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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mike Scott	573.07
2	Mike Witt	571.54
3	Dwight Gooden	571.28
4	Fernando Valenzuela	555.97
5	Jack Morris	551.78
6	Bert Blyleven	546.44
7	John Tudor	532.44
8	Roger Clemens	528.28
9	Rick Rhoden	524.04
10	Teddy Higuera	522.73
11	Bob Welch	517.22
12	Nolan Ryan	516.43
13	Ron Darling	515.91
14	Mike Krukow	513.95
15	Don Sutton	509.35
16	Bruce Hurst	507.69
17	Danny Cox	501.53
18	Charlie Hough	501.52
19	Bill Gullickson	498.06
20	Kirk McCaskill	496.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Oil Can Boyd	495.84
22	Bob Knepper	491.07
23	Orel Hershiser	490.63
24	Tom Seaver	489.17
25	Doyle Alexander	488.73
26	Jimmy Key	488.38
27	Bob Ojeda	487.4
28	Ron Guidry	487.38
29	Dave Stieb	486.36
30	Mike Moore	485.26
31	Sid Fernandez	483.95
32	Frank Tanana	483.32
33	Floyd Bannister	482.97
34	Frank Viola	480.67
35	Eric Show	479.99
36	Tom Browning	476.93
37	Jim Clancy	473.18
38	Bret Saberhagen	471.73
39	Kevin Gross	471.69
40	Mike Boddicker	471.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dennis Eckersley	469.28
42	Joaquin Andujar	467.83
43	Floyd Youmans	467.33
44	Rick Reuschel	466.66
45	Danny Jackson	466.52
46	Charlie Leibrandt	466.4
47	John Denny	465.95
48	Bryn Smith	464.65
49	Storm Davis	461.55
50	Mario Soto	461.32
51	Mark Langston	460.75
52	Rick Sutcliffe	459.33
53	Tom Candiotti	458.85
54	Bob Forsch	457.32
55	Dan Petry	453.46
56	David Palmer	452.82
57	Walt Terrell	452.26
58	Joe Cowley	451.96
59	Jay Tibbs	448.2
60	Mark Gubicza	447.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Shane Rawley	445.83
62	Phil Niekro	444.35
63	Dave Dravecky	443.74
64	Scott Sanderson	443.27
65	Mike Smithson	440.75
66	Scott McGregor	440.63
67	Rick Honeycutt	438.41
68	Ken Dixon	438.16
69	Andy Hawkins	437.44
70	Danny Darwin	436.06
71	Rick Mahler	435.51
72	Ken Schrom	428.67
73	Neal Heaton	427.95
74	La Marr Hoyt	427.79
75	Steve Carlton	427.08
76	Dennis Rasmussen	425.79
77	Joe Niekro	422.42
78	Mike Flanagan	420.31
79	Moose Haas	420.22
80	Vida Blue	419.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Curt Young	416.43
82	Jose Rijo	415.64
83	Mike Morgan	413.09
84	Ed Correa	412.12
85	Mike LaCoss	411.83
86	Zane Smith	408.81
87	Al Nipper	406.21
88	Bruce Ruffin	404.71
89	Dennis Leonard	403.51
90	Rick Aguilera	402.95
91	Mike Mason	402.45
92	Charles Hudson	401.66
93	Steve Trout	400.98
94	Richard Dotson	398.83
95	Don Carman	398.36
96	Bobby Witt	396.88
97	Jim Deshaies	395.88
98	John Candelaria	395.11
99	Chris Codiroli	394.39
100	Greg Mathews	393.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Joe Johnson	390.34
102	Jose Guzman	390.13
103	Bill Wegman	389.99
104	Bud Black	387.97
105	Tim Leary	386.68
106	Dave Stewart	385.4
107	Dave LaPoint	384.62
108	Doug Drabek	384.61
109	Juan Nieves	384.15
110	Neil Allen	383.53
111	Ron Romanick	382.08
112	Jose DeLeon	378.85
113	Jerry Reuss	377.88
114	Mark Thurmond	377.63
115	John Butcher	376.95
116	Andy McGaffigan	376.54
117	Eric King	376.18
118	Ed Whitson	375.11
119	John Cerutti	375.06
120	Mike Bielecki	374.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Joe Hesketh	374.14
122	Scott Bankhead	372.25
123	Scott Garrelts	372.21
124	Larry McWilliams	370.7
125	Dennis Martinez	368.25
126	Kelly Downs	367.81
127	Bob Walk	365.04
128	Mark Portugal	364.4
129	Chris Welsh	362.48
130	Ed Lynch	362.38
131	Jim Acker	361.12
132	Bob Tewksbury	360.05
133	Joel Davis	358.62
134	Eric Plunk	358.46
135	Ted Power	354.69
136	Ray Burris	354.54
137	Bob Kipper	352.89
138	Tim Lollar	351.57
139	Bob Sebra	351.47
140	Tommy John	350.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Randy O'Neal	349.69
142	Matt Young	347.45
143	Jamie Moyer	346.3
144	Mike Maddux	344.74
145	Tim Conroy	342.5
146	Greg Swindell	338.31
147	Scott Bailes	337.94
148	Alejandro Pena	334.35
149	Jeff Sellers	332.79
150	Don Schulze	332.68
151	Terry Mulholland	330.47
152	Mike Brown	330.16
153	Bill Swift	326.58
154	Lance McCullers	325.26
155	Mike Loynd	324.04
156	Ed Wojna	323.57
157	Mark Knudson	322.31
158	Jim Slaton	322.03
159	Roger Mason	320.52
160	Allan Anderson	318.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Anderson	318.05
162	Juan Berenguer	317.03
163	Jose Roman	316.98
164	Stan Fansler	316.76
165	Matt Keough	316.42
166	Pete Vuckovich	314.85
167	Bob Patterson	313.54
168	Tim Burke	313.01
169	Greg Maddux	312.44
170	Ricky Horton	312.3
171	Kurt Kepshire	312.14
172	Milt Wilcox	310.94
173	Brian Holton	310.46
174	Bryan Kelly	310.32
175	Drew Hall	309.47
176	Scott Nielsen	309.46
177	John Habyan	309.28
178	Chris Bosio	309.27
179	Edwin Nunez	308.98
180	Jerry Reed	308.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Urbano Lugo	308.18
182	Dennis Powell	308.13
183	Ray Chadwick	308.09
184	Jim Beattie	308.04
185	Eric Bell	307.36
186	Mike Birkbeck	306.41
187	Ed Vosberg	306.1
188	Brad Arnsberg	305.53
189	Tom Hume	305.5
190	Guy Hoffman	305.26
191	Bob Owchinko	305.08
192	Rick Rodriguez	304.88
193	Charlie Puleo	304.1
194	Mike Trujillo	303.15
195	Marvin Freeman	302.53
196	Jim Winn	302.5
197	Bryan Oelkers	301.94
198	Bill Latham	301.87
199	Willie Fraser	301.73
200	Rick Langford	301.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Randy Niemann	301.0
202	Sergio Valdez	300.86
203	Craig McMurtry	300.54
204	Vern Ruhle	300.26

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