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The Top Ranked Starting Pitchers of the 1980s
Notes: Players are only ranked in the position they played the most during this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Nolan Ryan | 2 |
| 2 | Steve Carlton | 6 |
| 3 | Mario Soto | 7 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | 8 |
| 5 | Fernando Valenzuela | 10 |
| 6 | Dwight Gooden | 14 |
| 7 | Mike Scott | 15 |
| 8 | Mark Langston | 20 |
| 9 | Orel Hershiser | 21 |
| 10 | Bob Welch | 22 |
| 11 | Jack Morris | 25 |
| 12 | Dave Righetti | 28 |
| 13 | Dave Stieb | 30 |
| 14 | Bret Saberhagen | 39 |
| 15 | Sid Fernandez | 41 |
| 16 | Ron Guidry | 42 |
| 17 | Bert Blyleven | 43 |
| 18 | Teddy Higuera | 46 |
| 19 | Bill Caudill | 48 |
| 20 | Frank Viola | 51 |
| 21 | Don Sutton | 52 |
| 22 | John Candelaria | 54 |
| 23 | Rick Sutcliffe | 55 |
| 24 | Mike Witt | 61 |
| 25 | Floyd Bannister | 62 |
| 26 | Scott Garrelts | 66 |
| 27 | Jerry Reuss | 70 |
| 28 | Steve Rogers | 73 |
| 29 | Ron Darling | 75 |
| 30 | Britt Burns | 77 |
| 31 | Rick Reuschel | 84 |
| 32 | Jose DeLeon | 89 |
| 33 | Dave Stewart | 91 |
| 34 | Bill Gullickson | 92 |
| 35 | Charlie Hough | 94 |
| 36 | Scott Sanderson | 96 |
| 37 | Bruce Hurst | 97 |
| 38 | Joaquin Andujar | 99 |
| 39 | Joe Niekro | 104 |
| 40 | Mike Norris | 106 |
| 41 | Danny Darwin | 107 |
| 42 | Mike Krukow | 110 |
| 43 | Pascual Perez | 111 |
| 44 | Eric Show | 115 |
| 45 | Alejandro Pena | 116 |
| 46 | Bryn Smith | 117 |
| 47 | Bob Knepper | 118 |
| 48 | Dan Petry | 119 |
| 49 | John Tudor | 121 |
| 50 | Rick Rhoden | 127 |
| 51 | Vida Blue | 129 |
| 52 | Doyle Alexander | 130 |
| 53 | Tom Seaver | 131 |
| 54 | Len Barker | 134 |
| 55 | Mike Boddicker | 136 |
| 56 | John Denny | 137 |
| 57 | Mark Gubicza | 140 |
| 58 | Jim Deshaies | 149 |
| 59 | Juan Berenguer | 152 |
| 60 | Jim Clancy | 153 |
| 61 | Bruce Berenyi | 157 |
| 62 | Jimmy Key | 162 |
| 63 | Mike Moore | 166 |
| 64 | Bob Ojeda | 170 |
| 65 | Danny Jackson | 174 |
| 66 | Larry McWilliams | 181 |
| 67 | Atlee Hammaker | 188 |
| 68 | Charlie Lea | 190 |
| 69 | Andy McGaffigan | 192 |
| 70 | Charlie Leibrandt | 193 |
| 71 | Richard Dotson | 201 |
| 72 | Bud Black | 202 |
| 73 | Joe Hesketh | 203 |
| 74 | Burt Hooton | 204 |
| 75 | Tim Lollar | 207 |
| 76 | Moose Haas | 212 |
| 77 | Danny Cox | 213 |
| 78 | Kirk McCaskill | 214 |
| 79 | Steve McCatty | 215 |
| 80 | Jim Beattie | 216 |
| 81 | Tim Leary | 224 |
