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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	595.16
2	Fergie Jenkins	563.35
3	Mickey Lolich	553.82
4	Don Sutton	549.61
5	Gaylord Perry	539.72
6	Wilbur Wood	534.45
7	Jim Palmer	528.44
8	Bob Gibson	525.38
9	Dave McNally	514.65
10	Joe Coleman	513.44
11	Steve Carlton	511.98
12	Phil Niekro	511.69
13	Catfish Hunter	510.19
14	Clay Kirby	508.03
15	Juan Marichal	501.07
16	Bert Blyleven	499.29
17	Don Wilson	499.28
18	Sam McDowell	493.61
19	Gary Nolan	492.6
20	Mike Cuellar	491.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Mel Stottlemyre	488.19
22	Bill Stoneman	484.21
23	Steve Blass	482.52
24	Ray Culp	480.39
25	Pat Dobson	478.59
26	Rick Wise	477.29
27	Fritz Peterson	476.82
28	Vida Blue	475.78
29	Andy Messersmith	470.45
30	Dick Drago	464.76
31	Clyde Wright	461.7
32	Gary Gentry	460.57
33	Dock Ellis	460.01
34	Jim Kaat	459.29
35	Bill Singer	457.7
36	Bill Hands	456.63
37	Stan Bahnsen	455.83
38	Milt Pappas	455.06
39	Sonny Siebert	453.39
40	Claude Osteen	451.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Ken Holtzman	449.65
42	Tom Bradley	448.31
43	Al Downing	448.07
44	Marty Pattin	447.68
45	Dave Roberts	445.39
46	Tommy John	445.25
47	Jim Perry	442.29
48	Jack Billingham	427.84
49	Bob Johnson	427.34
50	Dick Bosman	425.54
51	Larry Dierker	425.23
52	Steve Arlin	422.57
53	Ron Reed	421.61
54	Rudy May	421.54
55	Jerry Koosman	416.26
56	Steve Kline	412.56
57	Ken Forsch	410.54
58	Jim McGlothlin	408.39
59	Steve Renko	407.9
60	Reggie Cleveland	407.26
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Mike Hedlund	406.94
62	Bill Parsons	395.93
63	Don Gullett	392.2
64	Nolan Ryan	390.56
65	Paul Splittorff	389.62
66	Bob Moose	387.84
67	Pat Jarvis	387.61
68	Luke Walker	385.68
69	Skip Lockwood	383.57
70	Gary Peters	380.55
71	Ernie McAnally	380.49
72	Pete Broberg	380.45
73	Jerry Reuss	379.78
74	Chuck Dobson	379.19
75	Barry Lersch	377.48
76	George Stone	376.93
77	Fred Norman	375.6
78	Tom Murphy	372.27
79	Milt Wilcox	371.75
80	Carl Morton	371.58
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Woodie Fryman	371.58
82	Lew Krausse	369.56
83	Denny McLain	364.47
84	Ray Sadecki	364.07
85	Bill Gogolewski	362.61
86	Mike Kekich	359.91
87	John Cumberland	359.53
88	Les Cain	357.81
89	Tom Kelley	354.52
90	Blue Moon Odom	353.05
91	Jim Slaton	352.0
92	Jim Lonborg	350.61
93	Dick Tidrow	349.15
94	Scipio Spinks	348.99
95	Burt Hooton	348.99
96	Diego Segui	347.87
97	Tom Timmermann	345.78
98	Dick Woodson	345.61
99	Ken Brett	343.55
100	Mike Torrez	339.98
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Ross Grimsley	339.96
102	Nelson Briles	339.84
103	Steve Stone	337.65
104	Juan Pizarro	336.07
105	Dick Selma	335.66
106	Alan Foster	332.21
107	Jon Matlack	331.78
108	Rickey Clark	330.27
109	Bill Champion	327.39
110	Chris Short	327.09
111	Bill Greif	325.24
112	Jim Merritt	324.43
113	Bruce Dal Canton	324.3
114	Jim McAndrew	322.01
115	Wayne Simpson	319.57
116	Jim Shellenback	317.68
117	Tom Hall	316.93
118	Ron Bryant	316.47
119	Jim Rooker	314.36
120	Don Carrithers	313.73
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Buzz Capra	312.97
122	Rich Hand	312.65
123	Don Stanhouse	312.38
124	Steve Dunning	311.91
125	Monty Montgomery	310.67
126	Tom Phoebus	309.67
127	Jim Nash	306.96
128	Luis Tiant	306.49
129	Ron Schueler	305.53
130	Al Santorini	304.93
131	Wade Blasingame	304.03
132	Al Fitzmorris	303.56
133	Steve Hargan	301.42
134	Mike McQueen	300.47

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