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

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Jim Bunning	576.61
2	Bob Gibson	559.91
3	Gaylord Perry	524.76
4	Luis Tiant	517.82
5	Chris Short	512.93
6	Dean Chance	512.79
7	Earl Wilson	511.14
8	Juan Marichal	508.32
9	Sam McDowell	507.49
10	Bob Veale	507.05
11	Fergie Jenkins	504.18
12	Gary Peters	502.69
13	Sonny Siebert	501.17
14	Don Drysdale	496.82
15	Mickey Lolich	487.67
16	Denny McLain	485.0
17	Joe Horlen	484.47
18	Jim Kaat	483.37
19	George Brunet	478.82
20	Catfish Hunter	478.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	478.09
22	Tom Seaver	477.1
23	Mel Stottlemyre	475.62
24	Ken Johnson	474.92
25	Jim Maloney	474.4
26	Larry Jackson	468.92
27	Mike McCormick	466.66
28	Steve Hargan	465.13
29	Jim Lonborg	464.17
30	Jim Merritt	459.9
31	Claude Osteen	459.71
32	Denny Lemaster	458.77
33	Ray Sadecki	456.5
34	Phil Ortega	452.88
35	Bill Singer	452.4
36	Dave Boswell	451.57
37	Milt Pappas	450.36
38	Steve Carlton	448.58
39	Pat Jarvis	442.04
40	Dave Giusti	441.74
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Al Downing	440.09
42	Tom Phoebus	438.75
43	Mike Cuellar	433.83
44	Jim Nash	432.68
45	Don Wilson	432.01
46	Joe Sparma	429.06
47	Gary Bell	428.81
48	Dave McNally	426.23
49	Don Sutton	423.12
50	Rich Nye	421.11
51	Phil Niekro	417.88
52	Camilo Pascual	417.32
53	Dick Hughes	415.19
54	Chuck Dobson	413.29
55	Ray Washburn	410.57
56	Fritz Peterson	408.45
57	Nelson Briles	405.79
58	Gary Nolan	405.05
59	Tommie Sisk	403.72
60	Rickey Clark	403.62
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rick Wise	398.82
62	Sammy Ellis	397.49
63	Ken Holtzman	397.22
64	Pete Richert	395.35
65	Jim McGlothlin	394.59
66	Jose Santiago	394.31
67	Jim Perry	389.8
68	Mel Queen	386.71
69	Dick Ellsworth	383.83
70	Jim Hardin	383.67
71	Joe Niekro	380.68
72	Woodie Fryman	377.77
73	Steve Barber	377.65
74	Gerry Arrigo	374.39
75	Bill Hands	371.7
76	Al McBean	371.41
77	Larry Dierker	366.87
78	Jack Fisher	366.82
79	Lee Stange	366.7
80	Nolan Ryan	363.61
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jerry Koosman	362.28
82	Tony Cloninger	360.74
83	George Culver	354.38
84	Barry Moore	352.79
85	Mudcat Grant	352.36
86	Frank Bertaina	352.35
87	Fred Talbot	344.37
88	Ron Reed	342.03
89	Dick Kelley	341.54
90	Gary Waslewski	341.41
91	Bill Monbouquette	341.32
92	Jack Hamilton	341.15
93	Stan Bahnsen	340.36
94	Joe Coleman	339.23
95	Don Cardwell	337.9
96	Ray Culp	336.88
97	Gene Brabender	332.89
98	Larry Jaster	332.7
99	Lew Krausse	330.9
100	Clyde Wright	329.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Cisco Carlos	328.92
102	Dave Leonhard	328.53
103	Bruce Howard	328.48
104	Blue Moon Odom	328.24
105	Steve Blass	327.99
106	Dick Selma	324.59
107	Al Jackson	321.48
108	Jim Palmer	318.83
109	Stan Williams	318.38
110	Jerry Stephenson	316.13
111	Marcelino Lopez	314.46
112	Tony Pierce	310.41
113	Dick Bosman	309.67
114	Dennis Ribant	308.84
115	Jeff James	307.96
116	Bob Moose	307.54
117	Mike Kekich	307.04
118	Jim Britton	306.83
119	Les Cain	304.16
120	Luke Walker	302.66
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Bobby Bolin	302.63
122	John O'Donoghue	302.53
123	John Tsitouris	302.19
124	Mike Torrez	300.17
125	Jim Bouton	300.08

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