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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Nolan Ryan	589.35
2	Don Sutton	566.8
3	Gaylord Perry	560.03
4	Bert Blyleven	556.81
5	Tom Seaver	551.86
6	Andy Messersmith	539.41
7	Phil Niekro	537.01
8	Catfish Hunter	535.13
9	Fergie Jenkins	533.34
10	Luis Tiant	519.66
11	Vida Blue	517.77
12	Jim Palmer	509.95
13	Don Gullett	497.81
14	Steve Busby	495.04
15	Steve Carlton	492.65
16	Jon Matlack	491.45
17	Ken Holtzman	487.06
18	Jim Kaat	486.48
19	Jim Lonborg	479.08
20	Mike Cuellar	472.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ross Grimsley	466.6
22	Doc Medich	462.08
23	Jim Rooker	460.42
24	Bob Gibson	460.26
25	Jerry Koosman	459.3
26	Carl Morton	459.23
27	Pat Dobson	456.8
28	Wilbur Wood	454.77
29	Don Wilson	453.97
30	Mickey Lolich	452.72
31	Dave McNally	451.01
32	Jerry Reuss	450.13
33	Jim Barr	449.76
34	Dock Ellis	449.02
35	Buzz Capra	440.23
36	Bill Lee	440.21
37	Clay Kirby	438.16
38	Frank Tanana	436.66
39	Jack Billingham	436.02
40	Fred Norman	435.68
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Larry Dierker	433.84
42	Joe Coleman	432.0
43	Nelson Briles	428.39
44	Rudy May	424.58
45	Randy Jones	422.43
46	Joe Decker	422.16
47	Dave Roberts	422.02
48	Lynn McGlothen	421.15
49	Steve Renko	418.43
50	Jim Perry	418.16
51	Doug Rau	416.49
52	Jim Slaton	415.92
53	Bill Bonham	415.62
54	Andy Hassler	414.4
55	Mike Torrez	413.98
56	Steve Rogers	412.73
57	Rick Reuschel	411.93
58	Woodie Fryman	411.13
59	Jim Bibby	409.06
60	Ken Brett	407.97
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Reggie Cleveland	407.42
62	Al Fitzmorris	405.87
63	Ron Reed	403.48
64	Mike Caldwell	400.16
65	Paul Splittorff	398.0
66	Jim Colborn	394.63
67	Jackie Brown	392.84
68	Claude Osteen	391.25
69	Rick Wise	385.99
70	Dennis Blair	383.87
71	Dave Freisleben	382.57
72	Bill Champion	381.37
73	John D'Acquisto	381.15
74	Steve Stone	379.63
75	Tom Griffin	379.11
76	John Curtis	379.11
77	Steve Hargan	378.4
78	Al Downing	377.79
79	Dave Goltz	377.04
80	Clyde Wright	376.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Fritz Peterson	374.25
82	Dan Spillner	372.78
83	Bob Forsch	371.38
84	Burt Hooton	371.35
85	Tom Bradley	367.62
86	Bill Hands	367.55
87	Vic Albury	367.33
88	Stan Bahnsen	366.24
89	Dick Ruthven	363.94
90	Bill Greif	362.2
91	Pete Broberg	361.15
92	Bruce Kison	359.11
93	Lerrin LaGrow	358.15
94	Joe McIntosh	355.1
95	Wayne Twitchell	354.05
96	Bill Singer	352.8
97	Sonny Siebert	351.37
98	Pete Falcone	351.26
99	Tommy John	350.01
100	Alan Foster	349.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Glenn Abbott	347.69
102	Dick Tidrow	347.46
103	Dick Drago	347.19
104	Gary Nolan	344.92
105	Bart Johnson	342.71
106	Bruce Dal Canton	339.96
107	Ron Schueler	339.1
108	Ray Burris	337.2
109	Juan Marichal	333.71
110	John Montefusco	333.08
111	Tom Underwood	331.07
112	Dick Bosman	330.33
113	J.R. Richard	327.64
114	Doug Konieczny	327.15
115	Ron Bryant	326.99
116	Roger Moret	326.86
117	Mike Norris	326.08
118	Roric Harrison	323.69
119	Randy Tate	320.88
120	John Denny	320.56
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Vern Ruhle	320.33
122	Ed Figueroa	318.1
123	Don Hood	317.57
124	Dave Hamilton	311.06
125	Ernie McAnally	310.33
126	Hank Webb	309.98
127	Jim Kern	309.72
128	Jim Hughes	309.38
129	Ed Sprague	309.17
130	Rick Rhoden	308.68
131	Pat Darcy	307.14
132	Dennis Leonard	306.94
133	Doyle Alexander	306.93
134	Kevin Kobel	306.66
135	Ken Forsch	306.31
136	Gary Gentry	305.56
137	Charlie Williams	304.15
138	Ray Corbin	302.3
139	Larry Gura	301.26
140	Geoff Zahn	301.09
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Dave Lemanczyk	300.74

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