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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	571.3
2	Gaylord Perry	564.32
3	Bert Blyleven	559.21
4	Don Sutton	553.98
5	Nolan Ryan	534.46
6	Andy Messersmith	532.21
7	Catfish Hunter	521.41
8	Jim Palmer	517.38
9	Fergie Jenkins	516.69
10	Jon Matlack	515.46
11	Phil Niekro	509.47
12	Bob Gibson	496.43
13	Luis Tiant	492.91
14	Steve Carlton	490.9
15	Jerry Koosman	488.09
16	Joe Coleman	486.57
17	Mike Cuellar	484.37
18	Mickey Lolich	482.12
19	Bill Singer	479.54
20	Jack Billingham	478.6
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Tommy John	471.16
22	Don Wilson	470.66
23	Tom Bradley	470.28
24	Carl Morton	469.22
25	Rick Wise	468.38
26	Ken Holtzman	460.78
27	Wilbur Wood	460.32
28	Fred Norman	458.81
29	Vida Blue	456.68
30	Claude Osteen	454.6
31	Ross Grimsley	453.91
32	Don Gullett	453.82
33	Mel Stottlemyre	451.39
34	Dock Ellis	449.2
35	Dave Roberts	448.98
36	Steve Busby	442.89
37	Dave McNally	441.98
38	Reggie Cleveland	440.99
39	Stan Bahnsen	440.61
40	Doc Medich	439.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Pat Dobson	437.04
42	Burt Hooton	437.02
43	Jim Perry	436.35
44	Nelson Briles	434.71
45	Bill Lee	432.79
46	Steve Renko	432.02
47	Al Downing	431.73
48	Marty Pattin	431.02
49	Paul Splittorff	429.1
50	Rick Reuschel	428.53
51	Clay Kirby	424.37
52	Jim Lonborg	422.1
53	Clyde Wright	420.71
54	Jerry Reuss	420.08
55	Steve Rogers	416.46
56	Jim Slaton	412.85
57	Jim Rooker	407.77
58	Jim Bibby	406.99
59	Ron Bryant	406.48
60	Ron Schueler	404.42
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Jim Kaat	402.7
62	Jim Colborn	401.25
63	Ken Brett	399.36
64	Juan Marichal	398.76
65	Sonny Siebert	397.72
66	Bob Moose	396.3
67	Fritz Peterson	395.96
68	Dick Tidrow	394.61
69	Mike Torrez	393.59
70	Alan Foster	391.22
71	Joe Decker	390.65
72	Rudy May	389.11
73	Bill Greif	388.54
74	Jim Barr	386.7
75	John Curtis	384.38
76	Mike Caldwell	383.68
77	Randy Jones	382.23
78	Sam McDowell	380.26
79	Tom Griffin	379.46
80	Dick Drago	379.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Steve Arlin	378.61
82	Dick Ruthven	377.93
83	Dick Woodson	376.04
84	Wayne Twitchell	375.95
85	Roric Harrison	373.67
86	Bill Hands	370.77
87	Frank Tanana	370.26
88	Bill Stoneman	369.23
89	Ernie McAnally	368.96
90	Milt Pappas	362.89
91	George Stone	361.86
92	Balor Moore	359.94
93	Woodie Fryman	358.78
94	Larry Dierker	356.95
95	Lerrin LaGrow	356.86
96	Blue Moon Odom	355.93
97	Ron Reed	355.23
98	Steve Kline	354.02
99	Bill Bonham	352.99
100	Roger Nelson	352.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Doug Rau	351.83
102	Lynn McGlothen	349.0
103	Steve Stone	348.88
104	Steve Hargan	341.43
105	Al Fitzmorris	341.14
106	David Clyde	341.13
107	John D'Acquisto	338.86
108	Dave Freisleben	330.87
109	Dave Hamilton	330.18
110	Bob Johnson	327.67
111	Ken Frailing	324.26
112	Vic Albury	323.55
113	Kevin Kobel	322.0
114	Doyle Alexander	318.26
115	Roger Moret	317.38
116	Dave Goltz	316.1
117	Craig Swan	315.43
118	Steve Blass	314.03
119	Jim McAndrew	313.64
120	Bill Champion	312.39
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Buzz Capra	311.51
122	Harry Parker	310.93
123	Ed Sprague	310.8
124	Ray Corbin	310.54
125	Skip Lockwood	310.49
126	Lindy McDaniel	310.28
127	Glenn Abbott	309.98
128	Dick Lange	309.61
129	Bruce Dal Canton	307.51
130	Ed Farmer	307.45
131	Gary Gentry	307.17
132	Pete Broberg	306.19
133	Bill Moran	306.17
134	Jim Willoughby	305.85
135	Bob Apodaca	303.48
136	Bill Slayback	303.39
137	Dick Bosman	302.68
138	Paul Lindblad	300.81
139	Charlie Williams	300.75

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