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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Gaylord Perry	567.21
2	Steve Carlton	565.1
3	Tom Seaver	556.29
4	Bob Gibson	551.29
5	Don Sutton	546.51
6	Mickey Lolich	540.2
7	Catfish Hunter	529.63
8	Jim Palmer	525.85
9	Fergie Jenkins	520.92
10	Nolan Ryan	517.98
11	Bert Blyleven	516.14
12	Don Wilson	508.86
13	Joe Coleman	504.92
14	Mike Cuellar	503.72
15	Wilbur Wood	500.37
16	Phil Niekro	499.67
17	Rick Wise	491.25
18	Marty Pattin	490.38
19	Steve Blass	486.83
20	Pat Dobson	484.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Clay Kirby	480.42
22	Gary Nolan	479.3
23	Bill Stoneman	474.77
24	Tom Bradley	470.38
25	Ken Holtzman	468.96
26	Dave McNally	468.43
27	Vida Blue	463.88
28	Jack Billingham	461.95
29	Bill Hands	460.2
30	Andy Messersmith	459.99
31	Milt Pappas	459.14
32	Claude Osteen	455.62
33	Rudy May	452.77
34	Dick Drago	448.41
35	Fritz Peterson	448.08
36	Dock Ellis	447.75
37	Clyde Wright	444.31
38	Tommy John	441.43
39	Mel Stottlemyre	440.58
40	Jim Perry	437.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Juan Marichal	434.42
42	Stan Bahnsen	433.1
43	Bob Moose	432.56
44	Steve Kline	431.53
45	Dick Woodson	428.86
46	Al Downing	428.43
47	Blue Moon Odom	427.1
48	Larry Dierker	425.91
49	Paul Splittorff	425.54
50	Sonny Siebert	422.08
51	Jon Matlack	421.79
52	Sam McDowell	421.78
53	Bill Parsons	421.2
54	Jim Lonborg	418.65
55	Gary Gentry	414.63
56	Dick Bosman	413.48
57	Dick Tidrow	412.83
58	Nelson Briles	412.14
59	Bill Singer	410.7
60	Woodie Fryman	410.43
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jerry Koosman	409.35
62	Reggie Cleveland	408.29
63	Ron Reed	407.83
64	Dave Roberts	406.32
65	Steve Arlin	406.3
66	Roger Nelson	405.79
67	Luis Tiant	401.74
68	Ross Grimsley	398.8
69	Skip Lockwood	398.78
70	Burt Hooton	395.16
71	Ron Bryant	394.22
72	Mike Torrez	393.55
73	Fred Norman	393.14
74	Ernie McAnally	391.64
75	Jerry Reuss	390.38
76	Don Gullett	390.0
77	Balor Moore	387.99
78	Jim McAndrew	378.81
79	Ken Forsch	377.82
80	Carl Morton	376.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bob Johnson	374.5
82	Jim McGlothlin	372.32
83	Rich Hand	368.38
84	Jim Kaat	367.37
85	Mike Paul	362.87
86	Jim Barr	362.79
87	Rick Reuschel	359.8
88	Ray Corbin	359.66
89	Lynn McGlothen	357.59
90	John Curtis	354.73
91	Bill Gogolewski	350.16
92	Bruce Kison	347.2
93	Mike Kekich	345.86
94	Barry Lersch	344.04
95	Luke Walker	343.55
96	Pete Broberg	342.03
97	Jim Willoughby	341.73
98	Al Santorini	340.01
99	Milt Wilcox	338.49
100	Ray Culp	338.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	George Stone	337.6
102	Wayne Simpson	335.64
103	Ken Reynolds	334.01
104	Steve Dunning	331.84
105	Tom Timmermann	331.66
106	Mike Hedlund	331.35
107	Rob Gardner	329.66
108	Wayne Twitchell	328.15
109	Tom Murphy	326.33
110	Steve Renko	325.1
111	Jim Colborn	324.37
112	Ken Brett	320.39
113	Don Stanhouse	318.71
114	Mike Caldwell	312.43
115	Pat Jarvis	312.15
116	Dave Goltz	311.31
117	Dave Lemonds	310.25
118	Dave Hamilton	308.93
119	Steve Busby	304.96
120	Ron Schueler	302.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Doyle Alexander	301.43

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