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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	586.89
2	Gaylord Perry	553.13
3	Bert Blyleven	547.09
4	Don Sutton	542.56
5	Tom Seaver	539.28
6	Fergie Jenkins	535.65
7	Phil Niekro	535.2
8	Andy Messersmith	520.3
9	Luis Tiant	516.73
10	Catfish Hunter	507.76
11	Jon Matlack	506.26
12	Vida Blue	499.73
13	Jim Palmer	495.96
14	Don Gullett	495.8
15	Steve Carlton	489.34
16	Steve Busby	483.42
17	Ken Holtzman	478.56
18	Jim Kaat	475.45
19	Mike Cuellar	472.28
20	Don Wilson	471.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ross Grimsley	467.81
22	Carl Morton	466.88
23	Jim Rooker	464.53
24	Doc Medich	460.49
25	Jim Lonborg	459.38
26	Wilbur Wood	459.33
27	Jerry Koosman	457.41
28	Bob Gibson	456.49
29	Dave McNally	456.44
30	Pat Dobson	455.57
31	Mickey Lolich	449.73
32	Jim Barr	448.71
33	Buzz Capra	444.69
34	Clay Kirby	440.15
35	Dock Ellis	435.53
36	Jerry Reuss	433.83
37	Jim Perry	432.2
38	Fred Norman	427.2
39	Joe Decker	426.66
40	Larry Dierker	422.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Bill Lee	422.33
42	Joe Coleman	421.98
43	Rudy May	421.37
44	Nelson Briles	420.08
45	Steve Renko	420.0
46	Jim Slaton	419.22
47	Jack Billingham	417.91
48	Dave Roberts	417.1
49	Randy Jones	415.15
50	Rick Reuschel	412.73
51	Jim Colborn	412.63
52	Al Fitzmorris	409.72
53	Steve Rogers	408.52
54	Frank Tanana	408.13
55	Reggie Cleveland	405.75
56	Lynn McGlothen	405.34
57	Jim Bibby	403.37
58	Paul Splittorff	401.21
59	Bill Bonham	401.07
60	John D'Acquisto	400.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Woodie Fryman	399.96
62	Mike Torrez	399.06
63	Ron Reed	397.87
64	Ken Brett	396.79
65	Mike Caldwell	394.03
66	Al Downing	388.29
67	John Curtis	386.16
68	Tom Bradley	385.62
69	Tom Griffin	384.82
70	Dick Ruthven	381.94
71	Doug Rau	381.67
72	Dave Freisleben	380.9
73	Andy Hassler	380.61
74	Bill Greif	380.2
75	Bill Champion	380.12
76	Claude Osteen	376.69
77	Dennis Blair	376.48
78	Stan Bahnsen	376.23
79	Clyde Wright	373.67
80	Jackie Brown	373.17
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Burt Hooton	371.41
82	Fritz Peterson	369.8
83	Dan Spillner	369.78
84	Tommy John	368.01
85	Rick Wise	367.47
86	Vic Albury	366.26
87	Dick Tidrow	365.46
88	Steve Stone	365.37
89	Dick Drago	365.19
90	Dave Goltz	364.32
91	Bart Johnson	360.71
92	Steve Hargan	360.14
93	Lerrin LaGrow	359.13
94	Ron Schueler	357.1
95	Bob Forsch	356.11
96	Sonny Siebert	348.11
97	Bruce Kison	347.72
98	Alan Foster	346.04
99	Ron Bryant	344.99
100	Roger Moret	344.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bruce Dal Canton	344.59
102	Bill Singer	341.66
103	Bill Hands	340.48
104	Wayne Twitchell	339.59
105	Glenn Abbott	338.88
106	Juan Marichal	338.21
107	Pete Broberg	334.32
108	Joe McIntosh	331.95
109	Pete Falcone	330.89
110	John Montefusco	330.43
111	Mike Norris	329.83
112	Ernie McAnally	328.33
113	Kevin Kobel	324.66
114	Dick Bosman	320.73
115	John Denny	320.59
116	Ray Burris	318.09
117	Randy Tate	317.7
118	Doug Konieczny	315.38
119	Gary Nolan	314.47
120	Tom Underwood	314.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	J.R. Richard	313.93
122	Vern Ruhle	311.12
123	Gary Gentry	309.56
124	Pat Darcy	307.9
125	Ray Corbin	307.74
126	Rick Rhoden	303.06
127	Jim Crawford	302.21
128	Chuck Dobson	301.72
129	Blue Moon Odom	301.13
130	Jim Hughes	301.1

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