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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	588.48
2	Fergie Jenkins	565.17
3	Tom Seaver	554.84
4	Gaylord Perry	539.78
5	Sam McDowell	524.85
6	Dave McNally	512.15
7	Juan Marichal	503.54
8	Jim Palmer	500.13
9	Larry Dierker	496.57
10	Mike Cuellar	491.69
11	Jerry Koosman	487.4
12	Steve Carlton	481.22
13	Mickey Lolich	480.08
14	Gary Nolan	475.43
15	Ken Holtzman	473.4
16	Ray Culp	470.93
17	Fritz Peterson	469.7
18	Sonny Siebert	466.89
19	Mel Stottlemyre	465.58
20	Dick Bosman	464.92
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Dock Ellis	462.22
22	Jim Perry	461.61
23	Bill Hands	457.25
24	Tommy John	456.73
25	Phil Niekro	456.65
26	Pat Jarvis	452.85
27	Bob Veale	446.34
28	Marty Pattin	446.1
29	Don Sutton	444.39
30	Catfish Hunter	442.54
31	Bill Singer	442.43
32	Claude Osteen	439.45
33	Gary Peters	439.08
34	Joe Coleman	438.57
35	Gary Gentry	436.23
36	Dick Drago	434.61
37	Chuck Dobson	432.26
38	Steve Blass	431.66
39	Milt Pappas	431.14
40	Bob Johnson	430.0
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Nash	426.82
42	Bob Moose	426.14
43	Jim McAndrew	425.61
44	Clyde Wright	424.27
45	Jim Merritt	423.63
46	Jim McGlothlin	420.74
47	Andy Messersmith	418.35
48	Bert Blyleven	417.44
49	Don Wilson	416.91
50	Tom Phoebus	415.46
51	Stan Bahnsen	415.3
52	Jim Bunning	414.92
53	Jim Kaat	414.86
54	Rudy May	414.15
55	Pat Dobson	413.43
56	Blue Moon Odom	412.96
57	Carl Morton	412.11
58	Luke Walker	408.63
59	Luis Tiant	407.82
60	Bill Stoneman	406.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Clay Kirby	405.77
62	Steve Renko	402.38
63	Rick Wise	399.55
64	Dean Chance	399.35
65	Tom Murphy	395.28
66	Denny McLain	394.97
67	Chris Short	392.01
68	Ron Reed	387.36
69	Joe Niekro	385.33
70	Jim Hardin	385.11
71	Jim Rooker	384.57
72	Al Downing	382.47
73	George Stone	382.15
74	Steve Hargan	380.26
75	Wally Bunker	380.25
76	Lew Krausse	380.12
77	Joe Horlen	376.64
78	Diego Segui	373.7
79	Jack Billingham	373.27
80	Skip Lockwood	371.53
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Alan Foster	366.59
82	George Brunet	364.78
83	Wayne Simpson	364.0
84	Bill Butler	363.48
85	Mike Torrez	363.24
86	Ray Sadecki	362.39
87	Earl Wilson	362.13
88	Tom Hall	361.84
89	Danny Coombs	359.92
90	Les Cain	359.04
91	Tony Cloninger	358.97
92	Casey Cox	356.22
93	Jerry Reuss	354.25
94	Rich Hand	353.68
95	Vida Blue	351.9
96	Mike Nagy	351.74
97	Jim Maloney	349.81
98	Steve Kline	346.76
99	Wade Blasingame	345.82
100	Woodie Fryman	344.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave Roberts	343.81
102	Nolan Ryan	343.7
103	Tom Bradley	341.41
104	Jerry Janeski	339.5
105	Denny Lemaster	339.05
106	Grant Jackson	338.84
107	Rollie Fingers	338.84
108	Barry Lersch	337.86
109	Bart Johnson	336.61
110	Mike Kilkenny	332.01
111	Tom Griffin	326.4
112	Frank Reberger	326.27
113	Nelson Briles	323.25
114	Rich Robertson	322.39
115	Sandy Vance	322.37
116	Mike Hedlund	321.44
117	Bill Parsons	320.81
118	Dave Boswell	320.67
119	Wilbur Wood	319.89
120	Reggie Cleveland	318.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Steve Dunning	316.71
122	Steve Stone	314.99
123	Ken Brett	313.96
124	Jim Hannan	313.87
125	Bruce Dal Canton	312.38
126	Ernie McAnally	311.99
127	Jim Slaton	311.09
128	Jim Shellenback	310.97
129	Terry Forster	310.0
130	Rob Gardner	308.02
131	Bill Zepp	307.92
132	Greg Garrett	306.49
133	Mike Kekich	306.46
134	Steve Barber	305.75
135	Don Gullett	305.49
136	Bobby Bolin	305.38
137	Steve Arlin	303.58
138	Joe Moeller	303.38
139	Camilo Pascual	302.95
140	Al Fitzmorris	301.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Mike Paul	300.4

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