| 82 | Frank Pastore | 230 |
| 83 | Rudy May | 232 |
| 84 | Tim Belcher | 233 |
| 85 | Jose Rijo | 234 |
| 86 | Greg Maddux | 237 |
| 87 | Jeff M. Robinson | 240 |
| 88 | Chuck Finley | 241 |
| 89 | Chris Bosio | 243 |
| 90 | David Cone | 245 |
| 91 | Greg Swindell | 248 |
| 92 | Steve Stone | 249 |
| 93 | Jim Bibby | 250 |
| 94 | Mike Bielecki | 254 |
| 95 | Floyd Youmans | 255 |
| 96 | John Smoltz | 258 |
| 97 | Tom Gordon | 259 |
| 98 | Ken Howell | 267 |
| 99 | Matt Keough | 273 |
| 100 | Bobby Witt | 276 |
| 101 | Bruce Kison | 279 |
| 102 | Dennis Leonard | 280 |
| 103 | Phil Niekro | 282 |
| 104 | Kevin Gross | 287 |
| 105 | Ed Correa | 291 |
| 106 | Dave Dravecky | 293 |
| 107 | Ed Whitson | 294 |
| 108 | Dennis Rasmussen | 296 |
| 109 | Ron Robinson | 297 |
| 110 | Tom Browning | 308 |
| 111 | Don Carman | 314 |
| 112 | Fergie Jenkins | 317 |
| 113 | Kelly Downs | 322 |
| 114 | John Smiley | 323 |
| 115 | Scott McGregor | 333 |
| 116 | Larry Gura | 335 |
| 117 | David Palmer | 339 |
| 118 | Jim Palmer | 342 |
| 119 | Frank Tanana | 343 |
| 120 | Joe Magrane | 344 |
| 121 | Milt Wilcox | 349 |
| 122 | Tom Underwood | 353 |
| 123 | Joe Cowley | 356 |
| 124 | Pete Vuckovich | 361 |
| 125 | Vern Ruhle | 363 |
| 126 | Dennis Martinez | 371 |
| 127 | Storm Davis | 373 |
| 128 | Tom Candiotti | 374 |
| 129 | Charles Hudson | 380 |
| 130 | Scott Bankhead | 381 |
| 131 | Jerry Koosman | 385 |
| 132 | Rick Aguilera | 386 |
| 133 | Larry Christenson | 395 |
| 134 | Doug Drabek | 400 |
| 135 | Curt Young | 403 |
| 136 | Rick Langford | 412 |
| 137 | Shane Rawley | 416 |
| 138 | Mike Dunne | 423 |
| 139 | Bill Laskey | 429 |
| 140 | Pat Zachry | 433 |
| 141 | John Montefusco | 438 |
| 142 | Bruce Ruffin | 439 |
| 143 | Doc Medich | 440 |
| 144 | Rick Mahler | 444 |
| 145 | Steve Mura | 450 |
| 146 | Tommy John | 456 |
| 147 | Ken Forsch | 457 |
| 148 | Allan Anderson | 459 |
| 149 | Eric King | 461 |
| 150 | Mike Morgan | 464 |
| 151 | Jose Guzman | 465 |
| 152 | Tommy Boggs | 466 |
| 153 | Rick Honeycutt | 472 |
| 154 | Ray Burris | 473 |
| 155 | Steve Ontiveros | 477 |
| 156 | Craig Swan | 480 |
| 157 | Walt Terrell | 488 |
| 158 | Oil Can Boyd | 489 |
| 159 | Mike Smithson | 490 |
| 160 | Tom Griffin | 496 |
| 161 | Kevin Brown | 498 |
| 162 | Dick Ruthven | 501 |
| 163 | Ken Dixon | 507 |
| 164 | Wes Gardner | 508 |
| 165 | Gaylord Perry | 513 |
| 166 | Mike Mason | 514 |
| 167 | Bob Forsch | 518 |
| 168 | Willie Fraser | 521 |
| 169 | Pete Falcone | 529 |
