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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Gaylord Perry	579.01
2	Steve Carlton	577.35
3	Tom Seaver	572.74
4	Bob Gibson	559.28
5	Don Sutton	557.98
6	Mickey Lolich	540.02
7	Catfish Hunter	529.22
8	Nolan Ryan	526.73
9	Bert Blyleven	518.12
10	Jim Palmer	517.88
11	Wilbur Wood	517.31
12	Fergie Jenkins	516.72
13	Joe Coleman	513.38
14	Don Wilson	507.68
15	Mike Cuellar	504.7
16	Rick Wise	499.61
17	Ken Holtzman	490.55
18	Phil Niekro	489.92
19	Dave McNally	489.14
20	Steve Blass	481.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Dobson	479.97
22	Tom Bradley	476.56
23	Gary Nolan	474.05
24	Andy Messersmith	470.04
25	Bill Hands	468.43
26	Marty Pattin	467.75
27	Jack Billingham	467.51
28	Vida Blue	464.29
29	Bill Stoneman	464.27
30	Mel Stottlemyre	464.09
31	Clay Kirby	463.73
32	Claude Osteen	462.08
33	Milt Pappas	455.3
34	Jim Perry	454.27
35	Rudy May	454.13
36	Dock Ellis	453.93
37	Juan Marichal	446.47
38	Bob Moose	444.5
39	Fritz Peterson	442.86
40	Tommy John	440.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Paul Splittorff	439.79
42	Al Downing	437.6
43	Clyde Wright	436.53
44	Steve Kline	435.94
45	Stan Bahnsen	435.3
46	Bill Singer	433.95
47	Dick Drago	430.03
48	Gary Gentry	428.45
49	Jerry Koosman	428.34
50	Jon Matlack	428.12
51	Dick Woodson	425.52
52	Dick Bosman	424.56
53	Woodie Fryman	424.48
54	Ron Bryant	424.07
55	Blue Moon Odom	423.58
56	Jerry Reuss	422.81
57	Bill Parsons	421.81
58	Don Gullett	421.13
59	Ross Grimsley	419.86
60	Sam McDowell	418.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Dick Tidrow	418.0
62	Roger Nelson	415.15
63	Nelson Briles	414.72
64	Jim Lonborg	414.22
65	Dave Roberts	412.0
66	Fred Norman	409.91
67	Luis Tiant	408.32
68	Larry Dierker	407.91
69	Ron Reed	407.55
70	Steve Arlin	406.71
71	Sonny Siebert	404.83
72	Reggie Cleveland	404.72
73	Ernie McAnally	403.08
74	Balor Moore	402.74
75	Ken Forsch	399.9
76	Burt Hooton	399.88
77	Mike Torrez	398.45
78	Skip Lockwood	396.83
79	Carl Morton	394.55
80	Jim McAndrew	384.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Barr	382.93
82	Jim Kaat	378.36
83	Rick Reuschel	377.79
84	Mike Paul	370.54
85	Jim McGlothlin	370.29
86	Rich Hand	369.8
87	Jim Willoughby	357.63
88	Wayne Simpson	356.08
89	John Curtis	354.4
90	Bob Johnson	353.5
91	Lynn McGlothen	350.83
92	Ray Corbin	349.91
93	Pete Broberg	345.3
94	Bill Gogolewski	338.16
95	Barry Lersch	335.04
96	Milt Wilcox	334.2
97	Steve Dunning	334.13
98	Bruce Kison	332.95
99	Brent Strom	332.89
100	Steve Renko	331.44
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Al Santorini	330.26
102	Mike Kekich	327.11
103	George Stone	326.35
104	Steve Busby	325.28
105	Tom Timmermann	324.5
106	Luke Walker	324.05
107	Ken Reynolds	322.76
108	Bill Greif	322.62
109	Harry Parker	321.76
110	Jim Slaton	320.95
111	Jim Colborn	320.62
112	Ken Wright	318.5
113	Rob Gardner	318.41
114	Wayne Twitchell	317.65
115	Ray Culp	317.33
116	Mike Caldwell	315.94
117	Doc Medich	315.15
118	Tom Murphy	315.08
119	Jerry Bell	314.29
120	Gary Ryerson	313.52
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Mike Corkins	312.79
122	Larry Christenson	312.47
123	Don Stanhouse	311.7
124	Scipio Spinks	311.24
125	Dick Ruthven	310.94
126	Doyle Alexander	310.92
127	John Strohmayer	310.75
128	Mike Hedlund	310.35
129	Ken Brett	309.89
130	Rollie Fingers	308.69
131	Tom Griffin	308.57
132	Larry Gura	307.46
133	Roger Moret	306.31
134	Ray Burris	306.16
135	Orlando Pena	306.11
136	Eddie Fisher	304.26
137	Rich Gossage	300.82

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