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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	576.53
2	Gaylord Perry	570.41
3	Steve Carlton	568.47
4	Don Sutton	560.84
5	Bob Gibson	554.37
6	Wilbur Wood	533.76
7	Catfish Hunter	532.41
8	Nolan Ryan	529.41
9	Jim Palmer	528.94
10	Mickey Lolich	527.96
11	Joe Coleman	522.08
12	Don Wilson	515.68
13	Fergie Jenkins	511.9
14	Ken Holtzman	509.31
15	Bert Blyleven	505.81
16	Rick Wise	498.73
17	Mike Cuellar	493.72
18	Dave McNally	489.21
19	Phil Niekro	479.92
20	Pat Dobson	476.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jack Billingham	475.52
22	Tom Bradley	474.06
23	Rudy May	472.96
24	Gary Nolan	471.55
25	Steve Blass	470.97
26	Andy Messersmith	468.28
27	Vida Blue	467.25
28	Mel Stottlemyre	466.38
29	Bill Hands	465.66
30	Claude Osteen	463.21
31	Marty Pattin	458.88
32	Jim Perry	458.38
33	Dock Ellis	455.1
34	Clay Kirby	455.09
35	Bill Stoneman	452.92
36	Bill Singer	451.98
37	Milt Pappas	448.3
38	Al Downing	447.97
39	Fritz Peterson	445.79
40	Stan Bahnsen	443.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Juan Marichal	441.5
42	Bob Moose	441.01
43	Paul Splittorff	440.48
44	Jerry Koosman	440.24
45	Clyde Wright	438.44
46	Tommy John	438.38
47	Dick Drago	434.54
48	Gary Gentry	433.9
49	Steve Kline	429.62
50	Jon Matlack	428.82
51	Jerry Reuss	427.86
52	Dick Woodson	427.46
53	Blue Moon Odom	427.24
54	Ron Bryant	426.81
55	Ross Grimsley	423.51
56	Don Gullett	422.73
57	Reggie Cleveland	422.07
58	Nelson Briles	421.17
59	Dick Bosman	420.87
60	Roger Nelson	420.37
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Woodie Fryman	419.83
62	Luis Tiant	419.78
63	Dave Roberts	419.54
64	Dick Tidrow	418.7
65	Bill Parsons	418.44
66	Sam McDowell	416.14
67	Ron Reed	415.8
68	Carl Morton	414.07
69	Jim Lonborg	412.06
70	Ernie McAnally	411.81
71	Fred Norman	408.72
72	Mike Torrez	405.49
73	Steve Arlin	404.12
74	Burt Hooton	403.16
75	Balor Moore	402.42
76	Ken Forsch	399.38
77	Larry Dierker	397.91
78	Skip Lockwood	395.83
79	Rick Reuschel	395.49
80	Sonny Siebert	394.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Barr	383.32
82	Mike Paul	383.16
83	Jim McAndrew	381.43
84	Jim Kaat	380.19
85	Rich Hand	372.56
86	Jim Willoughby	372.06
87	Jim McGlothlin	366.64
88	John Curtis	362.48
89	Wayne Simpson	351.65
90	Lynn McGlothen	349.33
91	Pete Broberg	343.59
92	Bob Johnson	343.5
93	Bill Greif	342.97
94	Ray Corbin	339.91
95	Steve Renko	337.35
96	Milt Wilcox	336.49
97	Jerry Bell	336.24
98	Dick Ruthven	334.89
99	Brent Strom	332.03
100	Steve Dunning	331.88
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Steve Busby	331.22
102	Mike Caldwell	329.38
103	Bill Gogolewski	328.16
104	Luke Walker	327.14
105	Doc Medich	327.14
106	Jim Slaton	326.48
107	Barry Lersch	325.04
108	Bruce Kison	322.95
109	Tom Timmermann	322.0
110	Harry Parker	320.69
111	Al Santorini	320.26
112	Doyle Alexander	319.45
113	Ken Wright	319.21
114	Jim Colborn	318.12
115	Larry Christenson	317.85
116	Mike Kekich	317.11
117	Don Stanhouse	316.63
118	George Stone	316.35
119	Eddie Fisher	315.91
120	Wayne Twitchell	315.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Reynolds	312.76
122	Gary Ryerson	312.27
123	Mike Corkins	311.3
124	Larry Gura	309.62
125	Scipio Spinks	308.63
126	John Strohmayer	308.5
127	Rob Gardner	308.41
128	Bill Lee	307.76
129	Alan Foster	307.67
130	Rollie Fingers	307.63
131	Ray Culp	307.33
132	Tom Griffin	306.07
133	Tom Murphy	305.08
134	Roger Moret	304.06
135	Ray Burris	303.66
136	Orlando Pena	303.61
137	Mike Hedlund	300.35

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