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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	603.94
2	Dave Stieb	567.06
3	Fernando Valenzuela	554.14
4	John Tudor	552.6
5	Jack Morris	549.61
6	Bert Blyleven	537.52
7	Mario Soto	536.32
8	Charlie Hough	531.26
9	Doyle Alexander	512.64
10	Tom Seaver	511.91
11	Orel Hershiser	511.11
12	Dan Petry	510.22
13	Ron Guidry	502.63
14	Mike Witt	502.01
15	Dennis Eckersley	499.78
16	Nolan Ryan	498.87
17	Mike Moore	495.2
18	Rick Sutcliffe	493.53
19	Bob Welch	491.73
20	John Denny	489.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Oil Can Boyd	489.49
22	Bret Saberhagen	487.72
23	Don Sutton	487.55
24	Joaquin Andujar	486.84
25	Britt Burns	485.37
26	Eric Show	482.2
27	Mike Boddicker	481.93
28	Charlie Leibrandt	481.72
29	Bruce Hurst	481.46
30	Mike Smithson	478.7
31	La Marr Hoyt	478.19
32	Ron Darling	477.04
33	Frank Tanana	475.99
34	Shane Rawley	475.09
35	Bob Knepper	474.35
36	Mike Krukow	473.9
37	Bryn Smith	473.74
38	Floyd Bannister	472.66
39	Phil Niekro	472.32
40	Rick Rhoden	470.94
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Frank Viola	469.87
42	Danny Cox	468.43
43	Storm Davis	466.9
44	Jerry Reuss	463.92
45	Mike Scott	462.45
46	Bud Black	460.41
47	Sid Fernandez	460.29
48	Joe Niekro	458.68
49	Danny Darwin	458.38
50	Steve Carlton	455.79
51	Bill Gullickson	454.65
52	Rick Reuschel	454.51
53	Tom Browning	453.39
54	Walt Terrell	453.36
55	Scott Sanderson	451.34
56	Moose Haas	451.32
57	Dave Dravecky	446.52
58	Dave LaPoint	444.68
59	Rick Mahler	443.94
60	Jimmy Key	443.77
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tim Lollar	441.79
62	Mark Gubicza	441.63
63	Jose DeLeon	439.9
64	Al Nipper	439.76
65	Jim Clancy	436.9
66	Charles Hudson	436.03
67	Matt Young	434.7
68	Andy Hawkins	433.09
69	Teddy Higuera	432.69
70	Scott McGregor	431.32
71	Richard Dotson	430.69
72	Rick Honeycutt	427.26
73	John Butcher	426.9
74	Ron Romanick	425.1
75	Ed Whitson	425.01
76	Chris Codiroli	424.58
77	Bob Ojeda	424.48
78	Jay Tibbs	422.73
79	Joe Hesketh	422.06
80	Steve Trout	421.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Ray Burris	418.99
82	Danny Jackson	418.62
83	Mark Langston	418.59
84	Larry McWilliams	416.96
85	Kevin Gross	416.18
86	Jerry Koosman	415.55
87	Ed Lynch	411.03
88	Atlee Hammaker	410.96
89	Steve Bedrosian	409.36
90	Milt Wilcox	408.3
91	Roger Clemens	407.41
92	Ken Schrom	405.44
93	Jim Beattie	405.35
94	Neal Heaton	404.52
95	Joe Cowley	404.21
96	Bill Laskey	402.61
97	Kurt Kepshire	402.56
98	Pascual Perez	400.66
99	Juan Berenguer	399.85
100	Kirk McCaskill	399.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Geoff Zahn	399.2
102	Luis Leal	399.05
103	Mike Mason	396.71
104	Mark Thurmond	396.71
105	Tim Birtsas	396.24
106	Dennis Rasmussen	396.14
107	Jim Gott	395.62
108	Dennis Martinez	385.64
109	Jim Slaton	384.76
110	Rick Aguilera	382.47
111	David Palmer	382.11
112	Andy McGaffigan	381.49
113	Ray Fontenot	378.93
114	Ken Dixon	378.07
115	Bob Forsch	377.32
116	Tommy John	375.72
117	John Candelaria	375.23
118	Bruce Berenyi	373.54
119	Len Barker	373.35
120	Lee Tunnell	371.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Steve Rogers	371.51
122	Mike Flanagan	367.41
123	Zane Smith	366.55
124	Dick Ruthven	365.37
125	Vida Blue	363.54
126	Joe Johnson	361.29
127	Gene Nelson	359.21
128	Bill Swift	359.19
129	Joe Price	358.89
130	Pete Vuckovich	353.84
131	Randy O'Neal	353.64
132	Bill Krueger	351.55
133	Floyd Youmans	351.11
134	Dan Schatzeder	350.91
135	Craig McMurtry	347.69
136	Jose Rijo	347.11
137	Tom Filer	346.3
138	Burt Hooton	345.71
139	Bob Walk	344.32
140	Joel Davis	340.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Tom Waddell	337.04
142	Frank Wills	336.7
143	Urbano Lugo	333.53
144	Ron Robinson	332.88
145	Ramon Romero	332.62
146	Vern Ruhle	332.17
147	Curt Wardle	330.87
148	Mickey Mahler	329.99
149	Roy Smith	329.63
150	Jaime Cocanower	328.41
151	Marty Bystrom	326.59
152	Steve Engel	324.6
153	Don Schulze	324.37
154	Steve McCatty	323.0
155	Bob Shirley	321.95
156	Dickie Noles	321.28
157	Derek Botelho	320.87
158	Terry Leach	319.37
159	Jeff Heathcock	318.86
160	Bill Wegman	318.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Camp	317.55
162	Dave Stewart	317.54
163	Steve Davis	317.27
164	Tim Leary	316.07
165	Jose Guzman	315.85
166	Johnny Abrego	314.98
167	Mark Portugal	314.66
168	Bruce Kison	314.19
169	Charlie Kerfeld	313.95
170	Matt Williams	313.21
171	Rich Bordi	313.09
172	Jim Winn	312.99
173	Don Robinson	312.97
174	Reggie Patterson	312.66
175	Frank Pastore	311.96
176	Mike Trujillo	311.71
177	Jay Baller	310.75
178	Ricky Horton	310.72
179	Bob Kipper	310.6
180	Jeff Russell	310.36
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Dan Spillner	309.54
182	Roger Mason	308.86
183	Dave Rucker	308.71
184	Steve Farr	308.68
185	Jerry Reed	308.12
186	Jamie Easterly	307.3
187	Dennis Burtt	306.9
188	Dave Schmidt	306.84
189	John Stuper	306.54
190	Jeff Sellers	306.45
191	Bobby Castillo	306.43
192	Steve Shields	305.97
193	John Dopson	305.95
194	Ron Musselman	305.87
195	Roy Lee Jackson	305.27
196	Alejandro Pena	304.73
197	Ed Wojna	303.95
198	Freddie Toliver	303.86
199	Ron Mathis	303.8
200	Glen Cook	302.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
201	Chris Welsh	300.93

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