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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	553.03
2	Bert Blyleven	550.99
3	Catfish Hunter	549.57
4	Tom Seaver	542.07
5	Andy Messersmith	530.21
6	Jim Palmer	524.86
7	Frank Tanana	492.89
8	Luis Tiant	491.46
9	Don Sutton	488.2
10	Fergie Jenkins	487.75
11	Jon Matlack	485.03
12	Steve Carlton	484.33
13	Vida Blue	482.72
14	Phil Niekro	477.2
15	Nolan Ryan	473.84
16	Randy Jones	472.99
17	Don Gullett	471.71
18	Jerry Reuss	465.78
19	Ken Holtzman	465.45
20	Steve Busby	462.8
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Burt Hooton	457.82
22	Jim Kaat	456.77
23	Jerry Koosman	454.97
24	Jim Rooker	454.53
25	Wilbur Wood	453.58
26	Mike Torrez	450.38
27	John Montefusco	448.99
28	Doc Medich	444.25
29	Doug Rau	441.18
30	Rudy May	437.36
31	Mickey Lolich	435.33
32	Lynn McGlothen	435.25
33	Steve Rogers	434.12
34	Mike Cuellar	433.62
35	Rick Reuschel	431.12
36	Bill Lee	429.95
37	Jim Barr	429.42
38	Fred Norman	428.21
39	Carl Morton	421.73
40	Rick Wise	421.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dave Goltz	420.5
42	Ron Reed	419.75
43	Al Fitzmorris	419.48
44	Larry Dierker	417.97
45	Bob Forsch	417.21
46	Jim Slaton	413.7
47	Ross Grimsley	408.99
48	Gary Nolan	408.76
49	Steve Renko	401.96
50	Ed Figueroa	401.84
51	Steve Stone	399.18
52	Jack Billingham	398.05
53	Dock Ellis	397.74
54	Pat Dobson	395.59
55	Bill Bonham	392.99
56	Dennis Eckersley	392.35
57	Joe Coleman	391.7
58	Reggie Cleveland	389.91
59	Paul Splittorff	386.09
60	Jim Bibby	385.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Clay Kirby	382.8
62	Bruce Kison	382.19
63	Ray Burris	381.98
64	Jim Colborn	381.17
65	Jim Hughes	381.16
66	Dennis Leonard	380.61
67	Jim Lonborg	380.58
68	Fritz Peterson	378.96
69	Stan Bahnsen	377.32
70	Dave Roberts	375.75
71	J.R. Richard	374.99
72	John Candelaria	374.03
73	Claude Osteen	372.91
74	Dennis Blair	372.78
75	Larry Christenson	369.26
76	Ed Halicki	367.75
77	Ken Brett	366.77
78	Dan Warthen	365.99
79	Woodie Fryman	365.08
80	Tom Underwood	363.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Nelson Briles	360.52
82	Pete Falcone	356.53
83	Vern Ruhle	355.17
84	Dick Bosman	355.14
85	Steve Hargan	352.51
86	Pete Broberg	351.0
87	Dan Spillner	347.09
88	Dave Freisleben	346.74
89	Brent Strom	346.0
90	Bill Travers	345.03
91	Mike Caldwell	341.21
92	Ray Bare	339.77
93	Joe McIntosh	339.21
94	Pat Darcy	338.04
95	John Denny	335.07
96	Roger Moret	333.62
97	Larry Gura	330.45
98	Randy Tate	329.33
99	Joe Decker	326.65
100	Bill Singer	326.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Don Carrithers	325.88
102	Doug Konieczny	325.22
103	John Curtis	324.35
104	Roric Harrison	323.57
105	Lerrin LaGrow	322.99
106	Jim Perry	321.02
107	Al Downing	319.94
108	Sonny Siebert	317.72
109	Jesse Jefferson	316.69
110	Rich Gossage	316.47
111	Rich Folkers	316.29
112	Bob Gibson	316.04
113	Jim Umbarger	315.61
114	Steve Barr	314.4
115	Jackie Brown	310.35
116	Eric Rasmussen	310.3
117	Andy Hassler	309.99
118	Dick Ruthven	306.24
119	Craig Swan	305.62
120	Clyde Wright	305.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Cosgrove	305.04
122	Don Hood	304.54
123	Wayne Twitchell	304.15
124	Geoff Zahn	303.35
125	Paul Mitchell	300.61

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