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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Tom Seaver	603.54
2	Fergie Jenkins	554.89
3	Bob Gibson	539.1
4	Mickey Lolich	532.24
5	Don Sutton	518.53
6	Wilbur Wood	511.93
7	Gaylord Perry	510.71
8	Jim Palmer	510.49
9	Dave McNally	509.14
10	Don Wilson	505.62
11	Mike Cuellar	501.42
12	Vida Blue	500.78
13	Joe Coleman	499.48
14	Juan Marichal	499.32
15	Clay Kirby	494.91
16	Catfish Hunter	493.29
17	Gary Nolan	484.87
18	Phil Niekro	483.78
19	Steve Blass	483.6
20	Fritz Peterson	483.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Dobson	481.45
22	Steve Carlton	480.26
23	Sam McDowell	478.05
24	Bill Stoneman	477.91
25	Andy Messersmith	470.6
26	Bert Blyleven	470.59
27	Mel Stottlemyre	470.21
28	Rick Wise	468.3
29	Ray Culp	462.51
30	Marty Pattin	461.59
31	Sonny Siebert	455.3
32	Clyde Wright	454.08
33	Stan Bahnsen	450.27
34	Bill Hands	448.25
35	Gary Gentry	447.95
36	Dick Drago	446.41
37	Al Downing	445.68
38	Jim Kaat	441.7
39	Dave Roberts	441.57
40	Dock Ellis	441.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Holtzman	440.28
42	Milt Pappas	437.37
43	Tommy John	434.86
44	Jerry Koosman	434.39
45	Rudy May	434.33
46	Bill Singer	433.18
47	Dick Bosman	432.65
48	Claude Osteen	430.81
49	Bob Johnson	428.2
50	Jim Perry	427.88
51	Tom Bradley	427.38
52	Ron Reed	421.23
53	Larry Dierker	416.92
54	Jack Billingham	415.91
55	Steve Renko	415.49
56	Jim McGlothlin	411.29
57	Steve Kline	411.18
58	Gary Peters	405.55
59	Chuck Dobson	404.19
60	Don Gullett	403.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tom Murphy	397.27
62	Bill Parsons	397.14
63	Mike Hedlund	396.28
64	Pat Jarvis	395.97
65	Steve Arlin	391.28
66	Ken Forsch	390.53
67	Luke Walker	390.45
68	Reggie Cleveland	387.33
69	Ray Sadecki	386.76
70	Skip Lockwood	386.08
71	George Stone	381.93
72	Barry Lersch	379.37
73	Bob Moose	376.8
74	Ernie McAnally	373.93
75	Nolan Ryan	372.37
76	Denny McLain	370.95
77	Diego Segui	370.39
78	Jerry Reuss	369.6
79	Lew Krausse	365.11
80	Paul Splittorff	364.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	John Cumberland	363.6
82	Ross Grimsley	358.57
83	Carl Morton	357.95
84	Alan Foster	357.21
85	Les Cain	356.19
86	Jim Lonborg	355.52
87	Pete Broberg	352.44
88	Chris Short	352.09
89	Blue Moon Odom	351.52
90	Jim Slaton	347.65
91	Woodie Fryman	346.39
92	Tom Kelley	346.18
93	Jim McAndrew	340.38
94	Nelson Briles	339.93
95	Juan Pizarro	337.94
96	Mike Kekich	337.9
97	Steve Dunning	336.91
98	Fred Norman	334.0
99	Bill Gogolewski	333.45
100	Jim Nash	331.96
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Wayne Simpson	331.76
102	Jim Merritt	330.8
103	Wade Blasingame	329.03
104	Milt Wilcox	328.23
105	Burt Hooton	324.98
106	Ken Reynolds	324.79
107	Joe Horlen	319.85
108	Bruce Dal Canton	319.6
109	Dick Selma	315.77
110	Tom Phoebus	315.17
111	Joe Niekro	313.92
112	Bart Johnson	312.4
113	Tom Hall	311.84
114	Tom Timmermann	311.12
115	Don Carrithers	310.67
116	Don Stanhouse	310.09
117	Steve Hargan	309.81
118	Bill Champion	309.72
119	Bill Greif	306.88
120	Bruce Kison	306.28
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Woodson	304.84
122	Ken Brett	304.81
123	Scipio Spinks	304.32
124	Monty Montgomery	304.18
125	Al Fitzmorris	303.9
126	Ron Bryant	303.13
127	Ray Lamb	300.15

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