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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	575.02
2	Fergie Jenkins	569.81
3	Tom Seaver	560.38
4	Gaylord Perry	539.78
5	Sam McDowell	523.13
6	Dave McNally	516.4
7	Larry Dierker	505.71
8	Jim Palmer	504.52
9	Juan Marichal	500.12
10	Mike Cuellar	492.09
11	Steve Carlton	487.95
12	Mickey Lolich	485.39
13	Jerry Koosman	485.36
14	Gary Nolan	475.43
15	Sonny Siebert	473.24
16	Ray Culp	470.93
17	Ken Holtzman	469.08
18	Jim Perry	468.01
19	Fritz Peterson	467.75
20	Dick Bosman	467.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mel Stottlemyre	465.58
22	Bill Hands	462.78
23	Dock Ellis	462.22
24	Phil Niekro	460.11
25	Pat Jarvis	456.42
26	Claude Osteen	451.06
27	Tommy John	450.78
28	Catfish Hunter	449.91
29	Marty Pattin	448.94
30	Bill Singer	448.81
31	Don Sutton	446.51
32	Bob Veale	441.34
33	Gary Peters	441.11
34	Dick Drago	437.69
35	Bob Johnson	437.24
36	Joe Coleman	437.21
37	Steve Blass	434.07
38	Gary Gentry	433.01
39	Milt Pappas	432.27
40	Jim Merritt	427.91
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Chuck Dobson	427.26
42	Rudy May	426.83
43	Jim Nash	426.82
44	Clyde Wright	426.65
45	Jim Kaat	426.25
46	Bob Moose	426.14
47	Pat Dobson	420.99
48	Jim McGlothlin	420.24
49	Jim McAndrew	419.73
50	Tom Phoebus	419.55
51	Carl Morton	418.26
52	Bill Stoneman	418.02
53	Don Wilson	416.32
54	Jim Bunning	415.24
55	Luke Walker	414.15
56	Bert Blyleven	413.39
57	Stan Bahnsen	412.82
58	Andy Messersmith	412.45
59	Steve Renko	408.78
60	Rick Wise	408.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Blue Moon Odom	407.96
62	Clay Kirby	405.02
63	Luis Tiant	402.82
64	Dean Chance	399.3
65	Tom Murphy	398.56
66	Denny McLain	396.57
67	Chris Short	396.42
68	George Stone	388.8
69	Joe Niekro	388.7
70	Al Downing	387.64
71	Lew Krausse	384.24
72	Jack Billingham	382.59
73	Diego Segui	382.52
74	Ron Reed	381.81
75	Jim Rooker	381.06
76	Wally Bunker	380.46
77	Jim Hardin	380.11
78	Skip Lockwood	377.96
79	Vida Blue	376.0
80	Steve Hargan	375.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Joe Horlen	371.64
82	Jerry Reuss	366.36
83	Alan Foster	363.01
84	Wayne Simpson	362.99
85	Ray Sadecki	362.39
86	Tom Hall	362.16
87	Mike Torrez	361.22
88	Casey Cox	361.06
89	Danny Coombs	359.92
90	George Brunet	359.78
91	Tony Cloninger	358.97
92	Bill Butler	358.48
93	Mike Nagy	358.26
94	Earl Wilson	357.13
95	Steve Kline	356.53
96	Les Cain	354.04
97	Wade Blasingame	353.31
98	Dave Roberts	353.06
99	Rich Hand	348.68
100	Tom Bradley	347.99
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Jim Maloney	343.8
102	Woodie Fryman	343.59
103	Bart Johnson	342.68
104	Nolan Ryan	338.7
105	Jerry Janeski	338.25
106	Barry Lersch	334.8
107	Rollie Fingers	334.58
108	Mike Hedlund	334.5
109	Tom Griffin	334.38
110	Denny Lemaster	334.05
111	Grant Jackson	333.84
112	Bill Parsons	331.83
113	Mike Kilkenny	330.76
114	Steve Stone	329.02
115	Nelson Briles	328.34
116	Frank Reberger	326.02
117	Reggie Cleveland	323.84
118	Rich Robertson	321.89
119	Sandy Vance	321.37
120	Wilbur Wood	319.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Steve Dunning	318.58
122	Don Gullett	318.54
123	Ron Bryant	316.84
124	Dave Boswell	315.67
125	Bruce Dal Canton	312.38
126	Ernie McAnally	311.99
127	Jim Shellenback	311.98
128	Jim Slaton	309.84
129	Terry Forster	309.5
130	Ken Brett	308.96
131	Jim Hannan	308.87
132	Rob Gardner	307.02
133	Mike Kekich	305.71
134	Greg Garrett	305.24
135	Steve Barber	304.5
136	Steve Arlin	303.58
137	Camilo Pascual	302.95
138	Bill Zepp	302.92
139	Bill Champion	300.54
140	Bobby Bolin	300.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Milt Wilcox	300.16
142	Al Fitzmorris	300.08

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