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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	559.41
2	Bert Blyleven	555.59
3	Don Sutton	555.33
4	Gaylord Perry	538.34
5	Jim Palmer	536.31
6	Nolan Ryan	532.43
7	Andy Messersmith	507.18
8	Catfish Hunter	501.88
9	Fergie Jenkins	500.84
10	Bob Gibson	497.76
11	Joe Coleman	492.83
12	Jerry Koosman	489.86
13	Jon Matlack	484.78
14	Phil Niekro	484.35
15	Luis Tiant	482.62
16	Tommy John	481.69
17	Steve Carlton	479.89
18	Don Wilson	474.93
19	Jack Billingham	474.8
20	Mike Cuellar	466.1
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Rick Wise	465.92
22	Ken Holtzman	465.13
23	Mel Stottlemyre	463.49
24	Tom Bradley	462.02
25	Bill Singer	456.62
26	Reggie Cleveland	455.5
27	Mickey Lolich	455.05
28	Vida Blue	452.99
29	Dave McNally	449.99
30	Carl Morton	445.79
31	Dock Ellis	445.62
32	Dave Roberts	444.17
33	Claude Osteen	440.73
34	Nelson Briles	440.71
35	Wilbur Wood	438.79
36	Fred Norman	438.07
37	Don Gullett	433.25
38	Ross Grimsley	430.16
39	Al Downing	429.27
40	Bill Lee	425.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pat Dobson	425.05
42	Rick Reuschel	424.93
43	Stan Bahnsen	423.84
44	Clyde Wright	422.48
45	Marty Pattin	422.0
46	Clay Kirby	420.26
47	Jim Bibby	419.85
48	Burt Hooton	419.55
49	Steve Renko	418.85
50	Doc Medich	418.27
51	Paul Splittorff	417.92
52	Ron Bryant	411.44
53	Jerry Reuss	408.74
54	Bob Moose	406.14
55	Steve Busby	404.92
56	Jim Colborn	404.18
57	Jim Perry	403.92
58	Steve Rogers	402.6
59	Wayne Twitchell	401.95
60	Juan Marichal	400.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Lonborg	398.78
62	Jim Slaton	398.63
63	Rudy May	395.61
64	Fritz Peterson	395.04
65	Dick Tidrow	394.57
66	Jim Kaat	393.97
67	Alan Foster	391.13
68	Mike Torrez	390.43
69	Milt Pappas	388.89
70	Jim Rooker	386.91
71	Sam McDowell	386.75
72	Sonny Siebert	386.65
73	Ron Schueler	381.58
74	Balor Moore	379.39
75	Bill Greif	378.94
76	John Curtis	378.86
77	Jim Barr	378.34
78	Ken Brett	377.73
79	Dick Drago	377.63
80	Steve Arlin	377.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Hands	376.27
82	Dick Woodson	373.81
83	Joe Decker	370.63
84	Randy Jones	367.3
85	Ernie McAnally	363.91
86	George Stone	362.33
87	Blue Moon Odom	361.48
88	Woodie Fryman	359.33
89	Roric Harrison	355.68
90	Bill Stoneman	354.81
91	Bill Bonham	347.26
92	Dick Ruthven	346.83
93	Ron Reed	345.41
94	Tom Griffin	345.12
95	Mike Caldwell	341.34
96	Steve Blass	340.03
97	Steve Stone	337.66
98	Skip Lockwood	336.49
99	Doyle Alexander	336.09
100	Steve Kline	335.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Larry Dierker	334.56
102	Steve Hargan	330.51
103	Frank Tanana	329.76
104	Ken Forsch	325.81
105	Al Fitzmorris	323.77
106	Ken Frailing	321.44
107	John D'Acquisto	320.74
108	Roger Nelson	319.89
109	Ray Corbin	317.04
110	Doug Rau	316.77
111	Bob Johnson	315.74
112	Jim McAndrew	315.04
113	Roger Moret	314.92
114	Lerrin LaGrow	313.56
115	Jim Willoughby	312.35
116	Bill Parsons	311.58
117	Dave Freisleben	311.19
118	David Clyde	309.71
119	Kevin Kobel	309.49
120	Pete Broberg	309.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Bosman	309.18
122	Lynn McGlothen	308.78
123	Tom Timmermann	307.35
124	Paul Lindblad	305.26
125	Doug Konieczny	302.52
126	Milt Wilcox	300.91
127	Ed Farmer	300.67
128	Rich Troedson	300.43

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