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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	577.06
2	Steve Carlton	567.74
3	Tom Seaver	565.17
4	Bob Gibson	555.7
5	Don Sutton	553.13
6	Mickey Lolich	548.24
7	Jim Palmer	529.53
8	Catfish Hunter	528.16
9	Fergie Jenkins	524.91
10	Nolan Ryan	524.23
11	Bert Blyleven	519.36
12	Wilbur Wood	513.17
13	Joe Coleman	512.75
14	Mike Cuellar	503.62
15	Don Wilson	503.54
16	Phil Niekro	496.92
17	Rick Wise	492.79
18	Steve Blass	487.85
19	Dave McNally	483.23
20	Ken Holtzman	481.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tom Bradley	477.56
22	Marty Pattin	477.45
23	Gary Nolan	476.55
24	Andy Messersmith	472.12
25	Bill Stoneman	472.02
26	Pat Dobson	469.88
27	Claude Osteen	468.27
28	Vida Blue	465.92
29	Clay Kirby	464.98
30	Jack Billingham	464.63
31	Bill Hands	460.61
32	Milt Pappas	458.98
33	Mel Stottlemyre	456.14
34	Dock Ellis	455.71
35	Tommy John	446.21
36	Fritz Peterson	446.2
37	Rudy May	445.55
38	Paul Splittorff	444.78
39	Jim Perry	442.56
40	Bob Moose	441.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Clyde Wright	441.52
42	Dick Drago	441.45
43	Al Downing	441.27
44	Steve Kline	434.79
45	Juan Marichal	429.78
46	Stan Bahnsen	429.02
47	Dick Woodson	426.11
48	Blue Moon Odom	424.32
49	Bill Parsons	423.92
50	Gary Gentry	422.09
51	Nelson Briles	421.5
52	Dick Bosman	421.26
53	Jon Matlack	421.11
54	Sam McDowell	419.03
55	Larry Dierker	417.91
56	Woodie Fryman	417.36
57	Bill Singer	416.85
58	Jim Lonborg	416.6
59	Roger Nelson	416.58
60	Ross Grimsley	416.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Sonny Siebert	414.83
62	Ron Bryant	414.19
63	Ron Reed	413.47
64	Dick Tidrow	413.19
65	Jerry Koosman	412.12
66	Don Gullett	410.7
67	Luis Tiant	410.13
68	Dave Roberts	404.83
69	Fred Norman	404.56
70	Reggie Cleveland	403.49
71	Steve Arlin	402.21
72	Ernie McAnally	401.83
73	Jerry Reuss	400.28
74	Balor Moore	397.05
75	Skip Lockwood	394.62
76	Burt Hooton	390.16
77	Mike Torrez	388.87
78	Ken Forsch	388.45
79	Carl Morton	381.87
80	Jim McAndrew	376.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Kaat	375.26
82	Jim McGlothlin	371.79
83	Mike Paul	366.88
84	Rich Hand	365.63
85	Rick Reuschel	365.37
86	Jim Barr	364.28
87	Bob Johnson	363.5
88	John Curtis	360.43
89	Ray Corbin	356.91
90	Lynn McGlothen	351.2
91	Jim Willoughby	348.82
92	Bill Gogolewski	347.41
93	Wayne Simpson	346.41
94	Bruce Kison	342.95
95	Barry Lersch	341.29
96	Al Santorini	337.26
97	Mike Kekich	337.11
98	George Stone	334.85
99	Luke Walker	334.05
100	Steve Dunning	332.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Pete Broberg	332.81
102	Milt Wilcox	331.99
103	Ken Reynolds	331.26
104	Ray Culp	327.33
105	Rob Gardner	326.91
106	Tom Timmermann	326.0
107	Wayne Twitchell	325.4
108	Tom Murphy	323.58
109	Jim Colborn	323.12
110	Steve Renko	322.35
111	Mike Hedlund	320.35
112	Mike Caldwell	317.69
113	Ken Brett	317.64
114	Bill Greif	316.03
115	Brent Strom	315.03
116	Don Stanhouse	314.2
117	Doyle Alexander	312.75
118	Mike Corkins	312.43
119	Steve Busby	311.63
120	Larry Christenson	310.95
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Griffin	310.07
122	Harry Parker	309.17
123	Dave Goltz	308.56
124	Orlando Pena	307.61
125	Jim Slaton	307.34
126	Scipio Spinks	306.53
127	Doc Medich	305.38
128	Eddie Fisher	305.26
129	Gary Ryerson	303.71
130	Dave Hamilton	302.43
131	Pat Jarvis	301.15

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