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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	585.28
2	Gaylord Perry	572.91
3	Don Sutton	559.62
4	Steve Carlton	552.6
5	Bob Gibson	551.14
6	Jim Palmer	542.52
7	Wilbur Wood	532.44
8	Nolan Ryan	531.57
9	Catfish Hunter	530.67
10	Don Wilson	526.33
11	Mickey Lolich	525.47
12	Fergie Jenkins	523.81
13	Ken Holtzman	520.76
14	Joe Coleman	519.17
15	Bert Blyleven	502.88
16	Rick Wise	495.58
17	Jack Billingham	493.13
18	Mike Cuellar	483.12
19	Phil Niekro	482.18
20	Dave McNally	481.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Bill Singer	477.83
22	Rudy May	476.11
23	Pat Dobson	475.75
24	Andy Messersmith	473.93
25	Tom Bradley	472.14
26	Jim Perry	469.09
27	Vida Blue	468.54
28	Marty Pattin	467.42
29	Mel Stottlemyre	463.31
30	Paul Splittorff	463.28
31	Bill Hands	462.66
32	Gary Nolan	462.05
33	Dock Ellis	459.65
34	Steve Blass	459.64
35	Claude Osteen	457.98
36	Bill Stoneman	454.41
37	Clay Kirby	452.59
38	Al Downing	451.74
39	Jerry Koosman	449.69
40	Stan Bahnsen	448.25
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Dick Drago	447.91
42	Milt Pappas	446.66
43	Gary Gentry	446.4
44	Fritz Peterson	446.03
45	Juan Marichal	445.38
46	Bob Moose	444.3
47	Jerry Reuss	440.79
48	Clyde Wright	440.49
49	Steve Kline	436.8
50	Tommy John	436.63
51	Ron Bryant	436.28
52	Dick Tidrow	430.76
53	Luis Tiant	430.22
54	Dick Woodson	428.48
55	Dave Roberts	427.02
56	Jon Matlack	425.88
57	Blue Moon Odom	424.32
58	Ken Forsch	423.63
59	Ron Reed	423.19
60	Don Gullett	422.51
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Reggie Cleveland	422.44
62	Roger Nelson	421.39
63	Nelson Briles	421.28
64	Dick Bosman	419.8
65	Ross Grimsley	417.96
66	Bill Parsons	416.69
67	Burt Hooton	416.42
68	Sam McDowell	416.08
69	Carl Morton	414.25
70	Rick Reuschel	412.6
71	Ernie McAnally	411.33
72	Fred Norman	410.69
73	Woodie Fryman	410.45
74	Jim Lonborg	409.56
75	Balor Moore	406.0
76	Steve Arlin	401.37
77	Jim Kaat	398.24
78	Sonny Siebert	397.52
79	Mike Torrez	395.54
80	Skip Lockwood	393.08
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Larry Dierker	386.91
82	Jim McAndrew	382.14
83	Jim Willoughby	374.82
84	Jim Barr	374.78
85	Rich Hand	374.37
86	John Curtis	367.95
87	Mike Paul	365.92
88	Jim McGlothlin	364.39
89	Wayne Simpson	353.43
90	Pete Broberg	352.65
91	Steve Renko	352.15
92	Bill Greif	349.2
93	Doc Medich	347.1
94	Lynn McGlothen	346.58
95	Jerry Bell	346.34
96	Milt Wilcox	345.92
97	Jim Colborn	343.64
98	Dick Ruthven	339.89
99	Ray Corbin	338.03
100	Steve Busby	336.5
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doyle Alexander	335.87
102	Jim Slaton	335.82
103	Brent Strom	334.58
104	Mike Caldwell	333.84
105	Bob Johnson	332.5
106	Bill Lee	331.42
107	Alan Foster	330.42
108	Harry Parker	329.79
109	Wayne Twitchell	329.15
110	Steve Dunning	329.13
111	Eddie Fisher	326.35
112	Luke Walker	324.71
113	Mike Corkins	321.64
114	Tom Timmermann	319.25
115	Larry Christenson	317.85
116	Bill Gogolewski	317.16
117	Don Stanhouse	316.88
118	Ken Wright	316.46
119	Barry Lersch	314.04
120	Mike Kekich	313.22
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Tom Griffin	313.17
122	Bruce Dal Canton	312.58
123	Bruce Kison	311.95
124	Bill Bonham	309.76
125	Gary Ryerson	309.52
126	Al Santorini	309.26
127	Ken Brett	308.94
128	Clay Carroll	308.69
129	Orlando Pena	308.32
130	Larry Gura	308.12
131	Rich Gossage	307.4
132	Rollie Fingers	306.38
133	Scipio Spinks	305.88
134	John Strohmayer	305.75
135	George Stone	305.35
136	Bill Champion	304.94
137	Jim Bibby	304.31
138	Vicente Romo	303.26
139	Ken Reynolds	301.76
140	Roger Moret	301.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Ray Burris	300.91

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