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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	615.56
2	Denny McLain	547.94
3	Fergie Jenkins	533.26
4	Gaylord Perry	523.3
5	Dean Chance	520.83
6	Luis Tiant	520.35
7	Juan Marichal	513.56
8	Dave McNally	511.01
9	Sam McDowell	504.68
10	Tom Seaver	503.54
11	Jim Nash	494.53
12	Phil Niekro	489.89
13	Mickey Lolich	489.46
14	Bob Veale	487.26
15	Mel Stottlemyre	487.22
16	Earl Wilson	485.82
17	Jim Maloney	483.6
18	Jim Kaat	469.89
19	Ray Culp	468.74
20	George Brunet	465.12
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	462.82
22	Dave Giusti	462.42
23	Tom Phoebus	460.84
24	Chris Short	459.19
25	Jim Bunning	458.2
26	Ray Sadecki	458.07
27	Mike Cuellar	457.88
28	Don Wilson	455.27
29	Catfish Hunter	454.21
30	Sonny Siebert	453.46
31	Joe Horlen	451.69
32	Ray Washburn	449.87
33	Don Sutton	447.24
34	Tommy John	446.96
35	Pat Jarvis	445.19
36	Bill Hands	443.52
37	Larry Jackson	440.91
38	Don Drysdale	439.55
39	Fritz Peterson	439.37
40	Jim Merritt	439.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Holtzman	439.01
42	Steve Carlton	438.97
43	Gary Peters	437.29
44	Milt Pappas	437.25
45	Blue Moon Odom	436.89
46	Denny Lemaster	435.37
47	Jerry Koosman	434.44
48	Gary Nolan	434.41
49	Jim Hardin	431.75
50	Dave Boswell	430.74
51	Claude Osteen	429.51
52	Stan Bahnsen	427.17
53	Gary Bell	425.84
54	Woodie Fryman	423.42
55	Steve Blass	422.55
56	Chuck Dobson	419.91
57	Camilo Pascual	419.74
58	Larry Dierker	411.24
59	Jim McGlothlin	408.28
60	Jim Lonborg	407.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Joe Coleman	405.01
62	Joe Sparma	401.23
63	Nelson Briles	397.87
64	Dick Ellsworth	393.9
65	Mike McCormick	389.4
66	Rick Wise	387.5
67	Bob Moose	384.41
68	Bobby Bolin	384.08
69	Stan Williams	381.67
70	Al Downing	379.02
71	Jack Fisher	377.19
72	Ron Reed	374.54
73	Don Cardwell	365.68
74	Joe Niekro	363.38
75	Jim Perry	363.34
76	Dick Selma	362.2
77	Jim Hannan	361.87
78	Barry Moore	361.69
79	Steve Hargan	360.05
80	George Culver	358.16
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Gerry Arrigo	357.33
82	Rich Nye	353.12
83	Lew Krausse	352.57
84	Tony Cloninger	352.54
85	Al McBean	347.23
86	Ken Johnson	346.2
87	Steve Barber	344.2
88	Larry Jaster	343.49
89	Frank Bertaina	342.3
90	Bill Stoneman	341.92
91	Jim Palmer	334.86
92	Sammy Ellis	334.24
93	Jim McAndrew	333.21
94	Roger Nelson	328.3
95	Tom Griffin	327.77
96	Gary Gentry	326.16
97	Dock Ellis	325.45
98	Dick Kelley	325.07
99	Grant Jackson	323.7
100	Mike Marshall	323.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Bill Burbach	323.09
102	Tom Murphy	322.22
103	Marty Pattin	321.82
104	Mel Queen	321.78
105	Jerry Johnson	321.72
106	Bill Butler	320.64
107	Clay Kirby	319.86
108	Diego Segui	318.88
109	Rollie Fingers	318.5
110	Mudcat Grant	318.04
111	Carl Morton	316.63
112	Al Santorini	316.29
113	Johnny Podres	316.0
114	Wally Bunker	314.69
115	Dick Hughes	314.07
116	Tom Hall	313.9
117	Steve Jones	313.62
118	Rudy May	313.13
119	Mike Hedlund	311.6
120	Rickey Clark	311.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Lee Stange	309.75
122	Tommie Sisk	309.69
123	Mike Wegener	309.39
124	Pat Dobson	306.97
125	Jim Ray	305.99
126	Wade Blasingame	305.04
127	Alan Foster	303.01
128	Ken Brett	301.97
129	Phil Ortega	301.87
130	Dave Morehead	301.57
131	John Hiller	301.02
132	Dick Bosman	300.51
133	Jose Santiago	300.36
134	Gary Ross	300.12

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