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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jim Bunning	567.42
2	Bob Gibson	532.88
3	Gaylord Perry	524.18
4	Dean Chance	507.13
5	Jim Kaat	507.02
6	Jim Maloney	500.82
7	Gary Peters	493.92
8	Chris Short	493.08
9	Earl Wilson	488.19
10	Juan Marichal	487.98
11	Jim Lonborg	485.92
12	Sonny Siebert	483.92
13	Fergie Jenkins	482.31
14	Joe Horlen	481.02
15	Mickey Lolich	476.83
16	Don Drysdale	474.39
17	Luis Tiant	471.38
18	Sam McDowell	467.2
19	Mike Cuellar	466.83
20	Bob Veale	464.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Larry Jackson	459.83
22	Al Downing	459.19
23	Mel Stottlemyre	457.93
24	Catfish Hunter	457.35
25	George Brunet	456.89
26	Mike McCormick	454.92
27	Claude Osteen	454.66
28	Ken Johnson	450.12
29	Denny McLain	447.12
30	Phil Ortega	442.0
31	Milt Pappas	441.2
32	Gary Bell	438.4
33	Denny Lemaster	437.66
34	Dave Boswell	437.55
35	Gary Nolan	436.55
36	Tom Seaver	436.34
37	Steve Hargan	435.94
38	Tommy John	435.5
39	Dick Hughes	431.49
40	Pete Richert	431.35
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Merritt	430.81
42	Don Sutton	426.09
43	Steve Barber	412.9
44	Steve Carlton	412.46
45	Don Wilson	410.6
46	Jim Nash	409.81
47	Ray Sadecki	409.47
48	Bill Singer	407.65
49	Fritz Peterson	407.58
50	Lee Stange	402.7
51	Rich Nye	401.31
52	Tommie Sisk	400.95
53	Mel Queen	399.58
54	Joe Sparma	398.65
55	Pat Jarvis	398.04
56	Tom Phoebus	397.72
57	Phil Niekro	393.95
58	Dave Giusti	391.91
59	Ken Holtzman	391.15
60	Sammy Ellis	388.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Camilo Pascual	388.32
62	Dave McNally	385.93
63	Ray Washburn	385.03
64	Rick Wise	381.08
65	Jim McGlothlin	379.8
66	Rickey Clark	377.57
67	Jack Fisher	377.54
68	Chuck Dobson	377.03
69	Tony Cloninger	373.41
70	Larry Jaster	368.7
71	Nelson Briles	368.39
72	Dick Ellsworth	362.45
73	Joe Niekro	357.95
74	Mudcat Grant	357.75
75	Jim Palmer	354.83
76	Jim Perry	352.69
77	Ray Culp	351.94
78	Frank Bertaina	349.93
79	Jim Hardin	349.17
80	Barry Moore	346.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dennis Ribant	344.84
82	Marcelino Lopez	344.46
83	Jack Hamilton	344.36
84	Woodie Fryman	340.0
85	Bobby Bolin	338.63
86	Gene Brabender	337.55
87	John O'Donoghue	332.53
88	Fred Talbot	332.03
89	Jose Santiago	326.86
90	Bruce Howard	322.82
91	Al Jackson	321.68
92	Curt Simmons	318.51
93	Bo Belinsky	315.45
94	Steve Blass	314.73
95	Larry Dierker	314.26
96	Bill Hands	313.75
97	Ron Herbel	313.45
98	Vern Law	313.38
99	Bucky Brandon	312.26
100	Bob Shaw	311.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Wally Bunker	311.25
102	Cisco Carlos	310.19
103	Dick Bosman	310.07
104	Al McBean	309.37
105	Danny Frisella	308.18
106	Lew Krausse	307.04
107	Bill Monbouquette	306.79
108	Don Cardwell	300.53
109	Joe Coleman	300.27

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