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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	572.27
2	Bert Blyleven	555.37
3	Gaylord Perry	551.33
4	Don Sutton	547.92
5	Nolan Ryan	533.76
6	Jim Palmer	526.87
7	Andy Messersmith	521.35
8	Fergie Jenkins	513.44
9	Catfish Hunter	512.05
10	Jon Matlack	507.3
11	Bob Gibson	503.76
12	Jerry Koosman	497.41
13	Phil Niekro	491.83
14	Joe Coleman	487.25
15	Luis Tiant	485.28
16	Jack Billingham	483.52
17	Steve Carlton	479.34
18	Tommy John	475.68
19	Mike Cuellar	474.54
20	Don Wilson	473.85
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	473.09
22	Tom Bradley	471.97
23	Rick Wise	470.88
24	Fred Norman	462.34
25	Mickey Lolich	459.72
26	Ken Holtzman	458.79
27	Wilbur Wood	458.03
28	Carl Morton	457.89
29	Dave Roberts	454.23
30	Mel Stottlemyre	453.58
31	Dave McNally	452.24
32	Vida Blue	447.51
33	Ross Grimsley	446.74
34	Dock Ellis	446.32
35	Claude Osteen	443.47
36	Bill Lee	442.81
37	Reggie Cleveland	440.79
38	Doc Medich	438.42
39	Nelson Briles	437.21
40	Don Gullett	437.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Marty Pattin	436.74
42	Stan Bahnsen	433.73
43	Steve Busby	433.16
44	Steve Renko	432.28
45	Pat Dobson	432.2
46	Paul Splittorff	430.7
47	Al Downing	430.4
48	Rick Reuschel	428.2
49	Clay Kirby	423.96
50	Jim Lonborg	421.34
51	Jim Perry	418.63
52	Burt Hooton	418.03
53	Jim Slaton	418.03
54	Clyde Wright	416.12
55	Steve Rogers	415.73
56	Jim Bibby	413.31
57	Jerry Reuss	409.78
58	Jim Kaat	407.85
59	Ron Bryant	405.58
60	Dick Tidrow	402.76
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Colborn	402.75
62	Bob Moose	402.32
63	Jim Rooker	399.84
64	Juan Marichal	397.76
65	Fritz Peterson	396.57
66	Bill Greif	393.84
67	John Curtis	393.61
68	Alan Foster	392.42
69	Rudy May	391.61
70	Ken Brett	390.31
71	Mike Torrez	389.93
72	Sonny Siebert	389.45
73	Ron Schueler	387.35
74	Wayne Twitchell	385.95
75	Sam McDowell	382.76
76	Jim Barr	382.65
77	Joe Decker	377.87
78	Tom Griffin	376.2
79	Steve Arlin	375.4
80	Dick Woodson	374.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Dick Drago	374.38
82	Bill Hands	373.27
83	Milt Pappas	372.89
84	Bill Stoneman	372.77
85	Randy Jones	372.18
86	Dick Ruthven	371.65
87	Roric Harrison	368.88
88	Balor Moore	363.39
89	Mike Caldwell	362.65
90	George Stone	359.99
91	Steve Kline	358.77
92	Blue Moon Odom	358.43
93	Ernie McAnally	357.71
94	Woodie Fryman	356.5
95	Frank Tanana	356.42
96	Steve Stone	355.59
97	Ron Reed	352.18
98	Lerrin LaGrow	352.13
99	Larry Dierker	352.1
100	Bill Bonham	351.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Al Fitzmorris	340.76
102	Roger Nelson	334.66
103	Steve Hargan	334.23
104	Doug Rau	332.91
105	David Clyde	330.44
106	Lynn McGlothen	329.76
107	Ken Frailing	329.7
108	Dave Freisleben	328.48
109	John D'Acquisto	325.14
110	Steve Blass	324.03
111	Doyle Alexander	322.34
112	Skip Lockwood	320.49
113	Bob Johnson	319.72
114	Roger Moret	318.63
115	Craig Swan	317.59
116	Kevin Kobel	316.17
117	Vic Albury	316.09
118	Ray Corbin	313.04
119	Jim McAndrew	311.29
120	Dave Hamilton	310.65
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Dick Lange	310.61
122	Ken Forsch	309.81
123	Pete Broberg	308.69
124	Bruce Dal Canton	308.51
125	Jim Willoughby	308.35
126	Gary Gentry	308.17
127	Bill Slayback	306.14
128	Dick Bosman	305.18
129	Paul Lindblad	303.31
130	Charlie Williams	303.25
131	Harry Parker	302.95
132	Stan Perzanowski	301.16
133	Mike Corkins	301.0

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