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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	572.65
2	Bert Blyleven	556.31
3	Gaylord Perry	550.69
4	Don Sutton	538.4
5	Jim Palmer	537.77
6	Nolan Ryan	527.32
7	Andy Messersmith	516.35
8	Fergie Jenkins	512.41
9	Catfish Hunter	508.24
10	Bob Gibson	504.01
11	Jon Matlack	498.28
12	Jerry Koosman	492.1
13	Joe Coleman	490.65
14	Phil Niekro	486.32
15	Tommy John	480.01
16	Jack Billingham	477.11
17	Luis Tiant	474.06
18	Tom Bradley	472.62
19	Don Wilson	472.18
20	Rick Wise	471.38
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	470.95
22	Steve Carlton	470.08
23	Mike Cuellar	465.28
24	Mel Stottlemyre	461.87
25	Ken Holtzman	458.91
26	Wilbur Wood	456.06
27	Dave Roberts	455.67
28	Mickey Lolich	455.5
29	Fred Norman	451.56
30	Dock Ellis	450.59
31	Ross Grimsley	446.74
32	Vida Blue	446.37
33	Carl Morton	446.28
34	Dave McNally	443.5
35	Claude Osteen	443.43
36	Reggie Cleveland	442.67
37	Nelson Briles	438.46
38	Stan Bahnsen	435.42
39	Doc Medich	433.87
40	Al Downing	433.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Don Gullett	431.65
42	Bill Lee	428.76
43	Paul Splittorff	426.94
44	Marty Pattin	425.55
45	Pat Dobson	424.9
46	Steve Busby	424.85
47	Steve Renko	424.84
48	Burt Hooton	420.48
49	Jim Perry	418.63
50	Rick Reuschel	418.5
51	Jerry Reuss	414.24
52	Jim Slaton	413.77
53	Clay Kirby	412.83
54	Clyde Wright	412.8
55	Jim Bibby	411.3
56	Steve Rogers	411.18
57	Jim Colborn	408.85
58	Jim Lonborg	408.13
59	Ron Bryant	408.12
60	Jim Kaat	403.72
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bob Moose	398.85
62	Juan Marichal	398.01
63	Fritz Peterson	397.59
64	Dick Tidrow	395.87
65	Alan Foster	394.27
66	Rudy May	392.86
67	Jim Rooker	392.48
68	Wayne Twitchell	390.95
69	Ron Schueler	390.41
70	Mike Torrez	390.18
71	Sonny Siebert	389.34
72	Ken Brett	388.51
73	Bill Greif	388.22
74	Sam McDowell	384.01
75	John Curtis	380.67
76	Joe Decker	379.5
77	Milt Pappas	377.89
78	Jim Barr	377.4
79	Dick Drago	375.63
80	Steve Arlin	375.4
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bill Hands	374.52
82	Dick Woodson	372.93
83	Randy Jones	372.25
84	Bill Stoneman	369.09
85	Balor Moore	368.39
86	Tom Griffin	364.63
87	Roric Harrison	362.97
88	Ernie McAnally	361.26
89	George Stone	359.99
90	Dick Ruthven	358.75
91	Blue Moon Odom	358.68
92	Woodie Fryman	356.75
93	Mike Caldwell	354.07
94	Bill Bonham	351.83
95	Steve Kline	350.23
96	Frank Tanana	350.02
97	Ron Reed	349.44
98	Steve Stone	348.96
99	Larry Dierker	348.12
100	Lerrin LaGrow	347.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doug Rau	334.29
102	Steve Hargan	332.22
103	Roger Nelson	331.69
104	Ken Frailing	331.26
105	Lynn McGlothen	329.76
106	Al Fitzmorris	329.13
107	Steve Blass	329.03
108	Dave Freisleben	328.57
109	Doyle Alexander	327.34
110	Skip Lockwood	325.49
111	John D'Acquisto	325.33
112	David Clyde	320.81
113	Roger Moret	320.03
114	Bob Johnson	319.97
115	Vic Albury	317.36
116	Ken Forsch	314.81
117	Ray Corbin	314.29
118	Jim McAndrew	312.54
119	Pete Broberg	309.94
120	Jim Willoughby	309.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Craig Swan	309.19
122	Bill Slayback	306.89
123	Kevin Kobel	306.74
124	Dick Bosman	306.43
125	Mike Corkins	305.16
126	Charlie Williams	304.5
127	Harry Parker	304.2
128	Paul Lindblad	303.31
129	Stan Perzanowski	301.16
130	Bill Parsons	300.58
131	Doug Konieczny	300.52

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