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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	586.96
2	Gaylord Perry	557.89
3	Don Sutton	553.48
4	Bert Blyleven	543.04
5	Phil Niekro	535.98
6	Tom Seaver	531.84
7	Fergie Jenkins	527.77
8	Andy Messersmith	513.53
9	Jon Matlack	512.41
10	Catfish Hunter	511.69
11	Luis Tiant	510.05
12	Vida Blue	495.73
13	Don Gullett	493.24
14	Steve Carlton	489.59
15	Jim Palmer	487.94
16	Steve Busby	480.46
17	Jim Kaat	476.26
18	Don Wilson	475.97
19	Mike Cuellar	474.06
20	Ken Holtzman	472.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ross Grimsley	467.81
22	Carl Morton	466.51
23	Jim Rooker	464.53
24	Bob Gibson	461.64
25	Jim Lonborg	459.38
26	Wilbur Wood	459.33
27	Jerry Koosman	455.51
28	Dave McNally	454.03
29	Mickey Lolich	449.73
30	Doc Medich	449.05
31	Pat Dobson	446.74
32	Clay Kirby	444.1
33	Jim Barr	440.26
34	Jerry Reuss	438.47
35	Buzz Capra	437.75
36	Dock Ellis	434.94
37	Bill Lee	432.57
38	Jim Perry	431.38
39	Joe Decker	427.66
40	Fred Norman	424.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Slaton	422.35
42	Joe Coleman	422.08
43	Nelson Briles	420.33
44	Steve Renko	420.0
45	Rick Reuschel	419.39
46	Larry Dierker	418.36
47	Jack Billingham	417.91
48	Jim Colborn	415.88
49	Dave Roberts	411.53
50	Reggie Cleveland	411.47
51	Lynn McGlothen	410.18
52	Rudy May	410.03
53	Steve Rogers	409.52
54	Frank Tanana	409.13
55	Jim Bibby	408.19
56	Mike Torrez	406.36
57	Randy Jones	404.06
58	Bill Bonham	402.89
59	Paul Splittorff	401.21
60	Al Fitzmorris	399.81
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	John D'Acquisto	399.36
62	Ron Reed	390.72
63	Ken Brett	390.37
64	John Curtis	390.16
65	Tom Bradley	389.62
66	Al Downing	389.29
67	Mike Caldwell	388.47
68	Woodie Fryman	388.1
69	Dick Ruthven	385.94
70	Bill Greif	384.2
71	Andy Hassler	382.95
72	Dave Freisleben	380.9
73	Tom Griffin	378.76
74	Bill Champion	377.82
75	Dennis Blair	376.48
76	Stan Bahnsen	376.23
77	Claude Osteen	376.13
78	Doug Rau	374.34
79	Jackie Brown	373.17
80	Clyde Wright	372.59
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Tommy John	372.01
82	Burt Hooton	369.95
83	Dick Tidrow	369.46
84	Dick Drago	369.19
85	Fritz Peterson	366.46
86	Steve Stone	365.37
87	Dave Goltz	364.82
88	Bart Johnson	364.71
89	Rick Wise	362.74
90	Ron Schueler	361.1
91	Vic Albury	357.26
92	Dan Spillner	357.07
93	Bob Forsch	356.11
94	Steve Hargan	350.55
95	Alan Foster	350.04
96	Bruce Dal Canton	349.35
97	Lerrin LaGrow	349.12
98	Ron Bryant	348.99
99	Roger Moret	348.86
100	Bruce Kison	347.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Sonny Siebert	345.57
102	Bill Hands	340.48
103	Juan Marichal	338.46
104	Wayne Twitchell	337.03
105	Ernie McAnally	332.33
106	Bill Singer	329.75
107	Kevin Kobel	328.66
108	Glenn Abbott	327.46
109	John Montefusco	327.38
110	Mike Norris	325.91
111	Pete Broberg	325.01
112	Dick Bosman	324.73
113	Joe McIntosh	319.66
114	John Denny	317.69
115	Pete Falcone	315.54
116	Tom Underwood	315.03
117	Ray Burris	312.7
118	Randy Tate	310.25
119	Gary Gentry	309.56
120	Gary Nolan	309.55
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Doug Konieczny	308.16
122	Ray Corbin	307.74
123	J.R. Richard	307.18
124	Vern Ruhle	306.27
125	Geoff Zahn	303.25
126	Mel Stottlemyre	301.14
127	Tom Walker	300.84
128	Marty Pattin	300.64
129	David Clyde	300.02

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