| 170 | Rich Gale | 530 |
| 171 | Manny Sarmiento | 531 |
| 172 | John E. Farrell | 532 |
| 173 | Tim Conroy | 536 |
| 174 | Bob Shirley | 539 |
| 175 | Lee Tunnell | 540 |
| 176 | Doug Bird | 541 |
| 177 | Juan Nieves | 542 |
| 178 | Charlie Puleo | 547 |
| 179 | Tom Glavine | 551 |
| 180 | Jerry Ujdur | 552 |
| 181 | Geoff Zahn | 553 |
| 182 | Paul Moskau | 560 |
| 183 | Juan Eichelberger | 565 |
| 184 | Melido Perez | 567 |
| 185 | Bob Sebra | 568 |
| 186 | Mike Flanagan | 569 |
| 187 | Bob Walk | 570 |
| 188 | Jon Matlack | 571 |
| 189 | Greg Mathews | 574 |
| 190 | Mike LaCoss | 576 |
| 191 | Steve Renko | 578 |
| 192 | Roger Erickson | 590 |
| 193 | Neal Heaton | 595 |
| 194 | John Martin | 596 |
| 195 | Dave LaPoint | 600 |
| 196 | Luis Leal | 601 |
| 197 | Tim Birtsas | 604 |
| 198 | Zane Smith | 608 |
| 199 | Andy Hawkins | 609 |
| 200 | Jim Abbott | 611 |
| 201 | Don August | 615 |
| 202 | John Butcher | 627 |
| 203 | Bob Milacki | 635 |
| 204 | Steve Trout | 637 |
| 205 | John Cerutti | 644 |
| 206 | Darrell Jackson | 646 |
| 207 | John Dopson | 647 |
| 208 | Pete Redfern | 649 |
| 209 | Mark Thurmond | 655 |
| 210 | Dennis Cook | 657 |
| 211 | Ed Lynch | 666 |
| 212 | Ken Schrom | 667 |
| 213 | Brian Kingman | 671 |
| 214 | Brian Holman | 676 |
| 215 | Mike Torrez | 678 |
| 216 | Jamie Moyer | 679 |
| 217 | Randy Johnson | 683 |
| 218 | Lary Sorensen | 685 |
| 219 | Bob Kipper | 687 |
| 220 | Pete Smith | 688 |
| 221 | John Stuper | 692 |
| 222 | Eddie Solomon | 695 |
| 223 | Bill Travers | 697 |
| 224 | Mike Caldwell | 700 |
| 225 | Jay Tibbs | 706 |
| 226 | Paul Splittorff | 711 |
| 227 | Ken Hill | 717 |
| 228 | John Curtis | 719 |
| 229 | Roy Smith | 721 |
| 230 | Jeff Ballard | 731 |
| 231 | Bill Wegman | 736 |
| 232 | Ross Baumgarten | 738 |
| 233 | Chris Welsh | 747 |
| 234 | Reggie Cleveland | 754 |
| 235 | Guy Hoffman | 760 |
| 236 | Luis Aquino | 764 |
| 237 | Al Nipper | 766 |
| 238 | Randy Lerch | 767 |
| 239 | Greg Hibbard | 768 |
| 240 | Rick Waits | 769 |
| 241 | Albert Williams | 770 |
| 242 | Paul Kilgus | 774 |
| 243 | Bill Krueger | 783 |
| 244 | Chris Codiroli | 784 |
| 245 | Bob Tewksbury | 787 |
| 246 | Clay Parker | 794 |
| 247 | Mark Bomback | 796 |
| 248 | Lynn McGlothen | 797 |
| 249 | Ron Romanick | 800 |
| 250 | Todd Stottlemyre | 807 |
| 251 | Ray Fontenot | 811 |
| 252 | Allen Ripley | 812 |
| 253 | Les Straker | 814 |
| 254 | Glenn Abbott | 817 |
| 255 | Jackson Todd | 822 |
