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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Pedro Martinez	598.34
2	Randy Johnson	590.9
3	Kevin Brown	579.69
4	Roger Clemens	566.5
5	Curt Schilling	566.43
6	John Smoltz	551.36
7	David Cone	545.16
8	Greg Maddux	518.0
9	Tom Glavine	512.28
10	Mike Mussina	504.03
11	David Wells	498.96
12	Chuck Finley	486.57
13	Mike Hampton	484.81
14	Shane Reynolds	482.82
15	Brad Radke	479.9
16	Todd Stottlemyre	475.64
17	Jamie Moyer	474.18
18	Jeff Fassero	473.99
19	Al Leiter	473.17
20	Kenny Rogers	471.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Andy Benes	465.33
22	Andy Pettitte	465.0
23	Pete Harnisch	464.3
24	Denny Neagle	461.48
25	Andy Ashby	460.82
26	Justin Thompson	458.04
27	Ismael Valdes	458.02
28	Jose Lima	457.5
29	Chan Ho Park	457.23
30	Scott Erickson	452.61
31	Dave Burba	452.3
32	Steve Trachsel	452.29
33	Sterling Hitchcock	452.08
34	Wilson Alvarez	451.09
35	Darryl Kile	450.37
36	Charles Nagy	448.46
37	Brian Moehler	447.99
38	Rick Reed	445.94
39	Dustin Hermanson	442.79
40	Woody Williams	441.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Kevin Tapani	437.08
42	Rick Helling	436.73
43	Orlando Hernandez	435.9
44	Jose Rosado	435.71
45	Pedro Astacio	433.25
46	Bartolo Colon	432.8
47	Tim Wakefield	430.52
48	Jon Lieber	429.93
49	Bobby Jones	428.84
50	Aaron Sele	428.65
51	Francisco Cordova	427.25
52	Jason Schmidt	427.19
53	Juan Guzman	426.96
54	Bret Saberhagen	424.67
55	Omar Daal	424.38
56	Mark Clark	423.87
57	Orel Hershiser	423.17
58	Pat Hentgen	421.8
59	Kevin Millwood	421.28
60	Brett Tomko	420.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Kirk Rueter	419.32
62	Livan Hernandez	419.11
63	Mark Gardner	417.94
64	Carlos Perez	417.2
65	Shawn Estes	416.89
66	Darren Oliver	412.61
67	Mike Sirotka	412.6
68	Tim Belcher	412.28
69	Omar Olivares	411.89
70	Jaret Wright	410.61
71	Hideo Nomo	410.52
72	Dwight Gooden	409.19
73	James Baldwin	408.4
74	Scott Karl	408.19
75	Dave Mlicki	407.92
76	Chris Carpenter	407.59
77	Ken Hill	407.42
78	Rolando Arrojo	407.13
79	Brian Bohanon	402.5
80	Masato Yoshii	400.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joey Hamilton	400.32
82	Steve Avery	399.59
83	John Burkett	398.77
84	Tony Saunders	398.65
85	Mark Portugal	395.04
86	Tom Candiotti	391.52
87	Pat Rapp	389.97
88	Kerry Wood	387.09
89	John Snyder	384.28
90	Jimmy Haynes	383.12
91	Paul Byrd	382.24
92	Steve Woodard	380.96
93	Pete Schourek	379.74
94	John Thomson	378.59
95	Matt Morris	378.58
96	Mike Morgan	377.95
97	Jesus Sanchez	376.62
98	Russ Ortiz	375.29
99	Darren Dreifort	374.81
100	Sean Bergman	373.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Oquist	373.07
102	Willie Blair	372.52
103	Eric Milton	372.32
104	Hideki Irabu	372.14
105	Kent Bottenfield	371.25
106	Steve Sparks	369.31
107	Sidney Ponson	367.88
108	Terry Mulholland	365.51
109	Kevin Appier	365.18
110	Jamey Wright	364.88
111	Carl Pavano	364.33
112	Jim Parque	363.96
113	Kent Mercker	363.73
114	Kelvim Escobar	362.97
115	Jeff Weaver	362.34
116	Chad Ogea	361.34
117	Jaime Navarro	359.61
118	LaTroy Hawkins	357.88
119	Jeff Suppan	357.05
120	Javier Vazquez	356.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Brian Meadows	356.12
122	Donovan Osborne	355.5
123	Chris Peters	354.74
124	Bobby Witt	351.8
125	Armando Reynoso	350.56
126	Miguel Batista	349.37
127	Freddy Garcia	347.95
128	Chris Brock	347.17
129	Carlton Loewer	343.64
130	Jason Bere	341.75
131	Esteban Loaiza	341.73
132	Bob Tewksbury	341.58
133	Ryan Rupe	340.81
134	Gil Heredia	339.41
135	Brian Anderson	338.81
136	Kris Benson	337.14
137	Alex Fernandez	337.05
138	Ramiro Mendoza	333.5
139	Matt Clement	333.32
140	Todd Ritchie	330.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Steve Parris	329.94
142	Jose Jimenez	329.69
143	Ken Cloude	329.39
144	Roy Halladay	327.85
145	Dennis Springer	327.75
146	Cal Eldred	326.73
147	Bobby Jones	326.55
148	Mike Lincoln	326.45
149	Scott Sanders	325.85
150	Rafael Roque	324.49
151	Odalis Perez	324.47
152	Juan Pena	323.44
153	Kyle Farnsworth	322.68
154	Joe Nathan	322.55
155	Chris Holt	321.0
156	Julio Santana	320.28
157	Mike Remlinger	320.12
158	Mike Thurman	320.09
159	Bryan Rekar	318.78
160	Allen Watson	317.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Brad Woodall	317.88
162	Jeff Juden	316.53
163	Stan Spencer	315.88
164	Ryan Dempster	315.1
165	Butch Henry	314.67
166	Tyler Green	314.39
167	Mac Suzuki	312.32
168	Brian Rose	311.42
169	Jay Witasick	310.76
170	Juan Acevedo	309.91
171	Jamie Arnold	309.51
172	Mark Brownson	308.76
173	Jose Silva	308.68
174	Mike Stanton	307.51
175	Chris Fussell	307.26
176	Jim Pittsley	306.2
177	Bruce Chen	306.07
178	Bryce Florie	304.92
179	Jason Johnson	304.87
180	Heath Murray	303.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
181	Esteban Yan	302.89
182	Joel Bennett	302.81
183	Doug Linton	300.34

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