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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jim Bunning	569.9
2	Bob Gibson	548.55
3	Gaylord Perry	536.1
4	Chris Short	507.92
5	Earl Wilson	503.46
6	Dean Chance	502.95
7	Juan Marichal	499.26
8	Fergie Jenkins	499.08
9	Sam McDowell	497.22
10	Gary Peters	494.77
11	Bob Veale	492.82
12	Jim Kaat	491.27
13	Luis Tiant	488.72
14	Jim Maloney	487.31
15	Sonny Siebert	483.98
16	Mickey Lolich	482.44
17	Don Drysdale	479.58
18	Jim Lonborg	479.17
19	Denny McLain	477.82
20	Joe Horlen	472.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mel Stottlemyre	472.49
22	Jim Merritt	466.85
23	Mike McCormick	466.73
24	Larry Jackson	466.37
25	Catfish Hunter	465.07
26	George Brunet	463.09
27	Tom Seaver	461.49
28	Ken Johnson	457.47
29	Claude Osteen	454.79
30	Tommy John	453.02
31	Steve Hargan	449.02
32	Mike Cuellar	448.83
33	Ray Sadecki	448.52
34	Phil Ortega	448.45
35	Al Downing	448.39
36	Milt Pappas	447.04
37	Dave Boswell	446.84
38	Denny Lemaster	437.98
39	Bill Singer	435.91
40	Steve Carlton	426.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pat Jarvis	423.64
42	Gary Bell	423.31
43	Dick Hughes	420.27
44	Gary Nolan	420.05
45	Dave Giusti	419.92
46	Jim Nash	419.56
47	Joe Sparma	418.77
48	Tom Phoebus	418.49
49	Don Wilson	415.94
50	Fritz Peterson	415.61
51	Camilo Pascual	413.51
52	Dave McNally	413.02
53	Don Sutton	410.75
54	Pete Richert	410.35
55	Phil Niekro	408.17
56	Ray Washburn	403.2
57	Rich Nye	399.78
58	Tommie Sisk	397.95
59	Rickey Clark	394.5
60	Chuck Dobson	392.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Wise	392.66
62	Steve Barber	392.65
63	Sammy Ellis	391.51
64	Mel Queen	390.46
65	Jim McGlothlin	389.19
66	Ken Holtzman	388.75
67	Nelson Briles	387.04
68	Jim Perry	382.93
69	Lee Stange	381.7
70	Jim Hardin	379.17
71	Dick Ellsworth	373.4
72	Woodie Fryman	372.2
73	Joe Niekro	369.31
74	Jack Fisher	364.83
75	Tony Cloninger	364.49
76	Jose Santiago	359.04
77	Frank Bertaina	356.34
78	Barry Moore	353.75
79	Al McBean	353.08
80	Mudcat Grant	351.87
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Larry Jaster	347.7
82	Jerry Koosman	345.1
83	Jack Hamilton	344.4
84	Larry Dierker	343.98
85	Bill Hands	339.61
86	Fred Talbot	339.01
87	Ray Culp	337.29
88	Bill Monbouquette	334.4
89	Jim Palmer	333.83
90	Gerry Arrigo	332.18
91	Bruce Howard	330.98
92	Gary Waslewski	330.83
93	Marcelino Lopez	329.46
94	Joe Coleman	327.65
95	George Culver	326.44
96	Nolan Ryan	325.61
97	Blue Moon Odom	324.24
98	Dennis Ribant	323.84
99	Gene Brabender	321.8
100	Don Cardwell	321.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lew Krausse	318.96
102	Bobby Bolin	317.63
103	John O'Donoghue	317.53
104	Al Jackson	315.23
105	Clyde Wright	313.35
106	Jerry Stephenson	313.35
107	Stan Bahnsen	313.17
108	Ron Reed	313.07
109	Cisco Carlos	312.08
110	Dave Leonhard	310.9
111	Mike Kekich	310.79
112	Dick Bosman	310.7
113	Jim Britton	310.58
114	Stan Williams	308.61
115	Dick Kelley	307.92
116	Steve Blass	307.88
117	Les Cain	307.16
118	John Tsitouris	305.94
119	Mike Torrez	302.92
120	Grant Jackson	300.07
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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