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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Bob Gibson	617.26
2	Denny McLain	548.09
3	Luis Tiant	542.51
4	Fergie Jenkins	523.67
5	Sam McDowell	520.93
6	Dean Chance	515.35
7	Gaylord Perry	506.96
8	Juan Marichal	506.38
9	Dave McNally	498.21
10	Tom Seaver	497.16
11	Bob Veale	496.65
12	Mickey Lolich	483.87
13	Earl Wilson	481.24
14	Mel Stottlemyre	469.49
15	Jim Nash	468.48
16	Phil Niekro	467.43
17	Jim Kaat	467.37
18	George Brunet	466.11
19	Jim Maloney	461.5
20	Chris Short	459.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Jackson	459.91
22	Pat Jarvis	459.35
23	Sonny Siebert	459.18
24	Joe Horlen	458.67
25	Catfish Hunter	458.24
26	Jim Bunning	457.57
27	Don Wilson	454.18
28	Don Drysdale	453.38
29	Ray Culp	449.42
30	Dave Giusti	445.27
31	Jim Merritt	444.63
32	Mike Cuellar	444.41
33	Ray Sadecki	443.75
34	Tom Phoebus	442.68
35	Denny Lemaster	442.18
36	Bill Singer	439.58
37	Stan Bahnsen	438.91
38	Fritz Peterson	438.46
39	Jim Hardin	438.19
40	Don Sutton	438.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Gary Nolan	437.95
42	Ray Washburn	435.95
43	Jerry Koosman	433.91
44	Tommy John	430.69
45	Gary Peters	430.58
46	Steve Carlton	429.03
47	Dave Boswell	429.0
48	Milt Pappas	428.41
49	Blue Moon Odom	426.41
50	Bill Hands	424.87
51	Chuck Dobson	424.69
52	Steve Blass	423.73
53	Ken Holtzman	423.34
54	Gary Bell	420.81
55	Claude Osteen	417.82
56	Camilo Pascual	417.31
57	Nelson Briles	414.96
58	Jim Lonborg	407.84
59	Mike McCormick	401.71
60	Woodie Fryman	399.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Ellsworth	397.55
62	Al Downing	396.52
63	Jim McGlothlin	395.64
64	Joe Sparma	394.46
65	Larry Dierker	393.24
66	Joe Coleman	389.24
67	Jack Fisher	387.76
68	Stan Williams	381.35
69	Bobby Bolin	378.98
70	Steve Hargan	375.95
71	Gerry Arrigo	374.83
72	Jim Perry	371.41
73	George Culver	371.05
74	Dick Selma	368.57
75	Lew Krausse	368.57
76	Rick Wise	366.26
77	Bob Moose	364.75
78	Rich Nye	363.56
79	Don Cardwell	357.25
80	Ron Reed	357.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joe Niekro	353.84
82	Ken Johnson	351.22
83	Al McBean	348.8
84	Tony Cloninger	348.26
85	Jim Hannan	347.8
86	Frank Bertaina	345.83
87	Steve Barber	345.77
88	Barry Moore	340.82
89	Sammy Ellis	339.17
90	Dick Hughes	333.07
91	Larry Jaster	331.68
92	Rickey Clark	330.05
93	Jim McAndrew	328.19
94	Phil Ortega	320.87
95	Jose Santiago	319.36
96	John Hiller	318.52
97	Tom Murphy	316.62
98	Dock Ellis	315.99
99	Tommie Sisk	312.75
100	Juan Pizarro	311.18
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mel Queen	310.73
102	Jeff James	309.78
103	Gene Brabender	308.06
104	George Stone	305.86
105	Nolan Ryan	305.45
106	Wally Bunker	304.33
107	Mike Kekich	304.25
108	Dave Leonhard	303.46
109	Tom Hall	303.43
110	Dave Morehead	303.12
111	Marty Pattin	302.68
112	Jerry Johnson	302.44
113	Cisco Carlos	300.19

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