| 256 | Jack McDowell | 823 |
| 257 | Derek Lilliquist | 838 |
| 258 | Randy Martz | 840 |
| 259 | Luis Tiant | 841 |
| 260 | Bob Stoddard | 844 |
| 261 | Joe Johnson | 847 |
| 262 | Bill Long | 853 |
| 263 | Jimmy Jones | 857 |
| 264 | Rick Wise | 860 |
| 265 | Eric Bell | 864 |
| 266 | Chuck Rainey | 882 |
| 267 | Jose J. Bautista | 886 |
| 268 | Kurt Kepshire | 887 |
| 269 | Rich Yett | 889 |
| 270 | Fernando Arroyo | 892 |
| 271 | Mark Portugal | 897 |
| 272 | Silvio Martinez | 898 |
| 273 | Jeff Sellers | 906 |
| 274 | Steve Rosenberg | 909 |
| 275 | Randy O'Neal | 910 |
| 276 | Randy Jones | 911 |
| 277 | Mike Birkbeck | 912 |
| 278 | Chuck Porter | 913 |
| 279 | Bill C. Swift | 916 |
| 280 | Jaime Cocanower | 917 |
| 281 | Alfredo Martinez | 936 |
| 282 | Rick Matula | 949 |
| 283 | Mike Parrott | 950 |
| 284 | Rob Dressler | 952 |
| 285 | Ken Clay | 960 |
| 286 | Wayne Garland | 967 |
| 287 | Bob Sykes | 970 |
| 288 | Mike Jones | 973 |
| 289 | Shawn Hillegas | 974 |
| 290 | Ken Kravec | 978 |
| 291 | Erik Hanson | 979 |
| 292 | Curt Wardle | 984 |
| 293 | Terry Mulholland | 1010 |
| 294 | John Habyan | 1011 |
| 295 | J.R. Richard | 1014 |
| 296 | Nino Espinosa | 1015 |
| 297 | Randy Kramer | 1024 |
| 298 | Marty Bystrom | 1030 |
| 299 | Jaime Navarro | 1032 |
| 300 | John Mitchell | 1035 |
| 301 | Mike Campbell | 1038 |
| 302 | Marty Clary | 1041 |
| 303 | John Wetteland | 1052 |
| 304 | Tom Filer | 1059 |
| 305 | Chris Knapp | 1062 |
| 306 | Ramon Martinez | 1065 |
| 307 | Joel Davis | 1066 |
| 308 | Keith Creel | 1067 |
| 309 | Chuck Cary | 1068 |
| 310 | Eric Rasmussen | 1069 |
| 311 | Don Schulze | 1078 |
| 312 | Pete Harnisch | 1082 |
| 313 | Brian Allard | 1084 |
| 314 | Larry Pashnick | 1087 |
| 315 | Scott Scudder | 1090 |
| 316 | Urbano Lugo | 1092 |
| 317 | Terry Clark | 1093 |
| 318 | Mike G. Brown | 1095 |
| 319 | Dave Frost | 1099 |
| 320 | Ed Hodge | 1100 |
| 321 | Andy Rincon | 1115 |
| 322 | Alan Fowlkes | 1116 |
| 323 | Dave Johnson | 1117 |
| 324 | Eric Nolte | 1122 |
| 325 | Oswaldo Peraza | 1124 |
| 326 | Paul Mitchell | 1125 |
| 327 | John Fulgham | 1128 |
| 328 | Ed Figueroa | 1134 |
| 329 | Darrel Akerfelds | 1138 |
| 330 | Kevin Ritz | 1142 |
| 331 | Francisco Barrios | 1150 |
| 332 | Rod Nichols | 1153 |
| 333 | Jose Bautista | 1156 |
| 334 | Gorman Heimueller | 1157 |
| 335 | Angel Moreno | 1159 |
| 336 | Jack Armstrong | 1161 |
| 337 | Andy Benes | 1162 |
| 338 | Ramon Romero | 1163 |
| 339 | Al Leiter | 1166 |
