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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	585.73
2	Dave Stieb	572.51
3	Fernando Valenzuela	563.09
4	John Tudor	554.89
5	Mario Soto	544.33
6	Bert Blyleven	544.22
7	Jack Morris	533.29
8	Charlie Hough	528.63
9	Mike Witt	510.76
10	Dan Petry	510.72
11	Ron Guidry	508.37
12	Tom Seaver	507.58
13	Nolan Ryan	503.34
14	Joaquin Andujar	499.93
15	Orel Hershiser	498.68
16	Rick Sutcliffe	497.53
17	Doyle Alexander	497.49
18	Dennis Eckersley	496.47
19	John Denny	493.8
20	Mike Boddicker	489.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mike Moore	488.8
22	Don Sutton	487.08
23	Bob Welch	484.74
24	Mike Smithson	481.39
25	Oil Can Boyd	480.05
26	Phil Niekro	479.16
27	Mike Krukow	478.82
28	Shane Rawley	478.57
29	Rick Rhoden	478.3
30	Ron Darling	477.81
31	Bret Saberhagen	477.19
32	Britt Burns	476.06
33	Bruce Hurst	476.02
34	Bryn Smith	475.76
35	Joe Niekro	474.39
36	Floyd Bannister	472.55
37	La Marr Hoyt	467.38
38	Storm Davis	467.08
39	Danny Cox	466.44
40	Frank Tanana	466.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Charlie Leibrandt	466.31
42	Eric Show	465.97
43	Bob Knepper	463.86
44	Walt Terrell	462.35
45	Jerry Reuss	462.23
46	Bill Gullickson	461.19
47	Danny Darwin	460.88
48	Steve Carlton	460.37
49	Dave LaPoint	455.93
50	Frank Viola	455.47
51	Scott Sanderson	455.34
52	Bud Black	454.98
53	Tim Lollar	449.58
54	Mike Scott	448.71
55	Rick Mahler	446.94
56	Tom Browning	446.57
57	Moose Haas	446.01
58	Jose DeLeon	442.04
59	Dave Dravecky	441.78
60	Sid Fernandez	438.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mark Gubicza	437.81
62	Rick Reuschel	435.55
63	Ed Whitson	434.87
64	Richard Dotson	434.69
65	Jim Clancy	434.64
66	Steve Trout	431.78
67	Mark Langston	431.59
68	Andy Hawkins	430.63
69	Ray Burris	429.77
70	Jimmy Key	427.36
71	Joe Hesketh	426.06
72	Charles Hudson	425.93
73	John Butcher	425.06
74	Matt Young	424.33
75	Scott McGregor	423.34
76	Danny Jackson	422.61
77	Al Nipper	422.17
78	Larry McWilliams	420.96
79	Ron Romanick	420.31
80	Jerry Koosman	419.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Kevin Gross	418.38
82	Ed Lynch	417.57
83	Chris Codiroli	417.53
84	Jay Tibbs	417.45
85	Steve Bedrosian	417.3
86	Rick Honeycutt	416.33
87	Teddy Higuera	412.84
88	Milt Wilcox	412.3
89	Atlee Hammaker	411.74
90	Roger Clemens	411.41
91	Jim Beattie	409.35
92	Bob Ojeda	407.76
93	Kurt Kepshire	407.21
94	Neal Heaton	406.5
95	Geoff Zahn	403.2
96	Ken Schrom	403.15
97	Luis Leal	403.05
98	Bill Laskey	402.49
99	Pascual Perez	401.87
100	Dennis Rasmussen	400.14
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Tim Birtsas	399.24
102	Jim Gott	393.43
103	Kirk McCaskill	391.83
104	Mark Thurmond	389.52
105	Juan Berenguer	389.14
106	Joe Cowley	388.93
107	Dennis Martinez	387.61
108	Jim Slaton	387.26
109	Ray Fontenot	385.02
110	David Palmer	377.86
111	Bruce Berenyi	377.54
112	Len Barker	376.37
113	Steve Rogers	375.51
114	Tommy John	373.93
115	Mike Mason	372.04
116	Rick Aguilera	371.61
117	Lee Tunnell	369.45
118	Dick Ruthven	369.37
119	Zane Smith	367.24
120	Joe Price	362.89
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bob Forsch	360.83
122	Joe Johnson	359.45
123	Mike Flanagan	359.39
124	Randy O'Neal	357.64
125	Pete Vuckovich	357.34
126	Ken Dixon	356.48
127	Bill Krueger	355.55
128	Andy McGaffigan	354.85
129	Craig McMurtry	351.71
130	Vida Blue	350.44
131	Tom Filer	350.3
132	Bill Swift	350.24
133	Burt Hooton	349.71
134	Gene Nelson	346.8
135	Dan Schatzeder	346.8
136	John Candelaria	346.67
137	Frank Wills	340.16
138	Tom Waddell	338.49
139	Floyd Youmans	337.57
140	Urbano Lugo	337.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ramon Romero	336.62
142	Vern Ruhle	336.17
143	Bob Walk	333.2
144	Joel Davis	330.62
145	Roy Smith	330.15
146	Jose Rijo	327.4
147	Marty Bystrom	327.36
148	Steve McCatty	327.0
149	Dickie Noles	325.28
150	Derek Botelho	323.87
151	Jaime Cocanower	323.77
152	Curt Wardle	323.4
153	Mickey Mahler	322.96
154	Rick Camp	321.55
155	Bob Shirley	321.04
156	Steve Engel	318.47
157	Bruce Kison	318.19
158	Jim Winn	316.99
159	Don Robinson	316.97
160	Frank Pastore	315.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Dave Stewart	315.2
162	Jay Baller	314.75
163	Mike Trujillo	314.46
164	Mark Portugal	314.12
165	Ron Robinson	313.12
166	Terry Leach	312.52
167	Jerry Reed	312.12
168	Don Schulze	311.18
169	John Stuper	310.54
170	Steve Shields	309.97
171	Ron Musselman	309.87
172	Jamie Easterly	309.61
173	Rich Bordi	309.05
174	Roy Lee Jackson	308.77
175	Ed Wojna	307.95
176	Ron Mathis	307.8
177	Bobby Castillo	307.63
178	Glen Cook	306.86
179	Steve Farr	306.84
180	Steve Davis	306.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Chris Welsh	304.93
182	Dan Spillner	302.99
183	Jeff Russell	302.7
184	Jeff Heathcock	302.53
185	Reggie Patterson	302.04
186	Lary Sorensen	301.13
187	Steve Mura	300.73
188	Pete Filson	300.56

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