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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Greg Maddux	570.34
2	John Smoltz	562.55
3	Kevin Brown	544.87
4	Roger Clemens	544.55
5	Kevin Appier	534.54
6	Tom Glavine	523.32
7	Pat Hentgen	517.57
8	Alex Fernandez	515.97
9	Pedro Martinez	509.17
10	Hideo Nomo	508.83
11	David Cone	502.12
12	Charles Nagy	498.56
13	Shane Reynolds	497.57
14	Mike Mussina	497.47
15	Andy Pettitte	494.7
16	Jeff Fassero	482.7
17	Ken Hill	481.98
18	Denny Neagle	473.57
19	Curt Schilling	472.06
20	Ismael Valdes	470.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Al Leiter	469.22
22	Chuck Finley	467.58
23	Todd Stottlemyre	464.78
24	Andy Ashby	464.43
25	Wilson Alvarez	464.2
26	Ben McDonald	463.95
27	Andy Benes	463.8
28	Tim Belcher	461.65
29	David Wells	461.09
30	Juan Guzman	459.42
31	John Burkett	458.78
32	Randy Johnson	458.74
33	John Smiley	455.74
34	Brad Radke	454.61
35	Jaime Navarro	452.73
36	Jimmy Key	450.65
37	Scott Erickson	450.52
38	Ramon Martinez	447.67
39	Bobby Jones	447.07
40	Orel Hershiser	447.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Darryl Kile	437.65
42	Joey Hamilton	435.44
43	Bobby Witt	433.43
44	Mark Leiter	432.02
45	Jack McDowell	431.62
46	Tim Wakefield	431.15
47	Kenny Rogers	429.84
48	Tom Gordon	427.37
49	Bob Tewksbury	423.57
50	Steve Trachsel	422.25
51	Roger Pavlik	422.21
52	Pedro Astacio	421.5
53	Donovan Osborne	420.21
54	Alan Benes	419.57
55	Erik Hanson	418.63
56	Kevin Ritz	417.96
57	Mark Clark	416.75
58	Mark Portugal	413.93
59	Scott Karl	411.89
60	Doug Drabek	411.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dave Burba	411.23
62	Frank Castillo	410.72
63	James Baldwin	410.6
64	Terry Mulholland	409.87
65	Sterling Hitchcock	409.87
66	Jose Rosado	405.72
67	Mark Gardner	403.91
68	Omar Olivares	403.24
69	Steve Avery	402.49
70	Armando Reynoso	397.67
71	Dennis Martinez	396.33
72	Felipe Lira	395.86
73	Mike Hampton	394.98
74	William Van Landingham	393.91
75	Aaron Sele	393.8
76	Darren Oliver	393.8
77	Fernando Valenzuela	393.17
78	Kirk Rueter	389.24
79	Mark Langston	389.08
80	Pat Rapp	389.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Frank Rodriguez	388.75
82	Chad Ogea	386.18
83	Osvaldo Fernandez	385.53
84	Danny Darwin	384.19
85	Allen Watson	383.81
86	Kevin Tapani	380.64
87	Pete Harnisch	377.99
88	Cal Eldred	375.92
89	Kevin Foster	372.3
90	Rich Robertson	372.0
91	Ariel Prieto	370.43
92	Mark Thompson	368.69
93	Jon Lieber	367.53
94	Jamie Moyer	363.84
95	Woody Williams	362.72
96	Rocky Coppinger	362.57
97	Scott Aldred	362.24
98	Roger Bailey	362.11
99	Chris Haney	362.07
100	Scott Sanders	360.27
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Justin Thompson	359.47
102	John Wasdin	359.03
103	Francisco Cordova	358.53
104	Mike Morgan	358.41
105	Dwight Gooden	356.96
106	Jeff D'Amico	356.26
107	Bob Wolcott	356.15
108	Jason Dickson	355.39
109	Rick Reed	354.12
110	Scott Kamieniecki	353.62
111	Esteban Loaiza	353.38
112	Brian Moehler	353.03
113	Tom Candiotti	352.65
114	Steve Karsay	348.8
115	Matt Morris	348.4
116	Shawn Estes	347.21
117	Chris Holt	346.4
118	Robert Person	344.0
119	Pete Schourek	342.4
120	Dave Telgheder	341.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bill Swift	339.75
122	Jamey Wright	339.64
123	Shawn Boskie	339.13
124	Steve Cooke	339.0
125	Chan Ho Park	338.58
126	Willie Adams	338.38
127	Ricky Bones	337.92
128	Donne Wall	337.91
129	Chris Hammond	337.29
130	Carlos Perez	336.78
131	Jeff Juden	336.42
132	Dave Mlicki	336.12
133	Tim Worrell	335.9
134	Calvin Maduro	335.7
135	Mike Mohler	329.44
136	Dennis Springer	327.45
137	Dustin Hermanson	327.31
138	Willie Blair	327.18
139	Jason Schmidt	327.05
140	Rheal Cormier	326.46
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Jim Bullinger	324.07
142	Terrell Wade	322.13
143	Tony Saunders	321.78
144	Ramiro Mendoza	321.71
145	Jason Isringhausen	321.12
146	Glendon Rusch	321.11
147	Sean Bergman	315.11
148	Jim Pittsley	314.96
149	Doug Brocail	313.6
150	Kent Mercker	313.46
151	Rick Helling	313.41
152	Bobby Munoz	313.06
153	Amaury Telemaco	312.32
154	Bartolo Colon	311.82
155	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	311.8
156	Mike Williams	310.32
157	Darren Holmes	309.45
158	John Thomson	309.32
159	A.J. Sager	309.22
160	Mike Mimbs	309.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Matt Beech	307.34
162	Julio Santana	307.04
163	Brady Raggio	306.36
164	Jose Alberro	303.98
165	Jamie McAndrew	303.8
166	Brian Bohanon	303.39
167	Paul Wilson	302.77
168	Jose Mercedes	302.23
169	Jim Abbott	302.21
170	Greg Swindell	301.66
171	Albie Lopez	300.7
172	Rick Aguilera	300.55
173	Bob Wells	300.32

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