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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Johan Santana	563.52
2	Chris Carpenter	517.68
3	Roy Oswalt	507.36
4	Carlos Zambrano	497.97
5	Brandon Webb	497.34
6	John Smoltz	489.37
7	CC Sabathia	486.64
8	Jake Peavy	482.05
9	Roger Clemens	481.48
10	Bronson Arroyo	479.95
11	Aaron Harang	479.45
12	Jason Schmidt	477.98
13	Randy Johnson	477.1
14	Roy Halladay	476.72
15	Brett Myers	474.64
16	Pedro Martinez	474.4
17	Mike Mussina	474.15
18	John Lackey	471.6
19	Kenny Rogers	468.71
20	Ben Sheets	467.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Curt Schilling	463.65
22	Dontrelle Willis	463.64
23	Kevin Millwood	462.09
24	Andy Pettitte	462.02
25	Freddy Garcia	460.81
26	Barry Zito	460.46
27	Chris Young	458.84
28	Josh Beckett	457.2
29	Tom Glavine	454.83
30	Jeff Suppan	452.82
31	Jeremy Bonderman	451.76
32	Javier Vazquez	446.71
33	Dan Haren	446.19
34	Derek Lowe	442.0
35	Ted Lilly	441.93
36	Greg Maddux	439.69
37	Doug Davis	438.55
38	Jon Garland	438.23
39	Tim Hudson	436.92
40	Dave Bush	436.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jose Contreras	435.71
42	Nate Robertson	433.28
43	Erik Bedard	433.25
44	Livan Hernandez	429.69
45	Chris Capuano	429.17
46	Tim Wakefield	428.88
47	Felix Hernandez	424.73
48	Cliff Lee	423.55
49	Scott Kazmir	423.17
50	Jason Jennings	422.66
51	Vicente Padilla	422.58
52	Ervin Santana	421.97
53	Jeff Weaver	421.66
54	A.J. Burnett	421.43
55	Jamie Moyer	421.39
56	Brad Radke	420.87
57	Orlando Hernandez	420.53
58	Jon Lieber	420.42
59	Daniel Cabrera	419.72
60	Jarrod Washburn	417.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Chien-Ming Wang	416.94
62	Mark Buehrle	416.32
63	Brad Penny	416.15
64	Jake Westbrook	415.53
65	Cory Lidle	414.8
66	Matt Cain	414.27
67	Matt Morris	409.01
68	Gil Meche	407.84
69	Jeff Francis	407.6
70	Noah Lowry	404.83
71	Esteban Loaiza	404.37
72	Kelvim Escobar	402.05
73	Scott Olsen	401.24
74	Woody Williams	397.32
75	Cole Hamels	395.61
76	Joe Blanton	395.28
77	Kris Benson	394.96
78	Zach Duke	392.68
79	Ian Snell	391.47
80	Justin Verlander	390.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	David Wells	389.51
82	Clay Hensley	388.3
83	Rodrigo Lopez	386.76
84	Rich Harden	383.37
85	Claudio Vargas	382.6
86	Eric Milton	382.28
87	Jered Weaver	381.67
88	Aaron Cook	381.27
89	Paul Byrd	381.05
90	Jaret Wright	376.93
91	Francisco Liriano	374.67
92	Josh Johnson	374.31
93	Jason Marquis	372.77
94	Anibal Sanchez	372.17
95	John Maine	369.73
96	Mark Redman	368.34
97	Oliver Perez	367.85
98	Gustavo Chacin	365.95
99	Tomo Ohka	365.16
100	Carlos Silva	364.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Miguel Batista	364.01
102	Ramon Ortiz	363.94
103	Kyle Lohse	363.61
104	Byung-Hyun Kim	361.81
105	Mark Hendrickson	361.28
106	Josh Fogg	360.48
107	Odalis Perez	358.7
108	Paul Maholm	358.67
109	Chuck James	358.49
110	Boof Bonser	355.2
111	Shawn Chacon	354.62
112	Bartolo Colon	354.03
113	Rich Hill	349.04
114	James Shields	347.38
115	Jae Seo	342.34
116	Casey Fossum	342.13
117	Tony Armas Jr.	341.84
118	Anthony Reyes	340.7
119	Adam Loewen	340.31
120	Steve Trachsel	339.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Luke Hudson	332.69
122	Mark Mulder	332.42
123	Chad Billingsley	330.73
124	Ricky Nolasco	330.36
125	Jeremy Sowers	329.1
126	Wandy Rodriguez	328.52
127	Tim Corcoran	327.72
128	Shaun Marcum	320.95
129	Juan Cruz	320.32
130	Mike O'Connor	318.11
131	Tom Gorzelanny	317.76
132	Chan Ho Park	316.83
133	Kirk Saarloos	316.25
134	Runelvys Hernandez	316.09
135	Joel Pineiro	315.69
136	Scott Elarton	314.65
137	Mark Prior	314.56
138	Jason Johnson	314.41
139	Joe Saunders	313.51
140	Sean Marshall	313.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Robinson Tejeda	310.87
142	Adam Eaton	308.26
143	Randy Wolf	308.12
144	Horacio Ramirez	307.65
145	John Patterson	307.27
146	Kip Wells	306.98
147	Victor Santos	305.73
148	Enrique Gonzalez	305.61
149	Shawn Hill	305.13
150	Braden Looper	304.85
151	Zach Miner	304.11
152	Pedro Astacio	303.86
153	Taylor Buchholz	303.23
154	Jorge de la Rosa	301.73
155	Carl Pavano	301.47
156	Brandon McCarthy	301.39
157	Brandon Backe	301.34
158	Jamey Wright	300.26

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