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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	573.69
2	Bob Gibson	533.5
3	Gaylord Perry	526.48
4	Dean Chance	510.2
5	Jim Kaat	505.77
6	Jim Maloney	499.57
7	Juan Marichal	495.15
8	Chris Short	493.55
9	Fergie Jenkins	489.21
10	Earl Wilson	488.19
11	Gary Peters	488.14
12	Jim Lonborg	484.67
13	Don Drysdale	483.29
14	Sonny Siebert	482.78
15	Joe Horlen	481.02
16	Bob Veale	480.63
17	Mickey Lolich	471.29
18	Mike McCormick	469.14
19	Luis Tiant	468.63
20	Mike Cuellar	464.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Sam McDowell	463.83
22	George Brunet	459.18
23	Al Downing	457.94
24	Catfish Hunter	457.35
25	Mel Stottlemyre	456.51
26	Claude Osteen	455.31
27	Larry Jackson	454.79
28	Ken Johnson	454.02
29	Tom Seaver	450.0
30	Denny McLain	449.83
31	Milt Pappas	441.2
32	Dave Boswell	439.86
33	Phil Ortega	439.55
34	Denny Lemaster	437.74
35	Gary Bell	437.15
36	Jim Merritt	436.96
37	Steve Hargan	436.71
38	Gary Nolan	435.3
39	Tommy John	432.11
40	Don Wilson	427.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pete Richert	426.35
42	Dick Hughes	423.02
43	Don Sutton	421.09
44	Ray Sadecki	418.92
45	Bill Singer	417.99
46	Steve Carlton	413.48
47	Jim Nash	410.54
48	Steve Barber	408.65
49	Fritz Peterson	406.33
50	Pat Jarvis	402.71
51	Dave Giusti	400.18
52	Camilo Pascual	399.73
53	Tommie Sisk	399.7
54	Joe Sparma	399.32
55	Rich Nye	398.64
56	Tom Phoebus	398.51
57	Lee Stange	397.7
58	Phil Niekro	397.02
59	Mel Queen	393.96
60	Ken Holtzman	389.9
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim McGlothlin	386.63
62	Sammy Ellis	385.2
63	Dave McNally	380.93
64	Ray Washburn	380.03
65	Rickey Clark	376.89
66	Rick Wise	375.43
67	Chuck Dobson	375.03
68	Jack Fisher	372.54
69	Nelson Briles	371.33
70	Tony Cloninger	368.41
71	Jim Perry	364.18
72	Larry Jaster	363.7
73	Dick Ellsworth	362.45
74	Jim Hardin	359.92
75	Joe Niekro	358.71
76	Mudcat Grant	352.75
77	Jim Palmer	349.83
78	Frank Bertaina	348.68
79	Ray Culp	346.94
80	Barry Moore	346.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Marcelino Lopez	343.21
82	Jack Hamilton	343.11
83	Dennis Ribant	339.84
84	Woodie Fryman	338.8
85	Gene Brabender	336.3
86	Bobby Bolin	333.63
87	John O'Donoghue	331.28
88	Jose Santiago	330.77
89	Fred Talbot	325.74
90	Al McBean	321.16
91	Larry Dierker	320.18
92	Bruce Howard	319.03
93	Al Jackson	316.68
94	Curt Simmons	313.51
95	Bill Monbouquette	313.0
96	Nolan Ryan	312.65
97	Jerry Koosman	312.52
98	Ron Herbel	312.2
99	Steve Blass	310.48
100	Bo Belinsky	310.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	George Culver	310.34
102	Gary Waslewski	310.09
103	Dick Bosman	308.82
104	Bill Hands	308.75
105	Vern Law	308.38
106	Blue Moon Odom	307.52
107	Bucky Brandon	307.26
108	Danny Frisella	306.93
109	Bob Shaw	306.9
110	Wally Bunker	306.25
111	Don Cardwell	306.22
112	Cisco Carlos	305.94
113	John Tsitouris	303.73
114	Joe Coleman	303.14
115	Grant Jackson	303.07
116	Lew Krausse	302.04
117	Jerry Stephenson	301.67

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