.68
144	Jose Rijo	331.51
145	Bob Walk	328.31
146	Steve McCatty	328.25
147	Marty Bystrom	328.11
148	Curt Wardle	327.52
149	Derek Botelho	326.88
150	Joel Davis	326.78
151	Dickie Noles	326.53
152	Jaime Cocanower	324.93
153	Mickey Mahler	324.21
154	Rick Camp	322.8
155	Bob Shirley	322.29
156	Steve Engel	322.08
157	Bruce Kison	319.44
158	Jim Winn	318.24
159	Don Robinson	318.22
160	Mike Trujillo	317.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Frank Pastore	317.21
162	Jay Baller	314.75
163	Ron Robinson	314.37
164	Terry Leach	313.77
165	Jerry Reed	313.37
166	Don Schulze	312.43
167	John Stuper	311.79
168	Steve Shields	311.22
169	Ron Musselman	311.12
170	Ed Wojna	309.2
171	Mark Portugal	309.15
172	Ron Mathis	309.05
173	Roy Lee Jackson	308.53
174	Jeff Russell	308.52
175	Glen Cook	308.11
176	Bobby Castillo	307.63
177	Jamie Easterly	306.9
178	Dave Stewart	306.23
179	Chris Welsh	306.18
180	Dan Spillner	304.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Charlie Lea	303.83
182	Jeff Heathcock	302.53
183	Lary Sorensen	302.38
184	Steve Mura	301.98
185	Pete Filson	301.81
186	Steve Davis	301.4

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