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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	621.15
2	Denny McLain	545.97
3	Luis Tiant	544.38
4	Fergie Jenkins	514.47
5	Gaylord Perry	514.4
6	Dean Chance	514.1
7	Sam McDowell	513.31
8	Juan Marichal	512.96
9	Dave McNally	507.4
10	Bob Veale	503.24
11	Tom Seaver	498.96
12	Mickey Lolich	489.36
13	Earl Wilson	484.54
14	Mel Stottlemyre	481.12
15	Jim Nash	479.93
16	Phil Niekro	477.85
17	Jim Kaat	473.28
18	George Brunet	469.06
19	Jim Maloney	466.62
20	Catfish Hunter	466.2
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Sonny Siebert	464.82
22	Don Wilson	463.63
23	Chris Short	459.93
24	Ray Culp	458.68
25	Joe Horlen	455.22
26	Mike Cuellar	455.02
27	Larry Jackson	454.91
28	Tom Phoebus	453.18
29	Dave Giusti	453.01
30	Ray Sadecki	452.64
31	Pat Jarvis	452.28
32	Jim Bunning	449.74
33	Don Drysdale	448.16
34	Bill Singer	444.83
35	Jim Merritt	443.21
36	Jim Hardin	441.22
37	Tommy John	441.2
38	Don Sutton	441.15
39	Gary Nolan	440.83
40	Bill Hands	437.93
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Denny Lemaster	436.18
42	Ray Washburn	435.4
43	Milt Pappas	432.49
44	Jerry Koosman	431.7
45	Blue Moon Odom	431.0
46	Steve Carlton	430.27
47	Stan Bahnsen	429.97
48	Fritz Peterson	429.6
49	Ken Holtzman	428.01
50	Gary Bell	427.54
51	Gary Peters	426.64
52	Dave Boswell	425.31
53	Steve Blass	423.94
54	Claude Osteen	423.36
55	Chuck Dobson	421.69
56	Camilo Pascual	412.13
57	Nelson Briles	410.2
58	Jim Lonborg	407.84
59	Dick Ellsworth	402.18
60	Joe Coleman	399.79
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Woodie Fryman	399.73
62	Larry Dierker	397.3
63	Joe Sparma	396.84
64	Mike McCormick	396.71
65	Jim McGlothlin	395.64
66	Al Downing	393.02
67	Jack Fisher	386.51
68	Stan Williams	380.8
69	Bobby Bolin	378.55
70	Bob Moose	376.44
71	Gerry Arrigo	371.33
72	Steve Hargan	370.95
73	George Culver	369.8
74	Dick Selma	368.77
75	Rick Wise	367.9
76	Lew Krausse	366.57
77	Jim Perry	365.84
78	Joe Niekro	363.84
79	Don Cardwell	363.35
80	Ron Reed	361.63
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Rich Nye	358.56
82	Tony Cloninger	353.57
83	Al McBean	349.48
84	Jim Hannan	349.16
85	Ken Johnson	347.7
86	Barry Moore	347.67
87	Frank Bertaina	343.83
88	Steve Barber	340.77
89	Sammy Ellis	336.87
90	Larry Jaster	334.94
91	Dick Hughes	328.07
92	Jim McAndrew	326.32
93	Dock Ellis	325.93
94	Rickey Clark	325.05
95	Tom Murphy	317.06
96	Dick Kelley	316.12
97	Phil Ortega	315.87
98	John Hiller	315.02
99	Jose Santiago	314.36
100	Jim Palmer	314.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Carl Morton	313.13
102	Grant Jackson	312.93
103	Diego Segui	312.59
104	Johnny Podres	312.26
105	Mel Queen	311.12
106	Wally Bunker	311.06
107	Tom Griffin	310.72
108	Lee Stange	309.44
109	Mudcat Grant	308.92
110	Bill Stoneman	308.92
111	Gary Gentry	308.65
112	Jeff James	308.53
113	Bill Butler	307.79
114	Tommie Sisk	307.75
115	Bill Burbach	306.82
116	Wade Blasingame	306.56
117	Juan Pizarro	306.18
118	Rudy May	305.41
119	Steve Jones	305.07
120	Roger Nelson	304.34
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Brett	304.12
122	Jerry Johnson	303.7
123	Tom Hall	303.43
124	Gene Brabender	303.06
125	Clay Kirby	302.28
126	Marty Pattin	301.67
127	Dave Morehead	301.34
128	George Stone	300.86
129	Andy Messersmith	300.59
130	Nolan Ryan	300.45

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