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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	576.93
2	Bob Gibson	570.78
3	Sam McDowell	548.26
4	Gaylord Perry	521.38
5	Larry Dierker	517.46
6	Juan Marichal	513.82
7	Mike Cuellar	510.13
8	Bill Hands	509.98
9	Phil Niekro	509.81
10	Mickey Lolich	508.12
11	Dave McNally	503.2
12	Jerry Koosman	502.42
13	Fergie Jenkins	495.87
14	Bill Singer	494.37
15	Claude Osteen	491.3
16	Bob Veale	490.12
17	Catfish Hunter	488.61
18	Steve Carlton	483.26
19	Denny McLain	482.21
20	Luis Tiant	480.05
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Fritz Peterson	477.65
22	Denny Lemaster	476.56
23	Jim Merritt	469.45
24	Don Sutton	469.45
25	Andy Messersmith	467.25
26	Mel Stottlemyre	466.19
27	Jim Perry	465.71
28	Ray Culp	461.8
29	Joe Coleman	457.47
30	Pat Jarvis	455.73
31	Gary Gentry	455.73
32	Joe Horlen	455.46
33	Ken Holtzman	453.86
34	Tom Phoebus	452.2
35	Jim Maloney	451.54
36	Dave Boswell	451.23
37	Blue Moon Odom	450.83
38	Earl Wilson	450.66
39	Jim Bunning	449.74
40	Dean Chance	449.03
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Jim Palmer	435.85
42	Jim McGlothlin	435.32
43	Jim Kaat	434.67
44	Tommy John	434.61
45	Gary Nolan	434.45
46	Jim Nash	432.22
47	Steve Blass	431.05
48	Rick Wise	425.94
49	Stan Bahnsen	422.86
50	Sonny Siebert	422.79
51	Dick Bosman	419.21
52	Gary Peters	419.08
53	Chuck Dobson	418.1
54	Mike McCormick	415.48
55	Don Wilson	415.31
56	Dock Ellis	411.87
57	Nelson Briles	410.78
58	Woodie Fryman	408.99
59	Bill Stoneman	406.31
60	George Brunet	406.06
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Clay Kirby	404.41
62	Joe Niekro	400.53
63	Tom Griffin	399.97
64	Grant Jackson	398.71
65	Bill Butler	398.31
66	Rudy May	394.07
67	Jim Hardin	393.59
68	Ron Reed	392.42
69	Tom Murphy	391.88
70	Bob Moose	390.63
71	Gene Brabender	388.19
72	Jim Lonborg	384.05
73	Wally Bunker	383.59
74	Al Downing	383.06
75	George Stone	373.42
76	Dick Drago	372.44
77	Al Santorini	369.6
78	Milt Pappas	368.42
79	Wayne Simpson	367.55
80	Jim McAndrew	366.3
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Bobby Bolin	364.88
82	Barry Moore	364.68
83	Mike Torrez	360.99
84	Ray Sadecki	358.07
85	Luke Walker	357.97
86	Ray Washburn	356.45
87	Rich Robertson	355.81
88	Dick Selma	352.83
89	Roger Nelson	352.08
90	Pat Dobson	352.01
91	Lew Krausse	350.32
92	Alan Foster	349.24
93	Joe Sparma	348.08
94	Jim Rooker	346.05
95	Jerry Janeski	342.53
96	Clyde Wright	342.48
97	Mike Kilkenny	340.7
98	Sandy Vance	338.7
99	Nolan Ryan	338.47
100	Joe Decker	337.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Mike Corkins	336.63
102	Danny Coombs	335.99
103	Marty Pattin	333.95
104	Don Cardwell	333.35
105	Billy Wynne	332.76
106	Steve Renko	331.96
107	Mike Nagy	331.4
108	Tony Cloninger	330.91
109	Jerry Robertson	330.27
110	Jim Hannan	328.62
111	Stan Williams	327.08
112	Dan McGinn	326.68
113	Steve Hargan	325.36
114	Mike Wegener	323.96
115	Gerry Arrigo	323.71
116	Carl Morton	323.55
117	John Morris	323.27
118	Chris Short	323.24
119	Casey Cox	322.07
120	George Culver	321.71
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	John Cumberland	321.5
122	Bob Johnson	321.27
123	Dave Morehead	319.19
124	Jim Ray	318.4
125	Jim Bouton	318.37
126	Vicente Romo	317.85
127	Dick Ellsworth	317.35
128	Bill Lee	316.19
129	Les Cain	316.01
130	Gary Waslewski	314.25
131	George Lauzerique	309.0
132	Jim Shellenback	307.82
133	Skip Lockwood	307.4
134	Rich Hand	306.78
135	Dick Kelley	306.02
136	Miguel Puente	305.47
137	Dave Roberts	302.33
138	Scipio Spinks	302.02
139	Rollie Fingers	301.88
140	Ron Klimkowski	301.32
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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