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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	570.42
2	Bob Gibson	563.76
3	Gaylord Perry	531.51
4	Luis Tiant	523.07
5	Dean Chance	521.7
6	Sam McDowell	521.27
7	Chris Short	515.11
8	Earl Wilson	512.47
9	Sonny Siebert	511.35
10	Bob Veale	510.64
11	Juan Marichal	508.81
12	Fergie Jenkins	506.14
13	Don Drysdale	504.15
14	Gary Peters	501.22
15	Joe Horlen	500.46
16	Denny McLain	491.8
17	Jim Kaat	486.51
18	Tom Seaver	484.26
19	Mel Stottlemyre	483.86
20	Tommy John	483.67
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	George Brunet	482.09
22	Mickey Lolich	481.57
23	Jim Maloney	475.19
24	Larry Jackson	474.25
25	Catfish Hunter	473.08
26	Bill Singer	470.84
27	Ken Johnson	470.79
28	Jim Merritt	466.86
29	Ray Sadecki	465.21
30	Denny Lemaster	464.82
31	Steve Hargan	464.0
32	Dave Boswell	459.48
33	Jim Lonborg	459.17
34	Mike McCormick	458.92
35	Claude Osteen	455.59
36	Pat Jarvis	453.87
37	Steve Carlton	452.39
38	Phil Ortega	450.56
39	Dave Giusti	448.33
40	Tom Phoebus	446.82
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Milt Pappas	445.41
42	Jim Nash	444.12
43	Joe Sparma	440.73
44	Al Downing	439.84
45	Mike Cuellar	437.45
46	Don Wilson	435.43
47	Dave McNally	432.96
48	Gary Bell	428.98
49	Chuck Dobson	427.79
50	Don Sutton	426.91
51	Rich Nye	423.74
52	Phil Niekro	419.29
53	Camilo Pascual	415.86
54	Dick Hughes	413.94
55	Nelson Briles	410.91
56	Ray Washburn	407.53
57	Fritz Peterson	407.2
58	Sammy Ellis	407.09
59	Jim McGlothlin	404.28
60	Tommie Sisk	402.47
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Rickey Clark	402.37
62	Gary Nolan	400.05
63	Jose Santiago	399.51
64	Rick Wise	396.65
65	Jim Hardin	393.42
66	Ken Holtzman	393.06
67	Woodie Fryman	391.88
68	Pete Richert	390.35
69	Jim Perry	388.8
70	Joe Niekro	387.22
71	Mel Queen	387.17
72	Dick Ellsworth	386.34
73	Gerry Arrigo	380.74
74	Al McBean	375.38
75	Bill Hands	375.17
76	Larry Dierker	374.56
77	Jerry Koosman	374.41
78	Steve Barber	372.65
79	Nolan Ryan	368.47
80	Jack Fisher	366.45
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Lee Stange	361.7
82	George Culver	360.56
83	Tony Cloninger	359.49
84	Frank Bertaina	358.11
85	Joe Coleman	355.74
86	Gene Brabender	355.35
87	Mudcat Grant	353.47
88	Dick Kelley	353.09
89	Ron Reed	352.94
90	Barry Moore	352.79
91	Ray Culp	352.38
92	Fred Talbot	350.34
93	Don Cardwell	348.07
94	Stan Bahnsen	343.44
95	Larry Jaster	342.58
96	Bill Monbouquette	340.8
97	Jack Hamilton	339.9
98	Gary Waslewski	338.87
99	Blue Moon Odom	338.28
100	Stan Williams	337.57
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Lew Krausse	335.25
102	Cisco Carlos	334.82
103	Dick Selma	333.91
104	Clyde Wright	329.31
105	Al Jackson	328.34
106	Bruce Howard	327.23
107	Dave Leonhard	324.9
108	Steve Blass	323.86
109	Jerry Stephenson	314.88
110	Jim Palmer	313.83
111	Les Cain	312.99
112	Jim Bouton	311.99
113	Marcelino Lopez	309.46
114	Dick Bosman	309.36
115	Tony Pierce	308.46
116	Jeff James	307.21
117	Bob Moose	306.29
118	Mike Kekich	305.79
119	Bobby Bolin	304.44
120	Dennis Ribant	303.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Jim Britton	303.41
122	Luke Walker	301.41
123	John Tsitouris	300.94

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