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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	573.74
2	Mike Witt	567.96
3	Mike Scott	566.24
4	Fernando Valenzuela	562.56
5	Bert Blyleven	560.91
6	Jack Morris	544.65
7	John Tudor	534.2
8	Rick Rhoden	523.97
9	Roger Clemens	521.34
10	Bob Welch	513.03
11	Nolan Ryan	512.76
12	Teddy Higuera	507.67
13	Mike Krukow	507.56
14	Don Sutton	503.31
15	Ron Darling	502.43
16	Bill Gullickson	501.52
17	Tom Seaver	499.32
18	Bob Knepper	498.63
19	Charlie Hough	495.5
20	Danny Cox	494.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bruce Hurst	493.57
22	Oil Can Boyd	493.08
23	Mike Moore	489.77
24	Doyle Alexander	487.09
25	Orel Hershiser	487.07
26	Sid Fernandez	485.1
27	Kirk McCaskill	484.97
28	Bob Ojeda	483.74
29	Ron Guidry	483.41
30	Jimmy Key	482.96
31	Eric Show	482.74
32	Dave Stieb	481.09
33	Dennis Eckersley	478.48
34	Floyd Bannister	476.29
35	Mike Boddicker	475.53
36	Frank Viola	475.39
37	Bret Saberhagen	474.48
38	Jim Clancy	473.76
39	Bryn Smith	472.56
40	Charlie Leibrandt	470.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Tom Browning	470.42
42	Frank Tanana	469.67
43	John Denny	468.7
44	Floyd Youmans	467.38
45	Mario Soto	464.07
46	Storm Davis	464.05
47	David Palmer	460.83
48	Walt Terrell	460.33
49	Kevin Gross	460.33
50	Rick Sutcliffe	459.39
51	Joaquin Andujar	459.05
52	Danny Jackson	455.24
53	Rick Reuschel	454.26
54	Tom Candiotti	451.79
55	Bob Forsch	450.58
56	Dan Petry	449.25
57	Shane Rawley	448.58
58	Phil Niekro	447.2
59	Mike Smithson	446.85
60	Dave Dravecky	446.49
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Scott Sanderson	445.77
62	Scott McGregor	445.05
63	Rick Honeycutt	444.41
64	Mark Langston	444.15
65	Mark Gubicza	443.48
66	Jay Tibbs	439.89
67	Andy Hawkins	437.08
68	Ken Dixon	434.32
69	La Marr Hoyt	433.27
70	Dennis Rasmussen	431.36
71	Rick Mahler	425.87
72	Joe Niekro	424.17
73	Mike Flanagan	423.6
74	Moose Haas	422.97
75	Joe Cowley	422.74
76	Ken Schrom	422.66
77	Vida Blue	421.4
78	Danny Darwin	420.61
79	Neal Heaton	419.72
80	Zane Smith	416.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Carlton	413.58
82	Curt Young	409.53
83	Dennis Leonard	409.45
84	Al Nipper	408.75
85	Bruce Ruffin	404.48
86	Charles Hudson	404.41
87	Steve Trout	403.73
88	Jose Rijo	401.68
89	Mike Morgan	400.77
90	Ed Correa	399.49
91	Rick Aguilera	399.47
92	Mike LaCoss	398.09
93	Jim Deshaies	397.85
94	Bill Wegman	397.3
95	Chris Codiroli	397.14
96	Mike Mason	397.1
97	John Candelaria	395.38
98	Richard Dotson	393.06
99	Greg Mathews	391.13
100	Bobby Witt	390.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bud Black	390.72
102	Neil Allen	386.28
103	Jose Guzman	386.12
104	Ron Romanick	384.83
105	Don Carman	384.83
106	Dave Stewart	384.81
107	Tim Leary	382.61
108	Joe Johnson	381.58
109	Jerry Reuss	380.63
110	Mark Thurmond	380.38
111	John Butcher	379.7
112	Mike Bielecki	379.45
113	Andy McGaffigan	379.29
114	Eric King	378.93
115	Dave LaPoint	377.53
116	Joe Hesketh	376.89
117	Ed Whitson	376.36
118	Jose DeLeon	376.33
119	Scott Garrelts	374.96
120	Juan Nieves	374.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Scott Bankhead	374.25
122	Larry McWilliams	373.45
123	Doug Drabek	369.47
124	Bob Walk	367.79
125	Ed Lynch	363.63
126	Jim Acker	361.4
127	Joel Davis	361.37
128	Eric Plunk	361.21
129	John Cerutti	359.89
130	Chris Welsh	359.52
131	Mark Portugal	358.03
132	Ray Burris	357.29
133	Tim Lollar	354.32
134	Tommy John	353.5
135	Randy O'Neal	352.44
136	Bob Tewksbury	351.36
137	Kelly Downs	351.29
138	Matt Young	350.2
139	Bob Sebra	349.07
140	Dennis Martinez	347.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jamie Moyer	347.43
142	Bob Kipper	346.94
143	Tim Conroy	341.04
144	Alejandro Pena	337.1
145	Mike Maddux	336.05
146	Don Schulze	335.43
147	Ted Power	335.27
148	Mike Brown	332.91
149	Scott Bailes	330.63
150	Terry Mulholland	329.31
151	Jeff Sellers	328.8
152	Lance McCullers	328.01
153	Bill Swift	326.92
154	Mike Loynd	326.79
155	Jim Slaton	324.78
156	Roger Mason	323.27
157	Allan Anderson	321.4
158	Greg Swindell	321.1
159	Juan Berenguer	319.78
160	Mark Knudson	319.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Jose Roman	319.73
162	Tim Burke	315.76
163	Kurt Kepshire	314.89
164	Milt Wilcox	313.69
165	Rick Anderson	312.69
166	Pete Vuckovich	312.68
167	Chris Bosio	312.02
168	Jerry Reed	311.39
169	Dennis Powell	310.88
170	Jim Beattie	310.79
171	Matt Keough	310.54
172	Ray Chadwick	310.09
173	Brian Holton	308.85
174	Bob Patterson	308.62
175	Tom Hume	308.25
176	Guy Hoffman	308.01
177	Ricky Horton	307.27
178	Ed Wojna	306.9
179	Greg Maddux	306.86
180	Mike Trujillo	305.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Jim Winn	305.25
182	Bryan Oelkers	304.69
183	Rick Langford	303.86
184	Randy Niemann	303.75
185	Craig McMurtry	303.29
186	Vern Ruhle	303.01
187	Rob Woodward	302.54
188	Steve Fireovid	302.48
189	Stan Fansler	302.34
190	John Habyan	302.23
191	Jeff Bittiger	302.03
192	Scott Nielsen	302.03
193	Bill Mooneyham	301.9
194	Bob Shirley	301.5
195	Bill Krueger	301.48
196	Freddie Toliver	301.48
197	Cliff Speck	300.16

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