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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	601.77
2	Fergie Jenkins	562.87
3	Mickey Lolich	547.79
4	Don Sutton	541.23
5	Gaylord Perry	534.54
6	Bob Gibson	527.46
7	Wilbur Wood	527.45
8	Jim Palmer	521.36
9	Dave McNally	516.16
10	Joe Coleman	513.58
11	Clay Kirby	512.51
12	Steve Carlton	510.81
13	Catfish Hunter	508.86
14	Don Wilson	505.61
15	Phil Niekro	503.97
16	Mike Cuellar	501.2
17	Juan Marichal	498.87
18	Sam McDowell	496.45
19	Bert Blyleven	493.81
20	Gary Nolan	490.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Pat Dobson	483.93
22	Fritz Peterson	482.85
23	Bill Stoneman	482.1
24	Vida Blue	480.78
25	Mel Stottlemyre	480.34
26	Steve Blass	478.44
27	Rick Wise	476.65
28	Ray Culp	472.89
29	Andy Messersmith	470.45
30	Dick Drago	463.09
31	Clyde Wright	458.6
32	Sonny Siebert	458.44
33	Gary Gentry	458.04
34	Ken Holtzman	454.24
35	Jim Kaat	451.03
36	Milt Pappas	450.54
37	Dock Ellis	450.16
38	Jim Perry	448.7
39	Bill Singer	447.5
40	Claude Osteen	447.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Stan Bahnsen	447.03
42	Marty Pattin	446.89
43	Bill Hands	445.9
44	Tommy John	445.25
45	Al Downing	442.21
46	Tom Bradley	438.79
47	Dave Roberts	438.27
48	Bob Johnson	427.34
49	Larry Dierker	422.78
50	Dick Bosman	422.04
51	Jerry Koosman	417.51
52	Rudy May	416.52
53	Steve Arlin	416.23
54	Jack Billingham	415.5
55	Ron Reed	413.82
56	Steve Kline	410.12
57	Steve Renko	407.9
58	Reggie Cleveland	406.41
59	Mike Hedlund	402.85
60	Jim McGlothlin	401.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Ken Forsch	398.37
62	Bill Parsons	395.3
63	Don Gullett	393.45
64	Paul Splittorff	392.78
65	Nolan Ryan	388.95
66	Pat Jarvis	388.86
67	Skip Lockwood	385.96
68	Gary Peters	385.55
69	Chuck Dobson	384.19
70	Jerry Reuss	383.35
71	Pete Broberg	383.27
72	Luke Walker	381.97
73	Barry Lersch	378.73
74	Ernie McAnally	378.53
75	Carl Morton	378.47
76	George Stone	378.18
77	Tom Murphy	377.27
78	Bob Moose	373.98
79	Lew Krausse	371.98
80	Milt Wilcox	370.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Denny McLain	366.77
82	Ray Sadecki	366.76
83	Fred Norman	363.28
84	Bill Gogolewski	362.61
85	John Cumberland	360.78
86	Woodie Fryman	358.98
87	Les Cain	355.78
88	Tom Kelley	355.72
89	Jim Slaton	352.25
90	Diego Segui	351.14
91	Mike Kekich	351.03
92	Jim Lonborg	350.43
93	Tom Timmermann	346.08
94	Nelson Briles	343.71
95	Dick Tidrow	341.82
96	Scipio Spinks	341.06
97	Blue Moon Odom	340.39
98	Ross Grimsley	338.57
99	Juan Pizarro	337.32
100	Alan Foster	337.21
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dick Selma	336.75
102	Burt Hooton	336.1
103	Ken Brett	334.91
104	Dick Woodson	332.67
105	Chris Short	332.09
106	Mike Torrez	330.61
107	Bill Champion	329.54
108	Jim Merritt	325.68
109	Jon Matlack	325.57
110	Bruce Dal Canton	325.05
111	Rickey Clark	324.51
112	Jim McAndrew	322.01
113	Steve Stone	318.77
114	Steve Dunning	316.91
115	Bill Greif	316.05
116	Don Carrithers	314.98
117	Don Stanhouse	313.63
118	Jim Nash	311.96
119	Monty Montgomery	311.92
120	Wayne Simpson	311.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Shellenback	311.08
122	Tom Phoebus	310.92
123	Ron Bryant	309.71
124	Wade Blasingame	309.03
125	Luis Tiant	307.24
126	Rich Hand	305.32
127	Ken Reynolds	304.79
128	Mike McQueen	301.47
129	Mike Paul	300.49
130	Mike Corkins	300.21

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