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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Juan Marichal	586.41
2	Sandy Koufax	571.11
3	Bob Gibson	549.94
4	Jim Bunning	530.04
5	Bob Veale	523.52
6	Dean Chance	517.13
7	Earl Wilson	514.55
8	Jim Maloney	512.13
9	Sam McDowell	497.83
10	Don Drysdale	486.19
11	Gary Peters	485.94
12	Jim Kaat	481.3
13	Chris Short	477.44
14	Joe Horlen	476.72
15	Sonny Siebert	471.33
16	Gaylord Perry	468.94
17	Steve Barber	467.9
18	Mudcat Grant	465.75
19	Tony Cloninger	460.45
20	Mel Stottlemyre	457.7
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Ken Johnson	457.54
22	Claude Osteen	457.51
23	Larry Jackson	456.31
24	Denny McLain	455.54
25	Mickey Lolich	449.51
26	Pete Richert	448.55
27	George Brunet	448.45
28	Jack Fisher	444.58
29	Tommy John	444.07
30	Ken Holtzman	440.19
31	Milt Pappas	440.09
32	Al Downing	432.2
33	Sammy Ellis	431.84
34	Bobby Bolin	431.67
35	Jim Palmer	430.01
36	Dave McNally	429.9
37	Mike Cuellar	429.6
38	Denny Lemaster	427.19
39	Al Jackson	426.77
40	Gary Bell	424.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Steve Hargan	424.27
42	Larry Dierker	423.31
43	Don Sutton	422.93
44	Jim Nash	416.87
45	Dick Ellsworth	415.03
46	Jim Lonborg	408.87
47	Marcelino Lopez	406.97
48	Bob Shaw	406.02
49	Phil Ortega	401.02
50	Luis Tiant	400.54
51	Jim Perry	398.9
52	Bruce Howard	398.22
53	Vern Law	393.27
54	Curt Simmons	390.43
55	Wally Bunker	388.92
56	Mike McCormick	387.96
57	Jim O'Toole	386.02
58	Lew Krausse	385.6
59	Catfish Hunter	384.86
60	Bob Bruce	384.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Bucky Brandon	384.48
62	Camilo Pascual	384.16
63	Whitey Ford	383.24
64	Ray Washburn	382.64
65	Fergie Jenkins	381.22
66	Fred Talbot	380.65
67	Fritz Peterson	379.79
68	Dave Giusti	378.06
69	Dave Wickersham	376.21
70	Larry Jaster	367.56
71	Jim Bouton	362.47
72	Lee Stange	358.32
73	Ray Culp	356.64
74	Fred Newman	356.39
75	John Buzhardt	356.06
76	Don Cardwell	355.96
77	Hank Aguirre	355.27
78	Woodie Fryman	353.15
79	Dennis Ribant	352.18
80	Dick Kelley	349.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dave Boswell	349.41
82	Tommie Sisk	349.02
83	Billy McCool	346.95
84	Jim McGlothlin	346.24
85	Gary Nolan	344.67
86	Dennis Bennett	343.72
87	Jose Santiago	343.69
88	Tom Seaver	343.25
89	Hank Fischer	342.54
90	Jim Merritt	339.56
91	Joe Sparma	339.27
92	Ray Sadecki	337.55
93	Turk Farrell	334.99
94	Pat Jarvis	334.2
95	Joe Nuxhall	333.88
96	Blue Moon Odom	333.74
97	Bob Friend	332.65
98	Barry Moore	332.5
99	Juan Pizarro	325.8
100	Robin Roberts	325.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Billy Rohr	324.01
102	Rickey Clark	322.69
103	Mel Queen	322.28
104	Bill Denehy	321.99
105	Rich Nye	321.78
106	Ron Herbel	321.44
107	Don Wilson	320.34
108	Jim Hannan	319.76
109	Steve Carlton	318.9
110	Tom Phoebus	318.45
111	Billy O'Dell	318.36
112	Dick Hughes	317.73
113	Gerry Arrigo	316.38
114	Jack Sanford	314.92
115	Nick Willhite	314.86
116	Chuck Dobson	314.78
117	Joe Coleman	313.16
118	Chris Zachary	309.29
119	Jorge Rubio	308.75
120	Bob Miller	306.54
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Brewer	306.27
122	Jim Ollom	305.93
123	Wade Blasingame	305.9
124	Bo Belinsky	304.1
125	Bill Monbouquette	302.39

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