| 340 | Fred Kuhaulua | 1168 |
| 341 | Roger Mason | 1170 |
| 342 | Dan Larson | 1174 |
| 343 | Alan Hargesheimer | 1175 |
| 344 | Kevin Coffman | 1179 |
| 345 | Mike Dyer | 1180 |
| 346 | Dorn Taylor | 1184 |
| 347 | Steve Fireovid | 1188 |
| 348 | Ray Hayward | 1189 |
| 349 | Brian Denman | 1194 |
| 350 | Steve Engel | 1196 |
| 351 | Rick Behenna | 1201 |
| 352 | Allan Ramirez | 1204 |
| 353 | German Jimenez | 1206 |
| 354 | Jack Kucek | 1207 |
| 355 | Mark Guthrie | 1208 |
| 356 | Marvin Freeman | 1217 |
| 357 | Derek Botelho | 1218 |
| 358 | Francisco Oliveras | 1219 |
| 359 | Clint Zavaras | 1225 |
| 360 | Pat Combs | 1235 |
| 361 | Doug Rau | 1236 |
| 362 | Eric Hetzel | 1237 |
| 363 | Rob Woodward | 1241 |
| 364 | Gordie Pladson | 1249 |
| 365 | Pat Pacillo | 1256 |
| 366 | Mark Fidrych | 1258 |
| 367 | Matt E. Williams | 1259 |
| 368 | Kevin Tapani | 1268 |
| 369 | Mike Harkey | 1269 |
| 370 | Steve Davis | 1270 |
| 371 | Al Olmstead | 1274 |
| 372 | Vicente Palacios | 1280 |
| 373 | Brian Dubois | 1283 |
| 374 | Glen Cook | 1284 |
| 375 | Stan Fansler | 1285 |
| 376 | Steve Busby | 1286 |
| 377 | Rick Rodriguez | 1289 |
| 378 | Jay Pettibone | 1295 |
| 379 | Bob Fallon | 1299 |
| 380 | Steve Ellsworth | 1301 |
| 381 | Bryan Kelly | 1303 |
| 382 | Bill Bordley | 1306 |
| 383 | Jose Mesa | 1308 |
| 384 | Mike Chris | 1312 |
| 385 | Jeff Peterek | 1314 |
| 386 | Tony Ghelfi | 1316 |
| 387 | Johnny Abrego | 1319 |
| 388 | Jose Roman | 1322 |
| 389 | Don Kainer | 1323 |
| 390 | Keith Brown | 1324 |
| 391 | Ray Chadwick | 1325 |
| 392 | Tommy Greene | 1326 |
| 393 | Dave Eiland | 1328 |
| 394 | Bill Bonham | 1329 |
| 395 | Andy Beene | 1335 |
| 396 | Gary Eave | 1336 |
| 397 | Terry Taylor | 1338 |
| 398 | Dave Otto | 1343 |
| 399 | John Leister | 1344 |
| 400 | Mark Gardner | 1345 |
| 401 | Ralph Botting | 1346 |
| 402 | Ed Vosberg | 1356 |
| 403 | Jim Rooker | 1357 |
| 404 | John Bohnet | 1358 |
| 405 | Jose Cano | 1359 |
| 406 | Kevin Blankenship | 1360 |
| 407 | Rich Sauveur | 1369 |
| 408 | Ubaldo Heredia | 1371 |
| 409 | Bob Malloy | 1372 |
| 410 | Mark Ciardi | 1379 |
| 411 | Jeff Fischer | 1381 |
| 412 | Curt Schilling | 1385 |
| 413 | Jason Grimsley | 1386 |
| 414 | George Stablein | 1390 |
| 415 | Steve Curry | 1391 |
| 416 | Bob Ferris | 1401 |
| 417 | John Barfield | 1402 |
| 418 | Jim Dorsey | 1406 |
| 419 | Kevin Appier | 1409 |
| 420 | Alex Sanchez (P) | 1413 |
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