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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	568.21
2	Mike Scott	566.24
3	Mike Witt	563.49
4	Bert Blyleven	563.16
5	Fernando Valenzuela	555.29
6	Jack Morris	544.14
7	John Tudor	534.2
8	Rick Rhoden	521.96
9	Roger Clemens	517.65
10	Bill Gullickson	511.82
11	Teddy Higuera	507.67
12	Nolan Ryan	506.01
13	Ron Darling	504.51
14	Bob Knepper	504.43
15	Bob Welch	504.34
16	Don Sutton	501.16
17	Mike Krukow	496.65
18	Charlie Hough	496.46
19	Tom Seaver	495.87
20	Danny Cox	495.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bob Ojeda	489.7
22	Sid Fernandez	487.66
23	Doyle Alexander	485.49
24	Bruce Hurst	485.02
25	Kirk McCaskill	484.97
26	Oil Can Boyd	484.46
27	Eric Show	483.99
28	Mike Moore	483.8
29	Ron Guidry	483.41
30	Orel Hershiser	483.28
31	Frank Viola	482.96
32	Mike Boddicker	482.12
33	Dave Stieb	481.09
34	Dennis Eckersley	476.93
35	Bret Saberhagen	475.73
36	Charlie Leibrandt	474.36
37	Jim Clancy	473.91
38	Jimmy Key	473.78
39	Rick Sutcliffe	470.86
40	John Denny	469.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Tanana	469.67
42	Floyd Bannister	469.38
43	Walt Terrell	465.9
44	Bryn Smith	465.88
45	Mario Soto	465.32
46	Tom Browning	464.29
47	Kevin Gross	464.13
48	Storm Davis	464.05
49	David Palmer	459.99
50	Bob Forsch	457.37
51	Floyd Youmans	456.77
52	Dan Petry	456.51
53	Rick Reuschel	454.26
54	Joaquin Andujar	453.73
55	Tom Candiotti	451.79
56	Shane Rawley	449.83
57	Mark Langston	449.79
58	Danny Jackson	448.47
59	Dave Dravecky	447.74
60	Mike Smithson	446.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Scott Sanderson	445.77
62	Rick Honeycutt	444.41
63	Phil Niekro	441.93
64	Jay Tibbs	441.77
65	Dennis Rasmussen	439.05
66	Ken Dixon	438.39
67	Mark Gubicza	436.17
68	Andy Hawkins	433.73
69	Scott McGregor	433.41
70	La Marr Hoyt	433.27
71	Neal Heaton	430.53
72	Joe Niekro	427.02
73	Ken Schrom	425.16
74	Rick Mahler	424.37
75	Moose Haas	424.22
76	Joe Cowley	422.74
77	Mike Flanagan	422.44
78	Vida Blue	421.78
79	Danny Darwin	419.6
80	Zane Smith	416.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Carlton	413.72
82	Curt Young	409.43
83	Al Nipper	408.75
84	Charles Hudson	405.66
85	Steve Trout	404.98
86	Bill Wegman	401.63
87	Rick Aguilera	400.22
88	Jose Rijo	399.87
89	Chris Codiroli	398.39
90	Mike Mason	398.35
91	Jim Deshaies	398.08
92	Bruce Ruffin	397.35
93	Ed Correa	396.51
94	Dennis Leonard	396.51
95	Mike LaCoss	395.91
96	John Candelaria	395.88
97	Greg Mathews	394.46
98	Bud Black	391.97
99	Mike Morgan	390.81
100	Tim Leary	387.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Neil Allen	387.53
102	Joe Johnson	386.87
103	Jose Guzman	386.12
104	Ron Romanick	386.08
105	Bobby Witt	385.31
106	Dave Stewart	384.81
107	Juan Nieves	382.64
108	Jerry Reuss	381.88
109	Mark Thurmond	381.63
110	Dave LaPoint	381.08
111	John Butcher	380.95
112	Andy McGaffigan	380.54
113	Ed Whitson	380.05
114	Mike Bielecki	379.7
115	Richard Dotson	379.53
116	Eric King	378.93
117	Joe Hesketh	378.14
118	Scott Garrelts	376.21
119	Scott Bankhead	376.06
120	Larry McWilliams	374.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Don Carman	374.17
122	Doug Drabek	368.51
123	Bob Walk	368.29
124	Jose DeLeon	366.63
125	Ed Lynch	362.7
126	Joel Davis	362.62
127	Eric Plunk	362.21
128	John Cerutti	360.39
129	Ray Burris	358.54
130	Chris Welsh	357.62
131	Jim Acker	356.24
132	Tim Lollar	355.57
133	Tommy John	354.25
134	Randy O'Neal	353.69
135	Bob Tewksbury	352.61
136	Matt Young	351.45
137	Mark Portugal	349.56
138	Jamie Moyer	347.43
139	Tim Conroy	342.29
140	Kelly Downs	342.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Alejandro Pena	337.35
142	Dennis Martinez	337.22
143	Don Schulze	336.68
144	Bob Sebra	336.32
145	Mike Maddux	335.19
146	Bob Kipper	334.22
147	Mike Brown	333.66
148	Scott Bailes	330.16
149	Jeff Sellers	330.05
150	Lance McCullers	329.26
151	Mike Loynd	327.29
152	Terry Mulholland	327.22
153	Bill Swift	326.92
154	Jim Slaton	326.03
155	Ted Power	324.65
156	Roger Mason	324.52
157	Allan Anderson	322.65
158	Juan Berenguer	321.03
159	Mark Knudson	320.98
160	Jose Roman	320.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Greg Swindell	319.02
162	Tim Burke	317.01
163	Kurt Kepshire	316.14
164	Milt Wilcox	314.94
165	Rick Anderson	313.94
166	Chris Bosio	313.27
167	Jerry Reed	312.64
168	Dennis Powell	312.13
169	Jim Beattie	312.04
170	Matt Keough	311.79
171	Ed Wojna	309.83
172	Tom Hume	309.5
173	Guy Hoffman	309.26
174	Ray Chadwick	309.15
175	Ricky Horton	308.52
176	Mike Trujillo	307.15
177	Jim Winn	306.5
178	Bryan Oelkers	305.94
179	Pete Vuckovich	305.6
180	Rick Langford	305.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Randy Niemann	305.0
182	Craig McMurtry	304.54
183	Vern Ruhle	304.26
184	Rob Woodward	303.79
185	Steve Fireovid	303.73
186	Scott Nielsen	303.28
187	John Habyan	303.23
188	Bill Mooneyham	303.15
189	Bob Shirley	302.75
190	Freddie Toliver	302.73
191	Jeff Bittiger	302.03
192	Bill Krueger	301.73
193	Cliff Speck	301.41
194	Bruce Berenyi	300.53

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